FoodTech Startups

Cookin is an all-in-one ecommerce platform for home chefs, caterers, bakers, and pop-up food businesses to sell their food online, offering storefronts, online checkout, integrated third-party delivery, and payments via Stripe. It operates on a per-sale fee model and is available to food creators across the United States and Canada.

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Cosaic develops food ingredients, including its Cosaic Neo product, designed to provide creaminess, natural whitening, emulsification, product stability, and clean-label additive replacement across applications such as protein shakes and coffee creamer. It operates a pilot lab for in-house testing and serves food industry manufacturers.

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Cove makes zero-sugar prebiotic sodas sweetened with stevia and erythritol, sold in flavors like Rainbow Sherbet, Classic Cola, and Root Beer. The functional beverages contain prebiotic fibers and are sold direct to consumers, including via Amazon Subscribe & Save.

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Cozzini Bros provides a knife sharpening exchange service for commercial kitchens and restaurants, delivering sharp, sanitized knives on a regular schedule and replacing dull ones. It also offers sharpening for slicer blades, meat grinders and food processor blades, leasing of can openers, and its own line of NSF-certified commercial knives.

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Craft Coffee operates a direct-to-consumer subscription service delivering fresh-roasted coffee beans at wholesale prices. The company uses a matching algorithm to recommend coffees tailored to customer taste preferences and ships orders within days of roasting.

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An AI-powered mobile app that recommends restaurants and recipes based on user preferences, dietary restrictions, and mood. The app enables group decision-making for dining and cooking with personalized suggestions for different users' dietary needs.

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Crunchtime provides restaurant operations management software for multi-unit and enterprise restaurant brands, covering inventory management, labor and scheduling, operations execution, learning and development, and kitchen management. Its tools help operators control food and labor costs, enforce food safety and operating procedures, and use above-store reporting and AI forecasting to make decisions.

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Cubbi is a workplace food platform that lets office teams order lunch and catering from 50+ restaurants in a single batched delivery, with dietary options and dedicated on-payroll drivers. It serves startups, SMBs, and enterprises looking to provide meals for employees.

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Cosaic develops a food ingredient called Cosaic Neo designed to improve creaminess, mask protein off-notes, provide natural whitening, and replace additives while extending product stability and emulsification. It targets food and beverage manufacturers making products such as protein shakes and coffee creamers, operating an in-house pilot lab for testing.

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A website related to meat and the future thereof, with an AI conversational interface named Stan for educational purposes.

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Culturehero is a media commerce company that produces food-based content, including recipes, kitchen guides, and lifestyle styling, and develops its own premium food products. It also operates content production studios with themed kitchen and living room sets, and sells lifestyle products to consumers.

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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.

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Daisy analyzes supply, demand, and production data using AI models to help food processors reduce waste and improve efficiency. The company targets the food processing industry, drawing on roots in Irish dairy farming.

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Daisy Lab develops precision fermentation food technology to produce dairy proteins without animals. The company is based in New Zealand.

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Dalan develops vaccines that work with animals' natural immune defenses to protect against disease, with products including a USDA-approved honeybee vaccine and a shrimp vaccine in development. The company operates in the bioscience and animal health sector, serving agriculture and aquaculture markets.

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Danone is a food and beverage company that makes dairy and plant-based products, bottled water, and specialized nutrition products sold in over 120 countries. Its products range from yogurts to waters and nutrition products for everyday consumers.

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DASH makes zero-sugar soft drinks produced from surplus "wonky" fruit sourced from UK farmers to reduce food waste. The company is a certified B Corp operating in the beverage market.

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DayDayCook is a cooking and food content platform offering recipes, step-by-step guides, blog articles, and cooking videos across a range of cuisines including Chinese, Thai, and Western dishes. It serves home cooks looking for recipe ideas and seasonal cooking tips.

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DeepDetection develops dual-energy photon counting X-ray detectors used to inspect food products and detect foreign objects and contaminants that conventional X-ray systems miss. Its technology targets food quality assurance and product safety applications.

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Deliciou makes plant-based seasoning and cooking products designed to make plant-based cooking simple, using natural, GMO-free, 100% plant-based ingredients. It is a direct-to-consumer food brand selling to home cooks and plant-based eaters.

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Delos Aqua farms and supplies king prawns sourced from Indonesia, positioning them as responsibly farmed seafood.

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Demolish Foods develops plant-based meat alternatives designed to match the appearance, cooking behavior, texture, and taste of traditional meat, with a focus on improved nutrition such as high protein, low fat, and low sodium. The company positions its products as free of hormones, antibiotics, cholesterol, and GMOs.

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DimOrder provides technology solutions for the food service industry, offering point-of-sale systems and dining platform services to restaurants. The company uses technology to improve operational efficiency and enhance the dining experience for both customers and restaurant operators.

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Dolcezza is a gelato shop that also serves coffee and croissants, recognized by food publications and local awards in the Washington, DC area. It operates as a consumer food and beverage brand focused on artisan gelato.

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