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| 29.09.2025 | Packaging, Cold‑Chain, and AI: Closing the Freshness Gap | Share
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Perishables fail when packaging, time, and temperature fall out of sync, and the best recent data shows that aligning those three levers pays back quickly. In February 2025, the International Institute of Refri... |
| 10.04.2025 | Crisp Acquires Atheon Analytics and ClearBox Analytics | Crisp, a Bentonville, Ark.-based provider of a collaborative commerce platform for retail data, announced the acquisitions of Atheon Analytics (SKUtrak) and ClearBox Analytics.
The sums of the deals were not disclosed.
Both companies are ba... |
| 01.04.2025 | Crisp's Strategic Move: Acquiring Shelf Engine to Revolutionize Retail | In the fast-paced world of retail, where margins are thin and competition is fierce, innovation is the lifeblood of survival. Crisp, a data solutions provider based in Bentonville, Arkansas, has made a bold move by acquiring Shelf Engine, a... |
| 31.03.2025 | Crisp Acquires Shelf Engine | Crisp, a Bentonville, AR-based provider of retail data solutions, acquired Shelf Engine, a Seattle, WA-based AI company which specializes in demand forecasting and automated ordering.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
With the acqui... |
| 27.03.2025 | Crisp Acquires Shelf Engine | Crisp, a NYC-based provider of retail data solutions, acquired Shelf Engine, a Seattle, WA-based artificial intelligence company specializing in demand forecasting and automated ordering.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
With the a... |
| 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... |
| 05.02.2023 | This supply chain startup is using AI and IoT to predict food spoilage | Transparent Path’s cellular sensors (Transparent Path Photo).
Transparent Path is on a mission to help reduce food waste and fuel hunger relief efforts with supply chain technology that provides visibility for perishable products.
The Seatt... |
| 21.11.2022 | Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Retailers rationalize SKUs, rethink product mix and ecommerce approach as food inflation remains stubbornly high | Earlier this month, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed food prices continue to climb, outpacing the overall Consumer Price Index, to reach a staggering high of 12.4% compared to last October. While the upward momentum may be slowin... |
| 29.07.2022 | Seattle startup Shelf Engine lays off 43 employees due to ‘challenging economic conditions’ | (Shelf Engine Photo)
Shelf Engine is the latest Seattle startup to cut its workforce.
The company, which helps grocers manage food orders, confirmed to GeekWire that it laid off 43 employees due to “challenging economic conditions.” It didn... |
| 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... |
| 08.03.2022 | Seattle startup Swiftly lands $100M to help grocers fend off Amazon and other e-commerce players | Swiftly, a Seattle startup that provides software to brick-and-mortar grocery retailers such as Family Dollar and The Save Mart Companies, raised $100 million in a Series B funding round.
Swiflty’s technology powers grocer-branded apps that... |
| 29.09.2021 | From Software Solutions To Actual Outcomes: Expanding Your Value Proposition | Co-Founder & CEO of Shelf Engine: helping grocers increase profits while drastically reducing food waste through automation. |
| 21.09.2021 | Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Shaun White, Shawn Mendes get behind Shelf Engine | Shelf Engine’s mission to eliminate food waste in grocery retailers now has some additional celebrity backers. The company brought in a $2 million extension to its $41 million Series B announced in March.
Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, S... |
| 21.09.2021 | Why Ellen DeGeneres, Shaun White and others are backing a Seattle startup that’s cutting food waste | The Shelf Engine leadership team (starting top left, going clockwise): Stefan Kalb, co-founder and CEO; Bede Jordan, co-founder and chief technology officer; Kane McCord, chief revenue officer and president; and Deborah Alexander, chief ope... |
| 20.04.2021 | Startup of the Year: Vote for the hottest up-and-coming company at the GeekWire Awards | The five finalists for this year’s Startup of the Year category at the GeekWire Awards reflect the strength of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Seattle and the greater Pacific Northwest.
Common Room; Ozette; SeekOut; Shelf Engine; and Strik... |
| 14.04.2021 | Kroger launches its first Ocado-powered ‘shed’, a massive, robot-filled fulfillment center in Ohio | After inking a deal to work together almost three years ago, U.S. supermarket chain Kroger and U.K. online grocer Ocado today took the wraps off the first major product of that deal. Kroger has launched a new Ocado-powered customer fulfillm... |
| 02.04.2021 | Food Supply Chain Company Shelf Engine Closes $41 Million | Shelf Engine announced it has raised $41 million in Series B funding to expand its automation solutions to grocers. These are the details.
