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Top 10 Food Recycling startups in USA
Updated: February 08, 2024 | 25 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
