Betting on plant-based food for everyone: “It has to taste so good that everyone will want to eat it”
The Norwegian Richard Nystad and the Dane Toke Fonsbøl have launched the new plant-based food brand Wauw!, with the ambition to make plant-based food attractive to far more people than just vegetarians and vegans. – We want to create products that taste so good that everyone can eat them with pleasure, regardless of whether they follow a plant-based diet or not, says Nystad.
Miljøcert enters Aggrator: Will make environmental certification available to all businesses
Many small and medium-sized businesses want to take environmental responsibility. But when the environmental requirements in tenders and customer contracts increase, they often encounter a reality: Certification is expensive, time-consuming, and complicated. Miljøcert wants to change that. Miljøcert has developed a digital, AI-supported platform that makes environmental certification significantly faster and cheaper than traditional systems. The company is founded by entrepreneur Rune Søren […]
AgriScale Spain 2026: from market insights to pilot offers in three days
The pilot AgriScale Spain 2026 took Faunus Hub on a three-day internationalization trip to Spain, led by Aggrator partner and Spaniard Salvador Baille. When Aggrator developed the concept behind AgriScale, the ambition was clear from the start: the program was not only intended to provide market knowledge, but also to create real business opportunities for Norwegian agrifoodtech companies abroad. After three intense days of […]
Lime & Leaf develops short-distance and pure-ingredient plant-based meat
Lime & Leaf has developed its own plant-based meat based on pure, local ingredients. Now the company is set to further develop the product and build a scalable B2B model – with support from Innovation Norway and Aggrator. Lime & Leaf has been accepted into Aggrator’s StartUp program. The company is run by entrepreneur Sindy Tran and has its roots in the restaurant Lime […]
Johanne Kloster Ellingsen is the new Project Manager at Aggrator
We are pleased to share that Johanne Kloster Ellingsen has joined us at Aggrator! Johanne has a background in biotechnology and entrepreneurship, and brings over 2.5 years of experience in business development from the Norwegian biotechnology company Agoprene. There, she worked extensively on strategy, market analysis, financing, and project management in an early-stage startup, and […]
AgriFoodTech Norway with three clear recommendations for a new national agritech strategy
Aggrator participated on Monday together with the other partners in AgriFoodTech Norway at a brainstorming meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, invited by Minister Nils Kristen Sandtrøen and his working group. The goal was to provide concrete input to the government’s work on a new national strategy for agritech. Agrifoodtech Norway’s main message to the ministry was clear: Norway has the companies, expertise, and […]
Vibecoding: From idea to solution faster than ever
What if you could build software by describing what you want to create, instead of spending years learning how to code it technically? We are in the midst of a technological shift. Those who learn to harness AI tools early will have a significant competitive advantage. In the 90s, PC expertise separated you from the crowd. In the 2000s, […]
Aggrator receives 3.2 million for three new innovation projects in Akershus
Aggrator has received funding from Akershus County Council for three new projects with a total budget of 3.2 million kroner. The investments are intended to strengthen both local food producers and agrifoodtech companies, and contribute to increased innovation and value creation in Akershus. One of the projects, Increased value creation from agrifoodtech in Akershus, is being implemented together with AgriFoodTech Norway and aims to […]
Five trends and technologies that are shaping agriculture now
How is agriculture adapting to a time characterized by climate change, geopolitical turmoil, and increasing uncertainty in global value chains? The question concerns farmers, buyers, entrepreneurs, technologists, and decision-makers – and all of us who depend on stable food systems. What was previously considered temporary disruptions, extreme weather, trade conflicts, new regulations, and labor shortages, has, over the course of […]
Record year for ESSE: Aggrator’s growth program with significant growth in participants and even greater ambitions for 2026
The ESSE growth program, with 10 masterclasses and 10 webinars, has completed its second review. The feedback from participants clearly shows that the need for expertise, networking, and a structured development process for companies in the agrifoodtech and environmental technology sectors is significant. We are proud that the growth program is already delivering such excellent results, two years after its launch in 2024. In 2025, there were […]