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Food and Beverage Startups

Updated October 2026

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

Explore 2,904 recently funded food and beverage companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
2,904
Total Funding
$321.7M
Avg Funding
$12.9M
Global Reach
9
countries

Top Cities for Food and Beverage

Rye
South San Francisco
Nishi-shinagawa
New York
Windsor
Stockholm

Recently Funded Companies

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Rye, United States

Founders Table Restaurant Group creates, acquires, and cultivates restaurant companies.

$8.1M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

South San Francisco, United States

The EVERY Company creates and sells animal-free egg protein ingredients using a precision fermentation process.

$55.0M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Nishi-shinagawa, Japan

Canly is a cloud based system to reduce management & operating costs in a retail store along with being in the media & advertising business.

$13.0M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Oddball World is a operator of a chef-crafted, whole-food based snack brand

$2.0M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Windsor, Canada

Cedar Valley Selections produces pita chips and ready-to-eat salad dressings.

$1.0M raised
Jan 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

Scandi Standard want to inspire you to choose chicken: a good, healthy choice, which is ideal for today’s consumers.

$81K raised
Jan 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

Formo is a cell-ag company that develops animal-free dairy products using nature-identical milk proteins from precision fermentation.

$36.1M raised
Jan 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

hangobi is a plant-based recovery beverage with adaptogens, amino acids, antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, and vitamin B complex.

$140K raised
Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Julienne Bruno made with naturally plant-based ingredients like fermented legumes & slow roasted vegetables.

$5.7M raised
Nov 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Karma Kitchen is a provider of shared and private kitchen spaces used for businesses to grow and scale.

$136.8M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Shibuya, Japan

Muscle Deli is a body make-up food business that offers delivers meals of nutrients to the customers.

$1.6M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Mooresville, United States

ALLPUR Nutrition develops nutritious, chemical-free and consumer favorite beverages.

$50K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

Apparta maximizes restaurant productivity by offering their empty tables with whole-menu discounts for consumers to book through an app.

$1.2M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Santa Monica, United States

Family Style's enlightened kitchens produces chef-driven virtual restaurant concepts delivering convenience and crave-ability for consumers.

$3.2M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Marechal Deodoro, Brazil

Beeva is a foodtech company that combines ESG and technology to innovate the market for honey and beekeeping.

$825K raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Corte Madera, United States

iwon organics is the provider of tasty protein snacks.

$1.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Vancouver, Canada

Pontus specializes in highly scalable indoor vertical farming of water lentils that use 95 percent less water than traditional agriculture.

$5.0M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Oregon, United States

The Bitter Housewife provides cocktail bitters, beverages, and non alcoholic drinks.

$151K raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SUNT is an Amsterdam-based startup that makes food products from discarded bananas.

$1.3M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Carrollton, United States

Horse Neck produces and sells cocktail beverages.

$265K raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

Imagoh Foods is a renowned multifaceted federal meat processor.

$1.1M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hinesburg, United States

Big Tree Farms is a supply chain management company that provides its services to farmers producing coconut sugar, raw cacao, and more.

$10.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bethlehem, United States

WholeFin is a financial services company that offers financial solutions for the food industry.

$7.7M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Somerville, United States

Kula Bio is a company that provides sustainable biological solutions for modern agriculture.

$15.5M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Halifax, Canada

Cove Soda is a food and beverage company that specializes in kombucha, a fermented tea beverage.

$15.0M raised
Nov 2025

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 2,904 food and beverage companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$12.9M
Total Funding Tracked
$321.7M
Countries Represented
9

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Food and Beverage

1.New York
2 companies$2.1M
2.London
2 companies$142.5M
3.Rye
1 companies$8.1M
4.South San Francisco
1 companies$55.0M
5.Nishi-shinagawa
1 companies$13.0M

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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