Hier Foods is a Berlin-based startup building an infrastructure to connect local small and specialist food suppliers with retailers via integrations that link existing systems and processes. Founders Lara Hämmerle and Mark Jäger created the company to address inefficient supplier‑retailer relationships and uneven digitalisation that leave quality growers and consumers cut out. The platform facilitates frictionless communications and transactions to enable more local, diverse, and resilient food sourcing. Hier raised €7 million in a seed round and plans to use the capital to expand operations across Europe, notably through an aggressive recruitment drive. The team frames the product as a way to decentralise and sustain local supply chains and to help reduce food waste and dependence on global shocks.

Total raised

$8M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Dec 2021