Category: Perspectives

The Other Half of Health

In 1993, Jurassic Park came out in theaters and the World Wide Web was released into the public domain. That same year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finally let women of childbearing age be included in early-stage clinical trials. It had taken a whopping sixteen years to reverse that policy. In plain English: most […]

The Art of the Pivot

A Conversation with Tastewise Co-founder & CEO Alon Chen Knowing how and when to pivot strategy has always been essential for companies to stay alive and stay in the lead. For startups it’s a core fact of life; for enterprises in the AI era, it’s increasingly becoming one too. But what happens when an AI-native […]

WHAT TO WATCH & WHAT TO IGNORE IN 2026

Welcome to 2026, and to an era of FoodTech undoubtedly different than the last. What worked five years ago – the cheap capital, frothy valuations, hype over fundamentals.

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: Lessons Learned in 5 Years of FoodTech Investing 

By Yoni Glickman, Managing Partner, PeakBridge’s FoodSparksOp-ed first published in Food Dive After some $8 billion deployed, wild overvaluations and countless high-profile bankruptcies, the easy money era of food technology is over. Good riddance. What we need isn’t more capital-chasing science projects; it’s frameworks that separate real opportunities from expensive experiments. I’ve spent north of […]

Market Makers: One Quarter, Three Milestones

Driving a VC is about seeing the signal through the noise. In FoodTech, that noise is overwhelming: hype bubbles, highly complex technologies, sustainability buzzwords, and solutions chasing problems. The signal is harder to find – teams building scalable technologies that solve real-world problems, with business models that actually work. In the second quarter, amid an […]

Ending the Chemical Romance

The U.S. administration wants artificial additives cut out, and so do a growing number of global consumers. But what needs to happen to make it work? By Nurit Ben It’s a shift ramping up resources and attention across the food industry: the U.S. signaling the end of the heyday of additives that for decades have […]

Culture Clash: Corporations & Startups

Partnerships between the two are a match made in heaven, but these relationships often go awry By Nurit Ben, first published in Nutrition Insight magazine They say opposites attract, but that doesn’t mean the relationship is easy. Food corporates and startups are arguably as opposite as they come, yet fundamentally need each other: for innovation, […]

Beyond the Buzzwords: What does ‘Food as Medicine’ Really Mean?

Discover 6 PeakBridge Portfolio Companies Combining Science, Nutrition, and Technology to Transform Health  Written by: Taire Brown   The idea of “food as medicine” is rooted in the recognition that nutrition plays a central role in preventing, managing, and even reversing chronic diseases. With diet-related illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and obesity […]

From Farm to Fork: AI’s Impact on the Future of Food

Discover how PeakBridge’s 12 pioneering portfolio companies are leveraging AI to innovate and revolutionize the food industry.   Written by: Taire Brown and Eva Everloo     The current state of the food industry is marked by numerous challenges and inefficiencies that hinder its ability to meet the demands of a growing global population. Disjointed […]