| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.03.2026 | Alpa: $3.5 Million Raised By Hospitality Fintech To Build Financial Operating System | Alpa, a London-based hospitality-focused fintech startup, announced that it has raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding to build what it describes as the financial layer for hospitality businesses. The round was led by daphni, with particip... |
| 27.02.2026 | Alpa Secures $3.5 Million to Revolutionize Hospitality Finances | Alpa, a London FinTech startup, raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding. This capital empowers Europe's vast hospitality sector. It delivers real-time financial visibility. Restaurant operators gain instant profitability insights. The platf... |
| 26.02.2026 | Taster founder’s UK FinTech startup Alpa raises €2.9 million to build the financial operating system for hospitality | Alpa, a London-based hospitality-focused FinTech startup, today announced that it has raised €2.9 million ($3.5 million) in its pre-Seed funding round to strengthen its core product and engineering capabilities.
The round was led by Daphni,... |
| 11.09.2023 | Jambon Beurre for the Climate Generation: La Vie Debuts Plant-Based French Ham | 5 Mins Read Green Queen speaks to French startup La Vie’s co-founder and CEO Nicolas Schweitzer about the startup’s new plant-based ham, its latest crowdfunding campaign, and its new virtual restaurant.
Bacon is what made La Vie famous in t... |
| 01.04.2022 | Gorillas co-founders back Growth Kitchen as it ‘cracks the delivery kitchen model’ and cooks up £3 million | Growth Kitchen has raised £3 million in a seed round as it aims to champion a SaaS-like scalability model for food delivery networks.
Led by PactVC, the round also includes notable angel investors Gorillas co-founders Ronny Shibley, Jörg Ka... |
| 06.07.2021 | Why your headshots and PR photos suck, and how to fix it | In my role as news editor at Tech.eu, I sift through anywhere between 25 to 30 press releases a day and pick and choose what I believe will bring you, dear reader, the most value. In so much, I also receive a lot of really, really bad photo... |
| 02.06.2021 | Технологии будущего: FoodTech | Технологии будущего: FoodTech |
| 02.06.2021 | Technology of the Future: FoodTech | Technology of the Future: FoodTech |
| 30.04.2021 | Digital restaurant group Taster collects $37M Series B | Octopus Ventures has led a $37 million investment in London-based Taster. The startup operates a series of delivery-only restaurants, including Korean chicken brand Out Fry and vegan burger restaurant A Burgers. The proceeds from the Series... |
| 29.04.2021 | French startup Taster raises USD 37 Million in series B funding | Taster, a french startup, announced that they raised USD 37 Million in Series B funding on 29th April 2021. The startup runs restaurants that are only available on online food delivery platforms. The investors in this series are Octopus Ven... |
| 29.04.2021 | London-based food-tech platform Taster raises $37m in funding | London-based digital restaurant platform Taster has raised $37m in series B funding, led by Cazoo-backing firm, the company confirmed today. |
| 29.04.2021 | Taster grabs $37 million for its native online restaurants | French startup Taster has raised a $37 million Series B funding round from Octopus Venture, Battery Ventures, LocalGlobe, HeartCore, Rakuten, GFC and Founders Future. The company operates dozens of restaurants that only exist on food delive... |
| 29.04.2021 | ‘Bigger than McDonald’s’: Taster raises $37m for its big dark kitchen vision | For a Frenchman who cares about making amazing food, Anton Soulier finds inspiration in somewhat surprising corners.
Over the past 18 months, he has spent a whole lot of time studying how McDonald’s, Burger King and Domino’s do what they do... |
| 29.04.2021 | London-based Taster gobbles up $37 million in Series B round | Taster, the London-based company behind a series of digital restaurant brands, has raised $37 million in a Series B round led by Octopus Ventures.
