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Top 54 Food Recycling startups
Mar 09, 2025 | By Marjana Bačić | 26 |
These startups develop new food recycling technologies such as anaerobic digestion for biogas production, enzyme-assisted food breakdown, grocery and restaurant prediction and upselling apps, shelf life extension technologies, smart kitchen bins, etc.
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Country: USA | Funding: $17.4M
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.
2
Country: Turkey | Funding: $10.5M
Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
4
Country: Australia | Funding: $20.1M
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.
5
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
6
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.
7
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: $185.8M
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.
10
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.
14
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.
15
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
16
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.
18
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: UK | Funding: $22.2M
The food chain is broken. Our technology fixes it. Inside the Better Origin systems, black soldier fly larvae consume food waste and grow to provide nutrient-rich insect products.
The food chain is broken. Our technology fixes it. Inside the Better Origin systems, black soldier fly larvae consume food waste and grow to provide nutrient-rich insect products.
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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.
