Food-X

Recognized by Fast Company as one of the world’s ten most innovative companies in food, FOOD-X is the #1 Food Innovation Accelerator in the world. They help food entrepreneurs bring their products and services to market at super speed. Food-X partners with early stage companies from across the food supply chain, from food tech to food as medicine. A member of SOSV, the Accelerator VC, a global fund with over $625M assets under management and a staff of over 100 operating world-renowned accelerators in the areas of hardware, software, biology, food, robotics, medical devices, transportation, green energy, blockchain, and beyond.

Paul Monaghan

Analyst

Past deals in Beverages

Abbys Better

Convertible Note in 2021
Abby’s Better Nut Butter offers healthy sweet, whether on toast, fruit, or by the spoonful.

Living Food

Seed Round in 2020
Living Food is a packaged food and beverage brand focused on providing fresh, clean, and credible food options. The company offers a diverse range of products, including bread, dressings, dips, pasta, and juices, all designed to be healthy and preservative-free. By sourcing ingredients directly from local farmers, bakers, brewers, chefs, and artisans, Living Food ensures that its offerings are not only nutritious but also sustainable and chemical-free. This approach supports local economies and promotes environmental responsibility, allowing customers to enjoy delicious food while contributing positively to the planet.

Rambuhealth

Seed Round in 2020
Rambuhealth specializes in producing a natural antioxidant ingredient derived from the exotic rambutan fruit. This ingredient is designed to be incorporated into beverages, aiming to prevent diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and hypertension while promoting overall health and well-being. By utilizing this environmentally friendly extraction process, Rambuhealth offers consumers a functional product that not only helps regulate blood sugar levels but also provides energy and assists in muscle recovery after exercise. The company's focus on affordability ensures that these health benefits are accessible to a wider audience, contributing positively to quality of life.

Get Bizzy

Convertible Note in 2020
Alex and Andrew started Bizzy with one goal in mind, to create the highest quality and most convenient products on the market.Their passion for cold brew coffee started years ago after graduating from college. At the time, both had corporate jobs, were training for a 24-hour obstacle race, and were running a group fitness company. Because of their busy schedules and drive to succeed, sleep became less important to them. In order to be their best, they needed something that could give them a quick jolt of energy. At first, they would drink anything that would keep them awake. As former college students, they started with what they knew - energy drinks. They quickly found that this was an extremely unhealthy option and one that would leave them with a hard crash once the sugar wore off. As they looked further into what was actually in these products they were disgusted at the amount of sugar and synthetic ingredients they were consuming. So, like any corporate employee would do, they turned to their trusty friend, coffee. Every morning they would wake up 15 minutes early just to brew a pot of drip coffee, but just like everything else they tried, it had several drawbacks. The coffee took way too long to brew, produced a terrible tasting product, and wasn't convenient to take with them. Three things that in their mind were unacceptable. In the summer of 2012 they stumbled upon cold brew coffee. It fulfilled all of their requirements for the perfect source of energy, it was natural, sugar-free, and simple, but there was one very significant drawback, it wasn't at all convenient. To make it on their own took them 24 hours and if they wanted to buy it they had to wait in-line at a coffee shop. Over the next several years their love for cold brew grew, and so did their frustration with its lack of convenience and availability. They spent the next 2-years researching a way to create the highest quality product, in the most convenient way, and in 2015 they launched Bizzy - the healthiest and most convenient coffee on the market.

Living Food

Convertible Note in 2020
Living Food is a packaged food and beverage brand focused on providing fresh, clean, and credible food options. The company offers a diverse range of products, including bread, dressings, dips, pasta, and juices, all designed to be healthy and preservative-free. By sourcing ingredients directly from local farmers, bakers, brewers, chefs, and artisans, Living Food ensures that its offerings are not only nutritious but also sustainable and chemical-free. This approach supports local economies and promotes environmental responsibility, allowing customers to enjoy delicious food while contributing positively to the planet.

Millennia TEA

Seed Round in 2019
Millennia TEA, founded in 2016 and based in Saint John, Canada, specializes in the production and sale of a unique category of tea known as Fresh-leaf. The company aims to promote clarity, focus, energy, and overall well-being through its offerings. By providing the freshest and most nutrient-rich teas, Millennia TEA is dedicated to helping customers achieve a healthier and happier lifestyle. The products are available for purchase through physical stores and online platforms, ensuring accessibility for a wide audience.

YoFiit

Seed Round in 2019
YoFiit is a food and beverage company dedicated to providing customers with plant-based nutrition. It creates a range of products in different key categories that offer consumers with possible solutions in said categories.

