European FoodTech Top50

From the 3,500+ active startups on the continent, when we were working on DigitalFoodLab’s report on the European FoodTech, we were also looking for the most interesting ones with the idea of creating a snapshot of Europe’s FoodTech ecosystem in 2021. Hence, we have created a list of the 50 most interesting European FoodTech startups.

FoodTech Unicorns

Most entrepreneurs want to create “billion-dollar companies” like this “unicorn” status is a synonym with fame and also implies that you are starting to disrupt your ecosystem. But, how many reach that goal in FoodTech?

We can find some answers in DigitalFoodLab’s updated mapping of the Unicorns in FoodTech in 2021.

European DTC Food Brands – Top30

We looked at the top European Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) Food brands led by startups and have selected 30 of them.

French FoodTech Top25

The mapping, by category, of our French FoodTech Top 25, with some comments on the startups category by category.

Keto startups, a world of FAT

Keto has surely been one of the hottest food trends in the last five to ten years. We have mapped and categorised some of the most interesting startups of this ecosystem to identify its underlying trends.

Clean-meat and plant-based: investments and trends

Many people are now talking about a future where if not irrelevant, cattle, sheep and poultry used for human consumption would be reduced to a bare minimum. Two approaches confront each other: plant-based and clean meat.

Great resources on D2C and DNVB

While DNVB is becoming more and more used by entrepreneurs to define their venture, it is also becoming a buzz word that is void of its true meaning.