Food He.ro - Chicago's First Food Tech Lab (KickStarter)

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Published on Mar. 24, 2014
Food He.ro - Chicago's First Food Tech Lab (KickStarter)

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Food He.ro is a Chicago social enterprise (L3C) food tech lab/incubator that will help accelerate innovations for food service and food tech businesses. The social mission of Food He.ro is to develop more food service and food tech businesses by assisting them through education and training. Our food tech lab/incubator is ideal for traditional food service businesses such as restaurants, bars, cafes, and food trucks as well as for modern food tech startups such as mobile/online ordering & delivery, restaurant ordering-payment apps, grocery apps, farm to table apps, recipe-cooking apps, 3D food printing, and internet of things for the kitchen. 

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Food He.ro will assist in addressing the following inefficiencies that entrepreneurs face when starting a new business:

Food Startup Villains

  • Lack of Access to Capital 
  • Educational Barriers 
  • Lack of Access to Commercial Kitchens 
  • Lack of Product & Concept Testing 
  • Lack of Tools & Resources 
  • Lack of Subject Matter Expertise 
  • Lack of Technical Assistance 
  •  A Digital Divide 

With the empowerment and trainings offered by Food He.ro, food startups will be able to tackle the villains that are our food system’s inefficiencies:

Food System Villains

  • Obesity 
  • Hunger 
  • Food Deserts/Food Shortages 
  • Food Waste 
  • Fast & Processed Foods 
  • Policy Issues 
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