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Cooking Startups

Updated October 2026

Companies in the cooking sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 60 recently funded cooking companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
60
Total Funding
$48.6M
Avg Funding
$1.9M
Global Reach
12
countries

Top Cities for Cooking

Cairns
Austin
New York
Birmingham
San Francisco
Sofia

Recently Funded Companies

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Cairns, Australia

Gathar is a dinner party marketplace that matches hosts with caterers.

$798K raised
Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

Chinese-American restaurant running on a custom built vertically streamlined e-commerce, kitchen and delivery management platform

$8.3M raised
May 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Material manufactures kitchenwares for the modern kitchen.

Apr 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Local Chefs is an online food service platform that provides access to homemade food from individual chefs.

$491K raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Omsom is a venture-backed CPG brand bringing proud, loud Asian flavors into American homes.

Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

SideChef is an online platform that provides step-by-step recipes for new and amateur cooks.

$6.0M raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sofia, Bulgaria

Brain Foods is a vegan brand that sells nutritious snacks and substitutes.

$265K raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tallinn, Estonia

Clean Kitchen operates an online portal that sells meal kits with raw ingredients and shares food recipes.

Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

Marley Spoon is a food service company that offers meal delivery services.

Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hyogo, Japan

VCook is an online portal that posts vegan recipes and also includes a supermarket specializing in vegan products.

$860K raised
Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

Keatz is a network of restaurants that provide contemporary dishes for delivery.

Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Makus Kitchen, a company developes unique designed induction cooktops.

$267K raised
Dec 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Suggestic accelerates health innovation, launching AI-powered personalization in weeks, not months

Dec 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Copenhagen, Denmark

ChefMe is a peer to peer marketplace making it possible and easy to book private chefs.

$723K raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Jose, United States

Typhur Technology is the first all-in-one sous vide appliance made for home kitchens.

$20.0M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Krasnodar, Russian Federation

Robotic cooking. Up to 7 minutes, no cooks or kitchen. For dark stores, gas stations, HoReCa, offices and home.

$3.6M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Chicago, United States

Tovala is a food-tech company that offers a meal service paired with a countertop smart oven.

Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Madrid, Spain

En Talent ayudamos a los dueños de negocios de hostelería a transformarlos en empresas rentables y escalables.

$564K raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Tinychef is a voice-recognition culinary platform that allows users to create meals tailored to their taste, needs, and aspirations.

Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Montvel provides unique gourmet barbecues.

$331K raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Last crumb offers premium cookies baked with fresh ingredients and sold in weekly drops.

$3.0M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hudson, United States

CookinGenie is a digital restaurant enabling culinary experts to shop and cook for customers. The cooking happens in the users kitchen

$2.0M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Little Cooks Co is a UK based company that offers subscription based, healthy cooking kits for kids.

$917K raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Experience a new way of eating at chef home or book them to your home.

$500K raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Our Place is a Direct-to-consumer kitchenware company.

Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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About the Cooking Startup Ecosystem

The cooking sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Cooking

Cooking companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The cooking sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Cooking Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 60 cooking companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$1.9M
Total Funding Tracked
$48.6M
Countries Represented
12

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Cooking

1.New York
3 companiesUndisclosed
2.Los Angeles
3 companies$3.5M
3.San Francisco
2 companies$6.0M
4.Berlin
2 companiesUndisclosed
5.Cairns
1 companies$798K

Related Industries

Companies in the cooking sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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