FoodTech Startups

Celcy makes a smart oven and freezer that automatically prepares meals while the user is away, controlled through a companion app that lets people select and schedule meals remotely. The consumer kitchen appliance stores frozen chef-prepared meals and cooks them autonomously so a warm meal is ready at a chosen time.

2 investors

Cenavera Nutrition operates a family of independent brands that provide healthy meals to students, schools, and communities. The company focuses on school and institutional food service and nutrition.

2 investors

Cerve offers an intelligence platform for food and beverage companies that unifies fragmented data into connected insights and automations. It provides demand forecasting, churn prediction, customer acquisition targeting, and basket-size optimization for commercial, trading, and supply chain teams.

2 investors

CFEED produces industrially farmed live copepods used as feed for marine larvae in the aquaculture industry, offering high levels of essential fatty acids (DHA and EPA) and protein without additional enrichment. Its product is aimed at supporting the early growth stage of marine larvae.

2 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.

2 investors

Chai Kings is a chai and tea shop chain operating in India, serving hot beverages and snacks from 50+ locations across Chennai, Hyderabad, and Coimbatore. The company also offers catering services and branded merchandise for events.

2 investors

Chamberlain Coffee is a consumer beverage brand created by Emma Chamberlain that sells coffee and other drinks marketed as high quality and thoughtfully made. It positions its products for everyday consumers as part of their daily routine.

2 investors

Cheerfy offers self-service kiosks, online ordering, CRM and loyalty programs, and a multi-brand marketplace for restaurants and food service venues. The platform integrates personalized customer experiences with payment and delivery capabilities for the foodservice industry.

2 investors

Chefs Plate offers a meal kit delivery subscription in Canada, sending recipes and pre-portioned ingredients for dishes inspired by global cuisines. It positions itself as a low-cost option with $1 sides and $3 add-ons, and lets customers skip or cancel anytime.

2 investors

Cherrypick is a consumer app that recommends recipes based on dietary preferences, plans weekly meals, and automatically builds a supermarket grocery basket for delivery or in-store collection. It partners with UK supermarket Sainsbury's and aims to make home cooking cheaper and reduce food waste for household shoppers.

2 investors

Chickapea makes pasta and one-pot pasta meals made from chickpeas, marketed as high-protein, high-fibre, gluten-free, and plant-based with just two ingredients. It sells direct-to-consumer and through retailers such as Costco.

2 investors

Chicoa operates an aquaculture business on Lake Cahora Bassa in Mozambique, farming tilapia as a low-cost, nutritious protein source. As an anchor farm, it supplies small-scale local farmers with fingerlings, feed, and training to build the country's aquaculture industry.

2 investors

Chow Central operates a delivery-focused food service in Nigeria that serves meals quickly at lower cost than traditional restaurants by operating within concentrated local areas. The company targets urban customers seeking affordable and fast food delivery.

2 investors

Cide Kic is a digital, image-based kitchen management product that handles recipes, menus, banquets, food safety, food waste, and staff coordination for professional kitchens. It is built for chefs to gain visibility into kitchen workflow, replacing manual systems like notebooks and spreadsheets.

2 investors

Circ makes gluten-free, non-GMO snack bites containing 10g of protein per pack, sold direct to consumers with a subscription option. The products are shipped to the contiguous United States and Puerto Rico.

2 investors

Yummy is a meal kit delivery service that provides pre-portioned, fresh ingredients with simple recipes to customers in Estonia. The service offers flexible subscription options and delivers boxes for home cooking without the need for meal planning or grocery shopping.

2 investors

Clean Food Group develops CLEANOil, a sustainable alternative to traditional agricultural oils and fats produced via its CLEANOilCell fermentation technology platform, using food waste as a feedstock. It supplies drop-in oils and fats to food and cosmetics manufacturers as a lower-emission replacement for products such as palm oil.

2 investors

ClearCOGS turns restaurant POS data into predictive forecasts for prep, ordering, and labor planning to reduce food waste and improve profitability. It offers a bolt-on solution that integrates with existing POS systems such as Toast, serving individual restaurants, franchisees, and multi-location enterprise operations.

2 investors

Cleveland Kitchen makes fresh, naturally fermented foods including kimchi, sauerkraut, coleslaws, and sauces sold direct-to-consumer and in grocery stores nationwide. The products use live cultures and chef-crafted recipes marketed for flavor and gut-health benefits.

2 investors

Club Feast provides corporate catering, office meal programs, and managed office pantry and snack services, sourcing food from local restaurants and delivering to workplaces, events, and conferences. It serves office managers and HR teams via a web portal with subsidy controls, dedicated concierges, and reporting, operating in major US cities.

2 investors

CLUBZERO operates a reuse system for the food and beverage industry, managing the transition from single-use to reusable packaging by serializing packaging, coordinating launches, and running operations through a network of washing and logistics partners. It serves brands and retailers across on-trade, retail, and online channels in the UK, U.S., Singapore, and UAE.

2 investors

Cluvi provides AI-powered digital menus and point-of-sale management software for restaurants and food venues, including features for orders, payments, reservations, delivery, and customer analytics. The platform serves restaurants, cafés, hotels, bars, cinemas, and stadiums across the Spanish-speaking market.

2 investors

Combined Caterers is a catering services provider offering food and event services across venues in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina. The company has operated for over 30 years.

2 investors

Consumer Physics (SCiO) makes a handheld near-infrared spectroscopy scanner paired with a database of molecular signatures to analyze the chemical composition of physical materials. It provides businesses with material-analysis data and tools for measuring the makeup of physical objects.

2 investors