FoodTech Startups

Cartwheel provides a software platform for restaurant delivery and order management, serving independent restaurants and multi-unit brands through their own delivery networks. The company evolved from operating its own delivery service for restaurants and liquor stores to licensing its software to major restaurant brands.

4 investors

Cascadia Seaweed cultivates kelp on low-impact ocean farms in British Columbia and manufactures seaweed-based products such as natural fertilizers and livestock feed for crop and livestock farmers. Operating in partnership with coastal First Nations, it positions itself as North America's largest ocean cultivator of kelp for agricultural products.

4 investors

Cata builds branded mobile apps for food & beverage businesses, with features for customer acquisition, loyalty programs, CRM-driven marketing, and sales analytics. It serves QSRs and F&B operators and integrates with POS, delivery, payment, and marketing platforms.

4 investors

Cauldron is an Australian biotech company using precision fermentation to produce alternative proteins. The company has demonstrated process efficiencies in fermentation-derived protein production that can significantly reduce production costs.

4 investors

Caviar is a food delivery service that partners directly with restaurants to bring meals to customers, with ordering available on the web and via its iOS and Android apps. It operates in major U.S. cities and is part of Square's suite of business tools for restaurants.

4 investors

Cellar Insights develops predictive models to help potato growers optimize storage conditions, increasing crop quality and marketable yield while reducing post-harvest losses. The company serves large-scale potato processors and growers facing supply chain pressures and food waste reduction mandates.

4 investors

Cerebelly makes organic, vegetable-first baby and toddler food formulated with 16 nutrients associated with early brain development, with no added sugar and testing for heavy metals and toxins. The science-based brand targets parents of young children seeking nutritionally optimized premade food.

4 investors

CH4 Global develops greenhouse gas mitigation solutions centered on Asparagopsis seaweed, producing feed supplements that reduce enteric methane emissions from cattle for the livestock and agriculture industries. Its products target beef feedlot cattle, with seaweed aquaculture and manufacturing operations based in Australia.

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

ChefCoco operates a catering business in Berlin that delivers fresh, chef-designed meals to workplaces, with clients ordering from a rotating weekly menu through the company's app. It runs its own food production facility and builds custom technology to forecast demand and manage production for corporate customers.

4 investors

Chompy builds a food delivery service and offers a free service (beta) that lets restaurants and food retail brands create their own official app and website. The company aims to provide food and beverage retail brands with access to technology for daily meal distribution.

4 investors

The page presented is a DoorDash merchant site promoting its restaurant offerings, including online ordering, delivery, and dine-in booking tools for restaurants and small businesses. It connects restaurants to a marketplace of customers and provides commission-based order fulfillment in the US.

4 investors

Chromologics is a Danish biotech company that uses a precision fermentation platform to produce natural food colours, marketed to food and beverage manufacturers as an alternative to synthetic colourants. Its lead product, Natu.Red®, is a heat- and pH-stable red colourant compatible with kosher, halal, and vegan diets.

4 investors

Cirkla makes plant-fiber ready meal trays with easy-peel liners that are microwave- and oven-safe, leak-proof, and recyclable, designed as drop-in replacements for conventional ovenable and microwaveable trays. It serves ready meal manufacturers with customizable liner and lidding film combinations that run on existing packaging lines.

4 investors

Climax (Bettani) develops dairy-free cheeses that match the taste, texture, melt and stretch of dairy cheese while providing 80–100% of the protein. Its products use a patented plant protein called Caseed, derived from seeds of regenerative crops, to make mozzarella, jack, cheddar, and feta-style cheeses for people avoiding dairy, soy, and nut allergens.

4 investors

CloudEats operates cloud kitchens that build delivery-optimized virtual food brands, each targeting a specific consumer persona, using proprietary technology with API integrations to major delivery platforms. It runs multi-brand, multi-cuisine kitchen operations across the Philippines and Vietnam in Southeast Asia.

4 investors

Cometeer produces flash-frozen specialty coffee in recyclable capsules designed for home brewing, emphasizing freshness and sustainability. The company serves coffee enthusiasts seeking high-quality, convenient coffee with minimal waste.

4 investors

Cooklist provides AI shopping agents for grocery retailers, including an embedded conversational assistant that plans meals and fills carts, an intent-based agentic search engine, and an MCP server that connects a grocer's catalog to off-platform AI assistants like ChatGPT and Gemini. It offers a drop-in SDK and governance controls so grocers can integrate the tools into their existing tech stack.

4 investors

Just Russel makes personalized dry pet food tailored to individual dogs' nutritional needs based on age, weight, breed, activity level, and health conditions; the company delivers customized monthly subscriptions directly to customers' homes.

4 investors

One of the most successful VC exits in the Latin American region.

4 investors

Cortilia is an online grocery marketplace that delivers locally sourced products — fruit, pantry items, and personal care goods — from around 400 producers directly to consumers' homes. It offers on-demand ordering and subscription produce boxes with scheduled delivery slots, serving households in Italy.

4 investors

Daily Blends prepares chef-made meals, wraps, sandwiches, and curated snacks in an HACCP-approved, SQF-certified kitchen, with diet-specific options such as vegan, gluten-free, and halal. It supplies individually portioned food to workplaces, cafés, events, and communities.

4 investors

Dinii (株式会社ダイニー) uses technology to support Japan's restaurant and food-service industry, aiming to become essential infrastructure for both restaurant operators and consumers. The company operates in the foodtech/restaurant-technology space with a focus on Japan.

4 investors

Doughy sells edible and bakeable cookie dough products direct to consumers, including a brownie batter flavor. The company operates an online store focused on cookie dough.

4 investors