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March 2, 2021

Dutch supermarket app Crisp raises €30m

Crisp is now the fastest-growing supermarket in the Netherlands — despite not owning a single shopping trolley.


Amy Lewin

6 min read

 Foodtech is rivalling fintech as Europe’s buzziest investment sector of 2021. 

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Crisp cofounders: CFO Michiel Roodenburg; CEO Tom Peeters; CPO Eric Klaassen.
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Crisp's app.
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One of Crisp's electric delivery vans.
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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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