European Agri-FoodTech startups raised $3.4 billion in funding in 2019 across 419 deals, a 70% year-over-year growth, according to AgFunder’s latest research. Looking ahead to
Uber is pulling out of the food delivery business in 7 countries to “reinvest… in priority markets.” Here are some clues as to where it should refocus.
The news cycle for the entire Covid-19 pandemic crisis has been awash with crises in the food industry, forcing various tech providers to step up to the challenge. But which will be left wanting when the virus eventually subsides?
Interesting things are happening in the Nordics. MatHem (literally “Food Home”), the market leader in online groceries in Sweden, has teamed up with a local financial colossus and industrial enfant terrible to re-draw the food map, writes Johan Jorgensen.
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.
As US consumers show more interest in online offerings, retailers are upping their digital game this holiday season — including food retailers.
A household name in the UK, the Grosvenor family can trace its ancestry back to William the Conqueror’s cousin and today Hugh Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, is godfather to Prince George. No big deal then. But what’s the link to foodtech?
Catch up on the latest funding activity for European foodtech and agtech startups.
In this second edition of Future Food, I chat to Robb about his food preferences, his contrarian views of the plant-based meat trend, the role of big data in food, and how the Amazon deal came about.
Farmstead claims to be the nation’s first AI-powered digital grocer that sources and delivers fresh, local food from farm to fridge in 60 minutes.
The fledgling startup industry looks different to other global markets with the vast majority of innovation and investment ($1.7 billion) taking place downstream; but China’s agrifood startup scene has something the US market does not.
Milk & Eggs is different to other online grocers because what’s purchased is made-to-order; it’s like it’s providing people with their own personal farmer, according to the CEO.
The California-based startup that was forced to withdraw from various cities across the US in 2015 after expanding too quickly, recapitalized in 2016.
Doodhwala is building its own logistics service, overriding India’s established and complex network of middlemen and dealing directly with farmers.
There are a number of key areas of opportunity for agrifood tech startups in Europe as the support and resources available
to entrepreneurs increases slowly, write Thomas van den Boezem and Louisa Burwood-Taylor.
Americans need better access to healthy food to lower risk of Covid-19 complications