Invest News DetailThe world's largest food and agriculture exhibition Gulfood was held at the Dubai World Trade Centre and the Dubai Exhibition Centre in the United Arab Emirates. Expanding to nearly twice the scale of last year, the exhibition brought together participants from 195 countries across 8,500 exhibition stands.Maintaining its position as a leading global meeting point for food and agri-food technologies, Gulfood 2026 saw Türkiye participate with a strong delegation, featuring not only large-scale food companies but also innovative startups. At this year's exhibition, the Investment and Finance Office promoted Türkiye's entrepreneurial ecosystem at the Türkiye Pavilion, supporting the international visibility of Turkish startups.Within the scope of the Gulfood Startup Programme, launched for the first time this year, nine startups from Türkiye took part in the exhibition under the leadership of the Investment and Finance Office, showcasing their technologies on the international stage.The participating Turkish startups included Bee&You, bahs., ANT Systems, Doktar, Tarla.io, as well as Itech Robotics, Dostfood, Dost Tarım, and Tempa Teknik, which operate under the Agricultural Technologies Cluster. Throughout the exhibition, these companies presented their solutions to global industry stakeholders and potential partners.Among the participating startups, Bee&You and ANT Systems advanced to the semi-final stage of the World Agrifoodtech Startup Competition, a highly selective competition held as part of Gulfood. This achievement once again highlighted the growing global competitiveness and innovation capacity of Türkiye's startup ecosystem.