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Rotterdam South Holland Netherlands
Mission
We are on a mission to build a regenerative and healthy food system by co-founding new mission-driven ventures. And we want you to join us! We are looking for people with the ambition to transform our food system and have the entrepreneurial itch to address the worlds most critical challenges.
The Program
The Fresh pre-studio program is a venture-building program through which we build ventures from scratch that accelerate the transition to a regenerative food system. It consists of 13 weeks of team building collaboratively developing systemic insight into the food system and jointly applying the early phases of venture building in practice.
You join the Fresh program as an individual armed with the passion to build a better system the ambition to start a venture and the capacity to think and do at a high level. Fresh connects you with an ecosystem of experts and stakeholders who accelerate your journey help match you with potentially life-long teammates and co-founders and supports you to develop a validated business model in practice.
At the end of the program high-performing teams will have the opportunity to join the Fresh Studio in which we jointly launch and build steward-owned ventures together with our studio team.
What you bring
Tremendous drive to transform the food system
Intention & capacity to start a venture as a long-term commitment
Grit and perseverance to push through challenges
Affinity for experimentation innovation and challenging the status quo
Comfort with uncertainty: intent on listening learning and challenging your assumptions
Energy to mobilize supporters and meet the needs of key stakeholders
Capacity to analyze and solve difficult problems
Ability to communicate your thoughts and ideas clearly and with multiple perspectives in mind
Ideally: affinity with or knowledge around a specific food system problem or space
Requirements
Visa that allows you to work in the Netherlands
Full-time availability during and after the program
Strong drive to actually found a new venture
Intention to apply steward-ownership principles
What do we offer
Founder community: opportunity to join a close-knit cohort of mission-driven people
Systemic approach: comprehensive understanding of systems thinking applied to the food system and venture building
Co-founder matching: Processes that help match you with 1-2 complementary and mission-aligned teammates
Strong network: access to a high-quality network of mission-driven experts investors practitioners partners and financiers to get your venture started
Deep expertise: insight into the biggest challenges in the food system the opportunity spaces most in need of attention and a library of existing ventures institutions and other resources
Workspaces: spaces for teamwork and getting things done
Finance: access to investors that are mission-aligned
Structure for impact: steward ownership approaches that safeguard the mission and impact of your venture
Long-term support: through a growing support community of practice
Practical details
The first part is a two-week digital program. This is a relatively minimal time commitment and can be done alongside other responsibilities.
The bulk of the program is a full-time in-person program that runs over 13 weeks. This program takes place in Rotterdam The Netherlands.
Program dates:
Digital program starts mid March 2026
In person program starts end of March till end of June 2026
Recruitment by Does Recruitment
This search is facilitated by Does Recruitment. We support Fresh Ventures with identifying and engaging entrepreneurial talent for this unique co-founder opportunity. For more information please visit:
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