And businesses that don’t engage now risk being left behind, says Justin Honaman: ‘What are you doing today so you are not obsolete tomorrow?’
Foodtech VC funding declined for the sixth consecutive quarter in Q2, 2023, dropping 13.9% vs Q1 and by more than 70% year-over-year, according to PitchBook data.
Restaurant tech startup Deliverect has acquired ChatFood, a startup specializing in digital tools to improve the dine-in experience and enable consumers to order food directly through social media apps.
The deal, which brings together two of Europe’s biggest instant grocery players, values the combined group at $10 billion.
Trella, Capiter, and MaxAB are among dozens of startups that have raised funding of late to overhaul Egypt’s fragmented and inefficient B2B logistics space.
Dumpling turns the traditional gig economy on its head by putting personal shoppers at the center of the platform and incentivizing good customer service.
This latest investment comes as the e-grocer faces mounting demand for its delivery services from a locked-down India.
The South Korean e-grocer claims to have introduced the first end-to-end e-commerce cold chain in the country, and almost trebled its registered users last year.
The Bengaluru-based company is reported to have paid $20 million for the online milk-delivery specialist.
Israel-based Fabric (formerly CommenSense) is currently working to expand its US footprint with its robot-backed software platform to provide micro-fulfillment almost anywhere
The major poultry products producer hopes to eventually integrate the platform with grocery retailer’s ecommerce offerings to enable digital basket sharing.
“I never consumed cannabis for the first 29 years of my life, Socrates Rosenfeld founder and CEO of Jane Technologies tells AgFunderNews after raising a $6m Series A round of funding.
Full Harvest says it is the only business-to-business marketplace for the end-to-end purchase, sale, and logistics of surplus and imperfect produce.
FarmLead helps growers, who typically sell to a handful of local buyers, to negotiate better prices for their grain by opening them up to a new set of potential buyers online.
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