Announcing Food Startup Fundraising Bootcamp, Our Top Stories of 2014 + More

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From the launch of Marriot’s new food and beverage incubator to Food Tank’s standout list of 101 food organizations to watch in 2015, these are last week’s top food tech news and innovation stories. Like what you read? Feast your eyes on the full roundup here. Or better yet, sign up for Food+Tech Bytes and get the latest and greatest in food tech delivered to your inbox every week.

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1. Announcing Food Startup Venture Fundraising Bootcamp

We’re over the moon to announce that we are partnering with Paul Matteucci, general partner at US Venture Partners and Feeding 10 Billion Founder, to offer our Food Startup Venture Fundraising Bootcamp in NYC on February 15 and online starting in March. Space is limited, so snag your spot today!

2. Our Most Popular Stories of 2014 + Some of Our Favorites

From our monthly food tech funding roundup to Q&As with Instacart, Caviar and more, these are our top stories of last year (with a few bonus resources to boot!).

3. 101 Global Food Organizations to Watch in 2015

We’re honored to be featured in Food Tank’s extraordinary list of organizations working to create a more safe, just and sustainable food future.

4. Marriott Launches Food and Beverage Incubator – Fast Casual

The hotel chain is inviting entrepreneurs, chefs, bartenders and artisans to pitch concepts for a select group of its hotels.

5. How This Ex-Amazon Engineer Launched $2 Billion Startup Instacart – Upstart

Apoorva Mehta failed repeatedly before coming up with his idea to deliver groceries without warehouses, trucks or owned inventory.

6. Agtech Upstart FarmLogs Raises Another $10 Million – Forbes

Investors include Drive Capital, Huron River Ventures, and Hyde Park Ventures and Sam Altman of Y Combinator. It will use the money to hire new engineers, data scientists and designers.

7. Yummly Teams Up With Instacart To Deliver Recipe Ingredients In An Hour – TechCrunch

The partnership will enable those on the Yummly iOS app to pick out recipes and get them delivered via Instacart within an hour.

8. Here Are the Only 6 Food Trends You Need to Know for 2015 –Time

Experts forecast that we’ll be eating more fat and insects, and predict the next sriracha.