# Backbone

> AI operating system for food quality and compliance — certificates, lab results, specs, and incidents in one cockpit.

## Why it is interesting

Ex-Henchman trio closed a €4M (~$4.6M) Pitchdrive-led pre-seed (announced early Sep 2026) with Belgian food families Agristo and Darta on the cap table — selling quality agents into an industry that still runs ~80% of daily QC on spreadsheets (company claim).

## Profile

- **Latest funding:** Pre-seed — €4M (September 2026)
- **Latest known valuation:** Not publicly disclosed
- **Total disclosed equity funding:** Not publicly disclosed
- **Stage:** pre-seed
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** ai-ml, enterprise-saas, foodtech
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-06
- **Latest funding investors:** Pitchdrive, PROfounders Capital, Passion Capital, 100IN, Agristo, Darta

## Key facts

- €4M pre-seed led by Pitchdrive (Sep 2026) — company blog / Tech.eu
- Customers named: Zoutman, Greenway, Budelpack, Royal Taste, J&K Confectionery, others
- Target: 250 production sites by end of 2028 (company)

## Funding history

- Pre-seed · €4M · September 2026
  Source: https://www.usebackbone.ai/resources/backbone-raises-%E2%82%AC4m-to-build-the-quality-brain-for-the-food-industry

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-backbone-4m-eur-preseed-food-quality-ai
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-september-5-6-investment-news-data-fintech-defense

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**Last updated:** September 6, 2026

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