Founder Stories: Foboh - Reinventing the Food Supply Chain for Good

Foundations Stage
Featuring: Kshitija Deshmukh & Beth Lovell. The way food moves from producer to plate is broken - inefficient, wasteful, and full of friction. Foboh, founded by Kshitija Deshmukh and Beth Lovell, is reimagining the wholesale food ecosystem from the ground up. Their mission? To build a simpler, smarter, and more sustainable system - one that makes food more available, affordable, and less wasteful. As a profit-for-purpose company, Foboh isn’t just optimising logistics - they’re tackling the big questions of how to reduce food waste, cut down unnecessary transport, and bring transparency to the supply chain. At Sunrise, Kshitija and Beth will share the story behind Foboh: the challenges of changing entrenched systems, how they’re bringing purpose and profit together, and why they believe a better food future is not only possible - but essential.

Session Speakers

Kshitija Deshmukh

Kshitija Deshmukh (KD) is Co-founder and CEO of FOBOH, building an AI-powered future for food wholesale. A former Woolworths exec, she’s driven to make food more accessible, affordable, and sustainable.

Bethany Lovell

Beth is the co-founder of FOBOH, building an AI workforce to transform wholesale food. With a background in digital at Woolworths, she’s driven to simplify systems, cut waste, and scale impact.

Georgia Robertson

Georgia is an Investor at Blackbird. Prior to Blackbird Georgia was an operator, leading the New Zealand markets as Chief Exec of Humanitix and then Fundamentally.