FoodTech Startups

Le Botaniste serves plant-based bowls made with whole ingredients, offering online ordering, catering, and multiple restaurant locations. It is a vegan/health-focused fast-casual food and restaurant business.

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Limoneira is an integrated agribusiness that cultivates lemons, avocados, oranges, and specialty citrus across 11,100 acres of agricultural land in California, Arizona, Chile, and Argentina. The company also develops commercial and residential real estate properties and invests in sustainability initiatives including water management, solar energy, and integrated pest management.

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Linus Technology is a food technology company developing consumer products to support protein consumption and weight management goals. It plans to launch its first brand to market by Q1 2025.

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Little Lunches offers family meal planning to help parents plan healthy meals for their families. The product is aimed at parents seeking easier, healthier meal planning.

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Local Bounti operates a network of local hybrid greenhouses using its patented Stack & Flow Technology to grow leafy greens and produce close to consumers. The company focuses on sustainable, locally sourced produce delivered fresh, often within 24 hours of harvest, using significantly less land and water.

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Logboat Brewing operates a craft brewery with a taproom that hosts private events and sells branded merchandise such as shirts, hats, and insulated cups.

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Lola's Fine Hot Sauce produces artisanal hot sauces made from fresh ingredients and unique peppers, designed to deliver distinctive flavor rather than heat. The company sells its products directly to consumers through its online store.

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Lopez Island Brewing Company is a Washington State brewery that produces craft beers, including a pale ale, IPA, Belgian-style quadruple ale, Irish red ale, and imperial stout, and operates the Brewvado Tap Room. It is based on Lopez Island, Washington.

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Lost Spirits Distillery is a craft distillery producing award-winning whisky and rum. It has also been recognized for its distillery tour and visitor experience.

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Louisiana Pepper Exchange sources and supplies peppers and pepper-based ingredients to food and beverage manufacturers. It operates processing plants in New Orleans and New Mexico and serves partners globally.

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LQD Assets LLC operates a bourbon barrel investment fund and a whiskey/bourbon warehousing business, sourcing bulk Kentucky bourbon and whiskey for investors and brand builders. The company manages roughly 14,000 barrels for about 100 investors and holds over 70,000 barrels across three warehouses in the American spirits industry.

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Luke's Local offers local groceries, prepared meals, and seasonal catering through neighborhood markets and same-day delivery via Instacart. It serves consumers and businesses in San Francisco neighborhoods including Cole Valley, Cow Hollow, North Beach, and Inner Sunset.

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M2 Ingredients (formerly Mushroom Matrix) grows and produces certified organic functional mushroom ingredients for supplement, food, and beverage brands, operating a 155,000 sq ft cultivation facility in Vista, CA. The company focuses on evidence-based product development and scientific research into functional mushrooms such as Cordyceps.

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Better With Buckwheat makes gluten-free, grain-free buckwheat crackers marketed as a healthy snack. The company sells food products emphasizing buckwheat's nutritional benefits and its use as a regenerative, pollinator-friendly crop.

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Maine Grains operates a stone gristmill and a café called The Millers Table, located in a renovated county jail building, serving locally-sourced meals, sourdough bread, pastries, pizza, and pasta made from freshly-milled whole grains. The business supports the regional New England grain economy by milling grain from local farms.

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Mainstreet Ventures Restaurant Group owns and operates 21 distinctive restaurants across 14 cities and 5 states, each with unique themes, scratch-prepared cuisine, and integrated digital menu technology. The company emphasizes high-quality dining experiences, community engagement, and hospitality innovation across its restaurant portfolio.

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Maison Solutions is a specialty retailer of Asian food, produce, meat, and seafood for modern U.S. consumers, particularly Asian American communities. The company operates a multi-channel retail network combining full-service center stores (which function as hubs and distribution centers) with satellite locations, plus online ordering through its FreshDeal24 mobile app and WeChat applet.

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Mama's Creations produces a line of fresh gourmet foods, including fully cooked ready-to-eat meals and side dishes plus raw value-added meat and poultry products, made in an Italian-style recipe tradition. The company sells prepared foods under brands such as Mama Mancini's.

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Marrow Detroit Provisions produces chef-crafted sausages and burgers using humanely raised beef and premium ingredients. The company sources meat from Michigan family farmers and emphasizes quality preparations with traditional flavor profiles.

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Martone Street produces a line of Italian-style pasta sauces — including Signature Pomodoro, Campagna Marinara, Arrabbiata, and Mediterranean Style — crafted by Chef Scott Conant with simple ingredients and no preservatives. The products are sold in stores and directly to home cooks and food enthusiasts.

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Marty's Local is a regional food distributor that sources produce, dairy, meats, cheeses, flours, grains, and specialty foods from farmers and producers across the Northeastern US. It supplies grocers, restaurants, schools, colleges, healthcare and wellness facilities, farm stores, and CSAs, with a focus on regional sourcing in western Massachusetts.

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Mamnoon Fine Foods produces Levantine and Persian prepared foods — including hummus, baba ganoush, muhammara, dips, hot sauce, spices, and wraps — sold through grocery stores and coffee shops. Part of the Seattle-based Mama Group restaurant company, its products are distributed at over 85 retail locations across Washington and Oregon.

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Mel-O-Cream is a family-owned donut manufacturer that produces frozen dough, pre-fried, thaw & sell, and retail-ready donut products, including glazed donut holes, for supermarket in-store bakeries and retail customers. Founded in 1932, the company is based in Springfield, Illinois.

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Metro Diner is a restaurant chain serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner with reimagined Southern comfort food classics and all-day breakfast offerings across over 60 locations in 12 states. The company is known for signature dishes like Fried Chicken and Waffles and maintains a people-first service culture with community involvement.

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