SOSV

Founded in 1995, SOSV is a global venture capital firm headquartered in New Jersey. It focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments in deep tech innovations, primarily in bio-tech/life sciences and hardware/robotics sectors, with a commitment to human and planetary health.

Michael Aberman

Partner

Lindsay Atkenson

Analyst

Hugh Bowen

Associate

Shawn Broderick

Venture Partner

Stephen Chambers

General Partner

Navin Danapal

Director, South East Asia

Cyril Ebersweiler

General Partner

Hiruy Ephrem

Analyst

Sheng Ge

Partner

Weichang Ge

Analyst

TR Harrington

Partner

Bradford Higgins JD

Venture Partner

Mohan S. Iyer

General Partner

Benjamin Joffe

Partner

Stephen McCann

CFO and General Partner

Carthach McCarthy

CFO

Yuan-Ting Meng

Analyst

Paul Monaghan

Principal

Brian Murphy

Finance Director

Sean O'Sullivan

Managing Partner

Oscar Ramos

General Partner

Eric Ramsay

Analyst

Susan Schofer Ph.D

Partner

Parikshit Sharma

Principal

Sabriya Stukes Ph.D

Partner

Duncan Turner

General Partner

Pae Wu

General Partner

Past deals in Food

Abbot's Butcher

Convertible Note in 2025
Founded in 2016, Abbot's Butcher produces high-quality, small-batch plant-based meat products. Their allergen-friendly range includes items like chopped chick'n, beef sausage, and chorizo, crafted from whole food ingredients.

Caldo Restaurant Technologies

Seed Round in 2024
Caldo Restaurant Technologies is a robotics company focused on kitchen automation for commercial kitchens. The company develops robotic assistants and task-specific automation to streamline back-of-house operations, replacing repetitive and dangerous workflows. Its initial product, OCTO, is an automated makeline that handles the final stages of cooking and prepares ready-to-eat items while processing incoming orders. The Runner.OS software automates order control to optimize workflow and prevent overcrowding at workstations, enabling kitchen staff to operate more efficiently, with an emphasis on safety and waste reduction.

Asterix Foods

Convertible Note in 2024
Asterix Foods is a biotechnology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2022. The company specializes in developing protein production through plant-cell culture techniques, focusing on the creation of bioactive proteins for food applications. Asterix Foods aims to provide scalable, functional, and complex proteins that are derived from plant cell cultures, offering an animal-free alternative for consumers.

Exosomm

Seed Round in 2024
Exosomm is an innovative foodtech start-up focused on developing nutritional solutions derived from natural milk exosomes. The company was founded based on research from Hadassah Medical Center, led by Prof. Reif's team. Exosomm's flagship product is a specialized food formula designed for patients suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. This product utilizes a patented active anti-inflammatory ingredient sourced from milk exosomes, which are isolated using a natural and environmentally friendly process. By targeting health and immunity, Exosomm aims to provide effective solutions for individuals with specific dietary needs.

xRobotics

Seed Round in 2024
xRobotics develops a pizza-making robot for the pizza restaurant industry, offering automated production that handles common pizza sizes, adjusts speed based on order flow, and provides full automation of ingredients with API integration to support ordering and workflow systems. The company has created patented robotic solutions and is led by professionals with experience at Tesla, General Electric, SpaceX, and Boeing, including winners of robotics competitions. Its objective is to advance automation in pizza kitchens by delivering consistent, high-quality pizzas and improving productivity for operators.

microTERRA

Seed Round in 2024
microTERRA harnesses Lemna, an aquatic plant with water-cleaning capabilities, to produce sustainable functional ingredients for the food industry. Its flagship product, Flora, enhances sweetness perception while reducing sugar and masking unwanted notes from high-intensity sweeteners.

Oobli

Series C in 2024
Oobli develops healthy, low-calorie protein sweeteners derived from exotic plants. These rare compounds offer great taste without affecting blood sugar levels or gut microbiome. The company has secured regulatory approvals such as FDA 'no questions' letters and GRAS status for multiple proteins.

CellCrine

Seed Round in 2024
CellCrine focuses on discovering enzymes that transform cell culture for the cell-based meats industry. CellCrine was founded in 2021and was headquartered in United, States.

FloVision Solutions

Seed Round in 2024
FloVision Solutions offers a platform that optimizes food industry operations by reducing waste. It uses machine learning algorithms to detect and analyze food waste, providing recommendations to users on how to minimize their 'food footprint' and save money.

Voyage Foods

Series A in 2024
Voyage Foods develops sustainable alternatives to popular foods. Using natural ingredients and proprietary technology, they create products like nut-free spreads, cocoa-free chocolate, and bean-free coffee that maintain original taste and nutrition without environmental compromise.

Finless Foods

Convertible Note in 2024
Finless Foods is a biotechnology company that uses cellular agriculture to develop cell-cultured seafood products as sustainable alternatives for human consumption. It grows marine-animal cells to create seafood substitutes, including bluefin tuna, with the goal of offering responsibly produced options that support ocean health and reduce overfishing. Founded in 2017 and based in Emeryville, California, the company concentrates on expanding dietary choices while addressing environmental impacts of traditional seafood.

California Organic Fertilizers

Series A in 2024
California Organic Fertilizers is a manufacturer of organic input materials that comply with Food Safety and National Organic Program standards. The company produces certified agricultural organic fertilizers designed to provide farmers with high plant-available nitrogen suitable for organic farming. Specializing in both liquid and dry fertilizers, California Organic Fertilizers sources its raw materials locally to support regional economies. The company is committed to the well-being of its workforce, communities, and the environment, ensuring that its products can be effectively used in organic farming operations and commercial landscape applications.

