# Apeel Sciences

> Plant-derived edible coatings that extend fresh-produce shelf life and reduce food waste.

## Why it is interesting

Consumer-facing food-waste reduction at retail scale — coatings deployed with Kroger and other grocers after $700M+ in venture funding.

## Profile

- **Stage:** growth
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** climate-tech, biotech-life-sciences
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## 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

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/khosla-ventures
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/upfront-ventures

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-a16z-hot-portfolio-companies

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