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YC Food and Beverage Companies

95 Y Combinator food and beverage startups with verified founder contacts, batch info, and company data.

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Company	Batch	Description	Status	Location	Team	Founders	Reveal
Bottomless	W19	Building the first sensor enabled marketplace for repeat purchases	Active	Seattle, WA, USA	2	Liana Herrera, Michael Mayer	Reveal
Eclipse Foods	W19	Eclipse Foods is building the future of dairy using micelles, the…	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA; Oakland, CA, USA	—	Aylon Steinhart, Thomas Elliott Bowman	Reveal
Eclipse Foods	W19	Eclipse Foods is building the future of dairy using micelles, the…	Active	Oakland, CA, USA	—	Aylon Steinhart, Thomas Elliott Bowman	Reveal
Lezzoo	W19	Lezzoo is an on-demand delivery Superapp for Iraq.	Active	Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq	190	Rekar Botany, Yadgar Merani	Reveal
NaturAll Club	W19	Frozen beauty products.	Active	Philadelphia, PA, USA	17	Muhga Eltigani	Reveal
Positive	W19	B2B supplier of fresh/healthy packaged food	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	47	Schuyler Deerman, James Chan	Reveal
Positive	W19	B2B supplier of fresh/healthy packaged food	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	47	Schuyler Deerman, James Chan	Reveal
Shef	W19	Shef is a Marketplace for Homemade Food	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	70	Joey Grassia	Reveal
Shef	W19	Shef is a Marketplace for Homemade Food	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	70	Joey Grassia, Alvin Salehi	Reveal
Taali Inc	W19	Taali is creating popcorn 2.0 from popped water lily seeds	Active	Mumbai, MH, India; New York, NY, USA	—	Aditya Kaji, Aarti Kochhar Kaji	Reveal
Taali Inc	W19	Taali is creating popcorn 2.0 from popped water lily seeds	Active	New York, NY, USA	0	Aditya Kaji, Aarti Kochhar Kaji	Reveal
Gainful	W18	Personalized Performance Nutrition	Active	New York City, NY, USA; New York, NY, USA	30	Jahaan Ansari, Eric Wu	Reveal
Lucy Goods, Inc	W18	Lucy’s mission is to reduce tobacco-related harm to zero. We provide…	Active	Los Angeles, CA, USA	7	John Coogan, Samy Hamdouche, David Renteln	Reveal
Nutrigene	W18	Personalized liquid supplements based your health data	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	0	Min FitzGerald	Reveal
Snackpass	W18	Order ahead at restaurants and get rewards with friends.	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	38	Kevin Tan, Jamie Marshall	Reveal
Rappi	W16	On-demand delivery and financial services for Latin America.	Active	Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia	4800	Simon Borrero, Sebastian Mejia, Felipe Villamarin	Reveal
Underground Cellar	W15	Upgrading Your Wine Experience	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	26	Ben Herila, Brian Gallagher, Jeffrey Shaw, Brandan Zaucha	Reveal
Gobble	W14	Daily meal delivery, personalized to your tastes.	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA; Palo Alto, CA, USA	73	Ooshma Garg	Reveal
Goldbelly	W13	Empowering restaurants and small food makers to ship nationwide.	Active	New York, NY, USA	125	Joe Ariel, Joel Gillman, Vanessa Torrivilla	Reveal
Goldbelly	W13	Empowering restaurants and small food makers to ship nationwide.	Active	New York City, NY, USA; New York, NY, USA	125	Joe Ariel, Joel Gillman, Vanessa Torrivilla	Reveal
OrderAhead	W11	Order ahead for pickup	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	50	Jeffrey Byun, Henry A. Lee, Ruddick Lawrence	Reveal
MilkRun	S20	Get Food From Farmers, Delivered.	Inactive	Portland, OR, USA; Remote	38	Julia Niiro, John Zeller	Reveal
Racer	S20	15-minute food delivery	Inactive	New York City, NY, USA; New York, NY, USA	7	Jeung Park	Reveal
Riogrande	S20	We buy and grow D2C brands in LatAm	Acquired	Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico	—	Tono Mandly, Federico Naides, Fede Naides	Reveal