Hidden Gems

Seed Round in 2019
Hidden Gems is a beverage company that offers Reveal, a first and only avocado seed beverage. The company's mission is to create beautiful, environmentally safe, and socially responsible upcycled products by discovering the hidden value in the food people would normally call trash. Hidden gems aims to reduce food waste, continue to create and support sustainable systems for sustainable living. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

YoFiit

Convertible Note in 2019
YoFiit is a food and beverage company dedicated to providing customers with plant-based nutrition. It creates a range of products in different key categories that offer consumers with possible solutions in said categories.

Hidden Gems

Convertible Note in 2019
Hidden Gems is a beverage company that offers Reveal, a first and only avocado seed beverage. The company's mission is to create beautiful, environmentally safe, and socially responsible upcycled products by discovering the hidden value in the food people would normally call trash. Hidden gems aims to reduce food waste, continue to create and support sustainable systems for sustainable living. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

True Made Foods

Series A in 2019
True Made Foods, Inc. specializes in producing vegetable-based sauces and ketchups, aiming to enhance the nutritional value of traditional American condiments. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, with manufacturing facilities in Henderson, North Carolina, the company focuses on infusing fresh vegetables into its products while significantly reducing sugar content. Their offerings include popular sauces such as ketchup, BBQ sauce, and sriracha, transforming these typically high-calorie items into nutrient-dense alternatives suitable for health-conscious consumers. True Made Foods markets its products through a network of supermarkets and online retailers, making them accessible to a wide audience.

Bevv.com

Seed Round in 2019
Bevv allows brewers and cideries to sell directly to the consumer and lets the producer have an online beer/cider presence. Bevv helps you reach new beer and cider enthusiasts outside of your distribution channels. Think of Bevv as a NEW sales channel alongside your current ones. If you are selling beer/cider to-go why wouldn't you use Bevv.com? It's the same process.

Get Bizzy

Convertible Note in 2019
Alex and Andrew started Bizzy with one goal in mind, to create the highest quality and most convenient products on the market.Their passion for cold brew coffee started years ago after graduating from college. At the time, both had corporate jobs, were training for a 24-hour obstacle race, and were running a group fitness company. Because of their busy schedules and drive to succeed, sleep became less important to them. In order to be their best, they needed something that could give them a quick jolt of energy. At first, they would drink anything that would keep them awake. As former college students, they started with what they knew - energy drinks. They quickly found that this was an extremely unhealthy option and one that would leave them with a hard crash once the sugar wore off. As they looked further into what was actually in these products they were disgusted at the amount of sugar and synthetic ingredients they were consuming. So, like any corporate employee would do, they turned to their trusty friend, coffee. Every morning they would wake up 15 minutes early just to brew a pot of drip coffee, but just like everything else they tried, it had several drawbacks. The coffee took way too long to brew, produced a terrible tasting product, and wasn't convenient to take with them. Three things that in their mind were unacceptable. In the summer of 2012 they stumbled upon cold brew coffee. It fulfilled all of their requirements for the perfect source of energy, it was natural, sugar-free, and simple, but there was one very significant drawback, it wasn't at all convenient. To make it on their own took them 24 hours and if they wanted to buy it they had to wait in-line at a coffee shop. Over the next several years their love for cold brew grew, and so did their frustration with its lack of convenience and availability. They spent the next 2-years researching a way to create the highest quality product, in the most convenient way, and in 2015 they launched Bizzy - the healthiest and most convenient coffee on the market.

Protes

Convertible Note in 2019
Protes, founded in 2013 and based in Brooklyn, New York, specializes in producing protein snacks, specifically low-calorie vegan chips. These chips are available in four flavors: spicy chili lime, tangy southern BBQ, toasted coconut, and zesty nacho. Protes markets its products through an online platform and retail stores, positioning itself as a healthier alternative to traditional protein bars and shakes. The snacks are not only rich in protein but also gluten-free, catering to consumers looking for tasty and nutritious food options that support a balanced diet.

Kojo

Seed Round in 2019
Mindwell Snacks LLC produces plant based vegan jerky. The company also provides vegan recipes. Mindwell Snacks LLC was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Uplift Food

Seed Round in 2019
Uplift Food is a snacking company that specializes in the fields of prebiotics, gut health, and healthy snack foods. Uplift Food focuses exclusively on the mood supportive benefits of gut-healthy prebiotic fibers and resistant starches. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Tru

Seed Round in 2019
TRU, Inc. manufactures energy shots infused with vitamins, electrolytes, and antioxidants for athletes. It offers energy shots in various flavors including, electric mango, nootropic thunder, sour strawberry, recovery berry, and pineapple express under try energy, tru focus, tru power, and tru rescue brands. The company also manufactures caps under tru and Drinktru brands. It sells its products through its online portal. TRU, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Natick, Massachusetts.

