Halo for Food & Agriculture
Accelerating innovation in food & agriculture
Thousands of R&D partners use Halo to advance innovation in today’s food system, from early-stage research to late-stage development.
The trusted platform for leaders in food & agriculture
We’ve been able to find new research and experts that none of our other tools could find, unearthing what is up and coming and beneath the surface.
Maxine Roman, Kraft Heinz
Innovation Collaboration & Partnerships Lead
R&D
Tap into external experts to accelerate discovery, explore new scientific directions, or fill capability gaps.
Product development
Find collaborators to help validate concepts, develop prototypes, or overcome commercialization challenges.
Process engineering
Connect with partners who can help scale production processes or bring new technologies to market.
Quality assurance
Access testing providers, regulatory experts, and QA consultants to meet required standards and specifications.
Sponsored research
Supercharge your innovation pipeline by partnering with world-class academic researchers.
Co-development
Co-create novel solutions by collaborating with emerging startups and innovative research teams.
Technology licensing
Accelerate time to market by discovering and licensing untapped IP—ready to scale.
Fee-for-service
Engage experts and service providers to fill knowledge gaps, expedite due diligence and support implementation.
Halo has proven to be a valuable tool for BASF experts to connect with partners and find solutions and collaboration opportunities.
Benjamin Knudsen, BASF
Vice President of Research North America
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Case study
How BASF achieves unprecedented collaboration with high-quality R&D partners
Learn how BASF uses Halo to quickly and efficiently match with on-target partners, accelerate solution identification, address blind spots, and broaden their network of experts.
Case study
Scaling external innovation without compromising speed
Discover how Kraft Heinz leverages Halo to find stealth startups, up-and-coming researchers and solutions from adjacent industries.
Halo is a key part of our external facing strategy. It helps us turn over rocks and really push the boundaries for how we're building new partnerships.
Phil Taylor, PhD, Bayer Crop Science
Director of Open Innovation and Outreach
Academic, startup, and industry innovators use Halo to move science forward.
Industry Partner
We were originally drawn to Halo for its proposal management and collaboration features, which streamlined the process and saved us time we’d typically spend on set up and administration. What we hadn’t expected was how much Halo would help expand our own network of researchers across the world that we can now leverage for future opportunities.
Phil Taylor, PhD
Open Innovation Lead
Bayer Crop Science
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Startup Researcher
Halo gave my company access to a wide range of collaborating opportunities. This allowed me to partner with various companies that I didn't otherwise have access to. I love how there are always new partnership opportunities that only take under an hour to apply for.
Linda May-Zhang
Vice President of Innovation
Blue California Ingredients
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Academic Researcher
I have already told my colleague about Halo. It has many benefits: 1. A one-stop shop for many solutions; 2. Great offers from many companies; 3. Easy to apply for RFPs; 4. I found it simple and easy to use.
Simerjeet Kaur
Principal Agronomist
Punjab Agricultural University
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Industry Partner
We have engaged with several companies in the past to address this use case, so I was really interested to see what Halo could do. I was pleased to see potential collaborators who we had not yet considered, many with thoughtful proposals approaching our challenge from a variety of different angles.
Laura Schouten
Head of Crop Analytics
BASF
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Academic Researcher
Through Halo I am able learn about opportunities with great companies. More importantly, it makes it possible to apply to those projects that interest me. The platform's timely email alerts and application status reminders make me comfortable with the process. I know the platform will have a bright future.
Tengxiang Lian
Research Associate
South China Agricultural University
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Industry Partner
Halo made it easy to source proposals to our opportunity, share feedback with colleagues and connect directly with the researchers to learn more. The fact that we identified more than 30 proposals for further screening speaks to their quality and relevance.
Sri Narayan-Sarathy, PhD
Senior Principle Scientist
PepsiCo
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Industry Partner
We partnered with Halo to broaden our connections to the global scientific and business innovation community, and to communicate our commitment to people, planet, and productivity. The Halo ecosystem helped us reach a new and diverse group of scientists, and the interface made managing records and communications simple.
Warren Schafer
VP, Global R&D
Valent
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Academic Researcher
Why didn't someone think of this years ago? This is a wonderful way to connect industries with scientists that have relevant ideas. I hope you are maintaining information about your successes.
Linda Bartoshuk
Principal Investigator
University of Florida
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Industry Partner
Using Halo we’ve been able to find new research and experts that none of our other tools could find. That has been a major benefit, unearthing what is up and coming and beneath the surface. The other big value-driver has been efficiency and how streamlined the process is through Halo.
Maxine Roman
Lead, R&D Innovation Collaboration & Partnerships
Kraft Heinz
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Halo made it easy to source proposals, share feedback with colleagues and connect directly with the researchers to learn more. The fact that we identified more than 30 proposals for further screening speaks to their quality and relevance.
Sri Narayan-Sarathy, PhD, PepsiCo
Senior Principal Scientist
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