Halo for Food & Agriculture
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.
Consulting
Engage experts and service providers to fill knowledge gaps, expedite due diligence and support implementation.
General Mills
Ingredient solutions for food manufacturing
Scientific experts
BASF
Modeling plants to create a 'digital twin'
Sponsored research
Cargill
Sustainable cocoa butter alternatives
Co-development
Bayer Crop Science
Active ingredients for Fusarium disease control in soil
Sponsored research
PepsiCo
Natural sweeteners and technologies for sugar reduction
Sponsored research
Kraft Heinz
Natural food preservation ingredients and processes against spoilage LAB
Sponsored research
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
Ebook
How leading Food & Ag innovators are betting big on AI
Explore where AI is creating real value in food & ag, from lab breakthroughs to supply chain gains.
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
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