Paragon Pure

Seed Round in 2019
Paragon Flavors is a food company based in USA.

Mushroom Cups

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Mushroom Cups d.o.o. is a company based in Solin, Croatia, specializing in the production of organic coffee infused with mushrooms. Founded in 2016, it offers two primary instant coffee blends, Go Sharp and Go Fresh, designed to enhance the coffee experience while reducing typical side effects associated with caffeine. The company employs a process that includes harvesting, drying, grinding, mixing, and extracting to create its unique products. Mushroom Cups aims to provide consumers with a beverage that not only boosts energy and productivity but also supports mental performance and overall wellness through the incorporation of super-food mushroom extracts. Additionally, the company's products are available for purchase online, expanding their reach to health-conscious coffee drinkers.

Naughty Noah's

Seed Round in 2018
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Vitox

Seed Round in 2018
Vitox is a Los Angeles-based company that specializes in the production and distribution of naturally fermented apple cider vinegar. The company offers a variety of flavored options, including pineapple, lemon ginger, and grapefruit, to cater to diverse consumer preferences. Vitox's products are designed to improve digestive health, enhance metabolic function, and aid in weight loss. They are low-calorie, shelf-stable beverages made from 100% fruit, which combine the benefits of apple cider vinegar and kombucha. These beverages aim to support a healthy immune system, relieve muscle pain after workouts, and help detoxify the body, making them a beneficial addition to consumers' daily routines.

Uplift Food

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Uplift Food is a snacking company that specializes in the fields of prebiotics, gut health, and healthy snack foods. Uplift Food focuses exclusively on the mood supportive benefits of gut-healthy prebiotic fibers and resistant starches. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Green Blender

Seed Round in 2018
Green Blender is a smoothie delivery service. Each week, our members receive a smoothie box with original smoothie recipes, and all the pre-portioned ingredients and superfoods to make premium smoothies at home. Green Blender believes that to live a sustainably healthy lifestyle you have to indulge in your health, and do things that you love. Green Blender makes it fun and easy to start your day with a healthy decision.

Get Bizzy

Seed Round in 2017
Alex and Andrew started Bizzy with one goal in mind, to create the highest quality and most convenient products on the market.Their passion for cold brew coffee started years ago after graduating from college. At the time, both had corporate jobs, were training for a 24-hour obstacle race, and were running a group fitness company. Because of their busy schedules and drive to succeed, sleep became less important to them. In order to be their best, they needed something that could give them a quick jolt of energy. At first, they would drink anything that would keep them awake. As former college students, they started with what they knew - energy drinks. They quickly found that this was an extremely unhealthy option and one that would leave them with a hard crash once the sugar wore off. As they looked further into what was actually in these products they were disgusted at the amount of sugar and synthetic ingredients they were consuming. So, like any corporate employee would do, they turned to their trusty friend, coffee. Every morning they would wake up 15 minutes early just to brew a pot of drip coffee, but just like everything else they tried, it had several drawbacks. The coffee took way too long to brew, produced a terrible tasting product, and wasn't convenient to take with them. Three things that in their mind were unacceptable. In the summer of 2012 they stumbled upon cold brew coffee. It fulfilled all of their requirements for the perfect source of energy, it was natural, sugar-free, and simple, but there was one very significant drawback, it wasn't at all convenient. To make it on their own took them 24 hours and if they wanted to buy it they had to wait in-line at a coffee shop. Over the next several years their love for cold brew grew, and so did their frustration with its lack of convenience and availability. They spent the next 2-years researching a way to create the highest quality product, in the most convenient way, and in 2015 they launched Bizzy - the healthiest and most convenient coffee on the market.

Abbys Better

Seed Round in 2017
Abby’s Better Nut Butter offers healthy sweet, whether on toast, fruit, or by the spoonful.

Lecker Labs Limited

Angel Round in 2017
Lecker Labs created fully automatic yogurt maker Yomee. Yomee from Lecker Labs is like Kuerig - it makes personalized yogurt at home.

All Beauty

Convertible Note in 2017
All Beauty® Water is a skincare drink® formulated to help hydrate and nourish you skin. Their mission is to change the beauty conversation and make it about beauty from within– what you put into your body will affect your skin, not just what you put on topically. Proper hydration and nutrition impact how our skin health, yet most of us are likely not getting the proper amounts of water and nutrients in any given day.

