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Provider of meal kits intended to offer food to people living in insecure communities. The company's kits come with all the ingredients to make a hearty, five-person dinner, including the oil and spices that can be cooked in a lesser time, enabling people to enjoy fresh, healthy, and tasty cooked meals at an affordable price.

Valle de la Luna is focused on offering astronomical tourism to observe the moon, galaxies, planets, and satellites. It also includes a tour with walks, hiking, and tasting of typical dishes of the country.

Eaternity AG is a Zurich-based company that develops a software management solution tailored for the restaurant industry. Founded in 2014, Eaternity offers a platform that enables restaurant owners to gain insights into their supply chains and make informed decisions that benefit both their businesses and the environment. The core product, the Eaternity-Membership, is a web application designed to track, measure, and optimize the carbon footprint of restaurant menus. Additionally, the company provides supporting services such as the Eaternity Award, which recognizes climate-friendly meals, and Eaternity Training, which includes workshops for management and kitchen staff. Eaternity is also developing initiatives like the Eaternity event week and a corporate CSR report to further promote sustainable practices within the food industry.

More Foods is a food-tech startup focused on producing high-protein meat alternative products by utilizing by-products from the food industry. The company distinguishes itself by incorporating innovative ingredients, resulting in clean-label products with a short list of components that do not include major allergens. More Foods aims to provide consumers with nutritious options that deliver both protein and fiber, effectively replacing animal meat in various meals.

La Comandanta identifies and promotes Creole and ancestral Mexican foods and offers bulk and packed products. It was founded in 2011.

Mesa helps restaurants attract customers at off-peak times and maximize their revenue through an app with dynamic, time-based discounts. Restaurants are able to fill their empty tables, while users are able to eat at restaurants with discounts -- the more off-peak, the bigger the discount.

Fuddis is a food tech company that provides a platform aimed at enhancing online growth for businesses in the food and grocery sectors. It offers a range of services designed to streamline supply chain management and improve customer relationship handling. By allowing users to select meal suppliers and set discount budgets for employees, Fuddis enables businesses to provide instant benefits to their workforce without incurring any setup costs. This approach not only enhances employee satisfaction but also fosters operational efficiency and drives growth for its clients.

Bon AppéSweet, founded in 2019 and based in Arlington, Virginia, specializes in creating all-natural, plant-based desserts. The company produces oat milk gelato sweetened exclusively with fruit-based sweeteners, containing no cane sugar. In addition to gelato, Bon AppéSweet offers a range of organic chocolates that are sugar-free, vegan, and non-alcoholic. These chocolates utilize ingredients such as organic cocoa and dates, catering to consumers seeking healthier, dairy-free dessert options. Through its innovative product offerings, Bon AppéSweet aims to provide delicious alternatives for health-conscious individuals.

The Dinner Daily, Inc. is an online meal planning service established in 2016 and located in Westford, Massachusetts. The company specializes in creating customized weekly dinner menus and shopping lists tailored to individual family preferences and dietary restrictions. By linking these menus to local store specials, The Dinner Daily enables users to prepare cost-effective and enjoyable dinners at home. The platform assists customers in efficiently planning and budgeting their weekly meals, making it easier for families to manage their dinner preparations while ensuring variety and nutrition in their diets.

Provider of meal kits intended to offer food to people living in insecure communities. The company's kits come with all the ingredients to make a hearty, five-person dinner, including the oil and spices that can be cooked in a lesser time, enabling people to enjoy fresh, healthy, and tasty cooked meals at an affordable price.

Provider of meal kits intended to offer food to people living in insecure communities. The company's kits come with all the ingredients to make a hearty, five-person dinner, including the oil and spices that can be cooked in a lesser time, enabling people to enjoy fresh, healthy, and tasty cooked meals at an affordable price.

Check-Eat is a free mobile app that streamlines the food ordering process at restaurants, bringing convenience and a great experience to the customers. Check-Eat features a native online ordering (take-away & dine-in), mobile payments, reservations, loyalty programs, tax invoicing, coupons and much more, all in a single app. Check-Eat is building a standardized customer service platform for the food sector, empowering local restaurants to engage customers through a seamless mobile experience.

Futz connects people with delicious dishes that otherwise would not have been sold, creating an extra income for the establishment and an eco friendly environment

SheChef is a national professional networking & development organization for women chefs of color and our allies.

