Instant-commerce platform delivering convenience goods, groceries, and prepared food from its own network of microfulfillment centers and ghost kitchens.

Food Delivery, Grocery & Ghost Kitchens · Growth $250M

Food Delivery, Grocery & Ghost Kitchens

Growth

$250M

HQ

Produces animal-free egg proteins, including egg-white ovalbumin, via precision fermentation and sells them as B2B ingredients.

Precision Fermentation · Series D $55M

Precision Fermentation

Series D

$55M

HQ

Mosa Meat is a Dutch cultivated-beef company founded by the team behind the world's first lab-grown burger, working to bring cell-cultured beef to market in Europe.

Cultivated Meat · Growth round $17.6M

Cultivated Meat

Growth round

$17.6M

HQ

Marc Lore's multi-restaurant food-hall and delivery company that owns Grubhub and Blue Apron and aims to be a 'super app' for mealtime.

Food Delivery, Grocery & Ghost Kitchens · Growth $600M

Food Delivery, Grocery & Ghost Kitchens

Growth

$600M

HQ

Travis Kalanick-controlled ghost-kitchen real-estate and software company that leases delivery-only commercial kitchens to restaurants.

Food Delivery, Grocery & Ghost Kitchens · Growth $850M

Food Delivery, Grocery & Ghost Kitchens

Growth

$850M

HQ

Discount online grocer that rescues 'ugly' and surplus produce and groceries, delivering them direct-to-consumer below supermarket prices.

Food Delivery, Grocery & Ghost Kitchens · Series C-1 $225M

Food Delivery, Grocery & Ghost Kitchens

Series C-1

$225M

HQ

Impossible Foods makes plant-based beef, chicken, sausage and other meat analogues built around its soy-leghemoglobin 'heme' ingredient, sold across U.S. retail and foodservice.

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein · Late-stage private $500M

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein

Late-stage private

$500M

HQ

NotCo is a Chilean food-tech company that uses an AI platform called Giuseppe to formulate plant-based milk, burgers, mayo and other products, and licenses the same AI to large food makers including via a Kraft Heinz joint venture.

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein · Series D $235M

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein

Series D

$235M

HQ

Redefine Meat is an Israeli company that uses industrial 3D printing to produce whole-cut plant-based steaks, lamb and other 'New-Meat' products aimed at European fine-dining and foodservice.

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein · Series A $135M

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein

Series A

$135M

HQ

Eat Just makes JUST Egg, a mung-bean-based liquid egg substitute that leads the U.S. plant-based egg category, and runs GOOD Meat, a cultivated-meat division that was first to market with cell-based chicken.

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein · Late-stage private

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein

Late-stage private

—

HQ

Aleph Farms is an Israeli cultivated-meat company growing whole-cut beef steaks from cow cells, and was the first to win regulatory approval for cultivated beef.

Cultivated Meat · Growth round $29M

Cultivated Meat

Growth round

$29M

HQ

Brightseed is a San Francisco bioactives company whose Forager AI platform maps plant, fungi and microbe compounds to discover and commercialize gut-health fiber and other functional ingredients.

Food Ingredients & Functional · Series B $68M

Food Ingredients & Functional

Series B

$68M

HQ

Upside Foods grows cultivated chicken from animal cells and was among the first companies cleared by US regulators to sell cell-cultured meat.

Cultivated Meat · Series C $400M

Cultivated Meat

Series C

$400M

HQ

Voyage Foods is an Oakland, California company that recreates chocolate, coffee and nut spreads without cocoa, coffee beans or nuts, using upcycled and widely available ingredients to sidestep volatile commodity supply chains.

Food Ingredients & Functional · Series A+ $52M

Food Ingredients & Functional

Series A+

$52M

HQ

Nature's Fynd makes Fy, a complete fungal protein grown by fermentation from a Yellowstone-derived microbe, which it turns into dairy-free yogurt, meatless patties and protein products.

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein · Series C $350M

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein

Series C

$350M

HQ

BlueNalu is a San Diego company developing cell-cultivated bluefin tuna toro for the US sushi market, advancing through late-stage FDA consultation.

Cultivated Meat · Equity round $11M

Cultivated Meat

Equity round

$11M

HQ

Makes human-identical bioactive proteins, starting with lactoferrin, via precision fermentation for nutrition and early-life applications.

Precision Fermentation · Series B $45M

Precision Fermentation

Series B

$45M

HQ

Finnish food-biotech making bioidentical egg-white protein (Bioalbumen) by fermenting Trichoderma reesei, without chickens.

Precision Fermentation · Series A $40M

Precision Fermentation

Series A

$40M

HQ

AI-powered robotic arms that assemble high-mix prepared meals inside food-production facilities, sold as robotics-as-a-service.

Food Robotics & Automation · Series A $43.1M

Food Robotics & Automation

Series A

$43.1M

HQ

Mission Barns makes cultivated pork fat as an ingredient for hybrid meat products and in 2025 became the first company cleared by the USDA for cultivated fat.

