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Food and Beverage Startups

Updated August 2026

Companies in the food and beverage sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 2,888 recently funded food and beverage companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
2,888
Total Funding
$88.5M
Avg Funding
$3.5M
Global Reach
9
countries

Top Cities for Food and Beverage

Waltham Cross
Bristol
Arlington
Toronto
Stockholm
London

Recently Funded Companies

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Waltham Cross, United Kingdom

SushiDog is a food and beverage company that produces sushi rolls, poke bowls, and asian salads.

$1.8M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bristol, United Kingdom

biology, digitalisation and biomanufacturing to accelerate cultivated meat

Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Arlington, United States

Hungry is a national food-tech platform that delivers happiness and wellbeing to the workplace.

$10.0M raised
Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

Liven makes functional protein ingredients by fermentation of agriculture and food industry byproducts.

$150K raised
Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

Johannas Stadsodlingar, builds, designs and operates large-scale, automated, circular and sustainable food production facilities.

$758K raised
Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Double Dutch offers a range of two premium soft drink mixers that are specifically developed to enhance the flavours of gins and vodkas.

$5.0M raised
Jun 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Danville, United States

Gr8 Granola is a healthy snack.

$250K raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Houston, United States

Cut Above is a selection of zero alcohol spirits made with all-natural ingredients.

$406K raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Norton, United States

Solar Biotech provides comprehensive sustainable and scalable biomanufacturing solutions.

Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Une Femme Wines makes women-made wines for celebrating life's big wins.

$14.0M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Lewes, United States

Greespi produces organic functional food containing 70% veg protein, being rich in critical nutrients and preventing diseases.

$2.7M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

Umamill is a food manufacturer that produces and supplies seafood products, sweets, snacks, and dairy items.

$2.5M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bozen, Italy

Functional is a B2B tech startup that is reinventing the way companies purchase for the better.

$1.6M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Ripe.io is creating the Blockchain of Food.

Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

IDEKU IDEPOS: Empowering F&B businesses for success with user-friendly POS, enhanced experiences, and seamless support.

$1.0M raised
Jun 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

ns/tx industries is a food manufacturing and technology company that processes and sells fish and meat products.

$10.5M raised
Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Aquablu makes hydration solutions that are so good, people forget they are also saving the planet

$8.1M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Sauz is a food and beverages company that offers a variety of pasta sauce.

$12.0M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Belleville, United States

Landmark Creamery is an artisan and small-batch cheese, gifts, and accompaniments from around the Midwest.

$100K raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Chicago, United States

GoodSport offers natural hydration from the goodness of milk.

$100K raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Saint-herblain, France

Onafis is a company that provides digital solutions for tracking each stage of winemaking in real time on wines, beers, and spirits.

$6.4M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Cotto is a food and beverages company that offers cottage cheese and Greek yogurt dips in different flavours.

$50K raised
Jun 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Lembas is a foodtech startup that developed "GLP-1 Edge," a patent-pending peptide ingredient designed to naturally boost the GLP-1 hormone.

$3.6M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Keystone Brewing Group is a distributor of heritage and innovation breweries, committed to supporting and fostering.

$2.7M raised
Jun 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Vancouver, Canada

DRNK Beverage offers low sugar mocktail or mixer option with a natural kick of caffeine.

$4.8M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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About the Food and Beverage Startup Ecosystem

The food and beverage 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 Food and Beverage

Food and Beverage 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 food and beverage 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.

Food and Beverage Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 2,888 food and beverage companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$3.5M
Total Funding Tracked
$88.5M
Countries Represented
9

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Food and Beverage

1.Toronto
2 companies$10.7M
2.London
2 companies$7.7M
3.San Francisco
2 companies$14.0M
4.Waltham Cross
1 companies$1.8M
5.Bristol
1 companiesUndisclosed

Related Industries

Companies in the food and beverage 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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