California Cultured

Series A in 2024
California Cultured is a food company that uses cellular agriculture to produce cocoa and coffee, with the aim of delivering sustainable, lab-grown ingredients. Its cocoa is described as less bitter and requiring less sugar to achieve flavor, enabling premium quality products with a smaller environmental footprint. The company seeks to address social and environmental concerns linked to traditional cocoa production by avoiding practices such as slavery, deforestation, and child labor. California Cultured was founded in 2020 and is based in Davis, California.

Nukoko

Seed Round in 2024
Nukoko is a bean-to-bar manufacturer specializing in cocoa-free chocolate. Utilizing UK-sourced ingredients and patent-pending technology, the company produces healthier, environmentally friendly chocolate.

Terra Bioindustries

Seed Round in 2024
Terra Bioindustries produces plant-based protein derived from underutilized waste materials like spent grains from beer manufacturing. This process transforms these unused parts into functional vegan protein, offering clients sustainable alternatives to soy and pea protein for use in meat and dairy replacements.

Ingrediome

Seed Round in 2024
Founded in 2022, Ingrediome specializes in producing natural, identical animal muscle proteins using precision fermentation from blue-green algae. This innovative process enables the creation of meat and seafood alternatives with minimal environmental impact.

Farmshelf

Venture Round in 2024
Farmshelf Corp. is a Brooklyn-based company that designs and manages modular urban farms, specifically tailored for indoor environments. Founded in 2015, Farmshelf provides an automated hydroponic farming solution that allows users—whether at home or in restaurants—to grow a variety of fruits and vegetables in a compact, bookcase-sized unit. This innovative system is engineered to cultivate produce three times faster than traditional farming methods while utilizing 90 percent less water. The technology automatically manages watering and nutrient delivery, and it includes analytics to monitor plant growth, thereby reducing the need for packaging, pesticides, and food waste. Farmshelf aims to bring the benefits of fresh, locally grown food to urban settings, enhancing accessibility and sustainability in food production.

FoodCloud

Seed Round in 2024
FoodCloud is an online marketplace based in Delhi, India, that connects consumers with pre-selected home chefs, bakers, and caterers in the Delhi-NCR region. The platform allows users to discover and order home-cooked meals from a diverse range of cuisines and menus, offering over 5,000 menu items across 30 different cuisines. FoodCloud provides an end-to-end solution for those seeking wholesome, homemade food, facilitating the entire process from order placement to delivery. The service has seen rapid adoption among consumers, making it a popular choice for individuals looking for convenient and delicious dining options.

Perfect Day

Series E in 2024
Perfect Day develops animal-free dairy proteins and dairy substitutes using fermentation to produce proteins that are nutritionally identical to cow’s milk. The company makes products including milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, and milk proteins without using animals. Its fermentation process uses yeast to convert plant-based sugars into dairy proteins, enabling products with the same taste, texture, and nutrition as traditional dairy while avoiding animal welfare concerns and reducing environmental impact. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Emeryville, California, Perfect Day focuses on sustainable, vegan dairy alternatives that aim to appeal to both consumers and manufacturers seeking dairy-like ingredients without conventional dairy farming.

Voyage Foods

Series A in 2023
Voyage Foods develops sustainable alternatives to popular foods. Using natural ingredients and proprietary technology, they create products like nut-free spreads, cocoa-free chocolate, and bean-free coffee that maintain original taste and nutrition without environmental compromise.

Atlantic Fish Company

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Atlantic Fish Company is focused on producing cultivated seafood through cellular agriculture, operating from its headquarters in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. The company aims to provide sustainable seafood options by cultivating fish in a controlled environment. This innovative approach allows Atlantic Fish Company to offer fresh fish meat that maintains the natural taste while minimizing the environmental impact associated with traditional fishing practices. By leveraging cellular agriculture, the company seeks to meet the growing demand for sustainable protein sources.

Pricepally

Seed Round in 2023
Pricepally is an online grocery service that connects consumers directly with farmers and wholesalers for bulk purchasing of fresh food items and household essentials. By aggregating demand, it offers affordable prices while supporting local agriculture.

Simply Good Jars

Convertible Note in 2023
Simply Good Jars is a certified B-Corporation dedicated to promoting sustainability through its meal delivery service. The company operates smart refrigerated kiosks in offices, transit centers, universities, and healthcare facilities, offering chef-prepared, ready-to-eat meals packaged in reusable jars. These jars are designed to minimize waste, with a high return rate ensuring minimal environmental impact. For every jar returned, Simply Good Jars contributes to feeding someone in need, aligning its business model with social responsibility.

Halla

Convertible Note in 2023
Halla is a company that specializes in Taste Intelligence, providing an innovative grocery AI platform designed to understand and respond to consumer preferences and behaviors in real-time. Its suite of products enables grocers to deliver hyper-personalized experiences through tailored product recommendations, substitutions, and search functionalities. By integrating Halla's technology, grocers can enhance customer engagement and drive sales, whether through online cart pages or in-store printed coupons. The platform leverages a combination of food data, human science, and operational insights, utilizing specialized machine-learning models to accurately predict shoppers' individual preferences. This results in a more satisfying grocery experience, encouraging larger purchases and improved customer loyalty.

Terra Bioindustries

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Terra Bioindustries produces plant-based protein derived from underutilized waste materials like spent grains from beer manufacturing. This process transforms these unused parts into functional vegan protein, offering clients sustainable alternatives to soy and pea protein for use in meat and dairy replacements.

