Online Grocer Farmstead is Seeing 70% Growth Amid Corona Outbreak
Farmstead is an online grocer which allows consumers to order and have delivered locally-sourced groceries right to their doorstep, including free delivery. Its based only in the Bay Area in San Francisco in the USA, and has been struggling to keep up with demand after the sudden outbreak of coronavirus. According to their CEO and […]
Lyft is offering medical and meal deliveries to the elderly & vulnerable
Ride-hailing company Lyft is expanding its services amid the corona outbreak as it announced its launching of a medical delivery service to the elderly and those living with chronic diseases, as well as delivering food to the vulnerable and students who usually get subsidized lunches during this time. The company will also be offering non-emergency […]
Food-pickup platform is offering no-contact pods
Food-pickup service Minnow has installed its IoT-powered food pods for food deliveries across the US, in an effort to offer more sanitary and contaminant-free food pickups.
This startup is making protein from volcanic springs
Alt proteins seem to be the biggest thing in food tech these days – just looking at Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat – now a long line of startups and entrepreneurs are eager to follow in their successful footsteps. In the case of Natures Fynd is drawing in the fermentation process linkedin to unique microbes […]
Plant-based meat producer THIS scores €5.1M funding
THIS boasts a growth rate of 53% month after month which has given itself the honorable title as one of the fastest-growing food startups in the foodtech world. As well as being present in over 1200 outlets in the UK, they have also secured partnerships with a number of restaurants and retailers. So how does […]
Swedish-based Swedish Algae Factory secures support from big investment fund
Sustainable aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark recently announced it has decided to invest in Sweden-based startup Swedish Algae Factory. The young company was founded by Sofie Allert and Angela Wulff back in 2016 and uses algae to convert effluent water produced by recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) into organic biomass that can be used for fish feed […]