Dovetailed
Developed nūfood, a liquid-based 3D food printer using spherification to create customizable edible fruit-like items.
- CEO / Founder
- Benjamin Humphrey
- Team Size
- 1-10
- Stage
- Active
- Total Funding
- $0.24M
- Latest Round
- Grant
- Key Investors
- Innovate UK; Creative England
Technology & Products
Key Products
nūfood 3D printer; Business Chatter; UX Design Services
Technological Advantage
Proprietary use of spherification allows for the creation of 'juicy' textures and fruit-like structures in seconds, differentiating from standard paste-extrusion food printers.
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Enables the creation of on-demand, customizable edible structures with unique textures using molecular gastronomy techniques.
How They Differentiate
Uses liquid droplets and spherification instead of paste extrusion, enabling 'juicy' textures and rapid assembly of edible structures.
Market & Competition
Target Customers
Businesses seeking UX strategy for digital/physical/AI products; culinary creators
Industry Verticals
UX Design; AI; Food Tech
Competitors
Natural Machines; byFlow; Choc Edge
Growth & Milestones
Growth Metrics
Developed nūfood 3D fruit printer; recipient of multiple Innovate UK grants for food technology innovation; featured in BBC, Wired, and The Guardian; collaborated with Microsoft Research on human-computer interaction in food.
Major Milestones
2011: Company founded; 2014: 3D fruit printer technology demonstrated; 2018: nūfood crowdfunding campaign planned; Pivot to UX design and AI research services
Notable Customers
Microsoft; Secondmind