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Top 10 Food Recycling startups
Updated: February 08, 2024 | 25 |
Food recycling startups are pioneering technologies like anaerobic digestion systems, enzymatic processes, and innovative composting methods to efficiently and sustainably convert food waste into valuable resources such as biogas, organic fertilizers, and animal feed, reducing methane emissions, diverting waste from landfills, and promoting a circular approach to food production and waste management.
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Country: USA | Funding: $719.1M
Apeel Sciences develops plant-derived shelf life extension technology which promises to keep food fresh for longer periods on store shelves and prevents waste
Apeel Sciences develops plant-derived shelf life extension technology which promises to keep food fresh for longer periods on store shelves and prevents waste
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Country: USA | Funding: $430M
Vanguard Renewables is a national leader in the development of organics-to-renewable energy projects.
Vanguard Renewables is a national leader in the development of organics-to-renewable energy projects.
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Country: USA | Funding: $380.9M
ProducePay is an AgTech company developing a financing platform that allows farmers to have access to liquidity for pricing transparency.
ProducePay is an AgTech company developing a financing platform that allows farmers to have access to liquidity for pricing transparency.
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Country: Sweden | Funding: $142.2M
Matsmart is an online food retailer, which works on the mission to reduce food waste. By providing an alternative route to market for surplus food, the company aims to revolutionise and challenge the perception and consumption of food.
Matsmart is an online food retailer, which works on the mission to reduce food waste. By providing an alternative route to market for surplus food, the company aims to revolutionise and challenge the perception and consumption of food.
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Country: USA | Funding: $100M
Mill offers a kitchen bin that dries, shrinks, and de-stinks leftover food, eliminating food waste.
Mill offers a kitchen bin that dries, shrinks, and de-stinks leftover food, eliminating food waste.
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Country: Norway | Funding: $60.4M
Kebony produces sustainable softwood that behave like hardwood, using food waste.
Kebony produces sustainable softwood that behave like hardwood, using food waste.
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Country: USA | Funding: $58.2M
Shelf Engine is a provider of an automated prediction engine that recommends what to order everyday. The company uses machine learning in order to help grocery stores dial in their orders to minimize waste and maximize profits.
Shelf Engine is a provider of an automated prediction engine that recommends what to order everyday. The company uses machine learning in order to help grocery stores dial in their orders to minimize waste and maximize profits.
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Country: Finland | Funding: $55.4M
Enevo is a forward-thinking company with a vision to transform the financial, environmental and social impact of waste. Thanks to Enevo’s sensor and analytic software, you only pay for the pick-ups you need and that reduces your costs.
Enevo is a forward-thinking company with a vision to transform the financial, environmental and social impact of waste. Thanks to Enevo’s sensor and analytic software, you only pay for the pick-ups you need and that reduces your costs.
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Country: UK | Funding: $53.1M
OLIO is a free app that connects neighbours to ensure that surplus food and other items are shared instead of being wasted. The location-based app and website let users list and post a photo of the unwanted food items that will otherwise go waste.
OLIO is a free app that connects neighbours to ensure that surplus food and other items are shared instead of being wasted. The location-based app and website let users list and post a photo of the unwanted food items that will otherwise go waste.
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Country: UK | Funding: $45.7M
Too Good To Go is an app for fighting food waste. They fight food waste by helping food stores sell their surplus food instead of throwing it away. Their mission is to reduce food waste worlwide, and their vision is to create a world where food produced is food consumed.
Too Good To Go is an app for fighting food waste. They fight food waste by helping food stores sell their surplus food instead of throwing it away. Their mission is to reduce food waste worlwide, and their vision is to create a world where food produced is food consumed.
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Country: UK | Funding: $41.9M
Winnow developed smart kitchen tech to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste
Winnow developed smart kitchen tech to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste
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Country: Israel | Funding: $33.9M
3PLW develops a process that can convert food waste into feedstock for biodegradable plastics. The process involves breaking down raw organic waste and then fermenting it to create a “soup” after which the solids and liquids are separated.
