FoodTech Startups

Pipedream Labs operates an underground automated delivery system that enables rapid pickup of groceries, restaurant orders, and other goods within 15 seconds. The company addresses food deserts and last-mile logistics challenges for restaurants, grocery stores, and municipal systems.

7 investors

Pod (Pod Foods Co.) is an omnichannel retail platform that helps consumer brands get placed with retail buyers, drive sell-through, and scale across regions and national accounts. It connects brands, buyers, and logistics partners with onboarding, speed-to-shelf, and real-time data across U.S. metro markets.

7 investors

REKKI provides software solutions for wholesale food suppliers to streamline operations and integrate with their existing systems. The platform serves food industry wholesalers with tools and integrations designed to reduce costs and operational complexity.

7 investors

Weee! is a grocery delivery company that recruits drivers to deliver groceries to customers, operating a fleet of vans and distribution centers. It offers driver work through two programs: Flex, for independent contractors who set their own schedules, and Fleet, for full-time employees.

7 investors

Shef operates a marketplace connecting home cooks with customers who order prepared meals delivered to their homes, creating income opportunities for cooks while providing consumers access to prepared home-cooked food.

7 investors

Sunbasket delivers weekly meal kits and pre-made meals made with organic produce and clean ingredients to residential customers. The service offers customizable meal plans for various dietary preferences including paleo, vegetarian, gluten-free, keto, and Mediterranean.

7 investors

Toast provides a restaurant management platform combining point-of-sale hardware (Flex POS, Toast Go 3 handheld) with software tools for online ordering, payroll, and other operations. It serves restaurants and restaurateurs across the food service industry.

7 investors

Aeravti Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that has fully deployed its first fund and is preparing to launch a new fund.

7 investors

Vow produces cultured meat using proprietary cell-culturing technology, growing animal cells in bioreactors to create novel meat products for consumers. The company currently sells cultured Japanese quail across multiple markets and operates food-grade manufacturing capacity.

7 investors

Voyage Foods develops B2B ingredients that create sustainable, stable alternatives to traditional commodity sources for popular foods and beverages, addressing volatility in global ingredient markets and climate risks.

7 investors

Wild Earth manufactures plant-based dog food formulated to meet nutritional standards while reducing environmental impact compared to traditional meat-based pet food. The company targets pet owners seeking sustainable, transparent nutrition options for their dogs.

7 investors

Wildtype grows salmon directly from fish cells using cellular agriculture, allowing production of seafood without wild-caught or farmed fish. The company serves restaurants and consumers seeking sustainable seafood with reduced contaminants.

7 investors

Japanese company working to address challenges in the primary industries (agriculture and fishing), such as an aging producer population. It positions itself as a partner for producers under a "producer-first" approach.

7 investors

Appetise is a meal-planning app that generates recipes and smart shopping lists, letting users shop for ingredients online or in-store at their local supermarket. It offers a catalog of 2,000+ recipes for home cooks, with a focus on the New Zealand and Australian markets.

6 investors

Aravita offers an AI-based platform specialized in fresh produce (FLV) management, providing daily inventory correction, demand forecasting, and order optimization to reduce waste and stockouts. It serves supermarkets, distributors, and food service companies managing perishable goods.

6 investors

AuX Labs uses precision fermentation to produce recombinant milk proteins, starting with casein, that replicate the functional performance of dairy without animals. It sells these proteins to food manufacturers, CPG brands, and food-service operators for use in dairy products.

6 investors

Banza makes chickpea-based food products, including pasta, brown rice pasta, and mac and cheese, marketed as higher in protein and fiber. Its products are sold as a healthier alternative to traditional pasta for consumers.

6 investors

Better Dairy uses precision fermentation to produce bioactive milk proteins optimized for human development, targeting applications such as infant formulas that more closely mimic breastmilk and supplements for workout recovery. The company positions its proteins as more environmentally sustainable, requiring less greenhouse gas emissions and water than conventional dairy.

6 investors

Black Sheep Foods develops protein substrates and ingredients for hybrid and plant-based food products, sold to food manufacturers, meat processors, retailers, and plant-based brands as private-label and white-label solutions.

6 investors

California Cultured uses a natural cell-culture fermentation process to produce cocoa without conventional cacao farming, aiming to create chocolate free of contaminants such as lead and cadmium. It offers cultured cocoa to businesses for applications including high-flavanol products, custom flavor profiles, and co-branded launches in the food and chocolate industry.

6 investors

Calysta produces protein ingredients through a patented fermentation platform that does not use arable land, plants, or animal products, offering products such as FeedKind and Positive Protein for animal feed and food. The company operates in cellular agriculture and food technology, with a FeedKind production plant in China run through its Calysseo partnership.

6 investors

ConverseNow builds AI-powered virtual assistants that automate voice ordering and support tasks for restaurants, handling repetitive order-taking so staff can focus on food preparation and service. It serves quick-service and full-service restaurant owners, operators, and frontline staff.

6 investors

CookUnity is a subscription meal delivery service that lets customers select from weekly plans of chef-prepared dishes, which are handcrafted locally to order and delivered fresh, ready to heat in about two minutes. It operates in the prepared-meal, direct-to-consumer food space.

6 investors

Cure produces clean hydration drink mixes and related wellness products, including an Energy mix and a Cure Kids line, sold through retail. The brand is distributed across roughly 21,000 U.S. stores, including retailers like Erewhon, Gelson's, Kroger, Albertsons, and H-E-B.

6 investors