FoodTech Startups

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.

5 investors

Vytal operates a deposit-free reusable packaging system for food and drinks, working with restaurants, delivery services, large corporate clients, and events to replace single-use takeaway packaging. Based in Germany, the company runs a partner network of over 7,000 locations and has expanded internationally, including a market entry into the USA.

5 investors

Zerocater provides corporate meal and snack delivery services for office-based companies across multiple U.S. cities. The company partners with local restaurants and food vendors to supply employees with meals and snacks at their workplaces.

5 investors

Zya develops naturally-derived enzymes that change how the body processes food after eating, aiming to improve nutrition without altering taste. Its technology is offered to food brands as an ingredient in the food technology and nutrition space.

5 investors

Abbott's Butcher produces veggie-forward, protein-rich food products made with real ingredients for health-conscious consumers. The company operates in the wellness and food sector, positioning products as nutritious alternatives designed for daily consumption.

4 investors

Alpagga is a B2B marketplace and service provider specializing in professional kitchen equipment sales, maintenance, and financing for restaurants, food trucks, and catering businesses across France.

4 investors

Apparta is a restaurant reservation and guest management platform that handles bookings, AI table assignment, POS integration, marketing campaigns via SMS/email/WhatsApp, prepayments and no-show protection. It serves restaurants and operates as the most-used reservation website in Latin America.

4 investors

Archer Roose produces canned wines made from sustainably grown grapes, with no added sugar, gluten-free and vegan options. The brand sells award-winning wines to consumers and distributes through retail stores and restaurants.

4 investors

Attane Health provides nutritious groceries and educational resources tailored for people with chronic health conditions. The company combines food access with personalized support to help individuals manage their health through dietary intervention.

4 investors

Avant develops cultivated animal protein as an alternative to wild-caught fish, aiming to produce seafood protein without contaminants such as heavy metals, microplastics, and parasites. The company operates in the cultivated/cell-based foodtech space and is building pilot production capacity.

4 investors

Ayoh makes flavored mayonnaise condiments, branded as "Sando Sauce," that blend creamy mayo with ingredients like pickles, spices, herbs, and vinegars for use on sandwiches, burgers, fries, and vegetables. It is a consumer packaged food brand and the first product line from recipe developer and cookbook author Molly Baz.

4 investors

Barn2Door provides software and services for farmers to sell their products online and in person, automating orders, payments, inventory, email campaigns, and delivery logistics. The platform is aimed at direct-to-consumer farm businesses looking to bypass middlemen and manage sales operations.

4 investors

Barnwell Bio runs a biosurveillance platform that analyzes environmental samples such as waste streams to detect pathogen trends and provide animal health data. It serves livestock and poultry producers and veterinarians, offering data to guide disease management and evaluate feed additives, vaccines, and biosecurity protocols.

4 investors

Bazaar is an online grocery service in Pakistan offering fresh produce, pantry staples, and local and international brands through its website and mobile apps. It provides next-day home delivery with multiple payment options including cash on delivery and card payments.

4 investors

Bizzy produces certified organic cold brew coffee sold in ready-to-drink form in select retail locations. The company targets on-the-go coffee consumers and also sells premium coffee beans for home brewing.

4 investors

BLUU develops marine cell-based ingredients derived from cultured fish cells for personal care, health, and food applications. The company uses proprietary bioprocessing workflows grounded in peer-reviewed research to produce ethically sourced, traceable compounds that replicate results unattainable through land-based agriculture.

4 investors

Botrista offers a craft beverage automation platform that lets restaurants and foodservice operators serve made-to-order drinks—such as bubble tea, iced coffee, smoothies, and lemonades—from over 2,000 recipes at the touch of a button. It uses AI-driven insights to help operators curate beverage menus and expand their drink offerings.

4 investors

Bowery Farming uses controlled environment agriculture to grow fresh produce locally in urban centers. The company aims to deliver high-quality, sustainable food at scale to city-based consumers and food service partners.

4 investors

Brava is a technology company that makes a countertop cooking appliance using its Pure Light Cooking technology to prepare home-cooked meals and snacks quickly. It targets busy families who want to make food at home with less time and effort.

4 investors

Butter is an AI-powered ERP platform for food supply chain businesses such as wholesalers, distributors, and shippers, offering automated order extraction from voicemails, emails, and texts, branded eCommerce ordering apps, and integrated ACH and credit card payments. It also provides tools for farmers and wholesalers to manage CSAs and food hubs.

4 investors

CassVita uses a process to extend the shelf-life of cassava from 3 days to 18 months and processes the crop in automated facilities into fufu, flour, starch, and animal feed, which it sells to multinationals including Nestle. The company works with a network of cassava farmers to reduce post-harvest losses and increase farmer incomes.

4 investors

Cellar Insights offers a smart remote monitoring system that detects rot gas and adverse storage conditions to help potato growers, processors, and storage operators reduce spoilage, shrink, and quality loss. The platform provides sensors, alerts, trend data, and analytics, with hardware installation, maintenance, and support included.

4 investors

Chefclub creates recipe cookbooks and kitchen utensils designed for children, along with cooking content and recipe ideas shared across its platforms. It targets families and home cooks in the food and cooking space.

4 investors

Chickin is an Indonesian agricultural technology company serving poultry farmers. Its application records daily operational, production, and sales figures and connects to IoT sensors that track climate conditions such as temperature and humidity inside poultry houses, along with flock age, so farmers can monitor performance and act on problems earlier.

4 investors