Ecosystem Toolkit
GFI India’s curated databases and directories, together called the Ecosystem Toolkit, facilitate opportunity discovery and effective partnership building across the smart protein value chain. Whether you are looking to hire scientific and business talent, exploring job prospects or collaboration opportunities, scouting for co-manufacturers or ingredient suppliers, looking to connect with investors for fundraising, or trying to find advisors and consultants, there is something for everyone. The Ecosystem Toolkit includes GFI India’s Company Database, Accelerators and Incubators Mapping, Talent Database, Investor Directory, Fundraising Database, and Ecosystem Database.
Smart protein company database
This resource gives you a snapshot of the smart protein landscape by listing companies across plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-derived protein modalities. Feel free to reach out to the listed end-product manufacturers to explore collaborations. Use the filters to narrow the list by company characteristics like product category, technology area, product status, and more. To add your company to the database, please fill out this form and await confirmation from the GFI India team.
Request an update to your existing company information in our database
Talent database
This database lists all professionals, scientists, and students who are actively seeking employment, internship, or collaboration opportunities in the smart protein sector. If you are an employer looking to build your all-star smart protein team, you can view a snapshot of the database below and gain access to the complete resource (which includes candidate resumes and contact details) by filling out this form. If you would like to list yourself on this resource and join the GFI India Talent Community, please fill out this intake form.
Accelerators and incubators mapping
Explore this map of accelerator and incubation programs open to startups in the alternative protein sector (potentially with a larger focus on Agtech, Biotech, or Foodtech) to obtain pre-seed funding, business training and mentorship, or infrastructure and network access. The database contains information about funding, startup requirements, application deadlines, requests for proposals and contact information. To add your program to the database, please fill out this form. To explore global accelerator and incubator programs, follow this link.
Investor database
If you are an actively fundraising smart protein startup in India, you can access this list of investors exploring investment opportunities in plant-based, fermentation-derived, and cultivated protein companies. This resource will provide you with information about what types of investments they’re looking for, at what stages they invest, how much they typically invest, and their contact information. To access this data and receive potential investment opportunities, please sign up for GFI India’s Fundraising Database and await confirmation (and the password) from our team.
Smart protein ecosystem database
Mapping the entire enabling ecosystem for smart protein, this database lists stakeholders across the value chain — from co-manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, equipment suppliers, and R&D consultants to regulatory advisors, branding & design partners, business development specialists, and other experts suited to every innovator’s needs.
GFI India Grants Database
Designed to fuel growth in smart protein, this database offers a curated list of public and private funding opportunities for the smart protein ecosystem. Explore this database to discover a range of funding opportunities, including R&D grants, commercialisation support, startup funding, and innovation prizes.
How to use the database
Use the filtering, grouping, and sorting features of the company database to narrow your search.
You can filter by technology focus, product type, ingredient type, region, or a company’s fundraising status.
To use the filtering feature, simply select “filter” in the top left corner of the database, and toggle whichever field you would like to filter by.
The sorting feature can organize the database according to your chosen fields.
To use this feature, select “sort” in the top left corner of the database, and choose the fields you’d like to sort by.