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| 16.07.2025 | Little Sesame Raises $8.5M Series A Funding | Little Sesame, a Washington, DC-based hummus brand, raised $8.5M in Series A funding.
The round was led by InvestEco Capital, with participation from Watchfire Ventures, Santatera Capital, Beliade Consumer Partners, and other individual inv... |
| 16.01.2025 | Tofu Brand Hodo Announces Retail Expansion Into Meijer, Harris Teeter, and Giant Martin’s | US tofu brand Hodo has announced an expansion into leading grocery retailers Meijer, Harris Teeter, and Giant Martin’s, as consumer demand for minimally processed plant-based proteins continues to rise.
Hodo’s tofu is made with non-GMO soyb... |
| 06.12.2024 | Rosy Soil: $3.6 Million (Seed) Raised For Creating Gardening Soil From Captured Carbon Dioxide | Rosy Soil, a sustainable soil company built to offset the negative environmental impact of producing traditional peat-based potting mixes, announces closing a $3.6 million seed round. This funding will advance the company’s mission to trans... |
| 04.12.2024 | Rosy Soil Raises $3.6M in Seed Funding | Rosy Soil, a NYC-based sustainable soil company created to offset the negative environmental impact of producing traditional peat-based potting mixes, raised $3.6M in Seed funding.
Backers included Draper Associates, Superorganism, Climate ... |
| 31.10.2024 | Sweet Innovations and Savory Solutions: The Rise of Convenient Food Products | In a world where convenience reigns supreme, food companies are stepping up their game. They are crafting products that not only satisfy cravings but also cater to health-conscious consumers. Two recent launches highlight this trend: Some H... |
| 25.10.2024 | Hodo’s New “Saucy Tofu” Entrees Pack Protein, Convenience, and Global Flavors | These saucy tofu meals are ready to eat—simply heat and serve. Offered in three delicious flavors: Thai Red Curry, Japanese Teriyaki and Korean BBQ. They are perfect for the health-minded, busy families that want easy meals, and those who a... |
| 18.06.2024 | Inside a Vertical Warehouse Farm Hiding in Plain Sight | Inside Plenty’s vertical farm, spinach towers are in harvest. Plenty
Nestled between massive nondescript warehouses housing a concrete factory and a roofing plant in Compton, Calif. sits a massive 100,000-square-foot farm with the potential... |
| 28.09.2023 | Bytes to Bites part two – From farm to fork: Leveraging AI in the food supply chain | Editor’s Note: Eva Everloo is senior investment analyst, and Anina Troya is an investment analyst intern at agri-food tech investor PeakBridge.
The views expressed in this guest commentary are the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect... |
| 19.09.2023 | Food waste + landfill = bad, and getting worse. Here's what you can do about it | There are ways to shop for food sustainably while saving money, too
Both condo associations where I rented over the past few years in Central Florida removed the recycling containers after too many residents dumped in trash without sorting.... |
| 26.04.2023 | Stop food waste day: Later-stage funding, M&A remain robust for US food waste mitigation startups, despite downturn | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new research re... |
| 23.11.2022 | Babaco Market raises €6.3 million for food boxes containing "odd" cuts to tackle food waste | Lombardo-based startup Babaco Market has attracted €6.3 million in series A funds, bringing its lifetime funding to €8.1 million.
Italy's Babaco Market distributes food products that have small cosmetic defects or other qualities that would... |
| 08.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: $40m for crop intelligence, using tobacco for cultivated meat, Netherlands’ meat ads ban | This week, crop intelligence platform Taranis secured more capital for its aerial imagery and AI tech and BioBetter landed funds to turn tobacco into growth factors for cultivated meat. Online grocer Motatos bagged new capital, Uber and Nur... |
| 07.09.2022 | Online grocery company Misfits Market to acquire Imperfect Foods | Misfits Market is acquiring Imperfect Foods in an all-stock deal, Misfits Market founder and CEO Abhi Ramesh told TechCrunch.
Both online grocery platforms, Misfits Market raised nearly $530 million since being founded in 2018, most recentl... |
| 07.09.2022 | Brief: Misfits Market to acquire Imperfect Foods, says IPO is ‘most likely’ | Online ugly produce retailer Misfits Market has agreed to acquire its chief competitor, Imperfect Foods. Both companies are based in the US and primarily serve the Lower 48 states. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but it w... |
| 12.05.2022 | Corporate commitments, policy drive record $1.9bn funding for food waste solutions: ReFED | Technology companies tackling food waste raised $1.9 billion in funding in 2021, representing 101% year-on-year growth, according to a new report from US-based nonprofit ReFED. This takes investment in food waste tech and business models mi... |
| 04.05.2022 | This California Greenhouse is Run by Robots | (Photo: Iron Ox)A farm technology startup is using robots and artificial intelligence to tackle sustainability concerns in agriculture.
