Qualcommbacked Aravita wants to help Brazilian supermarkets control food waste

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  • Perlman recalls that potential customers were initially worried that startups were “having difficulty raising money, hiring and surviving,” and were uncomfortable giving store data to a company without financial resources that could stick around.Aravita co-founders, Marco Perlman, Aline Azevedo and Bruno Schrappe.
  • At the same time, the software increases the availability of items in demand.“Supermarkets are our target audience because they are a great place to drive the first wedge of data availability,” Perlman told TechCrunch.
  • It is also in the process of integrating the first database of historical data into that model.However, that first pilot didn’t come easy.
  • They join other companies like Shelf Engine, Apeel, OLIO, Imperfect Foods, Mori and Phood Solutions.The next steps are to develop the solution over the next few months and add a second pilot customer, Perlman said.
  • It’s estimated that about a third of all food produced worldwide every year, which is approximately 1.3 billion tons, is estimated to be wasted.
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