Pod Foods operates the first full-service wholesale B2B marketplace with built-in logistics, enabling retailers to discover, order, and receive products in a consolidated fashion. The platform targets emerging brands and retailers, streamlines procurement, reduces hidden fees and chargebacks, and can onboard new brands to shelf in as little as 24 hours. It uses proprietary logistics-optimization software and a network of warehousing and carrier providers to power consolidated fulfillment and serves traditional retail formats as well as DTC delivery services like Gopuff. The company has more than doubled the number of brands on its platform year-over-year and reports a 20% increase in repeat brand purchases compared to pre-pandemic data. Financially, Pod Foods has raised a total of $13 million to date, including a $10 million Series A and a prior $3 million seed. The Series A proceeds will be used to expand the brand and retailer network nationwide, scale the data team to improve matching and right-size inventory, and grow the team (the company recently hired Timothy Wee as CTO). Pod Foods is an end-to-end platform that connects retailers with manufacturers to simplify the wholesale food distribution market. The company uses a third-party network to handle fulfillment and logistics and provides a software and data-enabled interface for emerging brands and retailers. Pod Foods charges retailers on a subscription basis and takes a cut of each transaction. The startup has launched in the Bay Area and Chicago and currently works with 350 food brands and 100 retailers. With fresh funding, the company plans to scale 10x over the next 12 months and invest in its software and data capabilities. Pod Foods was founded by former cookie entrepreneurs who pivoted from their earlier brand to solve distribution challenges for small food companies.

Total raised

$13M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Dec 2021