Deliverart is an all-in-one cloud software that consolidates all the home delivery orders a restaurant receives (from phone, website, app, food delivery platforms) in a single interface. Alongside with that, it also provides smart tools to maximize the efficiency of a restaurant’s autonomous home deliveries, while increasing the productivity and the coordination between production and logistics. The software, developed by an Italian team and launched in 2019, is born with integrations-by-design, in order to create a helpful environment where restaurants can fully take advantage of digital technologies. Deliverart is a modular solution that can be personalized with add-ons and features, creating a tailor made software for the restaurants’ needs. It can easily interact with other management softwares, food delivery platforms and services to provide a plug-and-play customizable solution.

Nutrifix Ltd is a London-based company that specializes in developing a nutrition app aimed at helping users find healthy meal options nearby. Founded in 2016, the app offers personalized scores for various dishes and snacks, allowing users to sort and filter meals based on their nutritional benefits and dietary needs. In addition to providing meal suggestions, Nutrifix collaborates with delivery partners to facilitate the delivery of these meals. The company also operates a B2B and B2B2C platform, which offers companies a virtual staff canteen and employees a personalized weekly meal plan sourced from local restaurants and catering services. This service allows companies to enhance employee satisfaction through wellness benefits while utilizing anonymized data to shape their overall wellness strategies. Nutrifix combines technology with nutrition to promote healthier eating habits among its users.

Lighter Culture, LLC, based in Somerville, Massachusetts, specializes in a market network platform that focuses on personalized meal preparation and grocery delivery services. Founded in 2014, the company utilizes software to understand individual food preferences, allowing it to create tailored meal plans for households based on their specific goals, tastes, cooking abilities, and schedules. Lighter offers curated grocery delivery in multiple cities, including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Boulder, Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The platform also includes a searchable recipe database designed for various users, such as athletes, health enthusiasts, and busy professionals. Additionally, Lighter collaborates with healthcare providers to promote nutritional advice and facilitate dietary changes for patients through its meal planning technology. This holistic approach aims to bridge the gap between dietary recommendations and actionable meal preparation.

Zoni Foods, Inc., formerly known as Kitchen Table Inc., produces frozen plant-based meal kits and provides its products in stores. The company's products include Coconut Curry Noodles, Sweet Potato Spirals and Zesty Peanut Noodles. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

GrubTubs is dedicated to reconnecting communities with local family farms.

Food For All Technologies, Inc., founded in 2016 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, operates an application designed to connect users with unsold food from local restaurants, effectively addressing food waste. The platform allows eateries to sell leftover meals at discounted prices, making quality food more affordable for consumers while helping restaurants minimize waste. The concept was developed in collaboration with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and gained initial support through a successful Kickstarter campaign. Food For All serves a global market, aiming to create a sustainable solution for both food providers and consumers.

Paerpay is a financial application designed to enhance in-person payment experiences for merchants, particularly in the restaurant industry. By streamlining the payment process, Paerpay addresses the challenges faced by merchants, who can lose significant revenue due to payment friction and non-paying customers. The platform allows users to scan a code at their table to either create a new bill or connect to an existing one, facilitating payment, bill splitting, and tipping with ease. This contactless payment service aims to eliminate the frustrations associated with traditional payment methods, enabling a smoother and more efficient transaction experience for both merchants and their customers.

Rootastes is a workplace lunch service that specializes in providing delicious and nutritionally-balanced meals for corporate environments. The company offers a comprehensive online platform for group catering and individually packaged meals, ensuring convenience for local offices. Rootastes emphasizes the use of fresh, local ingredients sourced from nearby farmers, and features a seasonal menu designed by an in-house chef. By focusing on quality and nutrition, Rootastes aims to enhance the corporate lunch experience for its clients.

Ungrocery connect people over quality food.

Komeeda is a culinary platform designed to connect food enthusiasts with local restaurants through a variety of services, including delivery, catering, cooking classes, and pop-up feasts. The platform facilitates an online marketplace that promotes ethical consumerism by allowing users to support local businesses. Komeeda emphasizes community engagement and offers a significant revenue share to restaurants, ensuring that they retain ownership of their consumer data and benefit from online transactions. In addition to restaurant services, Komeeda provides culinary competitions, food recipes, and cooking methods, fostering direct interaction between chefs and food lovers. This approach not only enriches the dining experience but also enhances the visibility and profitability of local culinary talents.

La Huerta de Elisa is a pioneering Mexican food company that specializes in producing all-natural baby food made from native fruits, vegetables, and grains. The company aims to provide children with proper nutrition by using high-quality Mexican ingredients, ensuring that the food is free from additives such as sugar, modified starch, and chemicals. This approach allows children to enjoy nutritious meals that support their development in a practical and enjoyable manner. La Huerta de Elisa is committed to promoting healthy eating habits from an early age through its carefully crafted products.

