FOODTECH DATA
Navigate the Global AgriFoodTech Startup Ecosystem and harness the power of Collective Data Intelligence with the FoodTech Data Navigator platform, the largest AgriFoodTech database in the world.
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The FoodTech Data Navigator is the world’s first AgriFoodTech data intelligence platform that helps professional investors, corporate executives and entrepreneurs to discover and track the key players of the global ecosystem including startup and scaleup companies, international accelerators and incubators as well as Corporate Venture Capital and institutional investors.
key features
Smart Directory with Proprietary Taxonomy
Actively Monitoring All Ecosystem Actors
Analytics Tooling to Spot Investment Trends
Leveraging Unique Data Sources
Build Collective Internal Data Intelligence
Map Investors’ Connections
OUR Proprietary TaXONOMY
OUR Proprietary TaXONOMY
Our three-layers proprietary taxonomy allows us to understand the dynamics of the sector at a granular level, and pinpoint the most relevant technology providers across the whole supply chain, by ‘clustering’ the dataset according to specific technologies, market applications, ingredients, geographic areas and more.
Services and technology products that aim at increasing farming efficiency and sustainability, including the use of field sensors, drones, farm management softwares, water & fertilizer management solutions to name a few. This category also encompasses novel farming techniques such as AgBiotech, vertical faming and aquaculture solutions among others.
Novel solutions and processes that leverage science and technology to create new types of foods and beverages. This category includes alternative proteins such as plant-based, precision fermentation and cellular agriculture, insects-based products, functional food and drinks as well as meal replacements among others.
Products or services that leverage novel techniques to process food or to improve food ingredients’ functionality. This category includes solutions like 3D printing specifically designed for food, encapsulation technology for particular ingredients or industrial-scale robotic solutions among others.
Direct-to-consumer food delivery services on-demand. This category includes grocery delivery, ready-to-eat meals delivery from restaurants, dark kitchens, meal kits delivery, delivery of speciality food and drinks from local producers, delivery technologies, and B2B delivery services among others.
Smart kitchen appliances as well as smart equipment or technologies that help restaurants managing their business more efficiently. This category includes hardwares and softwares to make professional kitchens smarter through IoT (internet-of-things) technology: POS systems, supply chain management tools & ordering platforms, kitchen robotics and other smart food processing appliances among others.
Apps and services that facilitate access to food and the information behind it. For instance, personalised nutrition and recipe apps, specialised e-commerce platforms, apps that help users to find restaurants based on specific dietary requirements, services that allow to hire professional ‘cook-at-home’ chefs, or retail technology among others.
Tech-powered solutions to sanitise food processing equipments, assess products’ freshness and prolong their shelf-life. This category also includes products or services for detecting unwanted food ingredients, pathogens and allergens, as well as applications that help tracing the entire supply chain.
Products and solutions that help reducing food waste. For instance, consumer-facing apps that redistribute food surplus from restaurants & supermarkets, products or byproducts made of food waste, and optimisation of side-streams. This category also includes sustainable packaging solutions such as plastic alternatives made of biopolymers, or biocoating solutions to extend products shelf-life among others.
Key Numbers
30.000+
Ecosystem Actors in our Proprietary Databases
11.000+
AgriFoodTech Startup and Scaleup Companies Monitored from Pre-seed to Post-IPO
8.500+
Institutional Investors Monitored
480+
F&B Corporate & Corporate Venture Capital Firms Monitored
13.000+
Granted Patents Monitored
50+
RSS Feeds Integration from Specialized Media Outlets
+$42B
Post-Ipo Transactions
(e.g Equity, Debt, Secondary)
+$310B
Funding Transactions Monitored from Pre-seed to Post-IPO
‘We were impressed by The FoodTech Data Navigator’s ability to track and deliver up-to-the-minute insights on key players in the Food Tech industry. This is something that was proving very difficult to do manually for us. It has been a game-changer for us and our business, and we can’t recommend it enough.’
Dalal Alghawas
Dalal Alghawas, Director, Big Idea Ventures
“The FoodTech Data Navigator tracks and delivers up-to-the-minute insights on key players in the FoodTech industry, including leading startup companies, international accelerators, investors and even corporate venture arms, something that was proving very difficult for us to do manually as a business. By arming my team with Forward Fooding’s pioneering FoodTech data platform, we are now able to spot and monitor the evolution of industry-leading companies at the touch of a button and stay ahead of the game when it comes to FoodTech trends. It has been a game-changer for us and our business, and we can’t recommend it enough.”