Veloz Bio

Seed Round in 2023
Veloz Bio is a biotechnology company founded in 2021 and based in Monterrey, Nuevo León. The company specializes in molecular farming to develop and manufacture animal-free and alternative proteins. Utilizing a rapid protein production system, Veloz Bio leverages efficient plant metabolism to create sustainable and affordable protein solutions. This innovative approach enables the company to support biotechnology firms by providing expertise in key areas such as protein production, supercritical fluid extraction, and membrane purification. Through its focus on scalable protein development, Veloz Bio aims to contribute to the advancement of alternative protein sources in the food industry.

Ingest

Seed Round in 2023
Ingest is a data management and analytics platform designed for restaurants and food & beverage retailers. It integrates with various business tools to connect disparate data sources, providing real-time insights through interactive dashboards, PDF reports, and CSV exports. This enables better decision-making by uncovering hard-to-reach metrics.

Nukoko

Convertible Note in 2023
Nukoko is a bean-to-bar manufacturer specializing in cocoa-free chocolate. Utilizing UK-sourced ingredients and patent-pending technology, the company produces healthier, environmentally friendly chocolate.

SupplyNote

Series A in 2023
SupplyNote is a B2B platform that specializes in streamlining and digitalizing supply chain management for the food and beverage industry. The company focuses on simplifying the procurement process by connecting restaurant owners with suppliers, thereby enhancing transparency, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Its platform provides various solutions, including automated purchasing, vendor management, and real-time inventory tracking. Additionally, SupplyNote offers backend services that support daily restaurant operations, such as food packaging, pest control, housekeeping, and payment processing. By enabling restaurants to reduce turnaround times and execution costs, SupplyNote allows businesses to concentrate on their core competencies and enhances the overall logistics and inventory management within the food industry.

Hexafly

Convertible Note in 2023
Hexafly is a biotech company based in Kells, Ireland, established in 2016. It specializes in the sustainable farming of insects, particularly the Black Soldier Fly larvae, to produce various products for the aquaculture, animal feed, and plant nutrition sectors. The company focuses on converting food waste into protein meals, oils, and fertilizers, promoting a circular economy. Its product range includes insect oil for fish feed, protein additives for aquaculture, Frass for plant nutrition, and Chitin, a versatile bio-polymer utilized in medicine, cosmetics, and food. Hexafly sells its products online, aiming to provide environmentally friendly solutions in agriculture and contribute to a sustainable food system.

Supply Mango

Seed Round in 2023
Supply Mango facilitates efficient business-to-business logistics for micro and small restaurants. It offers an automated purchasing system that enables these businesses to enhance productivity, income, and sales by streamlining the procurement process.

Living Food

Series A in 2023
Living Food is a company focused on developing packaged food and beverage brands that prioritize fresh, clean, and credible food options. It offers a diverse range of healthy, preservative-free products, including bread, dressings, dips, pasta, and juices. By sourcing ingredients from farmers, bakers, brewers, chefs, and artisans, Living Food ensures that its offerings are not only sustainable and chemical-free but also contribute positively to the environment. The company's commitment to quality and sustainability reflects its mission to provide consumers with wholesome food choices.

California Cultured

Convertible Note in 2023
California Cultured is a food company that uses cellular agriculture to produce cocoa and coffee, with the aim of delivering sustainable, lab-grown ingredients. Its cocoa is described as less bitter and requiring less sugar to achieve flavor, enabling premium quality products with a smaller environmental footprint. The company seeks to address social and environmental concerns linked to traditional cocoa production by avoiding practices such as slavery, deforestation, and child labor. California Cultured was founded in 2020 and is based in Davis, California.

Prime Roots

Series B in 2023
Prime Roots is a plant-based food company that develops meat and seafood alternatives using koji mycelium-derived proteins. Its products include plant-based meats such as a salmon burger that mimic the taste, texture, and nutrition of animal-derived products. By leveraging natural koji proteins, Prime Roots aims to lower the environmental footprint of protein supply by reducing reliance on conventional animal farming, while offering protein-rich options for both meat eaters and vegetarians. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, Prime Roots operates in the food industry.

Protogenix

Convertible Note in 2023
Protogenix develops a platform technology to replace the mammalian cell system for manufacturing complex proteins. The decentralized plug-and-play platform enables high-yield production at greater speed and lower cost, helping food and pharmaceutical producers access sustainably produced, safe protein ingredients while aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of animal agriculture.

Simply Good Jars

Series A in 2023
Simply Good Jars is a certified B-Corporation dedicated to promoting sustainability through its meal delivery service. The company operates smart refrigerated kiosks in offices, transit centers, universities, and healthcare facilities, offering chef-prepared, ready-to-eat meals packaged in reusable jars. These jars are designed to minimize waste, with a high return rate ensuring minimal environmental impact. For every jar returned, Simply Good Jars contributes to feeding someone in need, aligning its business model with social responsibility.

Nukoko

Seed Round in 2023
Nukoko is a bean-to-bar manufacturer specializing in cocoa-free chocolate. Utilizing UK-sourced ingredients and patent-pending technology, the company produces healthier, environmentally friendly chocolate.

Fashol

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Fashol is a technology-driven agricultural startup focused on enhancing the food supply chain by connecting farmers directly to markets. The company sources fresh produce from farmers and facilitates last-mile delivery to smallholder retailers, ensuring that customers receive traceable and safe food products. By streamlining the supply chain, Fashol aims to reduce complexity, time, and costs associated with traditional distribution methods, thereby empowering farmers and improving access for consumers.

Hidden Gems

Seed Round in 2023
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.

Caldo Restaurant Technologies

Seed Round in 2023
Caldo Restaurant Technologies is a robotics company focused on kitchen automation for commercial kitchens. The company develops robotic assistants and task-specific automation to streamline back-of-house operations, replacing repetitive and dangerous workflows. Its initial product, OCTO, is an automated makeline that handles the final stages of cooking and prepares ready-to-eat items while processing incoming orders. The Runner.OS software automates order control to optimize workflow and prevent overcrowding at workstations, enabling kitchen staff to operate more efficiently, with an emphasis on safety and waste reduction.