3PLW develops a process that can convert food waste into feedstock for biodegradable plastics. The process involves breaking down raw organic waste and then fermenting it to create a “soup” after which the solids and liquids are separated.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $33.9M
TripleW upcycles food waste into high-demand, high-value lactic acid, the building block of PLA bioplastics.
TripleW upcycles food waste into high-demand, high-value lactic acid, the building block of PLA bioplastics.
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Country: France | Funding: €30M
Phenix is a food waste management startup that allows merchants to dispose their surplus via consumers and charity organisations.
Phenix is a food waste management startup that allows merchants to dispose their surplus via consumers and charity organisations.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $27M
Blue Sphere develops waste-to-energy plants that generate biofuels from food and farm waste. These biofuels are then sold to local utility providers that utilize them to power steam turbines for electricity production.
Blue Sphere develops waste-to-energy plants that generate biofuels from food and farm waste. These biofuels are then sold to local utility providers that utilize them to power steam turbines for electricity production.
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Country: Sweden | Funding: $20.2M
Karma is a food waste management app connects surplus food from cafes, restaurants, and grocery stores to consumers at a low price.
Karma is a food waste management app connects surplus food from cafes, restaurants, and grocery stores to consumers at a low price.
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Country: USA | Funding: $16.2M
Spoiler Alert is a technology company that helps food businesses, farms and nonprofits better manage unsold food inventory. Spoiler Alert enables operators of food distribution and fulfillment centers to mitigate the impacts of unsold inventory and recover value from these under-utilized assets.
Spoiler Alert is a technology company that helps food businesses, farms and nonprofits better manage unsold food inventory. Spoiler Alert enables operators of food distribution and fulfillment centers to mitigate the impacts of unsold inventory and recover value from these under-utilized assets.
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Country: Singapore | Funding: $14.4M
TreeDots is an online outlet mall that enables grocery wholesalers to connect with retailers to offload unsold inventory.
TreeDots is an online outlet mall that enables grocery wholesalers to connect with retailers to offload unsold inventory.
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Country: Australia | Funding: $13.6M
Goterra offers waste management infrastructure that utilises modular systems to deliver food waste management.
Goterra offers waste management infrastructure that utilises modular systems to deliver food waste management.
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Country: USA | Funding: $12.3M
Goodr is a sustainable surplus food management platform that leverages technology to reduce food waste and combat hunger.
Goodr is a sustainable surplus food management platform that leverages technology to reduce food waste and combat hunger.
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Country: USA | Funding: $11.8M
Strella Biotechnology offers a biosensing platform that predicts the ripeness of fruit which reduces waste and improves product quality.
Strella Biotechnology offers a biosensing platform that predicts the ripeness of fruit which reduces waste and improves product quality.
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Country: Turkey | Funding: $10.1M
Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
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Country: UK | Funding: $7.5M
Bio-Bean has found a way to turn that waste into a valuable resource. The company developed coffee-based biofuel for households and industrial use.
Bio-Bean has found a way to turn that waste into a valuable resource. The company developed coffee-based biofuel for households and industrial use.
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Country: Australia | Funding: $5M
Bardee is an agtech that break down food waste, converting it into fertliser and proteins for pet foods and chicken feed.
Bardee is an agtech that break down food waste, converting it into fertliser and proteins for pet foods and chicken feed.
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Country: USA | Funding: $4.7M
Copia is the next-generation technology platform for food waste management. Copia’s technology allows businesses to safely donate their excess food, access enhanced tax deductions, and receive powerful data to inform food purchasing decisions.
Copia is the next-generation technology platform for food waste management. Copia’s technology allows businesses to safely donate their excess food, access enhanced tax deductions, and receive powerful data to inform food purchasing decisions.
