The World Food Prize Foundation, in collaboration with America’s Cultivation Corridor, has launched the Innovate for Impact Challenge, an initiative dedicated to accelerating agricultural technology (AgTech) innovation. This challenge seeks early-stage, tech-driven startups developing transformative solutions to address global food security and sustainability challenges.

The challenge is open to early-stage, for-profit AgTech startups with validated concepts up to pre-Series A funding. Eligible companies must have at least one founder working full-time on the project and demonstrate innovation, market potential, and alignment with sustainability goalsFinalists will pitch their solutions live during the 2025 Borlaug Dialogue, with the winning startup receiving $50,000 to further its impact on global food security.

The application deadline for the challenge is April 15, 2025. To learn more about this opportunity please visit the website here.