FoodTech Startups

Availyst builds small software tools for businesses, including a tool to create viral marketing content to reach shoppers without paid ads or influencers, and a chat-to-chart tool for generating reports for customers or investors.

2 investors

Awakened Foods is a contract manufacturer of snacks and baked goods, including popped and extruded snacks, granolas, and snack mixes, with a focus on cleaner-label and "free from" products made from higher-nutrition, higher-protein ingredients. Its SQF Level 2 certified facilities produce items under certifications such as allergen-free, gluten-free, non-GMO, organic, vegan, kosher, paleo, and keto.

2 investors

Ayekart is a full-stack agri-tech platform serving India's agri-food value chain, connecting farmer groups, processing partners, and retail outlets from sourcing to distribution. It provides technology to enable stakeholders across the agri-food supply chain in India.

2 investors

Babban Gona operates an agriculture franchise model in Nigeria designed to increase incomes for smallholder farmers by addressing the structural problem of insufficient economies of scale. The organization works with farmer members to improve their economic security and reduce poverty through a multi-year development program.

2 investors

Bacta develops an AI-powered bioproduction platform that uses microorganisms to produce industrial ingredients, starting with astaxanthin. Its ingredients are offered in multiple forms with traceability for the cosmetics, human nutrition, and animal nutrition markets.

2 investors

A bakery company that produces handmade dark chocolate cookies made with real butter and premium dark chocolate, sold directly to consumers.

2 investors

Bakr makes all-natural frozen cookie dough made with simple ingredients that can be baked or air fried from frozen in 11 minutes. The consumer packaged food brand offers flavors such as Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk, Smores, Fudge Brownie, and Mini Birthday Cake, sold through retailers like Target and Instacart.

2 investors

BarTrack provides bar and beverage technology that integrates with point-of-sale systems to give operators operational insights. This integrations page lists supported POS partners such as Square, Toast, NCR Aloha, SpotOn, and Arryved for bars and restaurants.

2 investors

Basbas produces Premium Hierbas, a lower-ABV herbal spirit made from hand-harvested herbs indigenous to the Balearic Islands using a centuries-old tradition. The brand serves consumers seeking craft spirits that can be enjoyed neat, chilled, or in cocktails.

2 investors

Base Culture is a bakery producing clean-label breads and baked goods, offering both gluten-free and gluten options made without refined sugar, oils, or artificial ingredients. Its products are sold in retail freezer and bread aisles nationwide across the United States.

2 investors

Bebe Burp produces nutritionally-focused baby food products formulated from traditional grains, millets, and natural ingredients without artificial additives or preservatives. The company serves parents seeking safe, wholesome nutrition options for infants and young children.

2 investors

Beck's Broth makes drinkable bone broth-based beverages, including an instant coffee with 15g of protein and a hot chocolate with 14g of protein per serving in a cacao base. The products are marketed as responsibly sourced, sustainably produced, and pasture-raised alternatives to everyday drinks.

2 investors

BEHAVE produces low-sugar candy made in partnership with chefs and food scientists as a healthier alternative to conventional sweets. The company serves consumers seeking guilt-free confectionery options with minimal impact on blood sugar levels.

2 investors

Beleaf Farms works with Indonesian smallholder farmers under a Farming as a Service model, managing cultivation, quality control, and export logistics to supply produce to global buyers. It also operates a premium import arm that sources fruits and vegetables from around the world for Indonesian supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, and distributors.

2 investors

Believer Meats grows meat from animal cells in controlled environments without slaughtering animals. The company produces cultivated poultry and other meat products for consumers seeking alternatives to conventionally-farmed meat.

2 investors

Bene Bono delivers organic fruits and vegetables with a focus on sustainable practices, including electric vehicle and bike deliveries, support for job insertion programs, and a returnable packaging system. The service operates in French cities and aims to enable responsible consumer choices while supporting environmental and social initiatives.

2 investors

Bentocart operates a logistics network focused on last-mile delivery for perishable goods. The company serves food businesses needing to transport perishables.

2 investors

Berkeley Yeast develops genetically engineered yeast strains for the fermented beverages industry, offering improved flavor control, scalability, and consistency while reducing resource and energy consumption. The company produces yeast strains that replicate flavor compounds from fruits and plants or eliminate energy-intensive processing steps.

2 investors

Best Beer Japan runs a B2B craft beer and craft spirits wholesale platform that lets retailers browse and compare over 4,000 products from more than 350 brands at wholesale prices. It consolidates ordering, invoicing, and payments from multiple suppliers into a single invoice and one bank transfer for shops in Japan.

2 investors

Beta Bugs develops and distributes genetically selected Black Soldier Fly breeds for protein producers. The company supplies the biological genetics component of the insect farming supply chain to address protein production needs in the agri-food industry.

2 investors

Better Juice develops an enzymatic technology that reduces natural sugars in fruit juices and other fruit-based foods and beverages by up to 80% while retaining flavor and nutrients, using natural enzymes in non-GMO microorganisms as a pass-through production step. It sells to food and beverage manufacturers seeking to create low-sugar, clean-label products.

2 investors

Better Sour makes sour gummy candies, including Sour Gummy Stars and Shells, in flavors such as tart cherry, passion fruit, lychee, and watermelon yuzu. The consumer candy brand sells to retail and is founded by two best friends from Hawaii.

2 investors

Better Butter produces flavored butter products, including cinnamon-brown sugar varieties, for consumers seeking specialty spreads and cooking ingredients.

2 investors

Bev is a beverage brand that makes canned drinks with less than 1g of sugar, positioned around a women-led community and lifestyle. The company also runs "Made by Chicks," a community for women entrepreneurs, creatives, and freelancers.

2 investors