SOUS is a technology startup that provides a comprehensive digital commerce platform specifically designed for chefs, restaurants, and independent food and beverage (F&B) entrepreneurs. It operates as a vertical SaaS platform, delivering software solutions tailored to the unique needs of food businesses
Enhanced Medical Nutrition
Series A in 2025
Enhanced Medical Nutrition specializes in the development of medical food products aimed at improving patient outcomes related to surgery. The company focuses on research, development, and distribution of evidence-based clinical nutrition specifically designed for the perioperative setting. Their products assist in rehabilitation, promote wound healing, and manage the protein needs of individuals who are ill and aging. By utilizing their innovative medical foods, Enhanced Medical Nutrition enables patients to reduce postoperative insulin resistance and enhance overall health during recovery periods.
Orbisk is a developer of fully automated food waste monitoring equipment aimed at enhancing sustainability within the food service industry. The company's innovative solution includes a smart camera equipped with an artificial intelligence image recognition algorithm that identifies food ingredients from images. By integrating this technology into waste bins, Orbisk enables hospitality organizations to gain comprehensive insights into their food waste, quantifying large volumes of discarded food. This data-driven approach allows restaurants to identify inefficiencies in their food-providing processes, facilitating significant reductions in food waste and contributing to improved sustainability and profitability.
BE WTR specializes in advanced water taps for businesses, offering still or sparkling water, heated or chilled options, along with integrated BRITA filtration.
TeOra is an innovative biotechnology company focused on transforming the food production industry by eliminating losses caused by diseases and reducing reliance on harmful chemicals and pesticides. The company recognizes the adverse effects these substances have on human health and the environment, prompting the development of safe, natural, and sustainable biologics. Utilizing its advanced SOLAQ platform, TeOra employs bioinformatics, synthetic biology, precision fermentation, and material science to create biologics. Targeting the aquaculture market, which is valued at $280 billion and experiences significant disease-related losses, TeOra's flagship product, ShrimpGuard, offers a clinically validated solution to combat viral diseases in shrimp. This product integrates seamlessly into existing farming practices, providing a substantial reduction in disease risk for a modest increase in costs. TeOra's technology has the potential to revolutionize food production by managing infections in both plants and animals, thereby promoting efficient and healthy food systems while tapping into a market potential of $193 billion.
Bitewell
Seed Round in 2024
Bitewell is a pioneering startup dedicated to enhancing global health through personalized nutrition. It has developed the FoodHealth Score, an innovative metric that assesses food's impact on health, aiming to reach over 20 million Americans by Q1 of next year. This score will be visible in major grocery stores, restaurant chains, and healthcare providers, making informed dietary choices more accessible.
CarobWay specializes in the cultivation, production, storage, delivery, trading, and extraction of carob fruit for food industries. The company operates in food tech and agritech with a focus on sustainable, advanced agriculture and fair-trade returns to growers. It cultivates locally grown carob trees to support product development, leveraging know-how to grow trees intensively and efficiently and to optimize the cultivation process from seedling to harvest. By employing refined irrigation and mechanical harvesting, CarobWay aims to reduce labor requirements and provide conventional carob-based products to customers along the supply chain.
Mondra is a technology company dedicated to unlocking the environmental impact of global supply chains. It combines satellite data, deep tech, big data, AI, and machine learning with scientific research to provide accurate, real-time insights into food systems' carbon footprint. Mondra's platform enables producers to benchmark products against industry averages, identify reduction opportunities, and earn rewards for eco-friendly practices.
Una Health
Seed Round in 2024
Una Health employs mobile technology, biosensors, AI, and behavioral science to deliver algorithm-based digital therapy. It aims to reverse metabolic dysfunction by providing real-time blood glucose insights, personalized metabolic profiles, and lifestyle recommendations.
The Mediterranean Food Lab
Series A in 2024
The Mediterranean Food Lab specializes in producing natural flavor bases for plant-based meat products using solid-state fermentation. Their flavors are derived from healthful raw materials like grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, which are rich in amino acids, minerals, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory compounds.
Kern Tec specializes in transforming stone fruit pits from cherries, apricots, and plums into high-quality products. Their refined kernels are used as sustainable ingredients in baking, cosmetics, fertilizers, biomass, and food supplements industries.
The Mediterranean Food Lab
Series A in 2023
The Mediterranean Food Lab specializes in producing natural flavor bases for plant-based meat products using solid-state fermentation. Their flavors are derived from healthful raw materials like grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, which are rich in amino acids, minerals, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory compounds.
Win-Win is a fermentation food tech company specializing in creating delicious, harm-free, and guilt-free alternative ingredients. Their products aim to be better for both the planet and its people.
