Founder Bobby Brannigan explains how the Mercato tech platform is keeping mom-and-pop stores in business while also serving food deserts.
The macro headwinds startups face right now are also driving more interest in agrifoodtech as a solution to some of today’s most pressing climate issues.
Plus, the USDA’s office of the chief scientist gets a new director and cultivated meat startup Upside Foods expands its leadership team.
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.
With a fintech platform and food prescription program, About Fresh is making food accesiblity a reality for more Americans.
The former VP of Grocery at Whole Foods shared many challenges with us about the current food system, but in this special mini-episode, we share parts of the conversation about short-termism, corporate oligopolies, and the concentration of ownership. And explore what’s possible with his idea about food delivery.
Led by Swiggy, Restaurant Marketplaces raised $1.95 billion in FY22, scooping up the most funding of any agrifoodtech category.
The deal, which brings together two of Europe’s biggest instant grocery players, values the combined group at $10 billion.
The ghost kitchen service is part of PepsiCo Foodservice Digital Lab, which helps restaurants start delivery-only formats, among other things.
From old timers with mega deals to up-and-comers just entering the space, here are the ghost kitchen startups leading the pack of a growing if somewhat controversial segment of the food industry.
Bonbell co-founder Doaa Abdel Hameed shares here thoughts on enhancing the hospitality industry, her company’s future, and supporting female founders.
A couple mega-deals of $100 million and over are responsible for the bulk of ghost kitchen investment from the last 12 months.
Ghost kitchens operator from Uber founder Travis Kalanick, CloudKitchens, raised a whopping $850m in 2021, including backing from Microsoft.
Roughly 70% of German agrifood’s $3.3 billion in funding went to just two companies, both part of the now-struggling instant-delivery sector.
China’s Furong Xingsheng and rapid delivery services in the US, Germany, and Turkey made eGrocery the most funded agrifoodtech category of 2021.
Square Roots will leverage URB-E’s fleet of last-mile, small electric vehicles to deliver vertically-grown greens faster and cheaper than traditional vans.
The Nairobi-based startup raised $1 million in pre-seed funding last year.
The Californian e-grocer will use the funds to expand its platform, which sells ‘hard-to-find’ Asian and Latin food, household, and beauty items.
CEO Anthony Tan said the company will invest part of the proceeds into mapping tech in order to “deliver groceries more efficiently.”
The category continues to evolve as digital tools blur the lines between mealkits, virtual restaurants, and dark grocery stores.
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