Northern California-based Iron Ox was born from the realization that conventional American agriculture n... |
| 28.02.2022 | BREAKING: S2G leads $12.3m Series A for food rescue app Flashfood | North America-based Flashfood has raised a $12.3 million Series A for its mobile app-based marketplace that partners with stores to “rescue” grocery items bound for the landfill and sell them at heavily discounted prices.
S2G Ventures led t... |
| 21.02.2022 | How Walmart and other food delivery platforms are attempting to reduce single-use plastic waste | Lusk added that while many food delivery services neither manufacture or sell plastic-based products themselves, they should still “feel a degree of accountability, given [that] the space has served as a catalyst of plastic consumption.” An... |
| 21.01.2022 | Leftovers: Lay's fries up potatoes grown in NFL stadium dirt; Opopop creates an interactive popcorn experience | Leftovers is our look at a few of the product ideas popping up everywhere. Some are intriguing, some sound amazing and some are the kinds of ideas we would never dream of. We can't write about everything that we get pitched, so here are som... |
| 13.01.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Remilk raises $120m; ‘world’s first plant-based salmon fillet’ unveiled | There were multiple fundings above or near the $100 million mark this week in agrifoodtech, led by Estonian ride-hailing and food delivery app Bolt with its $709 million round.
Elsewhere, alt-dairy startup ReMilk raised $120 million, while ... |
| 09.11.2021 | Iterable Announces the Winners of its 2021 Expie Awards | We’re honored to recognize the teams and individuals that are leading the charge for positive change. They’re the best of the best. The superheroes of customer experience.
SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) November 09, 2021
Iterable, the leading cross-... |
| 02.11.2021 | Imperfect Foods earns B Corp Certification and sets new sustainability targets | To become a certified B Corp, companies must meet stringent social, environmental, and sustainability standards verified by the non-profit B Lab. There are currently more than 3,500 Certified B Corporations in more than 70 countries and spa... |
| 27.08.2021 | Hooray Foods’ Vegan Bacon Will Be Available at Imperfect Foods From September | From 2nd of September, Hooray Foods, the mission-driven, plant-based meat company known for its plant-based bacon – will be available via Imperfect Foods – the leading online grocer at the forefront of building a less wasteful food system.
... |
| 04.08.2021 | Farm tech investing is accelerating faster than ever – new report | Editor’s note: A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.
We’ve been watching the surge of investor interest in upstream, close-to-the-farm technologies since the Covid-19 pandemic started. We now have numbers that show just h... |
| 29.07.2021 | Farm Tech Investing Is Accelerating Faster Than Food Tech And General VC - New Report | As devastating as the pandemic has been, some good has emerged from the global health and economic crisis: investment to shore up global food systems has soared. Back in February we confirmed the extent of the boost investors gave entrepren... |
| 06.05.2021 | B Corp Certified VC Firm Blisce Raises An Initial $150 Million For Its Second Fund To Keep Backing Mission-Driven Founders | Blisce founder and CEO Alexandre Mars.Broadsoft |
| 28.04.2021 | Recyclops Succeeds With Subscription-Based Recycling In The Covid Era | Sara Oliver, a Recyclops driver in Wasatch County, UtahRecyclops |
| 16.02.2021 | Sustainable Online Grocery Company Imperfect Foods Raises $110 Million | Imperfect Foods — a leader in the sustainable online grocery space — recently announced the Series D commitment will total $110 million. These are the details.
Imperfect Foods — a leader in the sustainable online grocery space — recently an... |
| 10.02.2021 | Ugly Food Winners: Meet The Startups Capitalising On Wasted Fruit & Vegetables | 1
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It’s not talked about enough, but wasted food is an environmental and health disaster. One third of all food grown is wasted globally, and Asia as a region is responsible for over 50% of all wasted food. And as we get ... |
| 08.02.2021 | Imperfect Foods Extends Series D To $110M | Imperfect Foods, a San Francisco, CA-based sustainable online grocery company, announced its Series D commitment will total $110M, a $15M increase from the previously-announced January commitment of $95m.
The Series D round now includes two... |
| 31.01.2021 | How To Reduce Food Waste (And Save Money), According To Zero-Waste Experts | getty |
| 27.01.2021 | Imperfect Foods exec details plan to expand into beauty after its latest funding brings valuation to $700 million | Imperfect Foods This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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Imperfect Foods completed a Series D funding round worth $95 million, the company said Jan. 21.