Hyperplan
Seed Round in 2023
Hyperplan is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company focused on supporting industrial organizations in managing the complexities and unpredictability of crop production. The company offers a real-time software platform designed for crop and harvest management across various types of crops. Its application suite facilitates informed decision-making throughout the agri-food chain by providing data management, collaboration tools, and advanced statistical capabilities. This enables users to centralize and visualize business data, utilize sophisticated algorithms for statistical analysis, and implement stochastic optimization. Hyperplan's solutions aim to help farmers, vendors, and industrialists effectively measure, control, and reduce the environmental impact of their supply chains while enhancing operational resilience amid uncertainties and challenges.
Orbisk is a developer of fully automated food waste monitoring equipment aimed at enhancing sustainability within the food service industry. The company's innovative solution includes a smart camera equipped with an artificial intelligence image recognition algorithm that identifies food ingredients from images. By integrating this technology into waste bins, Orbisk enables hospitality organizations to gain comprehensive insights into their food waste, quantifying large volumes of discarded food. This data-driven approach allows restaurants to identify inefficiencies in their food-providing processes, facilitating significant reductions in food waste and contributing to improved sustainability and profitability.
Myconeos
Seed Round in 2022
Myconeos Limited is a fungal biotechnology company specializing in the breeding of new strains of fungi for diverse applications, including food production, bio-remediation, and enzyme generation. The company has made significant advancements in the understanding of Penicillium roqueforti, a key fungal starter culture used in blue cheese production, by uncovering its sexual reproduction cycle and optimizing conditions for it. Myconeos has developed over 120 new fungal strains, collaborating with cheese producers to identify the best strains for blue cheese manufacturing. This has led to the introduction of Mycoforti®, a novel range of starter cultures that marks a first in the industry, particularly in the UK market. These unique cultures are expected to revitalize the blue cheese category, which has seen limited innovation for years. Myconeos continues to explore additional research avenues in fungal food cultures and related fields, positioning itself as a key player in the biotechnology sector.
Vow Foods is a company that specializes in producing cultivated exotic meat through lab-based methods. By utilizing animal cells rather than traditional livestock, Vow aims to create sustainable and ethical meat alternatives. The process involves harvesting animal cells via biopsy and growing them in a nutrient-rich medium, which allows for the development of a diverse range of meat products. This innovative approach not only provides consumers, restaurants, and chefs with nutritious and flavorful options but also reduces reliance on natural resources typically used in conventional meat production.
Forsea Foods
Seed Round in 2022
Forsea is a cultivated meat company with proprietary, breakthrough technology to produce fish and seafood in a very similar way to nature.
Delicious Data
Seed Round in 2022
Delicious Data is a software-as-a-service company that uses artificial intelligence to forecast merchandise sales in the hospitality sector. Its demand forecasting platform combines historical sales data with external factors to generate planning guidance for purchasing and daily production in the coming weeks, helping kitchens optimize procurement, reduce waste, and lower costs. The solution serves universities, malls, company canteens, cafeterias, restaurants, hospitals and catering services, providing clearer inventory planning and sustainability benefits. Founded in 2017 and based in Garching bei Munchen, Germany, Delicious Data focuses on turning data into actionable insights for more predictable operations.
Rival Foods
Series A in 2022
Rival Foods specializes in producing plant-based alternatives to traditional protein sources like meat and fish. Their culinary whole-cuts are designed to maintain the taste, texture, and experience of animal-based products without compromising on values.
Standing Ovation
Series A in 2022
Standing Ovation specializes in developing vegan cheese alternatives that closely mimic the taste and texture of traditional dairy cheese. The company employs scientific methods to create animal-free and environmentally friendly cheese products, utilizing protein-producing microbes that are fed with plant-based sugars in a fermentation process reminiscent of traditional cheesemaking. This innovative approach not only offers a healthier option for consumers but also aligns with the growing demand for sustainable and plant-based food choices.
InsideTracker
Series B in 2022
InsideTracker is a personalized health analytics company founded by experts from MIT, Harvard, and Tufts University. The company offers a platform that analyzes key biochemical and physiological markers to provide users with insights into their health. By utilizing advanced algorithms and extensive scientific databases, InsideTracker identifies optimal ranges for these markers and generates customized recommendations for lifestyle and nutrition interventions. This approach empowers individuals to manage their health proactively, with a focus on enhancing vitality, improving performance, and potentially extending life. The platform synthesizes complex scientific findings into actionable insights, enabling users to make informed decisions about their well-being and optimize their overall health.
Neolithics
Seed Round in 2022
Neolithics develops an automated crop inspection and quality-control platform for fresh produce. The software and related automation solutions detect, classify and sort crops using artificial intelligence and provide transparent, digital inventory recording to reduce manual quality control and sorting costs. By increasing visibility and automation across the supply chain, Neolithics aims to maximize utilization, reduce waste, lower distribution costs and enhance food safety.