Cultivated Meat · Undisclosed

Cultivated Meat

Undisclosed

—

HQ

Vow is a Sydney cultivated-meat company selling cultured Japanese-quail products under its Forged brand, approved for sale in Australia and New Zealand.

Cultivated Meat · Series A $49.2M

Cultivated Meat

Series A

$49.2M

HQ

MycoTechnology is an Aurora, Colorado ingredient company that uses mushroom-mycelium fermentation to make natural flavor modifiers (bitter-blocking, salt and sugar reduction), sweeteners and clean-label ingredients.

Food Ingredients & Functional · Series E $85M

Food Ingredients & Functional

Series E

$85M

HQ

Australian deep-tech firm making animal-like fats (Tastilux, Creamilux) via precision fermentation for alternative meat and dairy.

Precision Fermentation · Series A $28.6M

Precision Fermentation

Series A

$28.6M

HQ

Makes animal-free casein via precision fermentation to produce dairy-identical mozzarella without cows.

Precision Fermentation · Seed $25M

Precision Fermentation

Seed

$25M

HQ

Tender Food is a Somerville, Massachusetts startup using a fiber-spinning process to turn plant proteins into whole-muscle cuts such as plant chicken, pulled pork and steak.

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein · Series A $11M

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein

Series A

$11M

HQ

Wildtype is a San Francisco company making cultivated coho salmon and was the first to receive FDA clearance for a cultivated seafood product.

Cultivated Meat · Series B $100M

Cultivated Meat

Series B

$100M

HQ

California Cultured is a West Sacramento company growing cocoa, and exploring coffee, from plant cell cultures in bioreactors to make chocolate without cacao farming.

Food Ingredients & Functional · Venture

Food Ingredients & Functional

Venture

—

HQ

Juicy Marbles is a Slovenian startup making soy-based whole-cut plant 'filet mignon,' ribs and other steaks sold direct-to-consumer and through European and U.S. retail.

Atomo Coffee is a Seattle company that makes 'beanless' coffee by molecularly recreating coffee's flavor from upcycled plant materials such as date seeds, chicory and grape skin.

Food Ingredients & Functional · Series B $7.8M

Food Ingredients & Functional

Series B

$7.8M

HQ

Berlin food-biotech making animal-free cheese using koji protein and precision-fermented milk proteins for European retail.

Precision Fermentation · Series B $61M

Precision Fermentation

Series B

$61M

HQ

Builder of an automated under-the-counter makeline that assembles bowls and salads from digital orders while staff work the top line.

Food Robotics & Automation · Series B $25M

Food Robotics & Automation

Series B

$25M

HQ

AI-powered robotic chef that autonomously cooks multi-cuisine recipes, plus a line of automated fryer, sandwich, pizza, and dishwashing robots.

Food Robotics & Automation

Food Robotics & Automation

—

—

HQ

Oobli is a Davis, California company that uses precision fermentation to produce sweet proteins such as brazzein and monellin, used to cut sugar in foods and beverages without blood-sugar spikes.

Food Ingredients & Functional · Series B1 $18M

Food Ingredients & Functional

Series B1

$18M

HQ

Planted is a Swiss food-tech company that uses extrusion and a 'biostructuring' fermentation process to make whole-cut plant-based chicken, steak and other meat alternatives for European retail and foodservice.

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein · Series B $72M

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein

Series B

$72M

HQ

Shiru is an Alameda, California protein-discovery company whose Flourish AI platform searches millions of natural proteins to design functional ingredients such as the OleoPro alternative-fat and its uPro protein.

Food Ingredients & Functional · Series B $16M

Food Ingredients & Functional

Series B

$16M

HQ

Dutch B2B ingredient firm making animal-free whey and dairy proteins via precision fermentation; a dsm-firmenich and Fonterra venture.

Precision Fermentation · Series A $32.5M

Precision Fermentation

Series A

$32.5M

HQ

Maker of Flippy, an autonomous fry-station and kitchen robot for quick-service restaurants such as White Castle and Jack in the Box.

Food Robotics & Automation · Strategic investment

Food Robotics & Automation

Strategic investment

—

HQ

Makes animal-free dairy whey protein (ProFerm) via precision fermentation and licenses it to consumer-goods makers.

Precision Fermentation · Pre-Series E $90M

Precision Fermentation

Pre-Series E

$90M

HQ

App marketplace that lets stores and restaurants sell unsold surplus food at a discount through 'surprise bags' to cut waste.

Food Delivery, Grocery & Ghost Kitchens · Growth $31M

Food Delivery, Grocery & Ghost Kitchens

Growth

$31M

HQ

Beyond Meat is a publicly traded maker of plant-based burgers, sausage and chicken that recently rebranded as 'Beyond The Plant Protein Company' and is restructuring amid steep revenue declines and going-concern pressure.

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein · Market cap $291.7M

Plant-Based & Alt-Protein

Market cap

$291.7M

HQ