Agrifood startups have been in the limelight for the past couple of years, mainly due to growing public awareness of food-related sustainability issues and the rush of cash going to the alt-protein sector. But prior to the boom, Alessio d’Antino, a former business mentor and employee at global drinks giant Diageo, already saw room for growth.The food sector, he thought, lacked tangible business intelligence and synergy, and so in 2018 he founded Forward Fooding, the world's first collaborative platform for F&B players. Two years later, he launched FoodTech500, a global ranking of the agrif...
Forward Fooding CEO and founder Alessio d’Antino © Forward Fooding
