Tastewise raises $5m Series A for consumer data platform, releases trend report
The Israeli startup combs thousands of recipes, menus, and social media conversations to figure out what food and beverage trends consumers will crave next.
The Israeli startup combs thousands of recipes, menus, and social media conversations to figure out what food and beverage trends consumers will crave next.
The Israeli agritech company FruitSpec — which is carving out a niche using hyperpectral imagery to count fruits —is set to officially close its $4 million Series A fundraise at the Agrivest conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Get the scoop here!
Indian cloud kitchen giant Rebel Foods has raised $125m in Series D funding from Goldman Sachs, Sequoia Capital, Gojek, and others.
Remember, remember! The sixth and seventh of November!
These two dates will mark the autumnal moment when fifteen fledgling agri- and foodtech startups try to make an explosive impression on FoodBytes! by Rabobank at Victoria House in London.
Tia Lupita Foods, LocalCoho and Capro-X won at FoodBytes! Chicago yesterday.
Danish vegetarian meal delivery startup Simple Feast plans on taking on the US, after its latest funding round. But will Americans have the appetite?
Kuli Kuli is driving the moringa products market in the US with over 50% of a segment that’s now in 3% of US households.
Beware, food tech dilettantes: Do not go charging headlong into London’s Future Food Tech event this October without a good game plan.
A startup needs reliability and funds, while a corporate needs fresh ideas. Sounds like a win-win, doesn’t it? But there’s more than meets the eye.
The plant-based meat maker is launching at 27 Gelson’s locations in Southern California while Tim Hortons is backpedaling its Beyond Meat offerings.
The 10 startups yield from Europe, India, and Chile, and will be making the most of the €15 million Rockstart recently raised to invest in them from early through to late stage.
Narrowed down from over 160 applicants, the GROW accelerator showcased its nine talents to a turnout with big names like Temasek, ESG and Mondelez.
ImpactVision uses machine learning and hyperspectral imaging to detect the quality and composition of food products to a degree that has not been possible before.
TERRA, the growth-stage accelerator, has announced its fourth cohort and it’s a diverse list of businesses tackling key problems in the food chain including food waste and safety.
The Israeli computer vision company uses AI to track the items shoppers place in their cart for a frictionless checkout experience.
Using different languages to order your food could soon become a moot point at McDonald’s drive-thrus, with the company’s acquisition of Apprente — a two-year-old startup that’s been making impressive strides in voice recognition software.
“Bellwether Coffee has a dream team of sustainability and coffee experts and is addressing a large market ripe for improvement,” Nancy Pfund, managing partner at DBL Partners, tells AFN.
It’s hard to miss the investor enthusiasm for alternative protein startups but valuations are creeping up as I heard at the Good Food Conference last week.
As the industry attracts more and more attention from mainstream investors, is this investment category here to stay, asks Danny O’Brien from Idea2Scale.
New Culture is making dairy cheese without animals instead using fermentation, the addition plant-based fats, sugars and traditional cheesemaking process.