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| 14.10.2025 | Food recalls are on the rise. What happens to the waste? | Listen to the article 10 min
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From contaminated cucumbers to mislabeled energy drinks, food recalls have made several headlines this year. Suppliers and distributors like... |
| 14.09.2025 | TrueMeter: $4 Million Seed Funding Raised For Expanding AI Energy Savings Platform | TrueMeter, a startup specializing in AI-powered energy optimization, has raised $4 million in seed funding to scale its platform for brick-and-mortar businesses. The round was led by Ulu Ventures with participation from Pear VC, e2.vc, Rive... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 05.09.2024 | Rhyme & Reason and Pipcorn: A New Wave of Conscious Consumerism | In a world drowning in plastic, Rhyme & Reason emerges as a beacon of hope. This haircare brand is not just about shiny locks; it’s about saving the planet. Their rallying cry, “NO NEW PLASTIC,” is a battle cry against the tide of waste... |
| 04.09.2024 | Meet Your New Favorite Snack: the Better-For-You & Better-For-The-Environment Pipcorn Fries | Pipcorn Fries
Pipcorn Heirloom Snacks® is turning up the crunch factor this fall with the launch of their latest snacking sensation: Pipcorn Fries.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Pipcorn Heirloom Snacks® is turning up the cru... |
| 01.08.2024 | How Technology is Revolutionizing Online Food Delivery | Share
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With services such as online delivery, the traditional way of eating has been revolutionized. These applications have ensured that getting your special cuisine right to your doorstep is just as easy as a push o... |
| 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... |
| 24.04.2024 | Neutral, Maker of The Nation's First Certified Carbon Neutral Milk, Expands Partnership with Shake Shack | Shake Shack's shakes made with carbon neutral certified milk
Neutral Foods will supply over 90 Shake Shack locations with carbon neutral certified milk for its iconic shakes
NEW YORK, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Neutral Foods, the ... |
| 14.03.2024 | Prepared Meal Delivery Market Size, Share And Growth Analysis For 2024-2033 | Prepared Meal Delivery Global Market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033
The Business Research Company has updated its global market reports with latest data for 2024 and projections up to 2033
It will grow to $... |
| 11.03.2024 | Upcycled Food Association Welcomes Amanda Oenbring as New CEO | Amanda Oenbring is the new CEO of Upcycled Food Association
Upcycled Food Association appoints Amanda Oenbring as CEO to advance upcycled food initiatives and drive positive change in the industry. DENVER, CO, UNITED STATES, March 11, 2024 ... |
| 21.09.2023 | Why grocery food waste is big business | A total of 119 billion pounds of food, or 40% of all food in the US, goes to waste every year
The amount of food that goes to waste in the U.S. alone every year is, frankly, shocking: a total of 119 billion pounds of food, which equates to ... |
| 31.07.2023 | How to succeed in today’s grocery delivery market | The instant grocery delivery market has been on a roller-coaster ride over the past few years, and recently the ride has been down.
For example, Dunzo, a hyperlocal delivery startup in India, reportedly postponed employee salaries for a mon... |
| 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.
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| 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 | Misfits Market's CEO plans to go 'toe-to-toe' with supermarkets and finally make online grocery profitable after acquiring Imperfect Foods | Misfits Market has raised more than $525 million in funding. It announced plans Wednesday to buy Imperfect Foods. Misfits Market This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 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... |
| 14.04.2022 | Misfits Market launches private label line: 'It's clear shoppers are looking for new ways to save' | Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Misfits Market -- which has raised more than $525m in funding -- has been on an upward trajectory, growing distribution to the lower 48 states and its product assortment from 'rescued' (i.e... |
| 02.03.2022 | Data Snapshot: 2021’s top deals for food waste startups driven by environment & economics | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 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... |
| 11.01.2022 | HubSpot : How to Start an Ecommerce Business in 2022 | In June 2021, over 440,000 businesses were launched, making it a record high since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
Many are focusing on ecommerce businesses, as they offer an easier point of entry. There's no physical space to scop... |
| 01.12.2021 | BREAKING: Spoiler Alert raises $11m to help CPGs sell surplus inventory & cut food waste | Boston-based startup Spoiler Alert has raised $11 million in Series A funding to grow its ‘liquidation platform’ that helps consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies sell surplus and short-dated inventory to discount retailers.
The round was ... |
| 01.12.2021 | Spoiler Alert raises $11m to help CPGs sell surplus inventory & cut food waste | Boston-based startup Spoiler Alert has raised $11 million in Series A funding to grow its ‘liquidation platform’ that helps consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies sell surplus and short-dated inventory to discount retailers.