Riogrande	S20	We buy and grow D2C brands in LatAm	Acquired	Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico	—	Tono Mandly, Federico Naides	Reveal
Todos Comemos	S20	Taking from 1 to 100 the premade food industry in LATAM	Active	Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia	62	Mateo Cardenas Huertas, Santiago Espinosa, Mateo Cardenas	Reveal
LineLeap	S19	LineLeap gets customers to the fun, faster.	Active	New York, NY, USA	50	Nicholas Becker, Max Schauff, Patrick Skelly	Reveal
LineLeap	S19	LineLeap gets customers to the fun, faster.	Active	New York City, NY, USA	50	Nicholas Becker, Max Schauff, Patrick Skelly, Maxwell Schauff	Reveal
Calii	S18	Full-stack grocery delivery in LatAm	Active	Monterrey, N.L., Mexico; N.L., Mexico	750	Maurizio Caló Caligaris, David Arrambide, David Eduardo Arrambide Montemayor	Reveal
The Good Food Institute	S18	Building a world where alternative proteins are no longer alternative.	Active	Washington, DC, USA	110	Bruce Friedrich, Liz Specht	Reveal
The Supplant Company	S18	A brand-new blend of sugars – made from plant fiber!	Inactive	Cambridge, England, United Kingdom; England, United Kingdom	15	Tom Simmons, Ruben Tadmor	Reveal
CocuSocial	S17	Marketplace for local activities.	Active	New York, NY, USA	10	Billy Guan, Helen Sun	Reveal
Nobell Foods	S17	Cheese and dairy products from plant-derived dairy proteins	Active	San Francisco, CA, USA	58	Magi Richani	Reveal
Pop Meals	S17	Pop Meals is a restaurant chain without chefs. All recipes are…	Active	Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	153	Jonathan Weins, Chris Edelmann, Jessica Li	Reveal
Farmstead	S16	An AI-powered digital grocer that delivers in under 60 mins.	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA; San Mateo, CA, USA	10	Kevin Li	Reveal
Chaldal	S15	—	Active	Dhaka, Bangladesh	2886	Waseem Alim, Zia Ashraf, Tejas Viswanath	Reveal
PlateJoy	S15	PlateJoy is building the technology to power disease prevention and…	Acquired	San Francisco, CA, USA	11	Christina Bognet, Daniel Nelson	Reveal
Wheelys Café	S15	Worlds smallest and friendliest café franchise. "The Bike-Powered…	Inactive	Stockholm, Sweden	11	Per Cromwell, Tomas Mazetti	Reveal
Flaviar	S14	Try-at-home service for fine spirits	Active	Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; New York, NY, USA	60	Jugoslav Petkovic, Matija Rijavec, Grisa Soba	Reveal
Zenamins	S14	Personalized health company doing customized vitamin packs on…	Inactive	San Francisco, CA, USA	2	Arad Rostampour	Reveal
DoorDash	S13	Restaurant delivery.	Public	San Francisco, CA, USA	8600	Tony Xu, Andy Fang, Stanley Tang	Reveal
SpoonRocket	S13	Meals Delivered in 10 Minutes	Acquired	Berkeley, CA, USA	51	Steven Hsiao, Anson Tsui	Reveal
Instacart	S12	Marketplace for grocery delivery and pickup	Public	San Francisco, CA, USA	3000	Apoorva Mehta, Brandon Leonardo, Max Mullen	Reveal
Instacart	S12	Marketplace for grocery delivery and pickup	Public	San Francisco, CA, USA	3000	Apoorva Mehta, Brandon Leonardo, Max Mullen	Reveal
Soylent	S12	Soylent is a simple, nutritious, and affordable food that possesses…	Acquired	Los Angeles, CA, USA	51	Rob Rhinehart, John Coogan, Hunter Scott, K T, Matt Cauble	Reveal

Batch Distribution

WW231 WW226 WW2111 WW207 WW1911 WW184

Status Breakdown

Active54 Inactive27 Acquired11 Public3

Top Locations

San Francisco24 Los Angeles7 New York5 Lagos4 New York City4 Mumbai3

About YC Food and Beverage Companies

Y Combinator has funded 95 food and beverage companies since its founding in 2005. These startups span from early-stage pre-launch to publicly traded companies, making YC one of the most prolific backers of food and beverage innovation globally.

54 of these companies are currently active. 11 have been acquired. 3 have gone public. VCBacked tracks verified founder contact information, team sizes, and company status for every YC food and beverage startup.

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