FoodTech is an ecosystem made of all the agrifood entrepreneurs and startups (from production to distribution) innovating on the products, distribution, marketing or business model.
Sub-industry | Description |
Logistics & Delivery | Startups answering the delivery challenges in the food industry, with home delivery of groceries, restaurant meals or meals prepared in their own kitchens. Example: Meal Kits, delivery marketplaces, discovery boxes, restaurant delivery, delivery robots |
In-Store Retail & Restaurant Tech | Startups reinventing the restaurant industry. It means improving the management of restaurants and institutional catering, connecting customers and businesses directly to local chefs for catering and new experiences. Example: reservation platforms, food service management. catering, restaurant software |
Innovative Food | Startups developing new food products answering the need for more transparency, health and environmental concerns. Products range from market innovations to radical disruptions using revolutionary ingredients. Example: alternative protein, future foods, meal substitutes, packaging, product innovation, drinks |
AgriTech | Startups disrupting agriculture. They come up with solutions to improve farming output and quality using drones, sensors and farm management software. AgTech is also about new farm products, next-generation farms and urban farming. Example: farm management software, drones & robots, urban and novel farms, agriculture marketplaces, ag-biotech |
Kitchen & Cooking Tech | Startups developing new generation of appliances or cookware. They provide more technology, new distribution channels or more personalisation. Example: cooking robots |