Asterix Foods

Seed Round in 2023
Asterix Foods is a biotechnology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, founded in 2022. The company specializes in developing protein production through plant-cell culture techniques, focusing on the creation of bioactive proteins for food applications. Asterix Foods aims to provide scalable, functional, and complex proteins that are derived from plant cell cultures, offering an animal-free alternative for consumers.

ENTR

Seed Round in 2023
ENTR is an AI-powered formulation and nutrition analysis platform for the food, beverage, and supplement industries. It enables management of ingredient and supplier data, supports product development with sandbox tools, and generates regulatory-compliant nutrition labels, including nutrition fact panels, ingredient and allergen statements, and nutrient content claims. The platform also provides document management and tracks development progress, helping to streamline workflows, ensure regulatory compliance, and save time and resources. Built with industry expertise, ENTR functions as a modern alternative to legacy nutritional analysis software, serving both emerging brands and large companies.

Beeflow

Convertible Note in 2023
Beeflow is a biotechnology-driven company that applies science and technology to bee pollination. The company provides professional pollination services to farmers, leveraging proprietary pollination technologies, data-driven hive management, and expertise in bee biology and crop science to optimize pollination and improve crop quality for crops such as blueberries, almonds, raspberries, and kiwifruit. Operating in the United States, Peru, and Mexico, Beeflow began in Argentina and has expanded to international markets, aiming to increase crop yields while supporting bee health and sustainability.

Fieldcraft

Seed Round in 2023
Fieldcraft is a B2B marketplace designed to connect growers of specialty grains and ingredients with various stakeholders in the food supply chain. The company's platform streamlines marketing and sourcing processes, allowing food companies, retail chains, and suppliers to enhance discovery and sampling efficiencies. By facilitating a modern ecommerce experience, Fieldcraft increases transparency and reduces the investment required for innovation, thus empowering small businesses engaged in promoting biodiversity. The marketplace aims to simplify interactions across the supply chain, minimizing the time and costs associated with marketing, buyer verification, and sample fulfillment. Through its innovative approach, Fieldcraft is contributing to the development of a new supply chain within the sustainable food and agriculture sectors.

Planetarians

Seed Round in 2023
Planetarians is a US-based Climate/FoodTech company developing affordable, healthy plant-based proteins through ingredient innovation. It focuses on an ingredient technology system that upcycles food by-products and solid waste into high-protein fiber ingredients, enabling the creation of alternative meat products and carbon-negative meat substitutes. Its processes repurpose spent soybeans from oil extraction and spent yeast from beer fermentation to produce natural protein and fiber that can fortify a range of foods. The company positions its technology to advance sustainable protein production and reduce waste while expanding plant-based options.

Veloz Bio

Seed Round in 2023
Veloz Bio is a biotechnology company founded in 2021 and based in Monterrey, Nuevo León. The company specializes in molecular farming to develop and manufacture animal-free and alternative proteins. Utilizing a rapid protein production system, Veloz Bio leverages efficient plant metabolism to create sustainable and affordable protein solutions. This innovative approach enables the company to support biotechnology firms by providing expertise in key areas such as protein production, supercritical fluid extraction, and membrane purification. Through its focus on scalable protein development, Veloz Bio aims to contribute to the advancement of alternative protein sources in the food industry.

Multus

Series A in 2023
Multus is a London-based company established in 2019 that specializes in providing tailored growth media solutions for the cultivated meat industry. By utilizing a machine learning-based approach, Multus develops completely animal-free growth media designed specifically for the efficient growth of animal cells. This innovative technology enables cultivated meat companies to scale their production affordably and sustainably, allowing them to focus on creating delicious and environmentally friendly meat alternatives. Additionally, Multus optimizes a variety of growth factor proteins produced by genetically engineered microorganisms, thereby eliminating the reliance on traditional animal serum-based media. Through its efforts, Multus aims to address the diverse needs of various animal cell types and tissues, facilitating the growth of the cultivated meat sector while significantly reducing the environmental and economic impacts associated with conventional meat production.

Atlantic Fish Company

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Atlantic Fish Company is focused on producing cultivated seafood through cellular agriculture, operating from its headquarters in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. The company aims to provide sustainable seafood options by cultivating fish in a controlled environment. This innovative approach allows Atlantic Fish Company to offer fresh fish meat that maintains the natural taste while minimizing the environmental impact associated with traditional fishing practices. By leveraging cellular agriculture, the company seeks to meet the growing demand for sustainable protein sources.

Nature Preserve

Seed Round in 2023
Nature Preserve provides a subscription-based Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) platform designed for food distributors and processors. This platform enables users to track and minimize the emissions of food products, contributing to improved efficiency in food supply chains.

Nukoko

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Nukoko is a bean-to-bar manufacturer specializing in cocoa-free chocolate. Utilizing UK-sourced ingredients and patent-pending technology, the company produces healthier, environmentally friendly chocolate.

Yindii

Seed Round in 2022
Yindii is a food rescue app designed to combat food waste and lower carbon emissions associated with unsold food. The company operates a platform that connects restaurants and cafes with surplus food to consumers, allowing them to purchase these items at discounted prices. Through its application, users can easily locate participating establishments, place orders online, and collect their food directly from the store. This innovative approach not only helps food retailers minimize losses related to food waste but also offers consumers access to affordable meal options, contributing to a reduction in carbon footprint.

