FoodTech Startups

First Table is a restaurant booking platform that offers diners 50% off their food bill for booking the early "first table" of a service in exchange for a small booking fee. It serves foodies and restaurants across New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, with a network of over 4,800 restaurants.

2 investors

Firstclub is a grocery service that sells food products screened to exclude 200+ harmful ingredients, offering items such as sweetness-tested produce, preservative-free breads, and palm oil-free snacks. It fulfills and delivers orders through its own ClubHouse facilities where products are inspected for freshness and condition before shipping to customers.

2 investors

Fishbowl provides a Guest Relationship Management platform for restaurants, offering email marketing, online ordering, reservation management, and loyalty programs to help restaurant chains and independents engage customers and make data-driven business decisions.

2 investors

Five Guys operates a chain of burger and fries restaurants with nearly 1,900 locations worldwide, founded on a focus on quality ingredients and consistency. The company offers dining experiences in physical locations and through delivery via its app and website.

2 investors

FlexXray provides offline, third-party X-ray inspection services that food manufacturers use to detect foreign material contamination in products flagged by their inline systems, enabling rework and recovery instead of full disposal or recalls. It serves large food companies across the United States and Canada from FDA- and USDA-registered facilities.

2 investors

Floura makes fruit-flavored fiber bars containing 15 grams of diverse fiber from 12 whole plants to support gut health and the microbiome. The company uses fresh produce trimmings such as rinds, skins, and cores to reduce food waste while making a consumer wellness snack.

2 investors

FloUV provides non-thermal UV-C processing systems for opaque and viscous liquids, primarily serving dairy, beverage, and functional ingredient producers. The technology preserves native proteins and bioactives while delivering microbial safety without heat.

2 investors

Fly By Jing produces Sichuan sourced condiments and noodles, along with a cookbook featuring recipes using chili crisp and related ingredients. The company serves home cooks and food enthusiasts interested in authentic Chinese cuisine.

2 investors

Flynt provides software for restaurants to optimize revenue on online ordering platforms such as Deliveroo and Uber Eats, using automated promotional offer strategies and pricing to maximize profitability. It also offers performance analytics and competitor/visibility tracking for restaurant points of sale.

2 investors

FodaBox sells gift hampers filled with artisan food and drink, offered for various occasions with next-day or scheduled delivery. It operates as a direct-to-consumer online gifting retailer.

2 investors

Fondu was a food review community where users wrote and shared restaurant reviews, with a focus on the New York City dining scene. The service was acquired by Airbnb and shut down as of November 1st.

2 investors

Food for Education (F4E) operates centralized, tech-enabled kitchens that provide nutritious, locally-sourced school lunches to children for $0.30 or less per meal, and shares its model with governments for replication. It focuses on mainstreaming school feeding programs across Africa to address classroom hunger.

2 investors

FoodChain ID provides software and consulting services for food and supplement companies to streamline product development, quality, safety and regulatory workflows. The platform centralizes guidance, specifications and compliance information while offering expert support to reduce manual review work and free teams to focus on higher-value activities.

2 investors

FoodChéri is a managed workplace catering service that provides ready-made, healthy and sustainable meals for companies with 20 to 500+ employees, delivered on-site, for takeaway, or through a connected fridge. The company handles all aspects of service including kitchen operations, menu curation, daily logistics, and staff engagement.

2 investors

Foodies Prime is an invitation-only service that connects vetted food enthusiasts so they can attend hard-to-book, popular restaurants together. Members can post or apply to join dining gatherings, search other members' profiles, message them, and exchange information about restaurants.

2 investors

Foodji provides automated fresh-food vending machines stocked with over 300 freshly cooked meals, snacks and drinks for workplace catering, positioned as a compact alternative to a traditional company canteen. It targets companies wanting to feed office, production or shift-work staff, offering full-service operation with rent or lease models, and operates from Munich and Berlin.

2 investors

FoodMeets is a mobile app that connects people for group meals at restaurants, offering matching and scheduling features for social meetups. The platform targets individuals seeking meaningful social connections and relationship building through shared dining experiences.

2 investors

FoodOp provides a cloud platform for managing operations at large-scale central production kitchens, covering recipe management, menu planning, production scheduling, purchasing, nutritional calculations, and waste tracking. The platform serves professional food service operators including multi-site restaurant groups and institutional food service providers.

2 investors

Foodsby operates a workplace lunch delivery platform that aggregates restaurant options and handles order coordination and delivery to office buildings. The service targets corporate teams seeking convenient meal options and restaurants looking to expand customer reach during off-peak hours.

2 investors

Foodsi operates a platform that connects local businesses with surplus inventory to consumers seeking discounted goods, helping reduce food waste and resource waste. The company focuses on enabling businesses to monetize excess products while providing users with discounted surprise packages.

2 investors

Foody prepares ready-to-eat meals made with natural ingredients and no preservatives that customers heat in the microwave and receive via scheduled home delivery. It focuses on affordable healthy meals for consumers in the Bogotá area of Colombia, and donates a meal to low-income people with each purchase.

2 investors

Forager Project makes organic, dairy-free cultured sour cream and related fermented products using plant-based ingredients like cashewmilk and coconut. The company serves consumers seeking vegan alternatives to traditional dairy products with active probiotic cultures.

2 investors

Force of Nature sells meat sourced from regenerative ranching practices, offering products raised without feedlots, antibiotics, hormones, or GMOs. It sells directly to consumers via nationwide delivery and through a network of over 5,000 retailers across the United States.

2 investors

Fork Farms builds indoor vertical farming solutions and partners with organizations across multiple countries to grow fresh produce locally. The company serves impact-focused partners in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean.

2 investors