| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.09.2026 | Veg-Led Food & Plant-Based Alternatives Can Coexist, Says Redefine Meat After Doubling UK Footprint | 5 Mins Read Redefine Meat has gained a listing for its 3D-printed meat alternatives at nearly 400 Tesco stores, marking a significant expansion less than a year after it entered UK supermarkets.
“We don’t think the future of plant-based foo... |
| 19.08.2026 | Plant-Based Basics Now Undercut Meat and Dairy at Every Major Dutch Supermarket | A plant-based basket of staple groceries is cheaper per kilogram than a comparable animal-based basket at all nine major Dutch supermarkets surveyed, according to new price research from ProVeg Nederland. Consumers save an average of 18% on... |
| 07.12.2025 | Orq.ai: €5 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance Enterprise AI Agent Deployment | Orq.ai has raised €5 million in an oversubscribed seed round to accelerate the development and adoption of production-grade AI agents across global enterprises. The round was led by seed + speed Ventures and Galion exe, with continued parti... |
| 21.11.2025 | Dutch online grocery store Picnic raises €430M | Dutch online grocery store Picnic has raised €430 million from existing investors and is ploughing much of the funding to grow its operations in Germany.
Picnic's existing investors include German supermarket giant Edeka, The Bill and Melin... |
| 21.11.2025 | Capital on Tap secures £500M, the second round of speakers for the Tech.eu Summit 2026, and how EQT uses AI | This week, we tracked more than 70 tech funding deals worth over €2.3 billion and over 10 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe.
In addition to this week's top financials, we've also indexed the most i... |
| 28.02.2025 | Malta Welcomes EU-Startups Summit Again This April | The 11th Annual EU-Startup Summit in Malta invites founders, investors, and startup enthusiasts to connect and grow Happening on April 24-25th at the Mediterranean Conference Center in Valletta, the event promises two days of insights and n... |
| 04.01.2025 | Foodtech Funding: A Resilient Landscape in 2024 | The foodtech sector is a battleground. In 2024, it faced headwinds. Economic uncertainty loomed large. Yet, like a phoenix, it rose from the ashes. Startups showcased resilience. They navigated a landscape riddled with challenges. Venture c... |
| 03.01.2025 | Here are the top 15 foodtech deals of 2024 | We finally made it to 2025! The past year has been one of protracted challenges and reckoning for venture capital firms and startups trying to navigate capital shortages and geopolitical uncertainty, which have dented confidence and disrupt... |
| 24.10.2024 | Malta: The Mediterranean's Rising Star in Tech Innovation | Malta is a small island with a big ambition. Nestled in the heart of the Mediterranean, it’s not just a tourist destination anymore. It’s transforming into a vibrant tech hub. The sun-soaked shores are now home to a burgeoning startup ecosy... |
| 22.10.2024 | Daniel Gebler, Co-founder and CTO of Picnic, will speak at the EU-Startups Summit 2025! | We are thrilled to kick off the speaker announcements for the EU-Startups Summit 2025 with Daniel Gebler, Co-founder and CTO of the Amsterdam-based unicorn Picnic! The event will once again take place in sunny Malta on 24-25 April 2025, and... |
| 18.09.2024 | Down 90% from a $19bn 2021 peak, what’s next for eGrocery investment? | As consumers were stuck at home during the Covid-19 pandemic, eGrocery startups – those delivering food staples and household items from door-to-door – proliferated.
Funding to the category soared to nearly $19 billion in 2021, a 35% share ... |
| 01.07.2024 | 11 Dutch Supermarkets Commit to Selling 60% Plant-Based Proteins by 2030 | Supermarket chain SPAR and app-only grocery retailer Picnic have become the latest companies to commit to the ambitious protein transition goals set out by Dutch animal welfare organization Wakker Dier. They will work to sell 50% plant-base... |
| 26.03.2024 | Meet the companies that raised the top 8 Dutch funding rounds in Q1 2024; all are hiring right now | Read this article in:
The last quarter of 2023 ended as the best quarter of the year for the Netherlands in terms of deals and total amount invested, with Q4 contributing €576M to the €1.5B total. Now, the Netherlands is closing Q1 2024 on ... |
| 11.01.2024 | Picnic Raises €355M in Funding | Picnic, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based online supermarket, raised €355M in funding.
