Fountain9
Helping food brands and retailers reduce food wastage
Y CombinatorWinter 2021AcquiredB2BRetailArtificial IntelligenceWarehouse Management TechE-commerceSupply Chain
What they do
Problem
Food brands and retailers lose money and create waste due to mismanaged inventory that causes stockouts and excess spoilage.
Solution
Fountain9 provides predictive inventory planning using demand sensing and pricing optimization to forecast inventory needs and recommend actions to reduce waste and improve availability.
Who it's for
Food brands and grocery retailers responsible for demand planning, inventory, and pricing.
Founders
Niki Khokale
Founder
CEO & Co-founder @ Fountain9 | Ex-Google (Head of S&OP) | Ex-American Express (Director, Risk & Information Management, Ex-Sears (Manager, Analytics) | CMU Alum
Rajas Lonkar
Founder
CTO & Co-founder @ Fountain9 || Ex-Google (PM and Quant Research) || Ex-IBM (Advanced Analytics) || CMU Alum
Company timeline
- Founded2020
- YC batchWinter 2021
- StatusAcquired
- Team size8 people
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
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