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Keegan Francis, founder and CTO of Food Web
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Keegan Francis

Food system mapping, platform and data, Food Web

Keegan Francis is the Chief Technology Officer of Food Web. He brings 10+ years of experience building and leading technical teams in FinTech startups. From Halifax, Nova Scotia, to internationally operating companies, Keegan has brought and scaled several applications making him an ideal candidate to lead the Technology of Food Web.

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Posts published
7
Categories covered
3
Writing here since
2025

Experience & credentials

  • CTO and founder of Food Web
  • Builds the Asset Map and the platform behind it
  • Writes on food system mapping, data and the technical side of local food infrastructure

Writes mostly about

Food Web Founders4Food News2Food Maps1

All 7 posts by Keegan

The Tippo hippo in Food Web green next to a phone showing a tip-out list, with a download arrow.
Food NewsLatestSep 4, 2026 · 7 min

Food Web’s First Mobile App Is Here: Tippo on iOS and Android

Food Web shipped its first mobile app. Tippo — the tip out calculator for restaurant owners — is on the App Store and Google Play, at $9.99 a month, locked for life for the first 99 restaurants.

  1. Chosen food asset map platform marked with a green check badge
    Food MapsJul 13, 2026 · 9 min

    How to Choose Food System Mapping Software in 2026

    A buyer's guide for municipalities: the three real options, the four criteria that predict whether a food asset map survives, and the eight questions to ask before you sign.

  2. The purple Tippo hippo surrounded by dollar bills
    Food NewsJun 15, 2026 · 4 min

    Tippo Is Officially Live: Tip Management Built for Restaurants

    Tippo is live. The tip management and splitting platform built for restaurants replaces the end-of-shift spreadsheet, and the first 99 users lock in $9.99 a month for life.

  3. Keegan Francis beside the words "We All Eat"
    Food Web FoundersJan 7, 2026 · 3 min

    We All Eat

    We all eat — it is the one thing that binds us. So why are food systems more fragile than they have ever been, and what does sharing infrastructure have to do with it?

  4. Keegan Francis with vegetables, a green apple and a heart
    Food Web FoundersDec 6, 2025 · 7 min

    Food Saved My Life

    Changing what he ate changed Keegan’s mood, skin and energy. Soil, pesticides, organics, animals and the farmers’ market — the food lessons that followed, and why they compound.

  5. Keegan Francis between shelves of medicine and fresh food
    Food Web FoundersDec 5, 2025 · 9 min

    The Kitchen is my Pharmacy

    Eczema pushed Keegan into elimination diets, herbs and gut health, and his kitchen became the first line of defence. What was in it, what was not, and what it has to do with Food Web.

  6. A coin beside a carrot and a leaf — you cannot eat money
    Food Web FoundersNov 26, 2025 · 3 min

    You Can't Eat Money

    A high-school yearbook quote, a decade in FinTech, and one line from a cofounder about bread. Why Keegan Francis ended up building an Airbnb for kitchens.