Newsletter: Feeling Good About the Fight Against Food Waste
Happy Friday! Chris here, When you wake up every morning and scroll through the headlines, it’s easy to feel like we are in the darkest timeline. But then, there are […]
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Analytical Flavor Systems Raises $4M for its AI-Powered Flavor Prediction Platform
Analytical Flavor Systems (AFS), which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help companies predict and personalize flavor for new food products, announced today that it has raised $4 million in Series […]
Tenzo Raises $1.8M to Curb Restaurant Food Waste With AI
London startup, Tenzo, this week announced a $1.8 million funding round for their AI-powered restaurant analytics platform, according to news from VentureBeat. The round was led by S28 Capital, with […]
Taranis Harvests $20M for Aerial Imaging Tech that Detects Crop Diseases
Today crop threat detection company Taranis announced that they closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by Viola Ventures, with participation from existing investors Finistere Ventures, Vertex Ventures, and others. This latest […]
Sam’s Club to Open Cashierless Concept Store Next Week
Walmart-owned Sam’s Club will open up a new store in Dallas next week that will feature a high-tech take on grocery shopping with cashierless checkout, in-store search and augmented reality. […]
Product Selection Will Drive Future Growth for Grocery, Says CircleUp’s CEO
Whether it’s about personalizing the shopping experience, changing the way stores are set up or shoppable recipes, most folks in the food industry have an opinion about what will drive future growth […]
Afresh Uses AI to Optimize Fresh Food Stocking and Cut Grocery Waste
For brick-and-mortar grocery stores, fresh food is a double-edged sword. It’s one of the main reasons that customers still prefer food shopping in physical stores instead of online, but it […]
Wasteless Grabs $2 Million, Dynamic Food Pricing Algorithm Combats Food Waste
This week Israeli startup Wasteless raised a $2 million Series A round, led by Slingshot Ventures with participation from several angel investors (h/t Agfunder). The company closed a $400,000 seed round […]
Dishq Rebrands as Spoonshot, Acquires Brisky
Personalized food recommendation engine Dishq announced today that it has rebranded as Spoonshot, and that the company has acquired India-based startup, Brisky. During a phone interview, Spoonshot CEO Kishan Vasani told […]
DoorDash Wants to do Last-Mile Logistics for Everything, Not Just Food
To say that the food delivery market is heating up would be an understatement. It’s already red-hot, and competitors are using every tool in their toolbox — self-driving robots, drones, […]
Food-X Unveils the Chosen Startups for Cohort 8 of Its Food Innovation Accelerator
This morning, Food-X announced the startups chosen to participate in Cohort 8 of its food innovation accelerator. The NYC-based program, which has operated since 2014, is one of the most […]
Kroger and University of Cincinnati Team Up to Join the Grocery Innovation Race
Yesterday, Kroger announced a partnership with the University of Cincinnati to launch an “innovation lab” at the university’s 1819 Innovation Hub. As its name suggests, the 1819 Innovation Hub is […]