The direct-to-co... |
| 22.01.2021 | Insight Partners leads $95m round at Imperfect Foods: ‘Their unit economics are exceptional’ | Founded in 2015 by Ben Simon and Ben Chesler with a mission to tackle food waste by delivering surplus or ‘ugly’ produce direct to consumers, San Francisco based Imperfect Foods now carries a wide range of pantry staples from brands such ... |
| 22.01.2021 | Imperfect Foods Secures $95M Series D |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Imperfect Foods has received $95M in a Series D growth investment led by Insight Partners.
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| 22.01.2021 | Imperfect Foods secures $95 million investment | SAN FRANCISCO — Imperfect Foods announced it received a commitment to fund $95 million in a Series D growth investment. The Series D financing will be led by Insight Partners, which led the company’s $72 million Series C round eight months ... |
| 21.01.2021 | Imperfect Foods, Inc. announced that it expects to receive $95 million in funding from Insight Venture Management, LLC, Norwest Venture Partners | Imperfect Foods, Inc. announced that it has raised $95 million in its first tranche of funding co-led by returning investors Insight Venture Management, LLC and Norwest Venture Partners on January 21, 2021. |
| 21.01.2021 | Imperfect Foods Secures $95MM Series D Investment Commitment | |
| 30.10.2020 | Last mile delivery startup Onfleet raises $14m to meet Covid-19 demand surge | Onfleet, a provider of ‘last-mile’ logistics software, has raised $14 million in a Series A round led by UK-based private equity firm Kennet Partners. The funding will be used to help the San Francisco startup capture the surge in demand fo... |
| 29.10.2020 | These 4 Startups Show Why The Natural Foods Space Has Untapped Opportunity | getty |
| 30.09.2020 | «Революционные» стартапы стали безликими: с одинаковым посылом, визуальным языком и tone of voice Статьи редакции | Неважно, что они продают — зубные щётки или экологичный собачий корм, — они стараются быть нейтральными и обещают изменить рынок. Но сами надеются быстро вырасти и дорого продаться, считает Bloomberg.
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| 13.08.2020 | TemperPack raises $31m Series C to meet surge in demand for food e-commerce | Although Covid-19’s shelter-in-place orders have caused an untold list of headaches for people hunkered down in their homes, one particular grievance seems to have unified us all: cooking three meals a day is a relentless chore.
Despite the... |
| 28.05.2020 | Imperfect Foods Secures $72 Million To Reduce Food Waste | Imperfect Foods announced recently that it raised $72 million in Series C funding led by Insight Partners
Imperfect Foods announced recently that it raised $72 million in Series C funding led by Insight Partners. This round of funding was a... |
| 21.05.2020 | Imperfect Foods grabs $72M | Imperfect Foods, a grocery delivery startup specializing in food rejected by supermarkets, has raised $72 million in a Series C led by Insight Partners. The capital will help the San Francisco-based company expand its services and boost ful... |
| 21.05.2020 | Imperfect Foods raises $72 million | SAN FRANCISCO — Imperfect Foods closed a $72 million Series C funding round led by Insight Partners.
Funds will be used for continued expansion of the grocery delivery service across the United States. The company also plans to increase cap... |
| 20.05.2020 | Imperfect Foods raises $72M to expand grocery delivery | Imperfect Foods, a firm that specializes in eliminating food waste through grocery delivery, has raised $72 million in Series C funding led by Insight Partners.
The round was backed by existing investors, including Norwest Venture Partners,... |
| 20.05.2020 | Imperfect Foods Raises $72M in Series C Funding | Imperfect Foods, a San Francisco, CA-based company which aims to eliminate food waste and build an innovative food system, closed a Series C funding round of $72m.
The round was led by Insight Partners with participation from Norwest Ventur... |
| 21.04.2020 | Food Supply Chain Automation Could Be A Bright Spot For Restaurants Amidst The COVID-19 Fight | Man in a COVID-19 mask passes an empty restaurantPhoto by Victor He on Unsplash |
| 12.02.2020 | Secrets To Success: How Next-Gen Agtech Startups Are Building A More Sustainable Future | At the 2019 Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit, agtech pros from around the world gathered to outline their plans to reach a shared goal: saving the planet. |
| 07.10.2019 | Imperfect Produce becomes Imperfect Foods as it expands offerings across categories & distribution | “We always knew there was a huge amount of food going to waste outside of produce,” but until now we weren’t able to seamlessly navigate the logistics of additional suppliers and ensure sufficient products, Imperfect Food’s Co-founder Ben... |
| - | 5 changes to watch for in shopping as major retailers innovate to go ‘green’ | While the coronavirus pandemic captured the world’s attention in 2020, the climate crisis was also massively destructive, with ramifications including an extended wildfire season in California and tens of thousands of deaths from air pollut... |