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Country: India | Funding: $3.4M
Loopworm is working on an extremely protein-rich diet for poultry farms and fisheries by using food waste. This environment-friendly method extracts the nutrition from food wastes with the help of different identified species of worms. The waste of these larvae, in turn, act as a natural fertiliser and creates a fertile soil ecosystem that plants can thrive in.
Loopworm is working on an extremely protein-rich diet for poultry farms and fisheries by using food waste. This environment-friendly method extracts the nutrition from food wastes with the help of different identified species of worms. The waste of these larvae, in turn, act as a natural fertiliser and creates a fertile soil ecosystem that plants can thrive in.
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Country: UK | Funding: £2.7M
Keenan Recycling is a food waste recycling company who provides reliable and regular collections across the whole of Scotland.
Keenan Recycling is a food waste recycling company who provides reliable and regular collections across the whole of Scotland.
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Country: USA | Funding: $3.2M
ReGrained is a producer of snacks intended to upcycle crunchy puffs from nutritious food.
ReGrained is a producer of snacks intended to upcycle crunchy puffs from nutritious food.
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Country: USA | Funding: $3M
Martie stops from going into landfills food that is thrown away due to package changes, being a seasonal product or nearing their best buy date.
Martie stops from going into landfills food that is thrown away due to package changes, being a seasonal product or nearing their best buy date.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $1.3M
Growing the next generation of sustainable protein for the food & beverage industry
Growing the next generation of sustainable protein for the food & beverage industry
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Country: UK | Funding: £939K
Revive Eco is to bring new life to coffee waste. It extracts natural chemicals from the coffee grounds which form the basis for a substitute to palm oil and thereby offer a more environmentally friendly alternative for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
Revive Eco is to bring new life to coffee waste. It extracts natural chemicals from the coffee grounds which form the basis for a substitute to palm oil and thereby offer a more environmentally friendly alternative for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
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Country: Ireland | Funding: €610K
FoodCloud is a social enterprise that connects businesses with surplus food to local charities and community groups in Ireland.
FoodCloud is a social enterprise that connects businesses with surplus food to local charities and community groups in Ireland.
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Country: Colombia | Funding: $300K
Planet Oliver develops solution to tackle the issue of food waste in restaurants. In collaboration with local restaurants, it offers convenient-priced dishes created with leftover ingredients.
Planet Oliver develops solution to tackle the issue of food waste in restaurants. In collaboration with local restaurants, it offers convenient-priced dishes created with leftover ingredients.
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Country: South Africa | Funding: ZAR2.5M
Nambu Group operates as an insect protein company.
Nambu Group operates as an insect protein company.
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Country: UK | Funding: $132K
Chemicle is developing a chemical process to convert components of cheese whey into bio-plastic precursors. These are the building blocks of totally recyclable polymers, whose production could decrease CO2 emissions during the manufacturing phase up to 70%.
Chemicle is developing a chemical process to convert components of cheese whey into bio-plastic precursors. These are the building blocks of totally recyclable polymers, whose production could decrease CO2 emissions during the manufacturing phase up to 70%.
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Country: Belgium | Funding: €110K
Do Eat created a bioplastic derived from potato industry residues like potato peel, wash water, and beer waste.
Do Eat created a bioplastic derived from potato industry residues like potato peel, wash water, and beer waste.
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Country: UK | Funding: $94.7K
Kitche is a free app that keeps track of the food you have in your fridge and the food you buy, so you don’t have to worry about buying too much and throwing food away.
Kitche is a free app that keeps track of the food you have in your fridge and the food you buy, so you don’t have to worry about buying too much and throwing food away.
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Country: USA | Funding: $25K
PeriDeals, the challenge winner, is a free app that connects students with local markdown deals on perishable foods. The startup also helps grocery stores save food and minimize the cost of inventory shrink, tackling both food insecurity and waste issues.
PeriDeals, the challenge winner, is a free app that connects students with local markdown deals on perishable foods. The startup also helps grocery stores save food and minimize the cost of inventory shrink, tackling both food insecurity and waste issues.