The financing also saw participation from Rakuten as well as existing investors Battery Ventu... |
| 16.02.2021 | Founders Future launches new fund: These are the high-impact sectors it’s looking to finance | Paris-based Founders Future, a venture studio providing network, support, and productive capital, has announced the launch of a new fund. According to the studio, the objective of this fund is to finance new high-impact sectors such as circ... |
| 15.02.2021 | Founders Future : raises an additional 50 million to accelerate its Tech for Good investments | PARIS, Feb. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Founders Future, a venture studio involved in Seed and Series A, today announced its new investment capital. With the objective of a new €50 million vehicle by the end of 2021, Founders Future has alread... |
| 15.02.2021 | Founders Future raises an additional €50 million to accelerate its Tech for Good investments | |
| 14.11.2019 | Former Uber execs launch virtual kitchen company out of stealth with $17 million | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
A new entrant to the burgeoning “virtual kitchen” space launched out of stealth today with $17 million in funding from a host of illust... |
| 14.11.2019 | Former Uber execs launch virtual kitchen company out of stealth with $17 million | A new entrant to the burgeoning “virtual kitchen” space launched out of stealth today with $17 million in funding from a host of illustrious backers.
San Francisco-based Virtual Kitchen Co joins a growing number of delivery-only food busine... |
| 04.11.2019 | Karma Kitchen: A dark kitchen startup to watch | For a taste of what’s coming from Europe’s food delivery sector take a peek inside an industrial kitchen in east London.
The workbenches at Karma Kitchen, a shared kitchen space near London Fields, are home to a handful of startups designin... |
| 07.07.2019 | Taster’s AI and automation show why virtual kitchens may rule the age of delivery | The rapid rise of meal delivery services is happening in plain sight, as companies like Deliveroo and Uber Eats send riders and drivers zipping around town with takeout of every variety. But as so often happens with new platforms, a seconda... |
| 07.07.2019 | Taster’s AI and automation show why virtual kitchens may rule the age of delivery | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The rapid rise of meal delivery services is happening in plain sight, as companies like Deliveroo and Uber Eats send riders and drivers... |
| 27.06.2019 | London-based “online restaurant” startup Taster lands $8 million | The UK-founded delivery-only restaurant company Taster has secured $8 million in a funding round from Battery Ventures, Heartcore Capital, LocalGlobe, Marc Ménasé (Founders Future) and other existing investors.
Founded in 2017 by Anton Soul... |
| 27.06.2019 | Taster Raises $8M in Series A Funding | Taster, a London, UK-based company behind a range of highly-delivery-only online restaurant brands, raised $8m in Series A funding.
Backers included Battery Ventures, Heartcore Capital, LocalGlobe, Marc Ménasé (Founders Future) and other ex... |
| 27.06.2019 | London-based Taster scores €7 million Series A to scale its delivery-only restaurant brands | The online food delivery space has seen enormous growth in recent years and has driven the success of some of the biggest names in tech today, from on-demand delivery services to kitchen operators. Digital food brands devised from the groun... |
| 26.06.2019 | Taster raises another $8 million for its native food delivery brands | If you’re an Instagram user, chances are you’ve encountered a ton of ads for companies trying to sell products directly to consumers, using social networks as storefronts paired with online stores. French startup Taster is doing the same th... |
| 27.06.2018 | Taster creates restaurants for Deliveroo and UberEats | French startup Taster, formerly known as Mission Food, is building restaurants around big cities specifically for Deliveroo, UberEats and Glovo. These restaurants don’t have any tables, they’re all about serving food on online platforms.
Th... |
| - | London-based Taster gobbles up $37 million in Series B round | Taster, the London-based company behind a series of digital restaurant brands, has raised $37 million in a Series B round led by Octopus Ventures.
The financing also saw participation from Rakuten as well as existing investors Battery Ventu... |
| - | Gorillas co-founders back Growth Kitchen as it ‘cracks the delivery kitchen model’ and cooks up £3 million | Growth Kitchen has raised £3 million in a seed round as it aims to champion a SaaS-like scalability model for food delivery networks.
Led by PactVC, the round also includes notable angel investors Gorillas co-founders Ronny Shibley, Jörg Ka... |
| - | Why your headshots and PR photos suck, and how to fix it | In my role as Managing Editor at Tech.eu, I sift through anywhere between 25 to 30 press releases a day and pick and choose what I believe will bring you, dear reader, the most value. In so much, I also receive a lot of really, really bad p... |