Imagindairy
Seed Round in 2022
Imagindairy is a producer of animal-free dairy proteins, committed to delivering sustainable and healthy alternatives to traditional dairy products. The company utilizes advanced technologies, including synthetic biology, to maximize the production of milk proteins. By focusing on innovation, Imagindairy develops a range of protein-based dairy goods that are not only nutritious and flavorful but also designed to be affordable for consumers. Through its efforts, the company aims to provide viable alternatives to animal-derived products, contributing to a more sustainable food system.
InsideTracker
Series A in 2022
InsideTracker is a personalized health analytics company founded by experts from MIT, Harvard, and Tufts University. The company offers a platform that analyzes key biochemical and physiological markers to provide users with insights into their health. By utilizing advanced algorithms and extensive scientific databases, InsideTracker identifies optimal ranges for these markers and generates customized recommendations for lifestyle and nutrition interventions. This approach empowers individuals to manage their health proactively, with a focus on enhancing vitality, improving performance, and potentially extending life. The platform synthesizes complex scientific findings into actionable insights, enabling users to make informed decisions about their well-being and optimize their overall health.
Myota is a London-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in developing fiber-based microbiome interventions aimed at treating and preventing chronic diseases. The company produces microbiome-based fiber mixes designed to enhance gut health. By leveraging advanced technologies such as machine learning, microbiome sequencing, and analytical chemistry, Myota explores the therapeutic benefits of these fiber mixes. This innovative approach enables consumers to achieve a healthy and balanced gut microbiome, ultimately promoting overall well-being and reducing the risk of chronic health issues.
Tastewise
Series A in 2022
Tastewise is an AI-driven MarTech solution serving the food & beverage industry. It empowers global brands like PepsiCo and Nestlé to accelerate decision-making from months to hours, enabling efficient execution through deep research and marketing workflows.
Vanilla Vida
Series A in 2022
Vanilla Vida develops vanilla cultivation and processing solutions, aiming to address supply constraints in conventional vanilla production. The company describes end-to-end control from seed to client, including growing and curing steps, to ensure consistent quality. It promotes a proprietary cultivation process intended to enhance natural vanilla ingredients and flavors, and reportedly employs techniques described as genetic modification to alter vanilla bean metabolism in ways that increase flavor. The firm also uses image processing technology for disease detection, quality control, and plant behavior pattern identification, supporting farmers with oversight across the value chain. By focusing on natural flavor beans and efficient production, Vanilla Vida seeks to offer farmers affordable beans and reduce dependence on synthetic materials used by the broader food industry. The approach emphasizes quality, traceability, and innovative methods to improve vanilla supply while supporting growers.
Kern Tec
Seed Round in 2021
Kern Tec specializes in transforming stone fruit pits from cherries, apricots, and plums into high-quality products. Their refined kernels are used as sustainable ingredients in baking, cosmetics, fertilizers, biomass, and food supplements industries.
NICK’S is a food tech company that manufactures keto diet-friendly ice cream, snack bars, and ice cream sandwiches. The company creates food products with the goal of revolutionizing the market for healthy snacks and sweets.
supernutural
Seed Round in 2021
Supernutural is a food and beverage manufacturing company that specializes in the development of a nut-grinding device tailored for supermarkets, delicatessen stores, and hotels. This innovative device grinds nuts to produce a creamy pulp and is offered through a leasing model that includes a subscription service. Subscribers receive regular shipments of roasted nuts, ensuring a continuous supply of fresh nut products that provide energy and protein-rich nutrition. Through this approach, Supernutural combines equipment leasing with a convenient nut subscription, catering to the needs of various clients in the food industry.
The Mediterranean Food Lab
Seed Round in 2021
The Mediterranean Food Lab specializes in producing natural flavor bases for plant-based meat products using solid-state fermentation. Their flavors are derived from healthful raw materials like grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, which are rich in amino acids, minerals, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory compounds.
Orbisk is a developer of fully automated food waste monitoring equipment aimed at enhancing sustainability within the food service industry. The company's innovative solution includes a smart camera equipped with an artificial intelligence image recognition algorithm that identifies food ingredients from images. By integrating this technology into waste bins, Orbisk enables hospitality organizations to gain comprehensive insights into their food waste, quantifying large volumes of discarded food. This data-driven approach allows restaurants to identify inefficiencies in their food-providing processes, facilitating significant reductions in food waste and contributing to improved sustainability and profitability.