SmartBite

Convertible Note in 2022
SmartBite is a leading corporate food solutions provider in Southeast Asia, specializing in food delivery for businesses. The company simplifies the ordering process for workplaces by offering a platform that features menu charts with pricing and an integrated online payment system, allowing employees to easily order meals from selected restaurants and caterers. SmartBite recognizes the unique needs of corporate clients, particularly in the post-COVID landscape, and aims to provide tailored solutions to enhance workplace dining experiences. Founded in Malaysia and the Philippines, SmartBite was acquired by SmartBite Singapore in 2021, further expanding its reach and capabilities. The company prides itself on delivering excellent customer support, available 24/7 to assist businesses in their food service needs.

BioCraft Pet Nutrition

Seed Round in 2022
BioCraft Pet Nutrition is a biotechnology company focused on creating sustainable and nutritious pet food for dogs and cats. Established in 2016 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company specializes in developing all-natural, organic products that incorporate innovative ingredients such as probiotics, nutritional yeast, and cultured meat. BioCraft aims to promote the health of pets while minimizing environmental impact and animal harm. The company's unique approach leverages green biotechnology to produce its offerings, which are available for purchase online. Through its commitment to sustainability and animal welfare, BioCraft Pet Nutrition stands out as a pioneer in the pet food industry.

Ingrediome

Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2022, Ingrediome specializes in producing natural, identical animal muscle proteins using precision fermentation from blue-green algae. This innovative process enables the creation of meat and seafood alternatives with minimal environmental impact.

Halla

Convertible Note in 2022
Halla is a company that specializes in Taste Intelligence, providing an innovative grocery AI platform designed to understand and respond to consumer preferences and behaviors in real-time. Its suite of products enables grocers to deliver hyper-personalized experiences through tailored product recommendations, substitutions, and search functionalities. By integrating Halla's technology, grocers can enhance customer engagement and drive sales, whether through online cart pages or in-store printed coupons. The platform leverages a combination of food data, human science, and operational insights, utilizing specialized machine-learning models to accurately predict shoppers' individual preferences. This results in a more satisfying grocery experience, encouraging larger purchases and improved customer loyalty.

Abby's Better

Seed Round in 2022
Abby’s Better produces minimally processed, plant-based nut butter snacks and spreads. Their products are all-natural, gluten-free, peanut-free, vegan-friendly, and paleo-compliant, offering health-conscious consumers convenient, wholesome options.

EasyFresh Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
EasyFresh Technologies is an agri-tech startup that connects farmers worldwide to multiple demand channels. It employs technology to engage farmers, enhance buying processes, and accurately predict prices.

Harmony Baby Nutrition

Seed Round in 2022
Harmony is a biotechnology startup that creates human breast milk protein-based infant nutrition designed to help human babies thrive. It is the world’s first dairy-free, allergen-free and environmentally friendly infant nutrition. Harmony Baby Nutrition was established in 2018 and is based in Boston, MA.

Atlantic Fish Company

Seed Round in 2022
Atlantic Fish Company is focused on producing cultivated seafood through cellular agriculture, operating from its headquarters in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. The company aims to provide sustainable seafood options by cultivating fish in a controlled environment. This innovative approach allows Atlantic Fish Company to offer fresh fish meat that maintains the natural taste while minimizing the environmental impact associated with traditional fishing practices. By leveraging cellular agriculture, the company seeks to meet the growing demand for sustainable protein sources.

SupplyNote

Series A in 2022
SupplyNote is a B2B platform that specializes in streamlining and digitalizing supply chain management for the food and beverage industry. The company focuses on simplifying the procurement process by connecting restaurant owners with suppliers, thereby enhancing transparency, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Its platform provides various solutions, including automated purchasing, vendor management, and real-time inventory tracking. Additionally, SupplyNote offers backend services that support daily restaurant operations, such as food packaging, pest control, housekeeping, and payment processing. By enabling restaurants to reduce turnaround times and execution costs, SupplyNote allows businesses to concentrate on their core competencies and enhances the overall logistics and inventory management within the food industry.

Protogenix

Seed Round in 2022
Protogenix develops a platform technology to replace the mammalian cell system for manufacturing complex proteins. The decentralized plug-and-play platform enables high-yield production at greater speed and lower cost, helping food and pharmaceutical producers access sustainably produced, safe protein ingredients while aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of animal agriculture.

NovoNutrients

Seed Round in 2022
NovoNutrients is a pioneering biotechnology company specializing in the conversion of waste CO2 emissions into high-value proteins and additives for use in food and animal feed. The company's proprietary technology employs advanced gas fermentation systems and custom microbes to transform industrial waste CO2, hydrogen, and oxygen into safe, natural single-cell protein ingredients. This innovative process not only addresses global food security by providing a sustainable alternative protein source but also contributes to climate change mitigation through carbon capture and utilization.

microTERRA

Seed Round in 2022
microTERRA harnesses Lemna, an aquatic plant with water-cleaning capabilities, to produce sustainable functional ingredients for the food industry. Its flagship product, Flora, enhances sweetness perception while reducing sugar and masking unwanted notes from high-intensity sweeteners.

West Bourne

Seed Round in 2022
West Bourne is a producer of a zero-waste packaged goods brand focused on providing sustainable and high-quality food products. The company offers a diverse range of snacks, baking mixes, and flavorful sauces, all made from organic ingredients sourced from farms that practice regenerative agriculture. West Bourne is committed to environmental responsibility, utilizing plastic-free and biodegradable packaging to minimize waste. By prioritizing sustainability and health, the company empowers consumers to make informed choices about their food.

Pricepally

Seed Round in 2022
Pricepally is an online grocery service that connects consumers directly with farmers and wholesalers for bulk purchasing of fresh food items and household essentials. By aggregating demand, it offers affordable prices while supporting local agriculture.

