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Food Tech
Food Tech
Food Tech
Companies
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Chef RoboticsAI-powered robotic arms that assemble high-mix prepared meals inside food-production facilities, sold as robotics-as-a-service. - 02
Upside FoodsUpside Foods grows cultivated chicken from animal cells and was among the first companies cleared by US regulators to sell cell-cultured meat. - 03
DoorDashDoorDash is a San Francisco food-tech company that runs a multi-category delivery marketplace for restaurant meals, groceries and retail goods, serving consumers and local merchants. - 04
WonderMarc Lore's multi-restaurant food-hall and delivery company that owns Grubhub and Blue Apron and aims to be a 'super app' for mealtime. - 05
The EVERY CompanyProduces animal-free egg proteins, including egg-white ovalbumin, via precision fermentation and sells them as B2B ingredients. - 06
CloudKitchensTravis Kalanick-controlled ghost-kitchen real-estate and software company that leases delivery-only commercial kitchens to restaurants. - 07
Mission BarnsMission 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. - 08
NotCoNotCo 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. - 09
PlantedPlanted 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. - 10
HyphenBuilder of an automated under-the-counter makeline that assembles bowls and salads from digital orders while staff work the top line.
Tracked
BrightseedBrightseed 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.
California CulturedCalifornia Cultured is a West Sacramento company growing cocoa, and exploring coffee, from plant cell cultures in bioreactors to make chocolate without cacao farming.
Eat JustEat 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.
FormoBerlin food-biotech making animal-free cheese using koji protein and precision-fermented milk proteins for European retail.
GopuffInstant-commerce platform delivering convenience goods, groceries, and prepared food from its own network of microfulfillment centers and ghost kitchens.
Misfits MarketDiscount online grocer that rescues 'ugly' and surplus produce and groceries, delivering them direct-to-consumer below supermarket prices.
Miso RoboticsMaker of Flippy, an autonomous fry-station and kitchen robot for quick-service restaurants such as White Castle and Jack in the Box.
Mosa MeatMosa 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.
MycoTechnologyMycoTechnology 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.
Onego BioFinnish food-biotech making bioidentical egg-white protein (Bioalbumen) by fermenting Trichoderma reesei, without chickens.
Perfect DayMakes animal-free dairy whey protein (ProFerm) via precision fermentation and licenses it to consumer-goods makers.
Redefine MeatRedefine 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.
Too Good To GoApp marketplace that lets stores and restaurants sell unsold surplus food at a discount through 'surprise bags' to cut waste.
ViviciDutch B2B ingredient firm making animal-free whey and dairy proteins via precision fermentation; a dsm-firmenich and Fonterra venture.
VowVow is a Sydney cultivated-meat company selling cultured Japanese-quail products under its Forged brand, approved for sale in Australia and New Zealand.
Voyage FoodsVoyage 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.
WildtypeWildtype is a San Francisco company making cultivated coho salmon and was the first to receive FDA clearance for a cultivated seafood product.
Atomo CoffeeAtomo 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.
Bayou Best FoodsBayou Best Foods makes plant-based seafood alternatives, led by a vegan shrimp sold through US foodservice distributors and a plant-based fish brand sold in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Beyond MeatBeyond 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.
BlueNaluBlueNalu is a San Diego company developing cell-cultivated bluefin tuna toro for the US sushi market, advancing through late-stage FDA consultation.
HelainaMakes human-identical bioactive proteins, starting with lactoferrin, via precision fermentation for nutrition and early-life applications.
Impossible FoodsImpossible 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.
Juicy MarblesJuicy 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.
MycofeastMycofeast is an Oxford-based fermentation company that uses precision and biomass fermentation to make dairy proteins, carotenoids, natural colorants and fermented beverage ingredients for food, feed and drinks makers.
Nature's FyndNature'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.
New CultureMakes animal-free casein via precision fermentation to produce dairy-identical mozzarella without cows.
Nourish IngredientsAustralian deep-tech firm making animal-like fats (Tastilux, Creamilux) via precision fermentation for alternative meat and dairy.
OatlyOatly is a Swedish maker of oat-based dairy alternatives, including oatmilk, Barista Edition, oatgurt, cooking creams and frozen desserts, sold through coffee shops, foodservice and retail in more than 60 countries.
OobliOobli 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.
ShiruShiru 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.
Solar FoodsSolar Foods is a Finnish company that grows Solein, a protein powder made from a single-cell microbe fed with carbon dioxide, hydrogen and electricity, and sells it to food and sports-nutrition brands.
TurtleTreeTurtleTree is a Singapore-based precision fermentation company that produces animal-free bovine lactoferrin for food, beverage, nutrition, and personal care makers. Its flagship ingredient is LF+.
No roster changes this week. The roster is re-evaluated quarterly; read the methodology in the disclosures.
