Criteria:

1. Excellence – Quality and credibility of the innovation idea; level of novelty and its propositional value – 25%

• How innovative is the proposed idea compared to existing approaches?

• Does it show an entrepreneurial spirit, and is the idea feasible?

2. Impact – 20%

• Does the solution contribute to improving the food system and/or embracing sustainable development goals?

• Does the solution potentially overcome barriers in the food value chain?

3. Quality of the pitch– 25%

• Was the presentation clear on all points?

• Were delivery techniques and visual messages original and up-to-date?

• Did the pitch highlight the key points of the challenges, the problem and the proposed solution?

• Did the team keep to the presentation time

4. Business Model – 10%

• Cohesion of the points presented in the business model.

• Is the business potential and value created and realised captured?

5. Team work – 20%

• Is there evidence of team learning and performance?

• Did the team show cohesion?

• Does the team capitalise on the strengths of all its members?