Perfekto
YC S21 · Inactive · Grocery subscription service against food waste in Latam
Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 GuacShared: food waste, grocery, climateActiveAI | AI | Active | YCS23 |
 OrchataShared: latin america, grocery, latamInactiveOther | Other | Inactive | YCW20 |
 Supr DailyShared: grocery, e-commerce, subscriptionAcquiredOther | Other | Acquired | YCW17 |
 InstacartShared: grocery, e-commerce, freshPublicOther | Other | Public | YCS12 |
 CaliiShared: grocery, latam, foodActiveOther | Other | Active | YCS18 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
 Krave MartShared: grocery, e-commerce, food and beverageActiveOther | Other | Active | YCS22 |
 Swadesi WayShared: grocery, climate, e-commerceActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW21 |
 SkioShared: subscriptions, e-commerceAcquiredOther | Other | Acquired | YCS20 |
 MemboShared: grocery, food, freshInactiveOther | Other | Inactive | YCS21 |
 ZeptoShared: grocery, food and beverageActiveOther | Other | Active | YCW21 |
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About Perfekto
Over 1/3 of food is being thrown away and in Latin America 72% of it prior to the consumer stage. Mainly due to physical imperfections or surplus production, despite being fresh and edible. Perfekto offers a grocery subscription box with imperfect and surplus food, home-delivered. Thereby, consumers save time and money while reducing food waste. The founders are experienced leaders scaling startups & grocery operations. Anahí previously led the Uber Grocery initiative for Latam. Jan scaled Swiss FinTech Sonect to pre-Series B and to Mexico. Juan led Walmart's eCommerce logistics and operations in Mexico. By the end of 2022, Perfekto had: 🌱 rescued over 500,000kgs of food from being wasted 🚚 delivered over 60,000 orders 📈 grown 1,120% year-over-year 🥖 gone beyond just produce and now help rescue items like bread or packaged goods from companies like Heartbest Foods, Bové, Tuny - with major multinationals in the pipeline 💚 become a beloved brand with an NPS of 70 🫂 built an online community of over 20,000 people and several thousand homes receiving Perfekto boxes
- YC batch
- S21 · Summer 2021
- Status, per YC
- Inactive
- Category
- Other
- Team size
- 33
- Location
- Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
- Checked
- 34m ago
YC tags: Grocery, Sustainability, Climate, E-commerce, Subscriptions
Perfekto: questions
Which YC batch was Perfekto in?
Perfekto was in Y Combinator's Summer 2021 batch (S21).
Is Perfekto still active?
Y Combinator lists Perfekto as inactive.
Where is Perfekto based?
Perfekto lists Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico as its location on YC's directory.
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