Foodtech startups in Berlin

Daniel Khachab, Rogerio da Silva Yokomizo, Julian Hammer

Founded 2018, B2B ordering software digitizing the restaurant-to-supplier food supply chain to cut waste. Connects 10,000+ restaurants and suppliers across Germany, US, France, Spain, Austria and Belgium. Be...

Niklas Östberg, Kolja Hebenstreit, Markus Fuhrmann, Lukasz Gadowski

Founded May 2011 to digitize phone/paper-menu food ordering. Grew aggressively by acquisition (Lieferheld, pizza.de, PedidosYa, Foodpanda, Glovo). Operates in 70+ countries and owns quick-commerce brand Food...

Oliver Merkel, Julian Dames, Christoph Cordes, Nikolas Bullwinkel

Founded 2020, the quick-commerce grocery player that outlasted Gorillas in Germany and the Netherlands. Backed by REWE, Prosus, Mubadala, Northzone and BOND. Raised $150M (Sept 2024, ~$1B valuation) and a fu...

Tobias Schüle, Philipp Schrempp

Founded 2013, a D2C sports-nutrition and functional-food brand (protein, supplements, healthy snacks). Acquired by Mars Inc. (via Mars Edge) in 2019 for ~€300M to anchor its personalized-nutrition business; ...

Kağan Sümer, Jörg Kattner (Jeff Hester, Ronny Shibley)

Founded May 2020, the poster child of 10-minute grocery quick-commerce using dark stores and e-bike couriers. Peaked at a $3.1B valuation (Sept 2021) but burned cash fast. Acquired by Istanbul's Getir in Dec...

Dominik Richter, Thomas Griesel, Jessica Nilsson

Founded November 2011 (incubated via Rocket Internet); the founders hand-delivered the first meal kits themselves. Grew into the world's largest meal-kit company, operating across the US, Canada, Western Eur...

Erez Galonska, Guy Galonska, Osnat Michaeli

Founded 2013, modular in-store and hub vertical farms placing fresh herbs/greens directly in supermarkets (M&S, Kroger, Metro, Aldi). Raised $600M+ over its run. Restructured heavily and exited Europe from 2...

Constantinos Calios, Robert Schanz (Piran Asci)

Founded 2014, a D2C natural-food brand selling pantry staples, dried fruits and nuts in bulk to strip out intermediary markups and packaging waste. Raised a €50M Series B (2022, HV Capital / Partech / Five S...

Raphael Fellmer, Martin Schott

Founded 2017, a food-waste 'rescue' retailer selling surplus, near-expiry and cosmetically-imperfect groceries online and via stores at up to 80% off. Impact-driven (co-founder behind foodsharing.de). Filed ...

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Founded ~2022, a B2B market-network / AI-powered platform for food & beverage sourcing connecting brands, suppliers and buyers. Raised an oversubscribed €2.7M seed in April 2024 — a recent Berlin foodtech/re...

Alternative-protein foodtech (founded 2018) making pea-protein plant-based milk and dairy alternatives, sold across German retail. Represents Berlin's agritech/foodtech and sustainable-consumer niche.