Shelf Engine announced it has raised $41 million in Series B funding to expand its automation solutio... |
| 18.03.2021 | Shelf Engine Raises $41 Million to Transform the Grocery Supply Chain, Quadrupling Retailer Profits While Reducing Food Waste by One Third | |
| 18.03.2021 | AI-powered grocery inventory startup Shelf Engine nabs $41M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Prior to the pandemic, average grocery profits ho... |
| 18.03.2021 | Shelf Engine Raises $41M in Series B Funding | Shelf Engine, a Seattle, WA-based supply chain tech startup, raised $41m in Series B funding.
The round, which brings total funding to date to $58m, was led by General Catalyst with participation from GGV Capital, Foundation Capital, 1984 V... |
| 18.03.2021 | Shelf Engine Secures $41M Series B Round |
SEATTLE, WA, Shelf Engine today announced a $41 million Series B funding round.
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Shelf Engine today an... |
| 18.03.2021 | ‘We make our customers rich’: Shelf Engine raises $41M to help grocery giants manage their orders | Shelf Engine co-founders Bede Jordan and Stefan Kalb. (Shelf Engine Photo)
New funding: Shelf Engine raised $41 million to support rapid growth of its tech platform used by grocers such as Kroger and Walmart to manage food orders for deli, ... |
| 18.03.2021 | AI-powered grocery inventory startup Shelf Engine nabs $41M | Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more.
Prior to the pandemic, average grocery profits hovered around 2%, mostly due to transportation and logistical inefficiencies. Shifting product demand... |
| 31.08.2020 | Restaurant tech is serving up funding deals mid-pandemic – but will adoption stick? | As Covid-19 rocks the restaurant industry, operators have been looking for ways to navigate shelter-in-place orders, reduced workforces, and shuttered dining rooms. While the flow of investment dollars into many sectors seems to be cooling ... |
| 14.08.2020 | With a new general partner and without Alexis Ohanian, Initialized Capital garners $230 million for fund five | Initialized Capital, the early-stage venture firm that got its start inside of Y Combinator almost a decade ago and spun out of the organization roughly five years later, has closed its newest fund with $230 million in capital commitments, ... |
| 22.07.2020 | Shelf Engine raises $12M to help Whole Foods, Target, Kroger manage orders and reduce waste | (Shelf Engine Photo)
Food waste is a big problem amid the pandemic. Disruptions to the food supply chain and consumer purchasing changes have forced farms to destroy millions of pounds of fresh goods while grocers deal with spoilage issues.... |
| 22.07.2020 | Shelf Engine raises US$ 12M to reduce food wastage in grocery stores | Shelf Engine provides an automated prediction engine that recommends what to order every day. It uses machine learning to help grocery stores bring in their orders to minimize waste and maximize profits. The idea is to remove inefficiencies... |
| 02.10.2018 | Shelf Engine raises $4.3M to help grocers battling Amazon save money on food orders | Shelf Engine Co-founders Bede Jordan and Stefan Kalb. (Shelf Engine Photo)
Shelf Engine has made some major changes since it was founded about two years ago.
The Seattle startup began by providing technology to grocery stores to create more... |
| 17.08.2018 | 16 Companies from the YC Summer 2018 Batch | At YC, founders decide when they want to announce that they’re part of the program. Meet 16 of the companies who recently announced that they’re part of the YC Summer 2018 batch. See more companies from the S18 batch here, here and here.
L... |
| 15.08.2018 | Shelf Engine uses machine learning to stop food waste from eating into store margins | Shelf Engine’s team
While running Molly’s, the Seattle-based ready meal wholesaler he founded, Stefan Kalb was upset about its 28 percent food wastage rate. Feeling that the amount was “astronomical,” he began researching how to lower it — ... |
| 22.03.2017 | 6 Key Takeaways from Forbes Mixing Bowl NYC | Advisory investment group The Mixing Bowl teamed up with Forbes for its New York-based event this year to discuss technology’s role in changing food and farming at scale and consumer food preferences.
The audience represented a broad mix of... |
| 06.02.2017 | Shelf Engine raises $800K to help food retailers use artificial intelligence for optimized ordering | Shelf Engine co-founders Bede Jordan and Stefan Kalb. Photo via Shelf Engine.
As his fresh salad and sandwich business started taking off a few years ago, Stefan Kalb realized he had a problem. Kalb, co-founder of Seattle-based Molly’s, lea... |
| - | A new Walmart in-store AI is giving employees advice on how to sell products before it’s too late | Walmart is piloting a new in-store artificial intelligence to advise associates on everything from when bananas are likely to rot to when to mark down seasonal clothing.
The goal is to reduce food waste and fashion waste, which leads to mil... |
| - | 46 of the most promising startups of 2021, according to top VCs | From left: Li Jin, Hans Tung, Gabby Cazeau, and Mike Duboe. Courtesy of Li Jin; GGV Capital; Harlem Capital; Greylock Partners; Shayanne Gal/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start rea... |
