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- What we're looking for
- What we can offer you
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MISTA is seeking innovators and experts developing technologies and solutions at the intersection of healthspan, longevity, and healthy eating to showcase approaches shaping the future of food.
Background
MISTA is a global food innovation platform that brings together global companies, startups, investors, and experts to accelerate new approaches that can shape the future of food. Its purpose is to transform the global food system to meet the needs of the future.
As part of this mission, the MISTA Growth Hack is a year-long program designed to spotlight emerging technologies and create meaningful collaborations across the food ecosystem. The 2026 edition of the MISTA Growth Hack will focus on healthspan and the intersection of longevity and healthy eating, exploring how foods, ingredients, supplements, and adjacent technologies can support longer, healthier lives.
The MISTA Growth Hack 2026 will kick off with a showcase at the MISTA Symposium in San Francisco on March 18, 2026, where 30+ selected startups will present their technologies to about 200 decision makers from across the global food ecosystem, including corporates, startups, VCs, academics, and non-governmental organizations. The program will continue with additional moments of engagement, including MISTA on the Road in Lausanne in April and a Demo Day in the fall, offering further opportunities for collaboration, visibility, and exchange.
We invite startups and institutions developing innovative solutions that advance healthspan to submit a proposal for consideration for this invitation-only program, offering a rare opportunity to spotlight your technology and help shape the innovations that will define the future of food.
What we're looking for
We are seeking startups, researchers, and other innovators developing solutions that advance healthspan through healthy foods, supplements, or enabling technologies. This includes ingredients, finished products, digital and data-driven tools, as well as processes and services that enable the identification, development, formulation, validation, or delivery of impactful healthspan solutions. We are particularly interested in solutions that can support health outcomes in one or more of the areas of interest outlined below.
Metabolic health – blood sugar and diabetes, weight management
Intimate health – hormonal balance, prostate health, urinary tract support
Cardiovascular health – heart health, vascular integrity, cholesterol and lipid balance, blood pressure and sodium considerations
Gut health – digestive comfort and regularity, gut brain axis support
Cellular aging – cellular senescence and rejuvenation, aging biomarkers and biological age tools
Immune and inflammation health – immune resilience, healthy inflammatory response, chronic disease management, cancer risk reduction
Mobility and vitality – joint, muscle, and bone support, physical energy
Brain and mental wellbeing – cognition, memory, focus, sleep, mood and mental health, stress management
Personalization – wearables, apps, diagnostics, AI-enabled personalization
Beauty from within – skin and hair health, defense against sun and pollution related damage
Validation and translation services – clinical substantiation, biomarker strategies, regulatory readiness, evidence generation for healthspan solutions
Nutrition – proteins, fibers, micronutrients
Enabling tools – fermentation, encapsulation, targeted release, bioavailability enhancement
Therapeutic drug solutions or pharmaceutical interventions
- Accepting applications from experts based in all countries
What we can offer you
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