FoodTech Startups

LGC Group provides life sciences, diagnostics, and analytical products and services, including measurement standards, components, and testing solutions. It works with the scientific community on applications such as disease diagnosis, precision medicine, food safety, and environmental protection.

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Lgem builds patented tubular photobioreactor (PBR) systems for industrial cultivation of autotrophic algae, offering automated, modular systems ranging from 25 to over 1,000,000 litres. It also operates the AlgaeHUB facility where customers can test and validate algae production processes at industrial scale before investing, serving researchers and industry professionals.

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LiberEat provides allergen error detection technology that scans supplier data, menus, product information, and labels to automatically identify undeclared allergens and mislabelled ingredients, issuing real-time alerts to food safety teams. It serves the food industry, including restaurant brands, food manufacturers, and airline food service.

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Light Labs operates an ISO 17025-accredited lab that tests food and consumer products for contaminants such as heavy metals, pesticides, glyphosate, and BPA/BPS, delivering results in about three days. It pairs testing with a software platform for managing testing workflows, tracking compliance, and displaying verified product-quality data to consumers, serving mission-driven consumer brands.

1 investor

Liively operates a QR code-based web app that lets attendees at stadiums, events, cafes, and hotels order food, drinks, and merch for in-seat delivery, click-and-collect, table service, or in-room dining. It aims to cut queuing for fans while helping vendors increase order volume and revenue.

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Lil Goodness makes chocolate using single-origin, organic cacao beans sourced from Ghana and Ecuador, produced through a "bean to bar at source" process in India. The company handles the full production chain from cocoa pod selection and fermentation through roasting, grinding, conching, tempering, and packaging.

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LILO produces fruit-based desserts made with New Zealand fruit, featuring creamy and crunchy textures with options for various dietary preferences including vegan and gluten-free. The company uses plastic-free, home-compostable packaging to reduce waste.

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LimeTray provides software for restaurants, offering tools to manage operations and customer-facing services. It serves restaurant businesses and reports being used by over 4,500 restaurants.

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Linas Matkasse is a Swedish meal-kit subscription service that delivers weekly boxes with recipes and ingredients to customers' doors, offering personalized menus from about 150 recipes across categories such as family favorites, quick meals, low-calorie, and vegetarian, including gluten-free and lactose-free options. It also lets customers add grocery items and delivers to most Swedish households.

1 investor

Lind Marine produces crushed oyster shell products for laying poultry and agricultural applications, providing a natural source of calcium carbonate for eggshell formation and feed supplementation. The company harvests and processes oyster shells in the USA with heat treatment for purity.

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Link is a social networking app where users share location-based check-ins, photo and video posts, text "thoughts," and short voice posts, along with direct messaging and status settings. It is oriented toward consumers sharing everyday moments with their social circle.

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Lipock develops nanoencapsulation technology that stabilizes natural bioactives — such as rosemary and thyme extracts — so they remain potent, cost-competitive, and can be integrated into existing industrial production lines. It supplies natural preservatives and antioxidants for food, beverage, nutraceutical, and cosmetics manufacturers seeking clean-label alternatives to synthetic preservatives like BHT and BHA.

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Liquidity Wines is a winery in Okanagan Falls that produces wine and offers a wine-tasting experience.

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Little Green Panda manufactures home-compostable and PLA-free cups for retail and custom orders. The company operates across Australia and Canada.

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Little Freddie is an organic baby food brand offering a range of recipes made with high-quality ingredients, designed to support parents through the weaning process. The company is based in London and distributes its products through UK retailers including Sainsbury's.

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LiVA develops a post-harvest biological solution that activates natural bacteria on produce to extend shelf life and protect against spoilage and flavor loss. The product uses a patented pre-biotic formula to selectively encourage beneficial bacteria naturally present on fruit, without introducing live bacteria.

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LIVEKINDLY Collective is a network of activists, entrepreneurs, and brands working to make plant-based living more accessible and sustainable through changing consumer beliefs and habits toward a plant-based food system.

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Liven develops animal-free protein ingredients using synthetic biology and precision fermentation, growing engineered microorganisms on food-industry side streams and lost food. The ingredients address functional challenges (gelling, emulsification, texture) in plant-based food formulations for the food industry.

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Livestock Labs sources and engineers stable, controllable cell lines that serve as the starting material for next-generation animal products such as cultivated meat, leather, and cosmetics. It supplies engineered cell lines and documentation to cultivated meat companies, media and ingredient partners, bioprocess groups, and researchers.

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LIVIN farms develops modular, automated Black Soldier Fly farming systems that convert organic by-products into insect protein, oil, and fertilizer for agricultural and industrial customers. It provides complete industrial insect farming solutions, from bio-feasibility and factory design to automated larvae rearing and processing, serving customers across Europe and beyond.

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Living Greens Farm grows lettuce and herbs using aeroponic technology in Minnesota and delivers them fresh to customers without pesticides or herbicides. The company operates vertical farms designed to provide locally-grown greens to Midwestern consumers.

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Livoti's Old World Market is an Italian specialty grocery retailer operating multiple locations in New Jersey that sells Italian food products and merchandise to consumers.

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Loaded is an AI-powered all-in-one back-office platform for hospitality businesses, covering revenue, stock, recipes, labour scheduling and reporting with integrations to POS, payroll and Xero. It serves independent and multi-site cafes, bars, restaurants, pubs and clubs, from small venues to large 50+ site operators globally.

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The Common Market is a nonprofit wholesale food distributor that connects local farmers and producers with institutions such as schools, hospitals, and universities. Based in Chicago, its Great Lakes operation supplies regionally grown sustainable farm foods to wholesale and retail customers.

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