Selection Criteria

• Dairy or Dairy-Related Solution: Solutions are directly associated with the dairy industry (food products, beverages, packaging solutions or industrial process, etc.)
• Business Model / Scalability: Company is addressing its revenue model, competitors, how to scale, customer acquisition and cost base.  Company knows its margins and how it can improve as it scales. High growth market opportunity
• Product / Technology: Product/service has a competitive advantage and high barriers to entry
• Customers / Traction: Team is on track or building a successful business and is building something that consumers or the industry needs / wants. They understand their consumer or users’ needs. Team has done research to evaluate competitive landscape and has validated a need
• Innovation & Impact: Concept is a game-changing approach to solving a problem or gap in the market that could have major impact at scale