FoodTech Startups

Traveling Spoon is a marketplace connecting travelers with local home cooks around the world for in-person meals, cooking classes, and market tours, as well as private online cooking classes. It focuses on immersive food and cultural experiences hosted in local kitchens.

2 investors

Tridge operates a data-driven global trade platform and its Tridge Ark program uses AI agents to identify counterparties, run outreach, and qualify introductions for exporters and importers. The page describes a channel partner program for trading houses, brokers, and trade advisors to refer clients.

2 investors

Troovy is a food brand that produces healthy condiments and spreads made with natural ingredients, targeting families and consumers seeking clean-label alternatives without preservatives, palm oil, or refined sugar.

2 investors

Tru produces flavored sparkling water drinks made with real fruit juice and organic energy ingredients, targeting active consumers, working professionals, and parents. The brand emphasizes low-calorie, great-tasting beverages with functional benefits.

2 investors

TrueStart sells coffee beans and coffee equipment direct to consumers, including a subscription box of mix-and-match beans and a co-branded limited-edition espresso machine made with De'Longhi. It offers roasts such as Super Blend, Energising Colombian, Lightly Caffeinated and Swiss Water Decaf aimed at home coffee drinkers.

2 investors

Trunkrs operates a logistics platform specializing in fresh and frozen food delivery for e-commerce retailers, emphasizing same-day delivery, reliability, and temperature-controlled transport. The company serves online shops across the Netherlands seeking rapid growth with sustainable, refrigerated last-mile delivery.

2 investors

tsenso develops FreshIndex, a platform that uses spectroscopy and data analysis to increase transparency and sustainability in the food sector. The company serves food producers and supply chain participants seeking to verify food quality and traceability.

2 investors

Twigly is a food delivery service that offers a regularly changing menu of dishes, currently serving customers in Gurgaon, India.

2 investors

Unfurl operates a shared kitchen facility that allows customers to place a single order across multiple restaurant concepts simultaneously, delivering varied cuisines to households in one trip.

2 investors

UniFAHS develops bacteriophage-based products and services to control bacterial contamination and antimicrobial resistance across the food supply chain, serving the poultry, dairy, aquaculture, feed, and food processing sectors. It maintains a phage collection targeting pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, and Vibrio, and offers a customized phage platform including phage banking, contract research and manufacturing, lab services, and phage-based detection tests.

2 investors

UNI-ONE is a food supply chain and ecommerce platform operating across Canada that serves Korean and Asian food businesses, restaurants, and supermarkets. The company provides supply chain solutions, product sourcing, and technology services to optimize operations for Asian food retailers and distributors.

2 investors

A food company that produces alternative meat products with a focus on carbon reduction. The company emphasizes environmental impact, claiming that each product consumption reduces carbon emissions equivalent to the annual carbon absorption of two 30-year-old pine trees.

2 investors

Urban Stalk builds vertical farming "POD" systems with 14 automated environmental controls and pre-set plant recipes that let farmers grow over 30 vegetable crops locally and year-round while reusing water and nutrients. It also offers HarvestLink, a connected platform for POD farmers to monitor crops via smartphone and sell directly to retailers, wholesalers, and local community members.

2 investors

Uuvipak makes single-use packaging (cups, bowls, plates, straws, spoons) from upcycled food waste that composts within weeks and is partly edible.

2 investors

V AND ME sells a sugar-free smash cake designed for babies and toddlers, baked fresh and delivered by its own courier with live tracking. The company also offers baby and toddler meals, operating out of Battersea, London.

2 investors

v2food makes plant-based meat alternatives sold through retail and food-service partners, and provides recipes for consumers cooking with its products. The company markets to shoppers seeking where to buy its products locally.

2 investors

VAHDAM India is a direct-to-consumer tea, spices, and superfoods brand that sources premium single-origin products directly from Indian gardens and estates, eliminating middlemen. The company serves global consumers seeking ethically sourced wellness products while supporting farmer education initiatives in India.

2 investors

Valorize Bioscience uses a patented process to modify the color, taste, aroma, and texture of insect proteins while preserving their nutritional content, addressing sensory limitations that have restricted their use. The company aims to broaden the range of consumable product applications for insect-based proteins.

2 investors

Van Leeuwen is an ice cream company offering artisanal ice cream, vegan ice cream options, and frozen yogurt available through physical scoop shops across multiple U.S. states and Korea, as well as nationwide shipping and local delivery.

2 investors

Vapiano is a fast-casual restaurant chain that operates across Europe with a focus on fresh, made-to-order dining experiences. The company is led by experienced restaurateurs and hoteliers who have taken over the business to restore it as a leading European casual dining brand.

2 investors

Seated is a diner-acquisition service for restaurants that fills empty tables by connecting them with new customers for dining, takeout, and private events, offering reward-based incentives rather than discounts. It works alongside a restaurant's existing systems with no new software, staff training, or upfront costs, and also helps book corporate events and large parties.

2 investors

Verdant Orchards, a subsidiary of Verdant Frontiers, establishes and acquires high-value perennial orchards in Africa, producing export crops such as citrus and avocados for global markets. It operates farms in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa with a focus on returns for investors alongside community development and environmental sustainability.

2 investors

Verley Food addresses the global dairy protein deficit by promoting a diversified protein mix that combines conventional farming, precision fermentation proteins, and plant-based products. The company focuses on sustainable protein production solutions to meet rising global demand while ensuring food sovereignty and reducing environmental impact.

2 investors

Vertosa develops water-dispersible emulsion technology and active ingredients that infused product makers, such as beverage and edibles producers, use to formulate stable, homogeneous, and bioavailable products. It provides customized aqueous solutions sold in bulk as dosed active ingredients along with formulation and manufacturing support.

2 investors