Rise

Seed Round in 2017
Rise Products, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in upcycling spent barley from microbreweries into a nutritious alternative flour. Founded in 2016, Rise creates flour with significantly higher protein and fiber content compared to traditional flour, while being lower in calories and carbohydrates. Utilizing a patent-pending dehydration and milling technology, the company transforms barley mash into a completely natural product without additives. This innovative approach not only addresses the growing demand for sustainable food ingredients but also offers bakers, chefs, and food manufacturers a versatile ingredient that can be used in various applications, from cookies to pasta. By collaborating with culinary professionals, Rise aims to develop new recipes that promote health and sustainability in the food industry.

FruitCubed

Pre Seed Round in 2017
FruitCubed is a food company tacking food waste and turning it into something delicious and nutritious for people who need it most. It produces fruit-based flavored stock cubes created to help individuals to gain nutritious benefit of fruits and vegetables. The company's fruit-based flavored stock cubes are made from wasted and over-ripe fruits and vegetables that can be refrigerated and consumed for nutritional and refreshment purposes, enabling people to gain nutritious benefit of fruits and vegetables. FruitCubed was founded in year 2015 and is based in Cork, Ireland.

Dollop Gourmet

Seed Round in 2017
Dollop Gourmet, Inc produces and sells frosting spreads. The company offers hot chocolate, Madagascar vanilla, peanut butter, and sea salted caramel frosting spreads; and tees. It offers its products through local stores, as well as online. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Rochester, New York.

All Beauty

Pre Seed Round in 2017
All Beauty® Water is a skincare drink® formulated to help hydrate and nourish you skin. Their mission is to change the beauty conversation and make it about beauty from within– what you put into your body will affect your skin, not just what you put on topically. Proper hydration and nutrition impact how our skin health, yet most of us are likely not getting the proper amounts of water and nutrients in any given day.

Dollop Gourmet

Convertible Note in 2017
Dollop Gourmet, Inc produces and sells frosting spreads. The company offers hot chocolate, Madagascar vanilla, peanut butter, and sea salted caramel frosting spreads; and tees. It offers its products through local stores, as well as online. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Rochester, New York.

Rise

Convertible Note in 2017
Rise Products, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in upcycling spent barley from microbreweries into a nutritious alternative flour. Founded in 2016, Rise creates flour with significantly higher protein and fiber content compared to traditional flour, while being lower in calories and carbohydrates. Utilizing a patent-pending dehydration and milling technology, the company transforms barley mash into a completely natural product without additives. This innovative approach not only addresses the growing demand for sustainable food ingredients but also offers bakers, chefs, and food manufacturers a versatile ingredient that can be used in various applications, from cookies to pasta. By collaborating with culinary professionals, Rise aims to develop new recipes that promote health and sustainability in the food industry.

FruitCubed

Convertible Note in 2017
FruitCubed is a food company tacking food waste and turning it into something delicious and nutritious for people who need it most. It produces fruit-based flavored stock cubes created to help individuals to gain nutritious benefit of fruits and vegetables. The company's fruit-based flavored stock cubes are made from wasted and over-ripe fruits and vegetables that can be refrigerated and consumed for nutritional and refreshment purposes, enabling people to gain nutritious benefit of fruits and vegetables. FruitCubed was founded in year 2015 and is based in Cork, Ireland.

Green Blender

Seed Round in 2016
Green Blender is a smoothie delivery service. Each week, our members receive a smoothie box with original smoothie recipes, and all the pre-portioned ingredients and superfoods to make premium smoothies at home. Green Blender believes that to live a sustainably healthy lifestyle you have to indulge in your health, and do things that you love. Green Blender makes it fun and easy to start your day with a healthy decision.

Protes

Seed Round in 2016
Protes, founded in 2013 and based in Brooklyn, New York, specializes in producing protein snacks, specifically low-calorie vegan chips. These chips are available in four flavors: spicy chili lime, tangy southern BBQ, toasted coconut, and zesty nacho. Protes markets its products through an online platform and retail stores, positioning itself as a healthier alternative to traditional protein bars and shakes. The snacks are not only rich in protein but also gluten-free, catering to consumers looking for tasty and nutritious food options that support a balanced diet.

Barley + Oats

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Barley + Oats Inc. prepares and delivers nutrition meals, and sweets and snacks to support female health in the United States. The company offers various meal packages that consist of granolas, cookies, thumbprints, teas, herbal coffees, grahams, and broths. Its products support female health in the areas of fertility, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and hormone balance. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Buffalo, New York.

