29 Jan 2021 --- European growth investors Pymwymic and StartLife have joined forces to offer assistance to high-potential start-ups in the agri-food tech space, beginning at the pre-revenue phase. The project aims to smoothen the transition between each vital stage in early business development. Given today’s COVID-19 climate, the partnership flags that emergent solutions aiding industry’s sustainable food system transition continue to face critical shortages in start-up investment. “Access to labs and pilot facilities has become more difficult for start-ups as a direct result of COVID-19 protection measures all over Europe,” Bram van Beek, marketing and communication manager at StartLife, tells FoodIngredientsFirst.