FoodTech Startups

Spacenus uses satellite remote sensing and machine learning to monitor agricultural soil and plant health, enabling enterprises to transition to regenerative farming practices that increase carbon storage while maintaining food production. The company serves agribusiness managers and agricultural enterprises seeking to reduce emissions and achieve sustainable operations.

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Spain Foodtech is a six-month startup accelerator program for Spanish agri-food-tech startups, offering a personalized work plan, technological support from CNTA, and internationalization help from ICEX. It selects startups working across the agri-food value chain, including alternative proteins, sustainable packaging, precision nutrition, and deep technologies applied to food production, based in Spain.

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Spare makes pre-formed burger patties designed as a direct substitute for traditional beef burgers, offering a beef-forward flavor and cooking the same way on a grill, flat top, or open flame. The product targets consumers and foodservice operators looking for a beef alternative.

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Sparkalis is a foodtech investment fund that backs startups developing disruptive innovations in areas like precision fermentation, cell culture, gut health, and plant-based ingredients. The fund focuses on companies addressing health, well-being, and sustainability challenges in the food supply.

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Full Circle is an Australian craft spirits venture that produces a small-batch New World whisky distilled from Sparkke beer wash and matured in hand-selected barrels. It pairs the bottled whisky with an immersive program of guided tastings, whisky-banking barrel investment, and expert-led education for whisky enthusiasts.

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SparkLabs Cultiv8 is an accelerator and venture fund investing in agri-food technology companies from seed to Series B. The organization supports portfolio companies through investment, ecosystem partnerships, and operational guidance.

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Specialty Foods Group produces USDA-inspected smoked and cured meat products, including ham, turkey breast, bacon, hot dogs, lunch meats, and sausage, seasoned with proprietary spice blends. The company sells a range of prepared meats for everyday meals and occasions.

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Sperri Complete is a certified organic, non-GMO plant-based meal replacement designed for people with food intolerances and digestive health issues. The product delivers complete and balanced nutrition in allergen-free form using natural ingredients.

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Spice World produces fresh garlic and other convenient flavor products, including peeled and organic garlic, shallots, squeezable ginger, seasoning blends, and minced/chopped onion in squeezable bottles. The company sells packaged fresh produce and seasonings to consumers in the United States.

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Spillfree provides feeding-optimization tools and expert support for fish farming operations, using video monitoring and data collection to help feeding personnel evaluate meals and improve feed conversion ratios. It also organizes professional training gatherings for feeding staff in the aquaculture industry.

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Split Nutrition makes a portable peanut butter and jelly snack product marketed to active consumers and athletes for on-the-go nutrition.

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Spoonfed provides catering management software with online ordering and back-office tools for independent caterers, food service operators, and multi-location workplace catering businesses. Founded in Scotland, it serves customers across the UK, USA, Australia, and Ireland, and is now part of 365 Retail Markets.

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Spora is a food research center in Copenhagen that runs and partners in R&D programs combining gastronomy and science to develop new, scalable food products and ingredients from side-streams and alternative sources. It works with industry partners and academia to address food system challenges, serving companies and research institutions in the food innovation space.

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Spot & Tango makes fresh, human-grade dog food, including its FreshDry "UnKibble" product, using whole-food ingredients formulated by veterinary nutritionists to AAFCO standards. The company sells personalized subscription meal plans, snacks, and supplements delivered directly to dog owners, and manufactures its products at its own facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[{"full_name": "Russell", "title": "Founder"}]

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Spray-Tek is a contract manufacturing company specializing in specialty ingredient processing and microencapsulation delivery systems. Since 1981, it has served customers in household cleaning, personal care, and other consumer product industries.

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Spring Broth makes hand-crafted bone broth and bone broth soups produced in micro-batches. It sells direct to consumers and delivers across UK mainland locations.

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Spring Café Aspen is a restaurant chain serving organic, vegetarian cuisine made with locally-sourced, non-refined ingredients to support an active lifestyle in mountain communities. The company prioritizes health-conscious food preparation and environmentally responsible practices throughout its operations.

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Springboard recruits and organizes rural farmers in Nigeria into registered cooperative groups, providing training, farm inputs, and market access to help them produce cocoa, plantain, and rice at commercial scale. The company buys the farmers' output at fair prices and sells to local and international markets, enabling smallholder farmers to increase income and move out of poverty.

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Sprinly is a meal delivery service offering fully vegan, plant-based dishes prepared by chefs and delivered fresh weekly, with no cooking required. It targets consumers seeking healthy, gluten-free meals without refined sugar or artificial preservatives.

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Sprout Investment operates restaurants specializing in local fish, junmai sake, live squid, and grilled skewers, and runs a wholesale business for live and fresh fish. The company sources seafood from fishing cooperatives and markets across Chiba, Kanagawa, and Hokkaido.

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Sprouts is a grocery retailer focused on natural and organic foods, offering products selected under strict sourcing standards along with weekly deals, recipes, and seasonal finds for health-conscious shoppers.

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SprouTx is a Japanese company that develops plant-based meat and egg alternatives from sprouted soybeans and peas, designed for food manufacturers and ingredient buyers. The company uses proprietary sprouting technology to create meat-like textures and nutritional profiles suitable for various food applications.

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A bakery company that produces potato-flour-based doughnuts called Spuddies or Spudnuts, which are handmade fresh daily. The company serves consumers seeking distinctive baked goods and also offers Reed's Dairy Chocolate Milk as a complementary product.

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SpudsToGo is a quick-service food brand selling jacket (baked) potatoes, coffee, and ice cream, operated through company-owned stores and a franchise/licensing model for retail and fast-food operators. Founded in New York City and later expanded to the UK, it combines its potato kitchens with the CoffeeSpot coffee bar and Dr. Van Illa's Clinic vanilla ice cream concept, and is Kosher-certified.

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