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Country: Tanzania | Funding: $30K
Afri-EcoFeeds is a food recycling company that upcycles food waste into animal feeds. The company upcycles leftovers, surplus and food byproducts into novel feed ingredients that used to feed livestock.Through its technology, the company aims at reducing food waste and avoiding it from going to landfills
Afri-EcoFeeds is a food recycling company that upcycles food waste into animal feeds. The company upcycles leftovers, surplus and food byproducts into novel feed ingredients that used to feed livestock.Through its technology, the company aims at reducing food waste and avoiding it from going to landfills
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Country: USA | Funding: $20K
Perfect Circle Recycling (WOSB) provides a revolutionary alternative to traditional waste management and helps businesses divert waste from landfills, focus on sustainability, and create the perfect circle from waste - allowing it to be converted into useable forms, such as renewable energy, compost, and fertilizer.
Perfect Circle Recycling (WOSB) provides a revolutionary alternative to traditional waste management and helps businesses divert waste from landfills, focus on sustainability, and create the perfect circle from waste - allowing it to be converted into useable forms, such as renewable energy, compost, and fertilizer.
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Country: Russia
The EatMe app offers a discount on food from restaurants and bakeries that might have otherwise ended up in the trash.
The EatMe app offers a discount on food from restaurants and bakeries that might have otherwise ended up in the trash.
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Country: USA
Scrappy Pet Treats recovers and recycles eggshells from the food service industry waste stream and turns this high-value calcium source into pet treats.
Scrappy Pet Treats recovers and recycles eggshells from the food service industry waste stream and turns this high-value calcium source into pet treats.
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Country: India
Carbon Masters has developed a bottled bio CNG (compressed natural gas) brand Carbonlites. It is made by converting food and agri wastes into clean renewable energy that can displace LPG for commercial cooking in restaurants and hotels
Carbon Masters has developed a bottled bio CNG (compressed natural gas) brand Carbonlites. It is made by converting food and agri wastes into clean renewable energy that can displace LPG for commercial cooking in restaurants and hotels
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Country: Portugal
NÃM is growing oyster mushrooms in the coffee grounds. Mushrooms are one of the most ecological foods to grow, and the coffee grounds actually help boost the freshness of the mushrooms.
NÃM is growing oyster mushrooms in the coffee grounds. Mushrooms are one of the most ecological foods to grow, and the coffee grounds actually help boost the freshness of the mushrooms.
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Country: Turkey
Ottan Studio has made a name for itself converting food waste into bio-composite material from which it makes furniture, decorative items and wall paneling.
Ottan Studio has made a name for itself converting food waste into bio-composite material from which it makes furniture, decorative items and wall paneling.
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Country: Netherlands
Stadsgas is a sustainable initiative, which converts food waste into biogas, organic fertilisers, and electricity. It aims to reuse food waste and offer it to more destinations than ever, thereby reducing unnecessary energy loss.
Stadsgas is a sustainable initiative, which converts food waste into biogas, organic fertilisers, and electricity. It aims to reuse food waste and offer it to more destinations than ever, thereby reducing unnecessary energy loss.
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Country: USA
Ecotone Renewables has developed the “Seahorse”, which reinvents the food and plant waste disposal system, taking food that would otherwise be wasted and turning it into renewable energy and nutrient-rich fertilizer, through the process of anaerobic digestion.
Ecotone Renewables has developed the “Seahorse”, which reinvents the food and plant waste disposal system, taking food that would otherwise be wasted and turning it into renewable energy and nutrient-rich fertilizer, through the process of anaerobic digestion.
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Country: Singapore
SinFooTech is a food technology company that promotes the concept of a resource-efficient economy in the food manufacturing industry.
SinFooTech is a food technology company that promotes the concept of a resource-efficient economy in the food manufacturing industry.
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Country: Montenegro
Prezla is dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of reducing food waste, and therefore a healthier environment.
Prezla is dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of reducing food waste, and therefore a healthier environment.
