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Perfekto

Grocery subscription service against food waste in Latam

Y CombinatorSummer 2021InactiveConsumerFood and BeverageGrocerySustainabilityClimateE-commerce

What they do

Problem

Large amounts of fresh, edible food in Latin America are wasted before reaching consumers due to cosmetic imperfections and surplus production.

Solution

Perfekto provides a home-delivered grocery subscription box of imperfect and surplus food to save money and time while reducing food waste.

Who it's for

Consumers in Latin America who want convenient, lower-cost groceries delivered regularly.

Founders

Anahí Sosa
Founder

Co-Founder & COO of Perfekto, reducing food waste through a subscription box of food items that would otherwise be wasted due to supply chain inefficiencies or strict cosmetic standards. Previously worked at Uber for almost 5 years where I had the opportunity of leading Uber Grocery. Worked also at Unilever in areas like Logistics Finance.

Jan Heinvirta
Founder

Co-Founder & CEO at Perfekto. On a mission to create a more sustainable food system in LatAm, where more than 1/3 of food is wasted due to strict industry standards and supply chain inefficiencies. Previously founding team member and Head of LATAM at a Swiss FinTech. Scaled it from Seed to Pre-Series B and from Switzerland to Mexico.

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