Plantruption

Seed Round in 2022
Plantruption builds a brand of sustainability to develop products using seaweed and microalgae. The company is on a mission to create the first plant-based seafood. It researches and collaborates with universities and food technologists to provides Plant-based seafood that’s close in taste and texture to the real deal. Plant-based seafood provides a host of environmental benefits, including alleviating pressures on rapidly depleting fisheries, providing relief to fragile ocean ecosystems, reducing the impact of fishing nets on the ocean plastic problem, and reducing production emissions. The company was founded in 2019 in Dublin, Dublin.

Hexafly

Seed Round in 2022
Hexafly is a biotech company based in Kells, Ireland, established in 2016. It specializes in the sustainable farming of insects, particularly the Black Soldier Fly larvae, to produce various products for the aquaculture, animal feed, and plant nutrition sectors. The company focuses on converting food waste into protein meals, oils, and fertilizers, promoting a circular economy. Its product range includes insect oil for fish feed, protein additives for aquaculture, Frass for plant nutrition, and Chitin, a versatile bio-polymer utilized in medicine, cosmetics, and food. Hexafly sells its products online, aiming to provide environmentally friendly solutions in agriculture and contribute to a sustainable food system.

CellCrine

Seed Round in 2022
CellCrine focuses on discovering enzymes that transform cell culture for the cell-based meats industry. CellCrine was founded in 2021and was headquartered in United, States.

RxDiet

Seed Round in 2022
RxDiet is a company that specializes in nutritional guidance by leveraging artificial intelligence and automation to enhance health outcomes. It has developed a platform that offers personalized meal plans based on individual cultural and lifestyle preferences. By partnering with national food retailers, RxDiet provides users with access to fresh groceries, facilitating healthier dietary choices at reduced costs. Additionally, the company collaborates with major health payers and employers to achieve significant clinical results and cost savings, promoting the concept of "food as medicine" within the healthcare landscape.

Edge Foods

Seed Round in 2022
Edge Foods is a New York City-based company that addresses the scaling challenges faced by the cultured meat sector. The company has developed a platform technology designed to produce high-performing and affordable growth factors and recombinant proteins. This innovative approach allows for the creation of tasty and cost-effective meat alternatives that cater to health-conscious consumers, ensuring that meat lovers can enjoy their favorite foods while promoting sustainability and environmental responsibility.

Bramble

Convertible Note in 2022
Bramble processes and distributes plant-based pet foods, aiming to reduce the environmental impact of animal-based diets by offering completely plant-based options for pets that are free from pesticides, antibiotics, growth hormones, and other contaminants. The products are designed to resemble meat in appearance, texture, and taste, providing pet owners with a healthy, sustainable alternative for their animals.

Paragon Pure

Seed Round in 2022
Paragon Pure is a food ingredient company specializing in developing natural products that cater to modern dietary needs. They focus on areas such as flavor encapsulation and process engineering, leveraging physical chemistry principles and navigating regulatory spaces to create healthier, sustainable structured fats and flavors.

Caldo Restaurant Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Caldo Restaurant Technologies is a robotics company focused on kitchen automation for commercial kitchens. The company develops robotic assistants and task-specific automation to streamline back-of-house operations, replacing repetitive and dangerous workflows. Its initial product, OCTO, is an automated makeline that handles the final stages of cooking and prepares ready-to-eat items while processing incoming orders. The Runner.OS software automates order control to optimize workflow and prevent overcrowding at workstations, enabling kitchen staff to operate more efficiently, with an emphasis on safety and waste reduction.

Milk Moovement

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2018, Milk Moovement is a Canadian software company specializing in dairy supply chain management. It offers a cloud-based platform that tracks milk pick-ups, monitors production, and provides actionable intelligence to optimize processes and maximize profitability.

Nat4Bio

Seed Round in 2022
Nat4Bio develops natural edible coatings that protect fresh produce from spoilage and decay by leveraging microbial fermentation of selected fungi and bacteria to create cell-free compounds. The coatings are odorless and tasteless, edible, and designed to delay ripening and inhibit pathogens while remaining compatible with standard packing systems. The company's first product is an edible coating for lemons that could replace conventional waxes and chemical fungicides, with prototypes in development for blueberries and avocados and plans to expand its portfolio to other fruit classes. By delivering natural, microbe-derived active principles without the microbes themselves, Nat4Bio aims to reduce spoilage and reliance on synthetic chemicals in produce supply chains.

Oobli

Series B in 2022
Oobli develops healthy, low-calorie protein sweeteners derived from exotic plants. These rare compounds offer great taste without affecting blood sugar levels or gut microbiome. The company has secured regulatory approvals such as FDA 'no questions' letters and GRAS status for multiple proteins.

Bosque Foods

Seed Round in 2022
Bosque Foods is a fungi-based food company focused on developing whole-cut meat alternatives derived from mycelium. The company aims to revolutionize the meat alternatives market by utilizing clean ingredients and minimal processing. By specializing in fungal mycelium, legumes, and grains, Bosque Foods offers environmentally sustainable, equitable, and animal-free protein options that provide a taste and nutritional experience comparable to traditional meat. Through its innovative approach, the company seeks to create a new generation of meat products that meet consumer demands while promoting sustainability.

Voyage Foods

Series A in 2022
Voyage Foods develops sustainable alternatives to popular foods. Using natural ingredients and proprietary technology, they create products like nut-free spreads, cocoa-free chocolate, and bean-free coffee that maintain original taste and nutrition without environmental compromise.

