FoodTech Startups

Deltamune manufactures registered and autogenous vaccines for poultry health, protecting birds against diseases including infectious coryza, egg drop syndrome, and salmonella infections. Operating from a GMP-certified facility in South Africa since 2008, the company serves poultry producers and veterinarians with custom vaccine solutions and commercial vaccine products.

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Operator of Kurashiru, Japan's recipe-video platform app, alongside a savings app (Reci-Chare), an AI agent platform for manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers (Kurashiru AI OS), a lifestyle media site (TRILL), and a creator management agency for live streamers (LIVEwith). The company serves Japanese consumers and supply-chain businesses across food, media, and AI software.

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Demakes Brothers is a family-owned food company producing meat products including salami, bologna, roast beef, turkey, and ham, with a focus on high-quality ingredients and health-conscious options through their Thin 'n Trim line. Based in Boston's North Shore, the company has been led by successive generations of the founding Demakes family.

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Demeter USA is a nonprofit organization that provides Biodynamic certification services for farms and processors, reviewing and inspecting operations to help growers and producers obtain and maintain certification. It serves farmers, processors, and licensees in the United States pursuing biodynamic and organic agricultural practices.

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Demea Invest is a private equity platform formed by the merger of Demea Sustainable Investment (formerly Demeter Investment Managers) and Demea Agro (formerly Cerea Partners), providing equity, infrastructure, and debt financing for agriculture, agrifood, and the energy and ecological transition. It manages €3 billion raised from institutional investors, corporates, and family offices, and has backed 450 startups, SMEs, and projects across venture, growth, buyout, infrastructure, mezzanine, and private debt strategies.

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Desert Farms produces fresh camel milk sold direct-to-consumer, marketed for its nutritional profile including immune-supporting proteins, probiotics, and digestibility compared to conventional dairy. The company sources from family farms nationwide and bottles at the farm to maintain product freshness.

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Project Desigo is building a repository of A2 milk research covering human nutrition, genetics, traceability, and sustainability, and offers reservation-based access to A2 milk with phone-based traceability via a unique member ID. It focuses on reviving indigenous cattle breeds and prioritizes families with maternity needs or children under 18 in India.

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Dezpax is a startup providing food packaging for restaurants through an online channel, selling items such as food boxes, bowls, bakery boxes, and cups, and offering packaging consulting. It also provides one-stop services including logo screen printing, sticker production, box straps, cup sleeves, and custom box and paper bag design and manufacturing.

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DIAL Ventures is a venture studio, part of Purdue Applied Research Institute, that builds venture-backed agrifood companies by validating industry problems with corporate partners, producers, entrepreneurs, and Purdue researchers before launching. It runs studio cohorts and raises funds alongside Grit Road Partners to commercialize agriculture and food technology startups.

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Diaspora Co. sells single-origin spices sourced directly from over 150 partner farms across India and Sri Lanka, paying farmers above-commodity living wages. It sells directly to consumers with an emphasis on freshness, harvest transparency, and regenerative farming practices.

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Dibaq Group is a family-owned company that manufactures pet food and snacks for dogs and cats as well as feed for marine and freshwater aquaculture, along with related nutrition services. Based in Fuentepelayo, Segovia, Spain, with production plants in Spain and the Czech Republic, it sells its products in more than 80 countries.

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DietSensor offers a nutrition app that builds customized diet programs, meal plans, recipes, and shopping lists to help users lose weight and manage health conditions through science-based nutrition. Its programs target goals and conditions including ketogenic diets, intermittent fasting, muscle building, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular health, NASH/NAFLD, oncology recovery, and epilepsy.

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Digestiva develops proprietary protease enzymes that break down proteins to produce more bioaccessible and smaller peptides, increase free amino acid availability, and improve protein yield from co-products and waste streams. Its technology targets applications in health, nutrition, and food processing.

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Dig Inn is a restaurant chain offering seasonal menus with an app-based loyalty program that provides rewards, exclusive discounts, and early access to new menu items for customers.

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DineMarket operates a B2B foodservice marketplace and app that connects restaurants, bars, caterers, hotels, and other food businesses with wholesale suppliers to place, compare, and manage orders. The platform lets buyers view supplier products and real-time pricing while giving suppliers tools to list, sell, and promote products.

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DineSafe crowdsources food safety reports and provides data tools and systems for real-time detection and prevention of foodborne illness outbreaks. Its surveillance platform serves food industry companies, public health agencies, and consumers.

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Dirty Clean Food is an online marketplace selling regeneratively farmed meat and produce, including grass-fed Black Angus beef, pasture-raised pork, avocados, and coffee from Western Australian farmers and producers. It connects consumers with a community of local farmers and food lovers, with a focus on WA's Southwest region.

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Dirty Shirley is a ready-made cocktail brand producing a version of the classic Dirty Shirley drink made with organic cherry juice instead of grenadine. It positions itself as a consumer beverage emphasizing natural ingredients and no artificial coloring.

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Discarlux is an online butcher based in Madrid that sells premium national and European beef, offering specialty cuts and aged meats to consumers. It delivers vacuum-packed products via refrigerated transport nationally and internationally, with orders arriving within 48 to 72 hours.

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Disrupt Technology Venture is an accelerator and venture fund operating in Thailand and Southeast Asia that supports entrepreneurs and corporate innovators through startup education programs, corporate innovation initiatives, and an edtech-focused venture fund. The organization builds ecosystem platforms connecting startups, SMEs, and corporates to foster entrepreneurship, leadership development, and innovation-driven change.

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Divert builds and operates food waste diversion infrastructure, including anaerobic digestion facilities and reverse logistics processes, to convert unsold and non-donatable food products into energy for retail and grocery customers. Operating in the US since 2007, it also runs a proprietary IoT and data platform to track and reduce food waste.

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Dark Kitchen Factory operates gastronomic hubs offering cloud/dark kitchens and dark store spaces for delivery-focused food businesses, including entrepreneurs, catering companies, and national chains. Based in Chile's Región Metropolitana, it runs 30 kitchens across 1,600m2 in two hubs.

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Dlicio is a mobile app with a vertical video feed of dishes from nearby restaurants, letting users browse local food, order with one tap, and pick up in-store at the same price charged in the restaurant with no markup. It targets consumers looking for local meals and restaurants wanting to reach nearby diners without high delivery-app commissions.

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Final Boss Sour is a sour candy brand that modifies chunks of fruit to create extreme sourness, positioned as an arcade game with increasing difficulty levels. The company targets Gen Z and Millennial consumers through a playful, gamified brand backed by the venture studio behind Liquid Death and Dollar Shave Club.

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