The round was ... |
| 18.10.2021 | Food Waste Market Map: Invest in food waste solutions to fight hunger & climate change | Alexandria Coari is vice president – capital, innovation, and engagement, at ReFED, a food waste-focused nonprofit based in Chicago, US.
The views expressed in this guest commentary are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those ... |
| 23.09.2021 | Misfits Gaming raises $35M as it focuses on media revenues | Join gaming leaders, alongside GamesBeat and Facebook Gaming, for their 2nd Annual GamesBeat & Facebook Gaming Summit | GamesBeat: Into the Metaverse 2 this upcoming January 25-27, 2022. Learn more about the event.
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| 14.09.2021 | Misfits Market : Announces $225M Series C-1 to Accelerate Category and Market Expansion | Misfits Market, the leading online grocery platform focused on sustainability, affordability, and accessibility, today announced it has closed a $225M Series C-1 round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2* and with participation from Accel. The in... |
| 14.09.2021 | Grocery delivery company Misfits Market is now valued at $2B after a $225M raise | Update: Comment from a Misfits Market spokesperson has been added. (9/14/21, 2:55 p.m.)
Just five months after Misfits Market raised an eye-popping $200 million Series C, the grocery delivery company again has raised hundreds of millions, i... |
| 14.09.2021 | Grocery delivery company Misfits Market is now valued at $2B after a $225M raise | Just five months after Misfits Market raised an eye-popping $200 million Series C, the grocery delivery company again has raised hundreds of millions, it announced Tuesday.
The move means it’s a unicorn, two times over.
This $225 million ro... |
| 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... |
| 21.07.2021 | Misfits Market Announces Multi-City Pop-Up Mobile Tour This Summer To Raise Donations For Feeding America | |
| 23.04.2021 | Misfits Markets raises $200 million in Series C funding | DELANCO, NJ. — Online grocer Misfits Market has announced a $200 million Series C funding round co-led by Accel and D1 Capital, with participation by existing investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Greenoaks Capital, Sound Ventures, an... |
| 22.04.2021 | Misfits Market Announces $200M Series C |
DELANCO, NJ, Misfits Market announced a $200M Series C funding co-led by Accel and D1 Capital.
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| 22.04.2021 | Misfits Market raises $200M unicorn round | Misfits Market, an online discount retailer known for selling "ugly" produce that's been rejected by grocery stores, has secured a $200 million Series C co-led by Accel and D1 Capital, with participation from returning backers inc... |
| 21.04.2021 | Misfits Market Raises $200M in Series C Funding | Misfits Market, a Delanco, N.J.-based online grocer that offers quality, sustainably sourced food at a value, raised $200M in Series C funding.
The round was co-led by Accel and D1 Capital, with participation from existing investors Valor E... |
| 21.04.2021 | Online Grocery Platform Misfits Market Selling ‘Ugly’ Discounted Produce Raises $200 Million In Series C | Misfits Market founder and CEOMisfits Market |
| 21.04.2021 | ‘Ugly’ produce delivery company Misfits Market raises a $200M Series C less than a year after its Series B | Less than a year after its $85 million Series B, North Philly-founded produce delivery startup Misfits Market has raised a huge round — a $200 million Series C it will use to expand with more grocery items and offer delivery to more places.... |
| 21.04.2021 | Discount grocery startup Misfits Market raises $200M | Misfits Market, a startup known for selling “ugly” fruits and vegetables at discount prices, announced this morning that it has raised $200 million in Series C funding.
The company says this brings its total funding to $301.5 million and mo... |
| 21.04.2021 | Discount grocery startup Misfits Market raises $200M | Misfits Market, a startup known for selling “ugly” fruits and vegetables at discount prices, announced this morning that it has raised $200 million in Series… |
| 21.04.2021 | Misfits Market : Announces $200M Series C; Achieves Unicorn Status As It Creates New Food Supply Chain For Online Groceries, Delivering Value & Accessibility | DELANCO, N.J., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Misfits Market, the fastest growing online grocer that offers quality, sustainably sourced food at a value, today announced its $200M Series C funding co-led by Accel and D1 Capital, with partic... |
| 21.04.2021 | Misfits Market Announces $200M Series C; Achieves Unicorn Status As It Creates New Food Supply Chain For Online Groceries, Delivering Value & Accessibility | |
| 25.02.2021 | How to Stop Shopping at Amazon When You Know It's Bad but Do It Anyway | Business Unusual
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| 25.01.2021 | These are Philly’s young tech companies to watch this year: RealLIST Startups 2021 | New year means new list of promising local startups to watch.