QueMesa is a platform for Restaurants Owners to manage and regulate their capacity using promotions. Restaurants can offer better promotions to attract customers during their empty times. This in turn attracts more customers. Their Admin Portal provides real-time statistics and reservation details and allows Owners to update their public Restaurant Profile at any time. There's only one requirement to be on the QueMesa platform: Each restaurant has to offer at LEAST 1 table with a 50% discount per day at any time.

Grub – a UK food company with a unique offering: edible insects. Not long ago, They heard how people all over the world were getting their protein through eating insects, and having less impact on the planet as a result. After a lot of thinking, research, and most importantly, tasting, They decided to start sharing the benefits of entomophagy (that’s ‘insect eating’) with you.

Bitemojo is an e-commerce application that offers self-guided culinary tours, allowing couples and small groups to explore various destinations through their local cuisine. The platform features a selection of local dishes and restaurants, providing users with insights into cultural background and information about the food they encounter. By taking biteTours, travelers not only enjoy tastings but also engage with local chefs and food vendors, enhancing their understanding of the culinary landscape. Additionally, participants can earn biteCredits during their tours, which can be redeemed for complimentary tastings, further enriching their experience.

Whole Heart Provisions operates a vegetarian restaurant that focuses on providing quick and delicious vegan meals. The establishment offers a diverse vegetarian menu featuring simple cooking techniques and emphasizes fresh, gluten-free cuisine. By prioritizing health and affordability, Whole Heart Provisions aims to meet the growing demand for nutritious food options that cater to a plant-based lifestyle.

Well + Happy will be the uk’s first healthy eatery, with a focus on inspiration and food education. With the health and wellness industry currently growing rapidly, Well + Happy will offer a little more than your average healthy cafe…. A menu focusing on healthier alternatives - coupled with insight and education to ensure that customers understand the health and wellness benefits across everything they promote. A healthy diet should also be coupled with a healthy mind, so their brand and eateries will reflect this - fusing good food, with positive vibes.

Precise Portions dishware has all the hard work designed right in, so all you have to do is follow the lines on each plate, bowl and glass. Portion control dishes can also be stylish. Their attractive vine and leaf design helps you to portion the right amounts without alerting anyone else that you are doing so. So you can use Precise Portions dishware for any occasion. Their ultimate goal is to help people eat healthier meals and live healthier lives. By helping people with weight loss and eating right, they’re on their way to achieving that.

Buttery is an alcohol delivery application based in Boston, Massachusetts, that allows consumers to discover, order, and receive a wide range of wines, spirits, and beers from local stores. Users can conveniently browse the extensive catalogs of nearby liquor stores through their smartphones or the web, placing orders with just a few taps. Buttery ensures that customers pay the same prices as in-store, without any markups. The platform serves various neighborhoods in the Boston area, including Beacon Hill, Chinatown, Back Bay, and many others, facilitating easy delivery or in-store pickup of preferred beverages.

Bundy App saves people´s time waiting in lines, by providing a platform that connects university and company cafeterias with clients. It enables users to prepare and order food from smartphones, while empowering cafeterias to take data driven decisions. Bundy offers high-end business intelligence solutions for universities and a point of sale system for cafeterias. They have presence in Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico City, with contracts to open in 40 prestigious campuses in the next 6 months.

Spots is an experiential search platform that connects businesses and customers in real-time. Users want real-time info from businesses (wait time, food special, private party etc). Businesses want to share but lack a dedicated channel to do so. Spots lets business share promotions, specials, events, and alerts to users in real-time. Users get access to the real-time info they want, and businesses can engage with new and returning customers and drive more people through the door. Spots helps users to find what they're looking for and gives business a dedicated channel to engage.

Zero Hour is helps restaurant owners find workforce in less than 5 seconds.

HalalEat operates an on-demand marketplace platform specifically designed for ordering halal food. The platform features a searchable database that includes verified halal menus, allowing users to conveniently order meals online for pick-up or delivery. This service aims to make it easier for Muslim consumers to find and access halal food at affordable prices, ensuring they can enjoy a variety of dining options that meet their dietary needs. By focusing on customer benefits and values, HalalEat seeks to establish itself as the preferred destination for halal food ordering.

