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November 9, 2021

Motatos raises €24m to expand its discount food waste deliveries to new markets

With almost €60m raised this year discount startup Motatos plans to launch in a new market in 2022


Mimi Billing

4 min read

Ulf Skagerström and Karl Andersson (right). Photo: Magnus Sandberg

The pandemic has made more consumers comfortable with buying food online. This shift, combined with a widespread awakening to the issue of food waste, has startups licking their lips.

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Motatos plans to launch its sustainable discount ecommerce in the UK in 2022. Photo: Magnus Sandberg
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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