Wine Sherpa

Seed Round in 2016
Wine Sherpa is a mobile tool that personalizes and simplifies wine shopping and enhances wine enjoyment. Each user is paired with a live wine expert who makes recommendations, receives feedback, answers questions and curates orders. This one on one service ensures that purchases are tailored to the user's preferences, getting better wine in their glass. Orders are filled at local wine shops an can be conveniently picked up or delivered.

Crema

Seed Round in 2015
Crema is the new digital loyalty program for coffee shops. They are providing Starbucks Coffee Technology to small independent Coffee Shops. The app gives the ability to buy monthly coffee plans redeemable at the best coffee shops in town. Ww reward the users when they use the app, and users can earn Crema Points each time they order a new Coffee. They are changing the way people drink their coffee ! Crema is a marketing tool and a payment solution !

Tru

Seed Round in 2015
TRU, Inc. manufactures energy shots infused with vitamins, electrolytes, and antioxidants for athletes. It offers energy shots in various flavors including, electric mango, nootropic thunder, sour strawberry, recovery berry, and pineapple express under try energy, tru focus, tru power, and tru rescue brands. The company also manufactures caps under tru and Drinktru brands. It sells its products through its online portal. TRU, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Natick, Massachusetts.

Get Bizzy

Seed Round in 2015
Alex and Andrew started Bizzy with one goal in mind, to create the highest quality and most convenient products on the market.Their passion for cold brew coffee started years ago after graduating from college. At the time, both had corporate jobs, were training for a 24-hour obstacle race, and were running a group fitness company. Because of their busy schedules and drive to succeed, sleep became less important to them. In order to be their best, they needed something that could give them a quick jolt of energy. At first, they would drink anything that would keep them awake. As former college students, they started with what they knew - energy drinks. They quickly found that this was an extremely unhealthy option and one that would leave them with a hard crash once the sugar wore off. As they looked further into what was actually in these products they were disgusted at the amount of sugar and synthetic ingredients they were consuming. So, like any corporate employee would do, they turned to their trusty friend, coffee. Every morning they would wake up 15 minutes early just to brew a pot of drip coffee, but just like everything else they tried, it had several drawbacks. The coffee took way too long to brew, produced a terrible tasting product, and wasn't convenient to take with them. Three things that in their mind were unacceptable. In the summer of 2012 they stumbled upon cold brew coffee. It fulfilled all of their requirements for the perfect source of energy, it was natural, sugar-free, and simple, but there was one very significant drawback, it wasn't at all convenient. To make it on their own took them 24 hours and if they wanted to buy it they had to wait in-line at a coffee shop. Over the next several years their love for cold brew grew, and so did their frustration with its lack of convenience and availability. They spent the next 2-years researching a way to create the highest quality product, in the most convenient way, and in 2015 they launched Bizzy - the healthiest and most convenient coffee on the market.

ChugaChaga

Seed Round in 2015
ChugaChaga Inc. is a producer of all-natural teas made with 100% wild-crafted chaga, a medicinal mushroom known for its immune-boosting and antioxidant properties. Founded in 2014 and located in Huguenot, New York, the company offers its tea products in a variety of flavors, including original, peach, mint maple, and cherry vanilla. In addition to tea, ChugaChaga also sells branded merchandise such as T-shirts through its online platform. The company's mission is to promote a healthier diet by providing high-quality, organic products that nourish the body while appealing to consumers' taste preferences.

Green Blender

Seed Round in 2015
Green Blender is a smoothie delivery service. Each week, our members receive a smoothie box with original smoothie recipes, and all the pre-portioned ingredients and superfoods to make premium smoothies at home. Green Blender believes that to live a sustainably healthy lifestyle you have to indulge in your health, and do things that you love. Green Blender makes it fun and easy to start your day with a healthy decision.

UGo Smoothies

Seed Round in 2015
The UGo machine will be an automated smoothie store; with low overhead and space requirements, it can go almost anywhere. By building the first automated vending machine that blends frozen fruits and vegetables into custom smoothies, UGo is creating an easier way for people to be healthy.

Green Blender

Seed Round in 2014
Green Blender is a smoothie delivery service. Each week, our members receive a smoothie box with original smoothie recipes, and all the pre-portioned ingredients and superfoods to make premium smoothies at home. Green Blender believes that to live a sustainably healthy lifestyle you have to indulge in your health, and do things that you love. Green Blender makes it fun and easy to start your day with a healthy decision.