SmartBite

Convertible Note in 2022
SmartBite is a leading corporate food solutions provider in Southeast Asia, specializing in food delivery for businesses. The company simplifies the ordering process for workplaces by offering a platform that features menu charts with pricing and an integrated online payment system, allowing employees to easily order meals from selected restaurants and caterers. SmartBite recognizes the unique needs of corporate clients, particularly in the post-COVID landscape, and aims to provide tailored solutions to enhance workplace dining experiences. Founded in Malaysia and the Philippines, SmartBite was acquired by SmartBite Singapore in 2021, further expanding its reach and capabilities. The company prides itself on delivering excellent customer support, available 24/7 to assist businesses in their food service needs.

Planetarians

Convertible Note in 2022
Planetarians is a US-based Climate/FoodTech company developing affordable, healthy plant-based proteins through ingredient innovation. It focuses on an ingredient technology system that upcycles food by-products and solid waste into high-protein fiber ingredients, enabling the creation of alternative meat products and carbon-negative meat substitutes. Its processes repurpose spent soybeans from oil extraction and spent yeast from beer fermentation to produce natural protein and fiber that can fortify a range of foods. The company positions its technology to advance sustainable protein production and reduce waste while expanding plant-based options.

UPSIDE Foods

Series C in 2022
UPSIDE Foods, formerly known as Memphis Meats, is a cultivated meat company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. The company specializes in producing real meat, poultry, and seafood directly from animal cells, eliminating the need to raise and slaughter animals. This innovative approach significantly reduces the resource consumption associated with traditional meat production, requiring less water, land, and energy. UPSIDE Foods aims to offer consumers clean, humane, and sustainable meat products, such as beef meatballs, chicken, and duck, all grown in controlled environments. The company is led by Dr. Uma Valeti, who is committed to transforming the food industry with healthier and environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional meat.

Unicorn Biotechnologies

Seed Round in 2022
Unicorn Biotechnologies develops a next-generation biomanufacturing platform for cell-based manufacturing, initially focusing on cultivated meat. Its modular bio-reactors, optimized via cloud computing, enable affordable and rapid scaling of production, aiming to improve human health, planetary sustainability, and transition towards animal-free agriculture.

Simply Good Jars

Seed Round in 2022
Simply Good Jars is a certified B-Corporation dedicated to promoting sustainability through its meal delivery service. The company operates smart refrigerated kiosks in offices, transit centers, universities, and healthcare facilities, offering chef-prepared, ready-to-eat meals packaged in reusable jars. These jars are designed to minimize waste, with a high return rate ensuring minimal environmental impact. For every jar returned, Simply Good Jars contributes to feeding someone in need, aligning its business model with social responsibility.

Millennia TEA

Seed Round in 2022
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 is dedicated to promoting health and well-being through its antioxidant-rich teas, which are designed to enhance clarity, focus, and energy. Millennia TEA employs a distinct method of processing, where tea leaves are picked, washed, and flash-frozen rather than heated and dried. This technique preserves the leaves' natural properties, which are believed to aid in reducing inflammation and supporting a robust immune system. By offering nutrient-rich teas, Millennia TEA aims to contribute to consumers' overall health and happiness. The company's products are available both in physical stores and online.

Finless Foods

Series B in 2022
Finless Foods is a biotechnology company that uses cellular agriculture to develop cell-cultured seafood products as sustainable alternatives for human consumption. It grows marine-animal cells to create seafood substitutes, including bluefin tuna, with the goal of offering responsibly produced options that support ocean health and reduce overfishing. Founded in 2017 and based in Emeryville, California, the company concentrates on expanding dietary choices while addressing environmental impacts of traditional seafood.

Ingest

Seed Round in 2022
Ingest is a data management and analytics platform designed for restaurants and food & beverage retailers. It integrates with various business tools to connect disparate data sources, providing real-time insights through interactive dashboards, PDF reports, and CSV exports. This enables better decision-making by uncovering hard-to-reach metrics.

Lypid

Seed Round in 2022
Lypid develops vegan fats designed to taste and behave like animal fats. The company uses a novel formulation and microencapsulation to mimic texture, mouthfeel, flavor transfer, and cooking behavior of animal fats, enabling an animal-free alternative with minimal artificial additives, reduced hydrogenation, and fewer trans fats. Its products aim to reduce dependence on animal fats and lower the environmental footprint of food production.

NovoNutrients

Convertible Note in 2022
NovoNutrients is a pioneering biotechnology company specializing in the conversion of waste CO2 emissions into high-value proteins and additives for use in food and animal feed. The company's proprietary technology employs advanced gas fermentation systems and custom microbes to transform industrial waste CO2, hydrogen, and oxygen into safe, natural single-cell protein ingredients. This innovative process not only addresses global food security by providing a sustainable alternative protein source but also contributes to climate change mitigation through carbon capture and utilization.

Nat4Bio

Seed Round in 2022
Nat4Bio develops natural edible coatings that protect fresh produce from spoilage and decay by leveraging microbial fermentation of selected fungi and bacteria to create cell-free compounds. The coatings are odorless and tasteless, edible, and designed to delay ripening and inhibit pathogens while remaining compatible with standard packing systems. The company's first product is an edible coating for lemons that could replace conventional waxes and chemical fungicides, with prototypes in development for blueberries and avocados and plans to expand its portfolio to other fruit classes. By delivering natural, microbe-derived active principles without the microbes themselves, Nat4Bio aims to reduce spoilage and reliance on synthetic chemicals in produce supply chains.