Backers included Edeka, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, and Dutch family businesses.
The company intends to use the funds to expand its ... |
| 10.01.2024 | Amsterdam’s Picnic gets €355M funding; grows 40% to €1.25B in turnover in 2023
Grew market share by 7% in the Netherlands | Read this article in:
Amsterdam-based Picnic, an online supermarket, has secured €355M in a fresh round of funding from its shareholders, including German supermarket chain Edeka, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, and well-know... |
| 09.01.2024 | Dutch online grocery startup Picnic secures $388 million in funding for European expansion | Dutch online grocery disruptor Picnic announced Tuesday that it secured 355 million euros (equivalent to $388.02 million) in funding from its investors to expand its operations in both France and Germany. Notable backers in this funding rou... |
| 26.12.2023 | Looking for a job in Amsterdam in 2024? These unicorns are hiring right now | Read this article in:
The startup scene in the Netherlands is dynamic, as indicated by the Quarterly Startup Report.
In Q3 2023, the Dutch startup ecosystem secured €420M in venture capital funding. The report reveals that nearly €1.4B has ... |
| 09.03.2023 | A Standout Occasion from EU-Startups: Summit 2023 in Barcelona | EU-Startups Summit 2023 in Barcelona welcomes all founders, investors, and everybody related to the startup ecosystem The date is April 20-21 2023, and the place is Palau de Congressos Catalunya in Barcelona Panel discussions, keynote speec... |
| 29.11.2022 | Top-10 Startup Success Stories: November
Subscribe to our newsletter | 2022 is heading towards the end. The days are getting shorter, and the temperatures are falling. However, startups in our community are busy finalizing this year’s accomplishments and preparing for the next year by setting new goals. Let’s ... |
| 18.11.2022 | Лоукост — бизнес-модель, которая работает, когда денег нет, а красиво жить хочется | В ближайшие несколько лет реальные доходы типичного жителя нашей планеты сократятся. Но человек - существо хитрое. Даже если денег становится меньше, снижать качество жизни он не хочет. В таких условиях компаниям придется применять смекалку... |
| 18.11.2022 | Лоукост — бизнес-модель, которая работает, когда денег нет, а красиво жить хочется | В ближайшие несколько лет реальные доходы типичного жителя нашей планеты сократятся. Но человек — существо хитрое. Даже если денег становится меньше, снижать качество жизни он не хочет. В таких условиях компаниям придется применять смекалку... |
| 20.07.2022 | Data snapshot: Europe’s agrifood sector is building a pipeline of climate tech startups | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new research re... |
| 08.06.2022 | REPORT: Shaky e-Grocery dominates $9bn in European AgriFoodTech investing while climate tech lags | More than $9 billion dollars was invested in agrifoodtech ventures in Europe in 2021, according to the latest European AgriFoodTech Investment report from AgFunder in collaboration with F&A Next. [Disclosure: AgFunder is AFN’s parent co... |
| 11.05.2022 | Data Snapshot: What Europe’s top 15 agrifoodtech deals in 2021 told us about investment trends | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new research re... |
| 24.03.2022 | NEW REPORT: Agrifoodtech ventures raised record $52bn in 2021, nearly doubling previous year’s total | AgFunder is AFN’s parent company.
Venture capital investors pumped $51.7 billion into agrifoodtech startups worldwide in 2021, according to the latest edition of the annual AgFunder Agrifoodtech Investment Report, released today.
That repre... |
| 29.12.2021 | These are the 21 biggest funding rounds of 2021 in the Netherlands | Over the last decade, the startup ecosystem’s value in the Netherlands has been rising fast. With a competitive talent pool, a complicated yet connected economic structure, and a booming tech sector, the Netherlands has enough reasons to be... |
| 28.12.2021 | Top milestone of Amsterdam 2021: Startups that hit the headlines | Amsterdam as a startup ecosystem packs an increasingly big punch. Over the last decade, the overall value of the startup ecosystem has been rising fast in Amsterdam.
