Over $800m was pumped into food tech in September, including $517m in eleven equity fundings and $300m via two acquisitions. Digital grocery was the major theme. [...]
The 1H 2014 saw over $3.9 billion invested into private food tech and media companies through equity raises ($1.2b) and acquisitions ($2.7b disclosed).[...]
This monthly column highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ecosystem – digital content, social, local, mob[...]
Technology is transforming every industry, and now it’s coming to agriculture. Over the past six years, a growing number of AgTech startups have developed technologies to help the [...]
This monthly column highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ecosystem – digital content, social, local, mob[...]
From restaurant chains like Starbucks, Panera and Wendy’s announcing mobile payment rollouts to smaller restaurant players getting on board with payment apps like Cover, the [...]
This monthly column highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ecosystem – digital content, social, local, mob[...]
Holy moly. Man oh man. Food tech investment is on fire. Food tech startups – mostly online food and grocery delivery-focused – have been raising ginormous rounds left a[...]
This monthly column highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ecosystem – digital content, social, local, mob[...]
The gluten-free industry is a force to be reckoned with, and a trend worth following. What originated as a product category designed to meet the needs of those with celiac disease[...]
Increasing deal activity and deal sizes in the food tech and food media space resulted in $1.6 billion of investment in 2013, and $2.8b over two years[...]
Every year, Food+Tech Connect dives into the trends that are transforming the way our food is produced, sold and consumed. Earlier this week, we published a roundup of the yearR[...]
One theme that dominated food tech startup news throughout the month was the notion of same-day delivery and solving the problem of the last mile.[...]
This monthly column highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ecosystem – digital content, social, local, mob[...]
In an attempt to scrape massive datasets and “produce something wonderful,” Wired crawled and visualized the Food Network’s database of 49,733 recipes to shed lig[...]
As consumer technology adoption grows, restaurants are trying to figure if and how they should integrate it into their operations. From payment products that aim to boost check ave[...]
This monthly column highlights the most interesting acquisitions, financings and partnerships within the Food Tech & Media ecosystem – digital content, social, local, mob[...]
Food and beverage industry executives see technology as the greatest driver of future growth, finds KPMG LLP’s 2013 Food and Beverage Industry Outlook survey. Respondents, which in[...]
Thanks to e-commerce companies like Amazon and Zappos, consumers can shop from anywhere, at anytime, for almost anything. A next day e-reader delivery for that last minute birthday[...]
Few moves have had the potential to disrupt the entire delivery ecosystem - from grocery to restaurants to e-commerce- as the expansion of AmazonFresh.[...]