Food & Beverage Startups

Tovala provides prepared meals delivered weekly that are cooked in a proprietary WiFi-connected smart oven, requiring minimal preparation and cooking time.

20 investors

ZBiotics is a synthetic biology company that genetically engineers probiotic bacteria for consumer health and nutraceutical uses. Its first product is an engineered probiotic that breaks down a toxic byproduct of alcohol, and it is developing additional engineered probiotics for other consumer health applications.

14 investors

Vendease is a B2B food and beverage supply marketplace for restaurants, hotels, caterers, and other food service operators in Lagos, Nigeria. The platform offers locked pricing, inventory management, and buy-now-pay-later financing, with orders placed via WhatsApp and same-day or next-day delivery.

10 investors

Flaviar is a spirits tasting club offering a subscription service that sends members monthly tasting kits with three samples of spirits sourced globally, helping them discover new liquor products. It serves consumers interested in fine spirits.

7 investors

Zerocater provides corporate catering and cafeteria programs for companies ranging from startups to the Fortune 500, with options that let employers pay only for employees who come into the office as they adopt hybrid work. It serves businesses across major U.S. metro areas including the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Chicago, and others.

7 investors

Glimpse consolidates retail sales data and uses AI agents to automate revenue recovery, cash application, and dispute management for consumer brands.

6 investors

Jupiter operates an advertising and e-commerce platform focused on the food, grocery, and CPG sector, positioning itself as an "AppLovin for food & CPG." The company serves brands and retailers in the food and beverage industry.

6 investors

Nino Foods operates three quick-service restaurant brands (Nino Burgers, Francesco's Pizzeria, and KHA) across 20+ locations in Mumbai and surrounding areas. The company builds a fast food business focused on delivery and dine-in services for consumers seeking burgers, pizza, and fried chicken.

5 investors

Replenish built a self-cleaning blender appliance that prepares smoothies and snacks in under a minute. The consumer hardware product targeted health and wellness in the food and beverage category.

5 investors

Stockline provides enterprise resource planning software designed for food wholesalers that uses AI agents to automate administrative work like order entry.

5 investors

Scout is an AI-native reporting and analytics platform designed for CPG (consumer packaged goods) sales teams, automating the conversion of POS and syndicated data into dashboards, reports, and narratives for retail negotiations. The platform serves brand-side sales and category teams in natural, conventional grocery, mass, club, and specialty retail channels.

4 investors

Underground Cellar is a wine e-commerce company that sells wine through a gamified model offering buyers upgrades rather than discounts, serving wine consumers and sellers in the US market. It lets sellers move inventory quickly while protecting their brand pricing.

3 investors

Wheelys operates a franchise of bicycle-mounted cafés serving organic food and drinks, aimed at helping young people start their own café businesses with low capital. The company sells its mobile café units to entrepreneurs across numerous countries.

3 investors

Airgoods operates a wholesale platform where independent grocers and specialty food retailers can discover and purchase emerging and gourmet food and beverage brands.

2 investors

Chow Central operates a delivery-focused food service in Nigeria that serves meals quickly at lower cost than traditional restaurants by operating within concentrated local areas. The company targets urban customers seeking affordable and fast food delivery.

2 investors

Racer offers food delivery with a target delivery time of 15 minutes.

2 investors

SpoonRocket operates a fast-delivery service that brings prepared meals to customers in roughly 15 minutes or less. It serves individual consumers through a mobile app and website.

2 investors

Sudden makes crystallized instant coffee from beans sourced from specialty producers and roasters, brewed by hand before being turned into an instant product. It is a direct-to-consumer coffee brand marketed as a convenient alternative to fresh brewed coffee.

2 investors

Zoomer operates a technology and logistics platform that connects high-volume delivery restaurants with independent delivery drivers to fulfill food orders. It serves restaurant partners, drivers, and diners in the food delivery market.

2 investors

AnyList is a mobile app for creating and sharing grocery shopping lists, along with recipe management and meal planning, that can be shared in real time across iOS and Android devices with family or roommates. It serves consumers managing household shopping and cooking.

1 investor

Asakana uses AI to convert restaurant orders sent by email, text, and photo into entries in a food distributor's ERP system, flagging unclear items for human review. It serves food distributors, currently seafood distributors in the US, as an order-entry automation tool.

1 investor

Bensen provides online and phone ordering tools for restaurant takeout and delivery.

1 investor

BetterBasket provides AI-driven pricing optimization and analysis tools for grocery retailers. The platform uses price scraping, product matching, and elasticity analysis to help grocers make data-informed pricing decisions amid supply chain volatility.

1 investor

Eat Blueprint prepares meals based on longevity-focused nutritional protocols, using organic and locally-sourced ingredients while excluding gluten and seed oils.

1 investor