Food: Maersk's Company Arm Selects The 2D Cohort Of Startups For Foodtrack

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From AgFunder, Oct 23:

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Maersk Selects 7 Companies for Second Edition of FoodTrack Program

Maersk, the global logistics company, has released the names of the vii startups joining the minute edition of FoodTrack past times Maersk. They include packaging technologies that attempt to prolong the shelf life of fresh produce, marketplaces connecting farmers straight amongst retailers, innovative storage solutions together with advanced analytics to optimize nutrient render chains. 

Participating startups volition travel inwards the running for an equity investment from Maersk’s venture arm, Maersk Growth.

Maersk Growth has drib dead 1 of the nigh active agrifood tech investors since launching FoodTrack over the summer, already investing inwards at to the lowest degree iii food-related startups inwards every bit many months, nigh late Spoiler Alert, the render chain software startup combatting nutrient waste. Two of the investor’s vii investments are however undisclosed.

After the success of FoodTrack past times Maersk’s starting fourth dimension edition, Maersk opened upwards applications 1 time again for a minute edition of the plan final month. With a focused approach on solutions addressing nutrient loss at the early on stages of the render chain, 142 startups applied together with were evaluated past times Maersk together with Rockstart, the accelerator grouping that has partnered amongst Maersk on the program. From these applications, vii startups were selected from v countries around the globe.

FoodTrack past times Maersk’s minute cohort includes:

AgVoice (USA): Voice recognition software for capturing information – cast filling & metadata analytics – past times using proprietary analytics together with processing of raw vocalism during human inspections. 

FreshLand (Denmark): B2B/B2C marketplace shortening together with digitizing the nutrient render chain base of operations through connecting farmers straight amongst retailers together with consumers.

FruitsApp (Italy): B2B marketplace for fresh products amongst integrated global logistics, using algorithms to check demand together with render together with forecasting cost fluctuations....

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Previously:

Sept. 22 

Maersk's Venture Arm Will Be Interviewing For The Second Cohort Of Food-Focused Startup Investees

June 7 

Maersk Chooses 10 Startups For The First Cohort of FoodTrack (out of 310 applications)