Food
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STARTUPS
IoT and data science will boost foodtech in the post-pandemic era
Even as e-grocery usage has skyrocketed in our coronavirus-catalyzed world, brick-and-mortar grocery stores have soldiered on. While strict in-store safety…
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SMEs
Jakarta-based Wahyoo gets $5 million Series A to help small eateries digitize their operations
While growing up, Peter Shearer watched his mother get up every day at 2AM or 3AM to prepare for her…
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Stories
Impossible Foods starts selling in Walmart and expands distribution of its new sausage product
Impossible Foods said today that it will now be available in Walmart, the largest meat market in America. The deal…
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STARTUPS
The Not Company, a maker of plant-based meat and dairy substitutes in Chile, will soon be worth $250M
The Not Company, Latin America’s leading contender in the plant-based meat and dairy substitute market, is about to close on…
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STARTUPS
Shelf Engine has a plan to reduce food waste at grocery stores, and $12 million in new cash to do it
For the first few months it was operating, Shelf Engine, the Seattle-based company that optimizes the process of stocking store…
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STARTUPS
Treasure8 adds Chris Cowart to its executive team as it renews pushing its tech to reduce food waste
Chris Cowart, the longtime IDEO product designer, Singularity University faculty member and consultant to a variety of venture firms and…
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Stories
From bioprinting lab-grown meat in Russia to Beyond Meat in the US, KFC is embracing the future of food
From a partnership with the Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions to make chicken meat replacement using plant material and lab-cultured…
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STARTUPS
Crisp, the platform for demand forecasting the food supply chain, gets $12 million in funding
Crisp, a demand forecasting platform for the food industry, has today announced the close of a $12 million Series A…
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Stories
Brave Robot ice cream launches as the first brand from the Perfect Day-backed Urgent Company
The founders of the alternative dairy protein manufacturer, Perfect Day, have joined with a longtime product developer in the dairy…
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Trends
Asian markets mostly higher on hopes for coronavirus vaccine
Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday as investors were encouraged by news that an experimental COVID-19 vaccine under…
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