FFF podcast #7 - Hammering of FoodTech stocks and VC funding drying up

By John Reynolds on Thursday 19 May 2022

FFF podcast #7 - Hammering of FoodTech stocks and VC  funding drying up
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Interview

FFF co-founders David Stevenson and Paul Cuatrecasas discuss the pummelling FoodTech is getting in the public markets and its potential impact on VC funding in the private markets.

In this week’s episode of the Future Food Finance podcast, FFF co-founders David Stevenson and Paul Cuatrecasas discuss the hammering tech, including FoodTech, stocks are getting in the public markets and the knock-on impact on VC funding in the private markets.

The pair discuss some of the listed grocery/food delivery firms, like Delivery Hero and Deliveroo, whose shares have plummeted, and their future amid fierce competition in the sector.

The pair also discuss

-The prospect of the IPO pipeline freezing
-FoodTech stocks troubles part of a wider malaise across tech
-The difference between price and value (Warren Buffett famously said “price is what you pay and value is what you get”.)
-The performance of Zoom compared to FoodTech stocks
-How startups can survive VC funding drying up