Our graduating initiatives
Each graduating cohort records a pitch video of their initiative on graduation and you can watch some of our previous graduate’s pitches here.
Many have gone on to become established nonprofits who are changing the food system for good.
Next open for registrations March 2026
Graduating pitch videos:
Farm Adaptation Network (FAN)
Farm Adaptation Network (formally The European Farm Transition Network) are creating a strategic blueprint for farming transition in collaboration with farmers, policy makers, researchers, businesses and NGOs. FAN put farmers at the heart of the just transition of our food system.
Plant Based Professionals
We need people in the movement and also need professionals and major corporations affecting change from the inside. Imagine vegans working inside their companies to introduce plant-based options in a major arena or in a hotel chain. Imagine them using their networks to bring together other pro-animal, vegetarian, and vegan colleagues.
InterVeg France
InterVeg is creating France’s first trade association to drive demand for plant-based products through lobbying and targeted promotions with supermarkets. France is a key player where important agricultural policy decisions are being made that impact the entire European plant-based market and where the transition to a plant-based diet is behind other European countries.
Protein Transition Switzerland
Protein Transition Switzerland believe that Switzerland can lead Europe’s protein transition. But despite many strengths, Switzerland has a fragmented food system and the lack of action holds the country back. The organisation aims to unite key stakeholders to change that.
Green Food Planet
Green Food Planet helps food businesses make sustainability a real driver for growth. Many small and medium food companies still see sustainability as costly or complicated. Green Food Planet makes sustainability straightforward by creating tailored strategies and supporting them through every step of the journey.
Electric Sheep
We live in an age where the incredible promise of AI is being rapidly eclipsed by the extreme danger of catastrophic suffering for animals due to AI accelerated farming, food production, and infrastructure. Electric Sheep are changing the course of AI and taking the cause of billions of animals right to the heart of Silicon Valley.
Xiaobu Vegan Debate Society
Xiaobu Vegan in Shanghai are making veganism resonate in China by hosting debates, inspired by Qipashuo and broadcasting them on WeChat. Their first two videos hit over two million views showing that China is a large untapped market for veganism.
Vegan Business Tribe
A global online support community for vegan entrepreneurs and business-owners whop have supported more than 3,500 vegan businesses over 5 years – including more than 600 as paying members.
TakeCharge.my
Chef Dave is an influential chef with 3 million followers who is on
a mission to drive health policy reform in Malaysia through TakeCharge.my.
The platform promotes whole food plant-based health, offering a 30-day health challenge to encourage Malaysians to adopt plant-based diet.
Vegan Business Circle
70% of new businesses fail in the first five years. Csaba Péntek established the Vegan Business Circle business community in 2022 in Hungary to solve this problem. In the last two years they have organised more than 50 business breakfasts and 36 mastermind events with nearly 1,000 participants.
Encompass AI
AI, the most powerful technological revolution in history, is unfolding before our eyes with little regard for the majority of beings on this planet, the animals. Encompass AI are committed to changing that through a new community-building organisation in the AI safety space.
My Vegan Africa
My Vegan Africa is a nonprofit organisation working to promote plant-based culinary education to chefs, food vendors, and businesses in Africa. Through their work, they aim to increase the adoption of plant-based foods and meet the growing demand in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.
Church Animal Welfare
Church Animal Welfare seeks to expose the gap between the Christian Church’s ethical stance and its support of factory farming in Germany. By researching, labelling, and ranking 23,000 churches on animal welfare, they aim to create competition, generate pressure for change, and push the Church towards more compassionate food procurement and land use policies.
Open Paws
Open Paws is pioneering the integration of artificial intelligence into animal advocacy. With expertise in AI and activism, they aim to eliminate speciesist bias in AI systems, ensuring animals are represented fairly. Their open-source AI will empower activists, nonprofits, and major AI labs to align technology with animal rights, accelerating the path to liberation.
The Freedom Food Alliance
The Freedom Food Alliance fights misinformation in the food industry, ensuring transparency, accountability, and ethical practices. Through FoodFacts.org, media watchdog reports, and digital advocacy, they counter false narratives that undermine consumer confidence in plant-based food. Their goal: to dismantle industry-led disinformation and create a more informed, ethical food system.
Vegan Thesis
Vegan Thesis connects students with NGOs, startups, and academics to conduct impactful research that advances the vegan movement. By curating research questions and matching students with mentors, the platform bridges the gap between academic research and real-world advocacy, enabling students worldwide to contribute meaningfully to animal protection and plant-based progress.
Reporters for Animals
Reporters for Animals International supports undercover investigators exposing animal cruelty. They provide essential funding, safety gear, psychological support, and training to protect and professionalise investigators worldwide. By building a global network and offering mentorship, they ensure more investigations, stronger campaigns, and greater accountability in the fight against factory farming.