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Foodtech in Polish VC Market Outlook 2023 by PFR Ventures

💰 23 investment rounds for a total of 60 million PLN (~14 million EUR) were raised by foodtech startups in Poland in 2023, according to a report prepared by PFR Ventures in cooperation with Inovo. The report also includes a commentary by Piotr Grabowski in the section dedicated to foodtech – we invite you to read it together with the entire report.

Foodsi wins Auler Award and launches cooperation with Carrefour

🍏 Foodsi is the first foodtech startup to win Aulery – one of the most important awards in the startup industry in Poland. Congratulations! 🥳 In addition, Foodsi and Carrefour retail chain has taken off. Now Foodsi users can ♻️ save products with short expiration dates from more than 200 Carrefour stores.

Interview with Monika Gaszyńska from SERio

🎤 Tune in to the Poland.VC podcast with SERio co-founder Monika Gaszyńska, where she shares her knowledge and experience on how to build foodtech startups and where to get investors.

News from our startups

🧀 SERio releases a new product – SERio as Greek, and SERio Parmeggio and SERio in slices have been nominated in 2 categories for Plant-based Product of the Year 2023. We encourage you to vote!

🥖 Rebread is working with Ecobean on a joint product – a probiotic drink made from stale bread and coffee grounds.

🍲 Planeat introduces plant-based tuna, which is available at Żabka Jush, Delio and Frankie’s locations in Poznań.

🐟 Mihiderka opens a new restaurant in Katowice. Dorota Krysińska tells more about it in an interview with FoodService.

🐞 FoodBugs comments on the issue of special labeling of products with insect protein.

🌱 Listny Cud has begun selling its microgreens and herbs at Poland’s largest fresh fruit and vegetable market in Bronisze.

🔬 Listny Cud and Rebread as examples of valuable ESG startups according to Magdalena Mikołajek-Gocejna, PhD of SGH

News from the market

📅 Food Tech Congress will come to Warsaw again on May 28-29, 2024. For our network, we have a 25% FOODTECH.AC discount code for the purchase of tickets via conference website. We encourage you to participate, as no other conference in Poland gathers so many foodtech representatives from all over the world.

🛒 ZeroQs, which develops smart shopping carts, has raised 2 million PLN (~450k EUR) in follow-on investment from the Freya Capital fund.

👨🏻‍💻 Embargo has raised more than 3 million PLN (~700k EUR) from Paweł Fornalski, Opoka TFI and one of Revolut’s chief executives, to develop a loyalty platform and CRM system for restaurant businesses.

Rebread releases report on second life of bread

🥖 Rebread has prepared a report showing how companies are transforming surplus bread into innovative products. Based on examples from 25+ companies, they analyze the benefits of reintegrating surplus food into further production and present methods of reducing financial and environmental costs through circular economy practices. There are definitely not enough such good foodtech publications on our market! Thus we strongly encourage you to share the report broadly!

Infoshare Startup Contest

We invite you to take part in the Infoshare Startup Contest, which main theme is tech4good. Applications are being accepted until March 1, 2024 and the total prize pool is 30 000 EUR – including a grand prize of 20 000 EUR. A wild card to Sebastian Kulczyk InCredibles program is also up for grabs. This is a great opportunity to present your project in front of international investors and business media.

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