Italy's Biorsaf raises €5.2M, buys Cooki to build food compliance platform
What's the deal? BiorsafDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Tuscany-based company that digitises food safety and quality processes, has raised €5.2 million and acquired CookiDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a Bologna-based platform for managing food information. The round was led by P101 SGRDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, with participation from existing investors Maia VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Farming FutureDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and Toscana NextDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.
What's the endgame? The deal creates what Biorsaf calls Italy's first single solution covering every stage of food compliance — from food safety (HACCP) to traceability, nutritional values, cost analysis, and labelling.
Who's who? Founded in 2021 in Castell'Azzara, Biorsaf built BS-Safe, a platform that digitises food, workplace, and water safety management. Cooki, founded by Giuseppe Grammatico in 2017, operates in more than 450 Italian cities, with over 1,000 users and a database of more than 35,000 coded products spanning traceability, labelling, food costing, and allergen risk.
By the numbers: Biorsaf reports over 10,000 active users after three years, serving clients from small businesses to restaurant groups like Gruppo CigierreDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and retailers including ConadDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The company says its system saves users an estimated 30 minutes daily and cut operating costs by €30 million across active users in 2025.
Why now? Biorsaf is targeting Italy's food, workplace, and water safety sector, which it estimates includes around 3.4 million businesses generating more than €12 billion in revenue — yet digitisation stands at just 3%.
What's the plan? The company aims to grow revenues year on year over three years and expand from 40 to 120 employees within 18 months, centred on a new AI platform to automate quality, safety, and operations management.
The signal: "Bringing Cooki into the fold rounds out our offering and marks the first step in consolidating a market that is still highly fragmented," said chief executive officer Marco Papalini. The move signals early consolidation in food RegTech, a sector where low digitisation leaves room for a dominant platform to emerge.
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