Code & Co. provides Tech & Product Due Diligence to Gimv ahead of their investment in Quality Guard, a foodtech platform for food safety, allergens and nutritional management
Gimv has announced a minority investment in Quality Guard, a fast-growing Belgian food tech company that is redefining how businesses in foodservice and food retail manage food safety and compliance.
Scope of Work
Code & Co. reviewed QualityGuard’s SaaS platform, assessing its architecture, infrastructure, technology stack, and security foundations.The review also covered the company’s product vision and roadmap, integration strategy, and modernization efforts to enhance scalability and cross-platform capabilities.
Finally, Code & Co. evaluated the engineering organization, software development lifecycle, and quality assurance practices to support remediation and sustainable growth.
About Quality Guard
Quality Guard is dedicated to ensuring that all operators in the foodservice industry no longer need to worry about FASFC regulations, allergen management, inventory control, labeling, cost calculation, or traceability. They achieve this through their state-of-the-art software and applications. QualityGuard is the leading ERP solution for B2B and B2C foodservice operators.
Founded in 2012, QualityGuard has grown into a team of more than 45 employees. Due to strong growth in Flanders and international expansion, the company is now urgently looking to strengthen its team — both at its headquarters in Roeselare and across its regional offices. https://qualityguard.com
About Gimv
Gimv is a European investment company, listed on Euronext Brussels and a member of the Euronext BEL ESG Index. With over 40 years‘ experience in private equity, Gimv currently has an investment portfolio of more than EUR 2.0 billion. The portfolio contains around 60 portfolio companies, with combined turnover of EUR 4.0 billion and more than 20,000 employees. As a recognized market leader in selected investment platforms, Gimv identifies entrepreneurial, innovative companies with high growth potential and supports them in their transformation into market leaders. Gimv’s five investment platforms are Consumer, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Smart Industries and Sustainable Cities. Each platform works with an experienced team across Gimv’s home markets of Benelux, France and DACH, supported by an extended international network of experts. Further information on Gimv can be found on www.gimv.com.