Olaf Gruess
Olaf Gruess, Director of Partner Development, Cargill
“I had the privilege to collaborate with Forward Fooding as they organised a tailor-made Engagement program for my organization with the aim of discovering the food innovation landscape in the UK and connecting with relevant startups. I would like to highlight that the experience exceeded my expectations – Alessio and his team managed to provide a unique point of view on innovative business models and startup methodologies which made me challenge my understanding of the state of innovation in the food and drink industry. In the future, I would definitely go back to Forward Fooding to arrange similar activities in this field.”
Giancarlo Addario
Giancarlo Addario, Open Innovation Manager, Barilla
‘ForwardFooding has been a great partner in identifying exciting startups for the University of Cambridge IfM Open Innovation Forum Pitching Event in Belfast and many others. The FoodTech 500 is an excellent window on activity in this exciting space.’
Dominic Oughton
Principal Industrial Fellow, Cambridge University Institute of Manufacturing
‘I think The FoodTech Data Navigator has the potential to become a leading platform for the young and rapidly evolving Food and AgriTech ecosystem. It is a great source of market intelligence and useful to identify up-and-coming companies and trends.’
Jodie Tilley
Head of Investor Relations, Blue Tree Advisors
‘As an AgriFoodTech investor, I use the FoodTech Data Navigator as a one-stop-shop
to identify new investment opportunities, track the development of innovative new AgriFoodTech companies and even manage portfolios of the companies I have invested in to assess and monitor their performance.’
Severine Balick
AgriFoodTech Investor
“Partnering with Forward Fooding over the past years has been a real asset for MassChallenge Switzerland. Their network consistently finds high impact high potential startups that we can connect with our corporate partners, so that startups can disrupt and add massive value to the food value chain.”
Matthew Lashmar
Matthew Lashmar, MD, Mass Challenge
“For the second edition of our FoodTech Challenge, we engaged Forward Fooding to support the competition’s outreach. Their team devised an excellent outreach strategy – they leveraged bespoke tools like the FoodTech Data Navigator to target high-potential applicants that best matched the UAE’s strategic priorities in food security. Despite our admittedly narrow criteria, we received over 600 high-potential applications from 80 countries. In addition to competition outreach, Forward Fooding were a substantial help in categorizing and shortlisting submissions, all within a tight timeline. Above all, the team was lovely to work with – clearly passionate subject matter experts. We’d recommend them highly to anyone looking for more insight into the global FoodTech and Agtech ecosystems.”
Andy Lin
Andy Lin, Head Partnerships & Programs, Tamkeen
‘We worked with Forward Fooding to organize an engagement program for the Global M&A team of Nestlé as we were keen to get a better understanding of the latest Food and Foodtech developments from startups in Europe. Alessio and his team managed to provide us with a comprehensive overview of the Food innovation landscape and connected us with a handful of very relevant entrepreneurs who presented their companies and openly shared their journeys with us. The whole session was very well-organized and we would gladly re-engage with them in the future for further discovery activities.’
David Serre
David Serre, Acquisitions & Business Development Manager, Nestlé
“Forward Fooding’s team have helped us identify key innovation patterns in the AgriFoodtech ecosystem and connect us with leading international companies operating in this space. They provided introductions to selected FoodTech entrepreneurs who have now become some of Barilla’s Open Innovation partners.”
Michela Petronio
VP BluFuture, Barilla Group
PRICING & OFFERING
The FoodTech Data Navigator is the world’s first AgriFoodTech data intelligence platform that helps professional investors, corporate executives and entrepreneurs to discover and track the key players of the global ecosystem including startup and scaleup companies, international accelerators and incubators as well as Corporate Venture Capital and institutional investors.
PRO
1.250 GBP/month*
Full Directory (Companies, Investors, Accelerators, Corporates, CVCs, enablers)
Analytics Dashboard
News feed and Knowledge Base
Funding Activity
Dedicated Portfolios Creation (up to 5)
3 users included in each license (extra seats available for purchase)
*6-month minimum subscription