SPRK.global

01 / WHAT IT BUILT

What the company did

SPRK.global is a Berlin-based impact startup founded in March 2020 by serial entrepreneur Alexander Piutti. It runs an AI-driven B2B platform that maps surplus food in the upstream supply chain - from agriculture, imports, and distribution centers - and matches it with processors and buyers who can handle large volumes, redistributing oversupplied food before it is wasted. It does not operate a public marketplace; instead it acts as a curated extension of suppliers' sales desks, building complete data sets on product specifications so buyers can decide whether the food fits their processing or recipes. By mid-2025 it had redistributed more than one million kilograms of excess food, including several hundred tons of fruit salad, in cooperation with partners such as KRONEN.

03 / EVENT HISTORY

Events in the structured record

1. 2020
   Company founded

   Alexander Piutti founded SPRK.global in Berlin to eliminate food waste in the supply chain with an AI-driven redistribution platform; it was named one of eight worldwide winners of Samsung's Extreme Tech Challenge 2020.

2. 2021
   Platform launch

   SPRK.global began operating its curated B2B marketplace, acting as suppliers' extended workbench to sell surplus food at good prices rather than letting it go to waste.

3. 2025
   KRONEN partnership, 1M kg milestone

   SPRK.global announced a cooperation with KRONEN and the fresh-cut industry, having redistributed more than one million kilograms of excess food since its founding.