Grupo Bimbo Creates Business Accelerator for Startups

Grupo Bimbo has created Eleva Food Technology Accelerator, an ecosystem meant to find and encourage startups, by offering them the necessary elements to develop their businesses.

The project is developed in alliance with BlueBox Ventures, the largest Latin American network of incubators, accelerators and corporate investment funds. 

Eleva Food Technology Accelerator by Bimbo has issued an invitation to receive innovative projects related to materials, food and new products, supply chain, automation and operations, distribution, payment methods and transactions, renewable energies and retail, as well as other business segments. The top 10 startups chosen to be part of Eleva will go into an acceleration stage for 16 weeks.

“Through Bimbo Ventures and ELEVA, we are offering startups with innovative and high potential initiatives the possibility to develop their projects hand in hand with Grupo Bimbo, through a comprehensive model that encompasses three fundamental aspects: mentoring, funding and trade alliances,” stated José Manuel Ramírez, vice president of Bimbo Ventures.