Backbone raises €4M for automated food quality and compliance

Food industry software startup Backbone has raised €4 million in pre-seed funding to further develop its AI-powered quality and compliance platform and support its commercial expansion. The round was led by Pitchdrive , with participation from PROfounders Capital, Passion Capital, existing investor 100IN and a group of Belgian food industry investors, including Agristo and Darta. Founded in 2025 by Louis Opsomer , Siska Lannoo and Julien Steel , Backbone develops software designed to help food c