Stockholm, March 17, 2025
Preceding the anticipated launch of the second EAT-Lancet Commission Report, the international non-profit EAT is introducing Global Call for Startups, a global competition supporting early-stage ventures that embed sustainability from the start by integrating health, environment and food justice dimensions into their business models. The startups selected for the Global Call for Startups are expected to address the urgent need to reconcile food security with planetary boundaries, driving innovation that redefines how humanity nourishes itself while ensuring ecological balance, public health, and social equity.
Startups are asked to submit their business plans between March 17 and April 30 2025 at globalcall.tech. The finalists for the main prizes will pitch at the EAT Stockholm Food Forum in October 2025, where they will present their innovations to a jury of leading scientists and executives from multinational food and beverage companies and venture capital investors, and form connections with potential anchor partners.
EAT has partnered with Antler, Norrsken Foundation, and Katapult, three global organizations focused on investing in or enabling early-stage startups. Leveraging their scale and networks, the strategic partners will provide several benefits to the top teams from Global Call for Startups:
- Antler: Investor introductions, pitch opportunities and fast track to the Antler residency
- Katapult: Funding pathways, pitch opportunities and AI-driven investor matchmaking
- Norrsken: Global membership, talent support, investor networks, and fast-track pitching.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Antler, Katapult, and Norrsken Foundation to accelerate net-positive technologies and startups that can transform food systems at scale. By embedding the EAT-Lancet Commission framework from the start, these ventures integrate health, equity, and environmental impact into their core business models—driving the urgent shift toward a healthy, just, and sustainable global food system. The time for bold solutions is now,” says Dr Gunhild Stordalen, Co-founder and Executive Chair of EAT.
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About EAT
EAT is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming our global food system through sound science, impatient disruption and novel partnerships. Our vision is a sustainable and fair food system for healthy people and planet – leaving no one behind. https://eatforum.org/
About Norrsken
Norrsken is a non-profit foundation dedicated to helping entrepreneurs solve the world’s greatest challenges. The Norrsken ecosystem comprises more than 50 000 entrepreneurs, investors and change-makers, among them several unicorn founders and some of Europe’s most notable tech investors and business angels. https://www.norrsken.org/
About Katapult
Katapult is a thought leader n impact investment, with a system built around the Katapult Foundation which incubates transformative impact projects, the Katapult Future Fest as a convening and community platform, and investment operations Katapult Ocean and Katapult Next that invest in early-stage impact tech startups and have a current portfolio of 169 investments in 47 countries. https://www.katapultfoundation.org/
About Antler
Antler is a global venture capital firm and one of the most active early-stage investors globally, including in emerging technologies such as AI. The firm invests globally from ‘Day Zero’ – an approach to venture capital focused on partnering with founders from the inception stage, before continuing to back and invest in exceptional founders through their startup journeys. With a presence in 25+ countries, Antler systematically removes capital and network constraints for early-stage technology entrepreneurs by providing access to exceptional co-founders, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support and follow-on funding. https://www.antler.co/