Each January at Technical.ly, it’s become tradition for the reporters in each of our mid-Atlantic markets to pore over their notes, check in on past coverage, and keep our ear to... |
| 24.12.2020 | AFN’s last minute holiday gift ideas (of course they’re about food!) | In 2020, you get a pass for not thinking ahead on holiday gift-giving. If you’ve been so head-down focused on just getting to the end that you missed Hanukkah completely, and the Winter Solstice, and are now watching the clock tick down to ... |
| 07.10.2020 | GrubMarket food delivery startup raises US$ 60M in Series D funding | San Francisco-based food items delivery startup, GrubMarket has raised US$ 60M in a Series D funding round held in October 2020. Investors in this round include BlackRock, Reimagined Ventures, Trinity Capital Investment, Celtic House Ventur... |
| 24.07.2020 | Misfits Market Raises $85M Series B Funding |
PENNSAUKEN, NJ, Misfits Market, has raised an $85 million series B funding round led by Valor Equity Partners.
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| 22.07.2020 | ‘Ugly’ Produce Delivery Startup Misfits Market Just Raised an $85M Series B | North Philly-founded subscription grocery delivery service Misfits Market has had an extremely busy 2020 so far.
The startup, founded in 2018, is seeing an increased demand for its “ugly” produce and shelf-stable groceries like many other f... |
| 22.07.2020 | Misfits Market raises $85 million Series B to send you ‘ugly’ fruits and veggies | Misfits Market, the e-commerce platform that sells “ugly” produce (among other things), has today announced the close of an $85 million Series B financing round. The funding was led by Valor Equity Partners, with participation from Greenoak... |
| 22.07.2020 | ‘Ugly’ produce delivery startup Misfits Market just raised an $85M Series B | North Philly-founded subscription grocery delivery service Misfits Market has had an extremely busy 2020 so far.
The startup, founded in 2018, is seeing an increased demand for its “ugly” produce and shelf-stable groceries like many other f... |
| 22.07.2020 | Ugly-Fruit Purveyor Misfits Markets Raises $85 Million | Misfits Markets, known for delivering ugly but edible produce at cheap prices, raised $85 million in a B round of funding led by Valor Equity Partners.
Other investors include Greenoaks Capital, Third Kind Venture Capital, and Sound Venture... |
| 22.07.2020 | Misfits Market Raises $85M Series B To Grow Online Grocery Platform | 37 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Food delivery service Misfits Market announced an $85 million Series B funding Wednesday that will help the 2-year-old startup deliver organic, affordable groceries and fight food waste.
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| 22.07.2020 | ‘Ugly’ Produce Delivery Startup Misfits Market Just Raised an $85M Series B | North Philly-founded subscription grocery delivery service Misfits Market has had an extremely busy 2020 so far.
The startup, founded in 2018, is seeing an increased demand for its “ugly” produce and shelf-stable groceries like many other f... |
| 22.07.2020 | Misfits Market raises $85 million Series B to send you ‘ugly’ fruits and veggies | Misfits Market, the ecommerce platform that sells ‘ugly’ produce (among other things), has today announced the close of an $85 million Series B financing round. The… |
| 22.07.2020 | Misfits Market Raises $85M Series B To Grow Online Grocery Platform | 38 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Food delivery service Misfits Market announced an $85 million Series B funding Wednesday that will help the 2-year-old startup deliver organic, affordable groceries and fight food waste.
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| 21.04.2020 | This Week in Jobs: Job hunting, au naturel | Editor’s note: Every week we ship an email newsletter featuring the region’s most exciting career opportunities. We’ve lovingly called it This Week in Jobs (aka TWIJ — “twidge.”). Below is this week’s edition. Here’s the last one we publish... |
| 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 |
| 06.02.2020 | Unlimeat: Korean Plant-Based Beef Made From Upcycled Grains Launches In Hong Kong | 129 1
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| 03.09.2019 | Misfits Market raises $16.5 million for their ‘ugly’ produce subscription box | - |
| 11.06.2019 | Misfits Market raises $16.5 million to find homes for ugly food | 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!
The burgeoning “ugly food” market is gaining stea... |
| 11.06.2019 | Misfits Market raises $16.5 million to find homes for ugly food | The burgeoning “ugly food” market is gaining steam, with New York-based Misfits Market today announcing it has raised $16.5 million in a series A round of funding led by Greenoaks Capital.
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| 11.06.2019 | Misfits Market raises $16.5 million for their ‘ugly’ produce subscription box | As grocery shopping moves online, one piece of the puzzle hasn’t been directly addressed: fresh fruits and vegetables. That also happens to be a category in which there is a ton of food waste, with a good deal of fruits and veggies never ma... |
