# Optimized Foods funding: rounds and investors

> Optimized Foods has raised $550K across 2 rounds since 2022. Investors include Big Idea Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/optimized-foods (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Optimized Foods*

2 rounds we have observed, with the one investor named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Foodtech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$550K** raised across 2 rounds since 2022, from 2 sources

**$275K** Pre-seed **$275K** Pre-seed

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $275K May 2022
- **Investors:** 1

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2022 2023

**$275K** Pre-seed

**$275K** Pre-seed

- **First round:** Pre-seed, $275K
- **Biggest round:** $275K
- **Between rounds:** 4 months

## The rounds

- **May 2022** Pre-seed **$275K** *1 returning* [Big Idea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-idea-ventures) Source recorded
- **Jan 2022** Pre-seed **$275K** *1 new* [Big Idea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-idea-ventures) Source recorded

## Everyone who backed them

[Big Idea Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/big-idea-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

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## Quick answers about Optimized Foods

### Who invested in Optimized Foods?

Optimized Foods's investors include Big Idea Ventures.

### How much has Optimized Foods raised?

Optimized Foods has raised $550K across 2 rounds since 2022.

### When did Optimized Foods last raise?

Optimized Foods's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $275K in May 2022.

### What was Optimized Foods's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $275K in May 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Optimized Foods first?

Optimized Foods's first round on record, in Jan 2022, was backed by Big Idea Ventures.

### What stage is Optimized Foods at?

Optimized Foods's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in May 2022.

### Where is Optimized Foods based?

Optimized Foods is based in the United States.

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