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Apeel Sciences
Plant-derived edible coatings that extend fresh-produce shelf life and reduce food waste.
Stage
growth
Status
private
Coverage
full
Why Apeel Sciences is interesting
Consumer-facing food-waste reduction at retail scale — coatings deployed with Kroger and other grocers after $700M+ in venture funding.
Key facts
- Series E (2021): $250M with a16z, Temasek, Oprah Winfrey among participants (Crunchbase)
- Series B (2016): led by a16z and DBL Partners with Upfront, S2G (AgFunderNews)
- Retail: coatings deployed with Kroger, Costco, and other major grocers (Apeel site)
- Co-investors not in VCT directory: Temasek, DBL Partners, S2G Ventures
Investors in our directory
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Industries
Climate Tech Biotech & Life Sciences
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FAQs about Apeel Sciences
Funding context and why this company shows up in venture coverage.
Apeel Sciences makes an edible, plant-derived coating applied to fresh produce that slows spoilage — extending shelf life and reducing food waste across the supply chain.
Directory-linked investors include Andreessen Horowitz (/fund/andreessen-horowitz), Khosla Ventures (/fund/khosla-ventures), and Upfront Ventures (/fund/upfront-ventures).
Apeel raised a $250M Series E in 2021 and has raised $700M+ total — a late-stage private company with retail deployments.
Roughly one-third of food produced globally is wasted. Apeel's coating reduces spoilage without changing cold-chain infrastructure — a scalable lever for retailers and growers.
No — Apeel Sciences remains a private company as of July 2026.
Last updated: 2026-07-24