Spyce is an innovative restaurant concept established in 2015 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts. It features a fully robotic kitchen that automates the cooking process, combining various kitchen functionalities such as refrigeration, dishwashing, and cooking into a single device. This advanced technology allows Spyce to prepare and serve nutritious meals using fresh ingredients without human intervention. By leveraging automation, Spyce aims to provide affordable and healthy fast food options while maintaining high quality. The company's unique approach lies at the intersection of technology and hospitality, revolutionizing the fast-food industry with its efficient and novel dining experience.

Spyce is an innovative restaurant concept established in 2015 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts. It features a fully robotic kitchen that automates the cooking process, combining various kitchen functionalities such as refrigeration, dishwashing, and cooking into a single device. This advanced technology allows Spyce to prepare and serve nutritious meals using fresh ingredients without human intervention. By leveraging automation, Spyce aims to provide affordable and healthy fast food options while maintaining high quality. The company's unique approach lies at the intersection of technology and hospitality, revolutionizing the fast-food industry with its efficient and novel dining experience.

Grub – a UK food company with a unique offering: edible insects. Not long ago, They heard how people all over the world were getting their protein through eating insects, and having less impact on the planet as a result. After a lot of thinking, research, and most importantly, tasting, They decided to start sharing the benefits of entomophagy (that’s ‘insect eating’) with you.

Easy Pairings empowers restaurants to find staff — faster and cheaper. They make searching and hiring for front-of-house positions (servers, bartenders and hosts) a snap. From fine dining restaurateurs to fast-casual operators, employers get instant, free access to active job seekers — bringing efficiency to the hiring process and drastically reducing time-to-hire. Job seekers receive customized employment opportunities that match their experience, which they can apply to with a single click.

Pronto Technology Limited, established in 2014 and based in Chesham, United Kingdom, offers a catering service through its application that connects users with chefs and restaurants in London. The platform allows customers to order freshly cooked meals for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, emphasizing the use of quality ingredients and home-cooked flavors. Pronto Technology is committed to delivering meals that are not only nutritious but also beneficial for the community and environment, ensuring that all dishes are prepared from scratch without the use of freezers. Users can easily select their desired menu items and track their orders through the application.

Q App is a revolutionary mobile app that allows you to beat the queues in busy hospitality and entertainment venues. Place your order and pay through your smartphone. You’ll be notified when your order is ready to collect. You'll never need to queue again.

Real Food Solutions is launching a line of food products for everyday discomforts like nausea and heartburn. Their 1st product, Anchor Bar, is a nutrition bar that prevents and relieves nausea including motion sickness and morning sickness. The patent-pending bar was formulated by a Harvard-MD based on scientific research that links protein, ginger, and vitamins to nausea relief. Anchor Bar is a practical solution for nausea – healthy, no side-effects, convenient, and easy to eat. It’s just food.

GLP - Great Little Place is your little black book of great little places. Great Little Place offers GLP, an application that enables its users to find and share locations, including bars, restaurants, theatres, museums, galleries, and more. Great Little Place was founded in February 2010 by Rossa Shanks and Rich Brown. It is based in London, England.

Clothbound is a job search, recruiting, and workforce development platform for the most important industry in America - the restaurant industry. The restaurant industry? Yes! Here’s why... Digitization, globalization, and urbanization all contribute to the industry becoming one the largest and most durable employment engines in the country. We can’t eat megabytes of data or go out to eat online, and it’s hard to offshore, outsource or automate restaurant work. Amazon’s rise means traditional ground floor retail is being replaced by restaurants with increased frequency. Data to back this up shows 10% of employable people in the US work in the industry. Restaurants now account for 50% of every food dollar spent. 2015 will be the first year restaurant spending exceeds grocery spending. We’ve built a 2-sided, mobile marketplace where restaurants can directly access, search, and recruit candidates. Candidates can create professional profiles, view jobs, assess quality of employers, interact with hirers, and apply for positions or be recruited by our restaurants through the platform. Successful restaurant employment and hiring prioritizes personality and soft skill before experience and technical ability. We inverted the traditional resume to create candidate profiles focusing on personality, interest, and preferred work environment followed by work experience and education. Restaurants in turn answer what is compelling about working for them before adding key information about position, location, etc. We’ve then built an intuitive system to power automated matching of candidates and employers. Clothbound users can tell the app exactly what they are looking for in their next job/employee, instantly view the results, take their desired action, and save the search to receive automatic updates as new matches become available. For restaurants, Clothbound reduces the time and cost to hire, and leads to better job fit and reduced turnover. For candidates, Clothbound provides a simple, yet powerful tool for finding the right restaurant job and getting hired.