There are multiple factors behind this rise. Located centrally, the Nether... |
| 27.12.2021 | Meet the companies that raised the top 21 European funding rounds of 2021; 17 of them are hiring right now | 2021 has been a great year for European tech. As the year comes to an end, it has become evident that a new record has been set in the amount raised by startups founded in Europe. Atomico’s annual State of European Tech 2021 report suggests... |
| 22.11.2021 | Berlin’s Yababa snags $15.5M to scale a multicultural grocery delivery biz across Europe | Berlin-based Yababa only started its same-day grocery delivery business this summer, selling products geared towards the tastes of the capital’s sizeable Turkish and Arabic communities shortly afterwards, but in a few short months it’s clos... |
| 15.10.2021 | Looking for a job in Amsterdam? These awesome startups that raised funding last month are hiring right now | Amsterdam as a startup ecosystem has witnessed massive growth in recent years. According to the 2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Report, startups founded since 2000 in the city have a combined value of more than $86B (approx €73.5B), up from j... |
| 22.09.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Cargill, Heineken & Nestlé unveil regenerative ag programs | In the past seven days, a trio of major agrifood corporates doubled-down on sustainability by announcing new regenerative ag schemes.
Meanwhile, Ford and Walmart said they are partnering on autonomous food delivery tech; and Indigo made the... |
| 22.09.2021 | The Explosive Growth Of The Amsterdam-Delta Startup Ecosystem | With about a tenth of the population of London, the larger area of Amsterdam (+100km) may be a relatively small delta region, but as a startup ecosystem it packs an increasingly big punch. Over the last decade, Amsterdam has been rising fas... |
| 17.09.2021 | Brief: Gates Foundation leads $707m investment in Dutch e-grocer Picnic | Amsterdam-based e-grocery platform Picnic has raised €600 million ($707 million) in Series D funding.
The round was led by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, an investment vehicle affiliated with the nonprofit organization set u... |
| 17.10.2020 | TOP 10 FoodTech Startups of Europe | Founders: Greg Orlowski and William Shu |
| 16.05.2020 | Стартапы недели: сервис для совместных покупок продуктов и робот-рука для работы на кухнях фастфуда | А также судьба проектов из обзоров прошлых лет.
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| 12.03.2020 | Agrifoodtech is global: here’s a list of the top 15 deals outside the US in 2019 | The US still dominates investment in the agrifoodtech space, with 44% of all fundings last year taking place in the country. But while deal numbers and investment value actually decreased Stateside compared to 2018, other geographies picked... |
| 02.12.2019 | Picnic Raises €250M in Funding | Picnic, an Amersfoort, The Netherlands-based online supermarket company, raised €250m in funding.
The round was comprised of:
– a €50m loan from the Dutch bank ABN AMRO, and
– investments from NPM Capital, Hoyberg, Kruidvat and Finci.
The c... |
| 28.11.2019 | Dutch online supermarket Picnic raises €250M, builds high-tech robotic fulfilment center | Picnic, the fast growing Amsterdam-based grocery delivery service, today announced it has raised €250 million in a Series C financing round to fuel its growth and build a state-of-the-art robotised fulfilment center for online groceries in ... |
| 27.11.2019 | Dutch online supermarket Picnic secures €250 million to finance its new, massive automated distribution centre | Picnic, the Dutch online supermarket that’s not to be confused with the American venture-backed automated pizza assembly startup with the same name, raised quite some eyebrows back in March 2017 when it closed a €100 million funding round.
... |
| 30.07.2019 | Agtech and Life Sciences Propel Amsterdam-StartupDelta’s Startup Scene | Amsterdam-StartupDelta is known for its canals, colorful houses, laid-back culture, easy access to other countries in Europe, and talented graduates from universities such as University of Amsterdam. If that wasn’t enough, the Amsterdam-Sta... |
| - | 50 consumer startups that have raised millions from VCs over the years, including Shein, Juul, and Gopuff | Course Hero; GOAT; OfferUp; Instacart; SHEIN; Turo; StockX; Rachel Mendelson/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
These 50 companies that sell products to consumers hav... |
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