How Instacart Is Growing By 20% A Week, Q&A With The Hospitality Industry’s LinkedIn + More

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From Kitchensurfing’s $15 million fundraise to a look at how seafood traceability technologies are making waves, these are our top stories from last week in food tech. Like what you read? Feast your eyes on the full roundup here. Or better yet, sign up for our newsletter and get the latest and greatest in food tech delivered to your inbox every week.

1. How Instacart Is Growing Its Grocery Delivery by 15-20% A Week

The startup that allows consumers to order groceries online from multiple stores has received some eye brow-raising investment and is far outpacing its competitors in terms of expansion.

2. Q&A with Culinary Agents, An Aspiring LinkedIn For The Hospitality Industry [Video]

The startup offers a professional network, professional resources and a job matching service for the hospitality industry.

3. The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies In Food – Fast Company

Offering newly engineered foods, a TV show that satarizes big ag, farming practices that reduce greenhouse gases and more, these companies are cooking up new ideas and changing how we think about our food.

4. Exclusive: Kitchensurfing Raises $15 Million for Private Chef Marketplace – CNN Money

The startup raised $15 million in a Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from prior investors Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital. The round brings Kitchensurfing’s total funding to $19.5 million.

5. Next Up For Disruption: The Grocery Business – CNN Money

The logistics of “last mile” food delivery and the thin margins in the grocery business delayed the inevitable, but capital is finally pouring into online grocery shopping.

6. Can Technology End Overfishing? – Triple Pundit

Norpac is turning to technology to make fish traceability more efficient and accurate.

7. Study Finds Child Obesity Prevention Apps Don’t Use Recommended Behaviors, Strategies – MobiHealth News

Researchers from the University of Kansas sent 62 apps to two independent app raters, who found that while 93 percent of the apps complied with the recommended behaviors, only 20 percent had the recommended strategies.