Prenexus Health
Series B in 2021
Prenexus Health, Inc. is a manufacturer of natural prebiotic ingredients, specializing in the scientific research, development, and production of components for functional foods, beverages, and dietary supplements. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Gilbert, Arizona, the company emphasizes digestive health and wellness through its innovative offerings, including XOS95, a highly purified prebiotic ingredient derived from high-fiber sugarcane. Prenexus Health is recognized as a global leader in the prebiotic sector, underpinned by extensive scientific and clinical research that supports its products' efficacy in enhancing digestive and microbiome health. The company serves clients in the fast-moving consumer goods sector, providing them with high-quality functional ingredients to improve their products.
Vanilla Vida
Seed Round in 2021
Vanilla Vida develops vanilla cultivation and processing solutions, aiming to address supply constraints in conventional vanilla production. The company describes end-to-end control from seed to client, including growing and curing steps, to ensure consistent quality. It promotes a proprietary cultivation process intended to enhance natural vanilla ingredients and flavors, and reportedly employs techniques described as genetic modification to alter vanilla bean metabolism in ways that increase flavor. The firm also uses image processing technology for disease detection, quality control, and plant behavior pattern identification, supporting farmers with oversight across the value chain. By focusing on natural flavor beans and efficient production, Vanilla Vida seeks to offer farmers affordable beans and reduce dependence on synthetic materials used by the broader food industry. The approach emphasizes quality, traceability, and innovative methods to improve vanilla supply while supporting growers.
Imagindairy
Seed Round in 2021
Imagindairy is a producer of animal-free dairy proteins, committed to delivering sustainable and healthy alternatives to traditional dairy products. The company utilizes advanced technologies, including synthetic biology, to maximize the production of milk proteins. By focusing on innovation, Imagindairy develops a range of protein-based dairy goods that are not only nutritious and flavorful but also designed to be affordable for consumers. Through its efforts, the company aims to provide viable alternatives to animal-derived products, contributing to a more sustainable food system.
Ukko is a biotechnology company focused on enhancing the quality of life for individuals affected by food allergies and disorders. The company utilizes a computational engineering platform that employs artificial intelligence, immunology, and protein engineering to redesign food allergens into therapeutics that are both safe and effective. By creating a comprehensive, clinically validated map of the molecular structures associated with food allergies, Ukko reveals critical insights into the biological mechanisms governing human-food interactions. This innovative approach enables the development of new protein versions that do not provoke an immune response, providing a novel strategy for treating protein-based allergies.
iwi life
Venture Round in 2021
Iwi Life is a manufacturer specializing in algae-based nutrition products aimed at enhancing the health and well-being of various living organisms. The company focuses on producing sustainable, plant-based staples that are cultivated without chemicals. Its algae serve as a source for omega-3 oil, which is recognized for its research-proven health benefits, including support for energy levels, heart health, and mood enhancement. By prioritizing sustainability and health, Iwi Life seeks to provide consumers with effective nutritional solutions that contribute to a healthier lifestyle.
LUB Foods
Venture Round in 2021
Luthman Backlund Foods AB was started in 2013 by Carl Backlund and Niclas Luthman. Since then they have built a team of dedicated and hard-working people around us that all share the same vision - creating snacks and confectionery that is actually good for you and the people you love.
THeir ambition is to create a global brand and a wide range of products that adds to the quality of life and well-being of all the snacks and candy-loving people of the world.
Qualitas Health
Funding Round in 2021
Qualitas Health is a medical company that provides healthcare services and solutions for everyone. It also offers treatments such as outpatient treatment (acute & chronic care), specialist outpatient treatment, diagnostics, pathology, dental care, and therapy and rehabilitation. Across the country, every Qualitas Health clinic upholds the same values. They are able to provide highly accessible medical services while maintaining quality by consistently meeting their targets and goals.
Qualitas Health was founded in 1997 and is based in Malaysia.
BE WTR specializes in advanced water taps for businesses, offering still or sparkling water, heated or chilled options, along with integrated BRITA filtration.
Tastewise
Series A in 2019
Tastewise is an AI-driven MarTech solution serving the food & beverage industry. It empowers global brands like PepsiCo and Nestlé to accelerate decision-making from months to hours, enabling efficient execution through deep research and marketing workflows.
LUB Foods
Venture Round in 2019
Luthman Backlund Foods AB was started in 2013 by Carl Backlund and Niclas Luthman. Since then they have built a team of dedicated and hard-working people around us that all share the same vision - creating snacks and confectionery that is actually good for you and the people you love.
THeir ambition is to create a global brand and a wide range of products that adds to the quality of life and well-being of all the snacks and candy-loving people of the world.
NICK’S is a food tech company that manufactures keto diet-friendly ice cream, snack bars, and ice cream sandwiches. The company creates food products with the goal of revolutionizing the market for healthy snacks and sweets.