Nix86, Inc. operates a cloud-based ordering platform designed specifically for the foodservice industry, catering to restaurants and foodservice distributors. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, the company aims to enhance efficiency in the ordering and fulfillment processes. By integrating the interests of both restaurants and distributors, Nix86 eliminates the need for traditional, time-consuming methods such as phone calls, emails, and paper-based orders. This innovative platform allows managers to place orders and manage vendor relationships using a single application, accessible anytime and anywhere via tablets or smartphones. Nix86's solution not only simplifies the supply chain management but also significantly reduces the time and costs associated with the ordering process for both parties.

A healthy lifestyle is extremely important and something many strive for on a daily basis. High quality options are limited, especially during the work week or when trying to meet your family's needs. We decided to change that. Our driving force is #dontslowdownforfood. At Feed Me Pronto, we carry quality grab and go meals created by a chef whose passion is nutrition and career has encompassed award winning prepared food. We also provide hundreds of snacks for adults and kids, have amazing self-serve beverage options and carry eco-friendly sundries for urban city dwellers. And all of this lives in a unique eco-friendly retail enviornment.

SixPlus is an online platform that simplifies the process of finding and booking private and semi-private venues for group events, catering to corporate event planners and individuals. The service allows users to browse a selection of venues, manage bookings, contracts, and communication in one convenient location. Clients can utilize SixPlus for a variety of gatherings, including board dinners, team lunches, and holiday parties, across major cities such as New York, Washington DC, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago. By facilitating reservations for groups of six or more, SixPlus streamlines the event planning process, making it easier for users to build proposals and secure the ideal venue for their needs.

ZOOS is a Boston-based company founded in 2012, specializing in the food and beverage sector. The company focuses on offering all-natural, low-calorie beverages that are both healthy and flavorful. One of its key products is a caffeine-free herbal iced tea made from Sideritis, a flowering plant known for its refreshing properties and antioxidants. ZOOS aims to provide consumers with delicious alternatives that promote wellness without compromising taste.

ChopChopKids is an innovative non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire and teach children and families to cook real food together. We believe that cooking and eating together as a family is a vital step in resolving the obesity and hunger epidemics.

Easily makes it easier for busy professionals to live healthier lives with greater work-life balance. They deliver ready-to-cook meal kits with all the ingredients and recipes for a home-cooked meal. They partner with employers to deliver these meal kits directly to their employees at the office, so they can grab them on their way home and cook a tasty dinner without ever having to go to the grocery store. Employers can encourage health and work-life balance by providing this employee perk for free.

Distinc.tt is like Grindr meets foursquare. It helps people discover “gay gems” in a city and connect in real life. Distinc.tt uses a proprietary recommendation engine fed by usage and historical data to rank the 15m places in foursquare's database based on gay people’s propensity to be there at any given time. The app then helps users connect/identify other gay people at those places.

Distinc.tt is like Grindr meets foursquare. It helps people discover “gay gems” in a city and connect in real life. Distinc.tt uses a proprietary recommendation engine fed by usage and historical data to rank the 15m places in foursquare's database based on gay people’s propensity to be there at any given time. The app then helps users connect/identify other gay people at those places.

GG's Original is a manufacturer of Gluten-Free gourmet potato pancakes and bakery items for retail and food service organizations.

TableZest introduces dynamic pricing to the restaurant industry (i.e. minimum spend required on highly sought-after tables). In doing so, they offer Their paying members last-minute premium reservations on peak nights. On off-peak nights, they help fill spare capacity by providing dining perks to members (i.e. incentives to visit the restaurant). They handpick each restaurant creating a curated marketplace that celebrates restaurant success. they are a win-win for both restaurants goers and owners alike.

RaceMenu helps event organizers manage, promote and grow events more efficiently with event registration and analytics software and mobile payments technology.

Sabi is the first ever fast-casual concept to provide fully customizable, restaurant quality.

TurnStar is changing the way we wait. Turn waiting into an opportunity to communicate with your customers. Customers can join the list from anywhere and businesses can ditch the pricey pagers.

Kigo Kitchen is a Seattle-based food and beverage company that specializes in offering nutritious, east-meets-west cuisine. The restaurant chain serves wok-fired rice and noodle bowls, providing fresh meals for lunch and dinner at affordable prices, typically under $10. Kigo Kitchen emphasizes bold, handmade sauces and takes dietary restrictions into account, ensuring a variety of options for customers. In addition to dine-in service, the company also offers online ordering and delivery, enhancing accessibility for its patrons. Currently, Kigo Kitchen operates a licensed location at the Curry Center at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.