Full Harvest raises $2 million to stop farmers from tossing ‘ugly’ fruit and veggies

 Full Harvest, a San Francisco-based startup, has raised $2 million in seed funding to reduce food…

Bext360 is using robots and the blockchain to pay coffee farmers fairly

 Coffee is the world’s second-most-traded commodity, after petroleum. Some 125 million people make a living growing…

Europe funds another data accelerator to get startups tackling societal problems

 A new European Commission funded startup accelerator, Data Pitch, is being launched today with the aim…

Apple Fellow Rich Page on ‘stealing jobs’ and Chowbotics’ salad-making robots

 When we first wrote about Chowbotics, their salad-making robot stirred a bit of controversy. The company…

Blue Apron could deliver an IPO in 2017, but should it?

 Meal kit makers Blue Apron may be preparing to file for a 2017 IPO, according to…

JoyRun, a food delivery app with a twist, raises $8.5 million

 A Santa Clara, Calif. startup called JoyRun has raised about $10 million in Series A and…

Domino’s and Starship Technologies will deliver pizza by robot in Europe this summer

 We’ve said it once, we’ll say it again– the food delivery robots are coming! This time, they’ll…

Waze takes a small bite of the food business with ‘Order Ahead’ and Dunkin’ Donuts

 Waze is going to help you get your coffee, donuts and breakfast food constructions faster, with…