FoodBytes! Blog

Learn more about the disruptive startups that pitched and the trends we saw on stage.

Nick Fereday brings an invaluable perspective to the FoodBytes! table, offering over a decade of insight and knowledge on what makes consumers tick and how that drives trends.

Nom Noms World Food founder Lisa Sohanpal is a busy woman. She’s an inspired entrepreneur, mother of three culinary aficionados and one of our rockstar FoodBytes! Alumni.

We’re always proud of what we do at FoodBytes! but when the Go-To-Market Guru, Elliot Begoun from The Intertwine Group, uses words like exciting, invigorating and creative to describe your mentorship program, and talks about feeling like a proud parent, it gives us an extra special glow.

The global movement, Thought For Food, is one of the most motivated and impactful organisations on the food frontier. They also happen to be a good friend of FoodBytes! so we asked them a few questions to help our family get to know them a little better.

Specializing in food investment, product innovation, retail buying and more, our esteemed panel brings diverse expertise to the FoodBytes! NYC table.

  By Xinnan Li, Associate Analyst, Consumer Foods, Rabobank   Summary One may argue that recent growth in China will not last for long. But that’s certainly not the story for food consumption. Despite GDP growing at its slowest pace since 1990, China's consumption...

This post originally appeared on the RocketSpace blog.   We’re excited to announce that Rabobank and RocketSpace have selected 14 startups across the food and agriculture industry to participate in the inaugural cohort for Terra, the Food + Ag Tech Accelerator. Terra...

Food and ag startups face a host of unique challenges when raising growth capital. As large food and ag companies change how they approach innovation, startups are looking outside of traditional methods and exploring new capital raising strategies. We met up with...

FoodBytes! is the preeminent discovery platform for food and ag innovation and on March 16, we will bring together the most game-changing global food and ag startups on one stage to pitch to hundreds of executives, investors, media and startups. In addition to...

By Xinnan Li, Associate Analyst - Consumer Foods, Rabobank Last year was a remarkable year for FoodBytes! with three successful events in Brooklyn, San Francisco and Boulder, as well as the kickoff of our international journey with FoodBytes! Sydney which took place...

McCarthy Mentoring is delighted to support food-tech start up Sprout Kitchens after they won the prize of our six-month mentoring program at Rabobank’s FoodBytes! Sydney pitch event in November. Held as part of Rabobank’s Farm2Fork Summit, the FoodBytes! event saw...

We're in the final countdown to FoodBytes! Sydney and we’ve been blown away by the response from the agtech and foodtech ecosystems. This is the first FoodBytes! event held in Australia and we’ve been really impressed with quality and quantity of applications...

From Darcy Landis, Local Products Coordinator at Whole Foods Market ® In my role as Local Products Coordinator for Whole Foods Market, my goal is to help create and transform supply chain transparency in the natural foods industry in the communities we serve. I’m also...

We’re thrilled to have the investment experts at Boulder Food Group on board as Official Sponsors of FoodBytes! Boulder! They bring an experienced perspective on partnering with young companies through capital investment and work with some of the best Boulder brands...

FoodBytes! brings the world’s top food & ag startups together on one stage to pitch to hundreds of food and ag executives, investors, tech experts and media.  Attendees will hear from the founders of these startups and will get the chance to sample some of their...

Consumers are faced with an overwhelming number of choices in the grocery store, the app store and online. The brand and marketing gurus from Nucleus Maximus work with leading food and beverage brands to cut through the clutter and help them drive sales by refining...

Startups in the food & ag industry face a host of unique challenges, including legal risks and compliance issues. We’re thrilled to have the legal experts at Holland & Hart on board as Official Sponsors of FoodBytes! Boulder, bringing years of experience in dealing...

It takes a village to produce programs like FoodBytes! and we are honored to be working with an incredible lineup of partners and sponsors for the event in Boulder. Our network of companies understand the pivotal role startups play in pioneering a better food and ag...

FoodBytes! is all about giving new, cutting-edge food and ag startups the connections to help take their businesses to the next level. In an effort to continue supporting and telling the stories of these companies, we’re welcoming two of our esteemed, Colorado-based...

By Nicholas Fereday & Paula Savanti, Senior Analysts - Consumer Foods at Rabobank A new era in food delivery is rapidly emerging. ‘Food Delivery 2.0’ is shaking up both the food retail and foodservice sectors in the US. Although it is early days, we believe the...

The last week of October is going to be the biggest celebration of food and ag innovation the Front Range has ever seen! FoodBytes! and Naturally Boulder are hosting our respective pitch events back-to-back on October 26 and 27. Long-known as a city bursting with the...

FoodBytes! Boulder is a month away, and things are heating up! We’re thrilled to announce our incredible roster of demo companies. From an Airbnb-approach to commercial kitchen space, to animal feed made from insects that are fed on food waste, to affordable real-time...

We are elated to announce our rockstar lineup of judges for FoodBytes! Boulder! Specializing in food policy, startup investment, food innovation trends and more, our esteemed panel brings very diverse expertise to the table. Our judges include Boulder locals Robyn...

By: Elly Truesdell, Local Forager, Whole Foods Market NortheastWhole Foods Market was thrilled to be a part of FoodBytes!’s first East Coast event in Brooklyn in March. As the Northeast Region’s Local Forager, my days are spent looking for the most innovative and...

On Thursday, June 16, FoodBytes! San Francisco will bring together innovators and thought-leaders in the food, technology and agriculture space, and for the first time, we will have a judging panel that represents precisely what makes the FoodBytes! experience so...

Rehearsal Photos!

Anyone innovating in food is encouraged to share their ideas at FoodBytes! You’ve got 60 seconds … Go!

Kevin Powell and Abraham Kamarck, Co-Founders of True Made Foods captured the hearts of FoodBytes! Brooklyn attendees and were voted as the official People’s Choice Award winners. Congrats to True Made Foods!

Photos from the Brooklyn event

Photos of Finalists

Check out this Tech Talk report on NY1 from Time Warner Cable News’ Adam Balkin as he talks to food and agricultural entrepreneurs highlighted at FoodBytes! Brooklyn, including Manuel Gonzalez, founder of of FoodBytes!, FreshTemp and Arable.

We’re extremely excited to share that True Made Foods has won the People’s Choice Award at FoodBytes! Brooklyn!

As part of the FoodBytes! Brooklyn experience, we are providing an “open mic” for anyone innovating with food or ag to share what they’re working on with the room.

FoodBytes! Brooklyn is proud to welcome David Barber from Blue Hill Farm who will spark a robust discussion on Sustainability, Resiliency and Survival with expert panelists Scott Norton, Co-Founder of Sir Kensington’s, Dan Giusti, Founder of Brigaid (ex-chef NOMA), and Gabriel Wilmoth, Investment Manager at Syngenta Ventures.

We are excited to announce a great benefit to the company that wins the FoodBytes! People’s Choice Award!

Rajiv Singh, Chief Executive Officer at Rabobank North America Wholesale Banking, shared his excitement about FoodBytes! Brooklyn on LinkedIn

Rabobank welcomes Edible Brooklyn and Gothamist as Media Partners for FoodBytes! Brooklyn

We’re thrilled to share the news that FoodBytes! alumni Back to the Roots has secured a $5 million dollar seed round. Way to go guys!