Hexafly

Convertible Note in 2022
Hexafly is a biotech company based in Kells, Ireland, established in 2016. It specializes in the sustainable farming of insects, particularly the Black Soldier Fly larvae, to produce various products for the aquaculture, animal feed, and plant nutrition sectors. The company focuses on converting food waste into protein meals, oils, and fertilizers, promoting a circular economy. Its product range includes insect oil for fish feed, protein additives for aquaculture, Frass for plant nutrition, and Chitin, a versatile bio-polymer utilized in medicine, cosmetics, and food. Hexafly sells its products online, aiming to provide environmentally friendly solutions in agriculture and contribute to a sustainable food system.

Living Food

Series A in 2022
Living Food is a company focused on developing packaged food and beverage brands that prioritize fresh, clean, and credible food options. It offers a diverse range of healthy, preservative-free products, including bread, dressings, dips, pasta, and juices. By sourcing ingredients from farmers, bakers, brewers, chefs, and artisans, Living Food ensures that its offerings are not only sustainable and chemical-free but also contribute positively to the environment. The company's commitment to quality and sustainability reflects its mission to provide consumers with wholesome food choices.

ENTR

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ENTR is an AI-powered formulation and nutrition analysis platform for the food, beverage, and supplement industries. It enables management of ingredient and supplier data, supports product development with sandbox tools, and generates regulatory-compliant nutrition labels, including nutrition fact panels, ingredient and allergen statements, and nutrient content claims. The platform also provides document management and tracks development progress, helping to streamline workflows, ensure regulatory compliance, and save time and resources. Built with industry expertise, ENTR functions as a modern alternative to legacy nutritional analysis software, serving both emerging brands and large companies.

Upright

Convertible Note in 2021
Upright is a Branford, USA-based eCommerce company that specializes in producing instant oat milk powder. This product is designed to cater to lactose-intolerant consumers by providing a high-protein, allergen-free alternative to traditional dairy milk. Upright's oat milk powder is enriched with oat protein, prebiotic fiber, calcium, and vitamins, ensuring that customers receive essential nutrients without the allergens or environmental concerns associated with dairy. The company ships its products directly to consumers, facilitating convenient access to a plant-based milk option.

Veloz Bio

Seed Round in 2021
Veloz Bio is a biotechnology company founded in 2021 and based in Monterrey, Nuevo León. The company specializes in molecular farming to develop and manufacture animal-free and alternative proteins. Utilizing a rapid protein production system, Veloz Bio leverages efficient plant metabolism to create sustainable and affordable protein solutions. This innovative approach enables the company to support biotechnology firms by providing expertise in key areas such as protein production, supercritical fluid extraction, and membrane purification. Through its focus on scalable protein development, Veloz Bio aims to contribute to the advancement of alternative protein sources in the food industry.

Veloz Bio

Convertible Note in 2021
Veloz Bio is a biotechnology company founded in 2021 and based in Monterrey, Nuevo León. The company specializes in molecular farming to develop and manufacture animal-free and alternative proteins. Utilizing a rapid protein production system, Veloz Bio leverages efficient plant metabolism to create sustainable and affordable protein solutions. This innovative approach enables the company to support biotechnology firms by providing expertise in key areas such as protein production, supercritical fluid extraction, and membrane purification. Through its focus on scalable protein development, Veloz Bio aims to contribute to the advancement of alternative protein sources in the food industry.

Upright

Seed Round in 2021
Upright is a Branford, USA-based eCommerce company that specializes in producing instant oat milk powder. This product is designed to cater to lactose-intolerant consumers by providing a high-protein, allergen-free alternative to traditional dairy milk. Upright's oat milk powder is enriched with oat protein, prebiotic fiber, calcium, and vitamins, ensuring that customers receive essential nutrients without the allergens or environmental concerns associated with dairy. The company ships its products directly to consumers, facilitating convenient access to a plant-based milk option.

The EVERY Company

Series C in 2021
The EVERY Company, formerly known as Clara Foods, specializes in producing animal-free proteins for the food and beverage industry. Founded in 2014 and based in South San Francisco, California, the company utilizes advanced fermentation technology to create functional and nutritional proteins derived from microorganisms. Its product line includes baking ingredients, nutritional supplements, and egg white alternatives that are free from pathogens and suitable for various culinary applications, such as cakes and meringues. The EVERY Company aims to provide a sustainable, healthier, and kinder alternative to traditional animal agriculture by decoupling protein production from animals, thereby offering consumers healthy and affordable protein options without added sugars.

LiveKuna

Series A in 2021
LiveKuna is a vertically-integrated superfood company that collaborates directly with Ecuadorian farmers to produce organic food products aimed at enhancing health through nutrition. The company's offerings primarily consist of chia seeds, quinoa, and rice, which are known for their antioxidant properties, anti-inflammatory benefits, and anti-viral effects. These ingredients are thoughtfully blended with probiotics to create nutritious food and snack options that support a clean diet and promote a healthy lifestyle. By focusing on high-quality, health-conscious products, LiveKuna strives to provide consumers with accessible and beneficial food choices.

Aanika Biosciences

Series A in 2021
Aanika Biosciences is a biotechnology company founded in 2018 and based in Brooklyn, New York, that specializes in food security solutions for large agricultural and food enterprises. By integrating information technology and synthetic biology, the company develops innovative approaches to address various supply chain challenges. Aanika Biosciences employs customized microbial-based tags that serve as microscopic barcodes, enabling the tracking, tracing, and authentication of products throughout their supply chain journey. This technology helps businesses maintain the integrity of their supply chains, minimize losses, and gain valuable insights. Additionally, Aanika Biosciences supports companies in making informed consumption choices, ultimately contributing to a more sustainable food ecosystem.

Pricepally

Seed Round in 2021
Pricepally is an online grocery service that connects consumers directly with farmers and wholesalers for bulk purchasing of fresh food items and household essentials. By aggregating demand, it offers affordable prices while supporting local agriculture.
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