Food retail and delivery in Europe

What counts as food retail and delivery here

Any company building software or logistics infrastructure for how food moves from producer or restaurant to consumer – restaurant technology and point-of-sale, food delivery logistics, workforce management for food service, and grocery retail technology. We exclude upstream food production and processing, which are filed under Foodtech, and pure agricultural technology, filed under Agritech.

Family: Consumer & media
Coverage since: 2020
Desks: 2 of 4
Reviewed: 20 Sep 2026

The desks

Two of the four desks are live; investors and events coverage for this vertical is still being built

Live data

Funding rounds

Every European food retail and delivery round we have verified with the company or the lead investor.

Startup directory

Who is building what, at which stage, in which country – filtered to the vertical.

The 3 sub-verticals

Filter the startup desk by any of these

Restaurant tech and POS Delivery logistics Food service workforce management

Who to know

Start on the desks that are live – the rest are still being built

ST Startup desk Companies filtered to food retail and delivery Open desk FD Funding desk Verified rounds Live

Latest coverage

Reporting and analysis tagged to this vertical

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Articles tagged to this vertical

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Frequently asked

About this vertical and how we cover it

Why is this pillar page shorter than others on the site?

We publish stats and analysis only where we have verified data behind them. This vertical's startup and funding desks are live and real; the investor and events desks are still being built, so we have left out sections – debates, eras, geography breakdowns – that would otherwise need to be invented rather than sourced.

Is this the same as foodtech?

No – foodtech covers food production, ingredients and processing technology. This vertical covers how food moves from producer or restaurant to the end consumer.

How often does this page change?

The numbers come from the desks and move weekly. We will expand this page with analysis once the investor and events desks have real data behind them.

Can I suggest a company or fund for the desks?

Yes. Use the suggest links on each desk. We verify before publishing; paid placement does not get you onto a ranking or directory.

Food Retail and Delivery in Europe