One of Southeast Asia’s biggest food delivery apps raises $1.2bn, lays off workers: reports
Gojek and archrival Grab are rumoured to have held discussions about a potential merger.
Gojek and archrival Grab are rumoured to have held discussions about a potential merger.
Robotics startup Starship Technologies closed a $40 million venture round for its cooler-sized delivery robots but some cities are cracking down on autonomous robot testing amid consumer safety concerns.
Gousto is a bet on people still finding enough joy and value in cooking their own meals at home — even those in big cities starved for time or charged a king’s ransom for every inch of rental space, writes Richard Martyn-Hemphill.
Postmates, a San Francisco-based logistics company that operates a network of couriers who deliver goods – mostly food — locally, has closed a pre-IPO $100
The first wave of European food tech companies has mostly focused on building technology and logistics platforms to deliver food to consumers. And while the
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The highs and lows of the food e-commerce space continued this week with Territory raising $6.7m in Series A funding in the same week that Maple closed and sold some of its assets to the UK’s Deliveroo.
AgBiome has received another grant from the Gates Foundation while a European accelerator plans to spend $1.26m on agri-food startups and Alphabet is planning to use drones to deliver food.
“There was a period when the software was as important as the need to have incredible logistics,” says Benzi Ronen, CEO of Farmigo, which last week shocked the market by closing down its food delivery service.
The Finnish software company helping grocery retailers launch online food delivery services has raised funding from EnterWorks and Black Dragon Capital.
A meaty industry-in-brief this week includes news on the GMO labeling debate, Europe’s largest urban farm, the world’s first expired food supermarket, people moves at DuPont, and a data collective for farmers.
Dazo, a fresh meal delivery company backed by local high profile investors, has shut up shop in the same week that SpoonJoy reduced its service. What does that say about the sector?
Food delivery startups are raking in funds these days, and there’s yet another story to break headlines–this time, it’s 100 percent organic, local and sustainable
Plus: UPSIDE Foods hits pause on its large-scale cultivated meat production facility and plant-based fur makes its debut.
Farm robotics gets another fundraising boost and Tyson cooks up high-tech bacon.
Plus: Grow-NY winners announced and Le Fourgon raises new capital to reuse old containers.
Overstory banks new funding to monitor vegetation with satellites, FarmInsect raises capital to turn insects into livestock feed.
Ongoing labor shortages and a need to cut costs are fueling a new class of foodservice robotics, from ‘bots that mix drinks to burger vending machines.
The Spanish ‘q-commerce’ app delivers takeout meals, groceries, and other items on demand to more than 10 million users across 20 European countries.
Food delivery services are bigger than ever, as locked-down consumers turn to apps for meals and groceries. But the economic outlook for service providers remains tough.
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