FoodTech Startups

WineView provides club management software for wineries, breweries, and specialty clubs, connecting memberships, releases, payments, and order fulfillment to the business's POS. It includes staff and member tools plus an AI assistant called Vino AI, and offers a managed migration service to move existing club data onto the platform.

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Winnow builds an AI-based food waste prevention system for commercial kitchens that uses a camera and connected scale to automatically identify, weigh, and log discarded food, generating daily reports that help chefs adjust purchasing, menus, and portions. It serves the hospitality industry with deployments across hotels, restaurants, and food service operations in 94 countries.

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Imdak (아임닭) is a South Korean brand selling chicken breast and related products directly to consumers, offering dawn/next-day and courier delivery through its official app. It markets prepared protein foods with promotions, coupons, and delivery options for retail shoppers.

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WIT France offers contract packaging of wine, spirits, cocktails, and other beverages into small single-serve glass flacons (50mL, 60mL, 100mL) using a patented bottling method, with in-house screen-printing for full flacon customization including QR codes. It serves beverage producers such as wine châteaux looking to create premium tasting samples and packaging.

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Withcott Seedlings operates a nursery in Queensland, Australia, producing vegetable and tree seedlings at scale and handling cultivation through delivery across the country. It serves growers in the agriculture sector.

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Teas With Meaning is a BIPOC-owned company offering organic loose leaf tea blends along with custom blends, tea bars, and interactive workshops for classrooms, workplaces, conferences, and community events. Based in Oakland, it also runs CapaciTea, a book and experience series built around tea and reflection.

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Witor's is an Italian confectionery brand that produces chocolate products, including pralines, sold in retail packaging. The site promotes consumer prize promotions tied to purchases of its chocolate products.

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Wonky Box is a New Zealand grocery delivery service that rescues cosmetically imperfect and surplus fruit and vegetables from local growers and delivers customizable produce boxes to doorsteps nationwide, including rural areas. It also offers a broader grocery range covering pantry items, meat, cheese, and plastic-free refills to reduce food waste.

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Woofbowl makes fresh dog treats from scratch using recipes developed over more than 12 years, with no synthetic additives or preservatives. The company serves dog owners seeking natural, high-quality nutrition for their pets and emphasizes cultural authenticity and community commitment.

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Wooltari USA is an online store selling Korean foods and groceries — including BBQ meats, gukbap, rice cakes, kimchi, premium Korean-grown grains, traditional sauces and pastes, frozen snacks, and Korean beauty and homeware brands — shipped to customers in the United States.

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WTH Foods makes 100% plant-based meat alternatives under its UMANI brand, offering South-East Asian-inspired products for health- and sustainability-conscious consumers. The company operates in the foodtech and plant-based food category with a focus on the Philippines market.

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Wunder-Bar manufactures dispensing systems for beverages and food products used in bars, restaurants, and foodservice venues worldwide. The company specializes in post-mix drink dispensers and has expanded into food dispensing systems for condiments, sauces, oils, and toppings since the 1990s.

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WunderGrubs produces mealworms for use in food, animal feed, and organic fertilizer through bioconversion farming. The company operates a micro-farm offering sustainable protein solutions with educational experiences for regenerative agriculture.

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Wundermart provides AI-powered food and beverage solutions for hotels, including automated lobby shops, all-day breakfast options, and unmanned bars with 24/7 grab-and-go purchasing. Its platform manages assortment selection, pricing, sales monitoring, and restocking, with modular furniture customised to a hotel's brand, and the company focuses on the European market.

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WX Brands develops and sells wine, spirits, and craft beer brands, including proprietary and private-label offerings for retailers such as grocery chains. Founded as Winery Exchange, the company markets brands across the U.S., U.K., and Canada.

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X Kitchen supports independent restaurants and food businesses with digital transformation services, including ghost restaurant operations, SaaS platforms, and supply chain solutions. The company helps small and mid-sized food establishments adapt to post-COVID delivery and takeout market demands.

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XSpectra is an X-ray inspection system for food and beverage manufacturers that detects foreign material contamination on production lines. The proprietary technology uses internally developed hardware and software to ensure product compliance with quality standards.

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Bost Gourmet makes and distributes pre-cooked "5th range" ready meals prepared by trained chefs at its facilities in Oiartzun, Spain. Its dishes offer a long shelf life while retaining the qualities of freshly prepared home-cooked food.

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Xenos designs and manufactures compact aseptic bottling systems that process and package long-life beverages such as milk products, juices, and functional drinks into plastic and glass bottles without preservatives. It serves beverage producers worldwide, offering processing and filling lines with throughputs of up to 6,000 bottles per hour.

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Xicama creates food products made from jicama that encourage healthful eating choices for consumers. The company emphasizes traditional food wisdom and family-focused consumption.

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Xochitl makes tortilla chips and salsas using traditional methods, such as steeping whole kernel corn in limewater before grinding it into flour. The company offers authentically inspired Mexican-style snacks and dips for consumers.

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Xiaoxiandun produces fresh-brewed bird's nest (燕窝) products for premium wellness and nutritional supplementation in China. The company combines traditional Chinese nutritional supplements with modern wellness services including nutritionist consultations and Michelin-starred dining experiences.

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Yaala Sparkling makes sugar-free, low-calorie sparkling water infused with native Australian botanicals such as lemon myrtle, Davidson plum, and desert lime. The company is Aboriginal owned and led, sourcing ingredients from local wild harvesters and farmers in Australia and selling directly to consumers.

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Yarok Microbio develops a rapid microbiological testing system for pathogen detection in fresh food products and production environments. The platform enables faster, more reliable testing with minimal training requirements, serving food producers and testing laboratories across the fresh food industry.

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