Get in the Ring MENA – UNITING WATER ENERGY FOOD

Part of the Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Tour, Get in the Ring MENA aims at identifying the best startups and scaleups in the Middle East North Africa region to test, scale and prove their solutions with investors, corporates and governments. The goal is to identify the most promising solutions in Water, Energy and Food that are able to shape a better future with their impact!

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Application deadline: 04 Nov 2021

Event date: 16 Nov 2021

About this Tour

Practical Information

Initiative of

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Our dealmaking partners

Ashok Prabhu

Commercial Director Kerry

Ofra Hollander

Manager ESG Strategy BDO Israel

Miriam Brusilovsky

Technical Director IDE Water Assets

Zohar Scheinin

Co-Founder & CRO Kando

Ofer Hornstein

CFO Netafim Hatzerim Holdings & Kibbutz Hatzerim

Ido Raanan

Circularity & Sustainability Leader Netafim

Gilad Sharon

Chief Economist & Head of Innovation EAPC

Sudhir Mehta

Director - Business Development YAHA WATER SYSTEMS PVT LTD

Jos Versteegen

General Manager VEPO Middle East - FZCO

Mohammed AI Ghazal

Co-Founder and CEO noorenergy

Einat Klein

Head of Innovation Bazan Group

Debasis Goswami

Head Open Innovation Shell

Hagit Genish Gill

Head of Sustainability - Israel Energean

David Balsar

GM innovation and ventures Mekorot

Kyle Wagner

Head of Operations Madar Farms

Nicolas Champrenault

Strategy Director Americana Food

How you benefit

STIMULATING BORDERLESS INNOVATION

Stamping its passport in five leading regions in the world, the Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Tour aims to unearth the most promising startups and scaleups in the domains of Water Energy and Food. Selected businesses gain invaluable access to the experts in the network of Get in the Ring and Expo2020 Dubai. Sometimes, one meeting is all it takes to foster a game-changing collaboration!

GLOBAL EXPOSURE FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Applicants have the chance to test and prove their solutions with partners and be recognized as a leading impact business on an international stage. Winning solutions will be displayed on our website and communicated across our marketing channels to our global network of investors, corporates and governments.

UNITING WATER ENERGY FOOD

We focus is on solutions that contribute to solving global challenges in Water, Energy and Food – on a social and humanitarian level – to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The key to accelerating these solutions lies in exposing them to partnership and collaboration opportunities with local and national governments, corporates and NGOs. What a better occasion than Expo2020 Dubai to create these collaborations?

Innovate together

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Water
Energy

Food

Growing, processing, packaging, distributing, consuming and disposing. While the means are many, the end is one - to use innovation to end global hunger.

According to the World Food Programme, 135 million people suffered from hunger in early 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic could now double that number, putting an additional 130 million people at risk of suffering acute hunger by the end of the year.

We’re looking for innovations that can accomplish Zero Hunger (SDG 2) and help eradicate all forms of malnutrition by 2030. Solutions focused on Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12) are key to counteract the disparity that irresponsible food habits has created globally.

GROWING
Sustainable alternative input of raw materials and growing processes
- Aeroponics
- Alternative pest repeller
- Alternative proteins (e.g. insects)
- Aquaponics
- Hydroponics
- Indigenous seeds
- Natural crop protection
- Sustainable irrigation
- Vertical farming
FOOD PROCESSING
Making the production process more sustainable and less polluting
- Cleaning
- Crop harvesting
- Cultivating
- Grading
- Pre-preparation
- Sorting
PACKAGING & DISTRIBUTION
Ensuring the processing & distribution of food becomes more sustainable
- Alternative food packaging
- Biodegradable food packaging
- Emission reduction in logistics & shipping
- Local sourcing
- Preservatives
- Transportation
- Warehouse storage
FOOD CONSUMPTION
Solving the polluting effects of food consumption
- Certifications / registration
- Humane
- Locally sourced
- Sustainably sourced/harvested/organic
- Veg(etari)an
- Wild sourcing (fish)
FOOD WASTE
Dealing with food waste across the value chain
- Composting
- Non-synthetic
- Recyclable
- Waste reduction
- Waste tracking

Hargol Foodtech

Winner Get in the Ring Global 2017

Sustainable grasshopper production

eAgrar

Winner Get in the Ring Croatia 2019

Monitoring crops and microclimate conditions to predict onset diseases

eFishery

Winner Get in the Ring Global 2014

IoT feeding machines for aquaculture

Cellugy

Winner Get in the Ring Denmark 2019

Bio-cellulose material to replace plastic packaging

Wakuli

Direct to customer sustainable sourced coffee bean service

FreshStrips

Winner Get in the Ring Netherlands 2016

Smart labels indicating food freshness

Mimica

Smart labels indicating food freshness

Energy

How can energy storage, distribution, generation and consumption be disrupted to accelerate the global switch to clean energy?

Renewable energy constitutes 17% of total energy consumption. While this is progress, we need to capitalize on their potential and further scale sustainable energy implementation.

We’re pursuing Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7) solutions that are making production cleaner, greener and more efficient. Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12) are key to counteract the damage that irresponsible energy consumption has done to our Planet.

STORAGE & DISTRIBUTION
Ensuring energy is delivered to the consumer in a sustainable and efficient way
- Battery technologies
- Carrier
- Grid management
- Pipeline adaptation
- Safe and effective transportation methods
ENERGY GENERATION
Making the process of energy generation more sustainable
- Efficient Processing
  - Catalyzation
  - CO2 capturing
  - CO2 utilization
  - Heat capture
  - Kynetic
- Renewable sources
  - Chemicals
  - Geothermal, hydro, solar, wind, and wave energy
  - Hydrogen
  - Biomass
  - Heat
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Efficient energy that is utilized by the end-consumer at the right time
- Electric & Hydrogen mobility
- Energy saving
- Insights into energy use
- More efficient public energy use
- Self sufficient buildings
- Smart grids

Brill Power

Winner Shell New Energy Challenge 2017

Intelligent control system to extend the lifetime of batteries while maintaining high performance

NanoSUN

Winner Shell New energy challenge 2019

Accelerate the transition to hydrogen mobility through safe hydrogen storage

Opus 12

Finalist Sustainable Industry Challenge 2019

Convert CO₂ into profitable chemicals, such as plastics and transportation fuels

Hiiroc

Finalist Shell New Energy Challenge 2020

Low-cost, zero-emission Hydrogen production through a unique plasma process

Wellsun

Finalist Strukton Sustainable Buildings challenge 2019

Highly efficient transparent glass solar panels for energy production, solar shading

Maxem

Finalist Achmea comfortable living challenge

Measures all energy flows in your home and makes adjustments where necessary

Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Final

The Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Tour finds its conclusion at the final event held at the Expo 2020 in Dubai. The tour has 5 stops and allows you to explore the most impactful businesses in the regions of UAE, APAC, MENA, The Netherlands and Jordan. The winners of these events are invited to the Expo 2020 to scale their solutions internationally and get global exposure on the stage of the final, in front of thousands of investors, corporates, governments and extrepreneurs!

“After winning the Global Meetup 2017, we got investors’ attention and gained the recognition we needed to close a $3m fund. Being part of the Get in the Ring community has been hugely beneficial for us.”

JULIA VELDHUIJZEN VAN ZANTEN – LIFESENSE GROUP

The Uniting Water Energy Food Innovation Tour is initiated by DutchDubai and Unknown Group. Both organizations align on a shared ambition of growing impact entrepreneurship across the world and strengthen the global impact ecosystem.

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