# Alternative Protein Market Map United States 2026: 103 Startups in 5 Segments > 103 alternative protein startups in the United States, mapped in 5 segments: plant-based meat and foods, dairy alternatives and cultivated meat and more. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/alternative-protein-united-states-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Plant-based meat and foods 71 - [Kate Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/kate-farms) - [ALOHA](https://millionrounds.com/company/aloha) - [Beyond Meat](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-meat) - [Daring Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/daring-foods) - [Feastables](https://millionrounds.com/company/feastables) - [Future Farm](https://millionrounds.com/company/future-farm) - [VOW](https://millionrounds.com/company/vow) - [Veggie Grill](https://millionrounds.com/company/veggie-grill) - [Urban Remedy](https://millionrounds.com/company/urban-remedy) - [Slutty Vegan](https://millionrounds.com/company/slutty-vegan) - [Sundia Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/sundia-corporation) - [Nutriati](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutriati) - [Birdman](https://millionrounds.com/company/birdman) - [Next Level Burger](https://millionrounds.com/company/next-level-burger) - [Herbivore](https://millionrounds.com/company/herbivore) - [Black Sheep Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/black-sheep-foods) - [Plonts](https://millionrounds.com/company/plonts) - [Splendid Spoon](https://millionrounds.com/company/splendid-spoon) - [Kojo](https://millionrounds.com/company/kojo) - [Mezcla](https://millionrounds.com/company/mezcla) - [Biena Snacks](https://millionrounds.com/company/biena-snacks) - [Aunt Fannies](https://millionrounds.com/company/aunt-fannies) - [Livekindly collective](https://millionrounds.com/company/livekindly-collective) - [Bun](https://millionrounds.com/company/bun) +47 more ## Dairy alternatives 12 - [Impossible Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/impossible-foods) - [Califia Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/califia-farms) - [Ripple Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple-foods) - [Kite Hill](https://millionrounds.com/company/kite-hill) - [Mooala](https://millionrounds.com/company/mooala) - [Good PLANeT Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-planet-foods) - [Yo Egg](https://millionrounds.com/company/yo-egg) - [Grounded Foods Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/grounded-foods-co) - [Parmela Creamery](https://millionrounds.com/company/parmela-creamery) - [Fellow Creatures](https://millionrounds.com/company/fellow-creatures) - [B-SIDES](https://millionrounds.com/company/b-sides) - [Yoconut Dairy Free](https://millionrounds.com/company/yoconut-dairy-free) ## Cultivated meat 9 - [Avant](https://millionrounds.com/company/avant) - [Mission Barns](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission-barns) - [Ark](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark) - [CellX](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellx) - [Finless Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/finless-foods) - [Clever Carnivore](https://millionrounds.com/company/clever-carnivore) - [Novel Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/novel-farms) - [Livestock Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/livestock-labs) - [Biftek](https://millionrounds.com/company/biftek) ## Fermentation and fungi 7 - [Nature's Fynd](https://millionrounds.com/company/nature-s-fynd) - [Meati](https://millionrounds.com/company/meati) - [The EVERY Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-every-company) - [The Better Meat Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-better-meat-co) - [Oobli](https://millionrounds.com/company/oobli) - [Yali Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/yali-bio) - [New Culture](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-culture) ## Seafood alternatives 4 - [New Wave Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-wave-foods) - [Current Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/current-foods) - [The ISH Food Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-ish-food-company) - [Impact Food](https://millionrounds.com/company/impact-food) ## Segment by segment ### Plant-based meat and foods 71 startups · $844M raised - [**Kate Farms**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kate-farms) Kate Farms offers plant-based shakes and formulas for tube-fed adults and children. United States $75M - [**ALOHA**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aloha) Aloha is a USDA organic, clean, plant-based, sustainable food & beverage B-corporation United States $73M - [**Beyond Meat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-meat) Beyond Meat is a food processing company that specializes in providing plant-based meat. United States $72M - [**Daring Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/daring-foods) Daring Foods provides plant-based chicken products as a food alternative. United States $65M - [**Feastables**](https://millionrounds.com/company/feastables) Feastables is a snacking brand founded by YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, in 2021. United States $60M - [**Future Farm**](https://millionrounds.com/company/future-farm) Future Farm Provides Supply of Plant-Based Food. United States $58M - [**VOW**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vow) Vow is a meat production company specializing in producing meat from animal cells. United States $49M - [**Veggie Grill**](https://millionrounds.com/company/veggie-grill) Veggie Grill, a West Coast restaurant, provides plant-based food including hot sandwiches and burgers, entrée salads, soups and deserts. United States $42M ### Dairy alternatives 12 startups · $1.7B raised - [**Impossible Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/impossible-foods) Impossible Foods is a science-driven company founded in 2011 by Patrick O. United States $1.2B - [**Califia Farms**](https://millionrounds.com/company/califia-farms) Califia Farms is a prominent plant-based beverage company founded in 2010 by Greg Steltenpohl and a farmer’s co-op from California United States $325M - [**Ripple Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple-foods) Ripple Foods is a plant-based dairy-alternative company founded in 2015, focusing on creating sustainable, high-protein products f United States $112M - [**Kite Hill**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kite-hill) Kite Hill is a plant-based food company founded in 2010 by vegan chef Tal Ronnen, cheesemaker Monte Casino, and biochemist Dr. United States $40M - [**Mooala**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mooala) Mooala is a Dallas-based beverage company that specializes in USDA-certified organic, plant-based, and dairy-free milk alternatives. United States $13M - [**Good PLANeT Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-planet-foods) GOOD PLANeT Foods is a Washington-based company that specializes in producing plant-based, allergen-free, and dairy-free cheese alternatives. United States $5.2M - [**Yo Egg**](https://millionrounds.com/company/yo-egg) Yo Egg is a food technology company based in Los Angeles, founded in 2019 and launching commercial operations in 2021. United States $5.0M - [**Grounded Foods Co.**](https://millionrounds.com/company/grounded-foods-co) Grounded Foods Co. United States $2.5M ### Cultivated meat 9 startups · $2.1B raised - [**Avant**](https://millionrounds.com/company/avant) Avant Meats Company Limited is a pioneering cultivated meat company based in Hong Kong, recognized as the first of its kind in Chi United States $2.0B - [**Mission Barns**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission-barns) Mission Barns is a food technology company based in San Francisco, founded in 2018. United States $24M - [**Ark**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark) Ark Biotech, founded in 2021 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a technology company focused on the cultivated meat sector United States $18M - [**CellX**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellx) CellX is a Shanghai-based cellular agriculture company specializing in cultivated meat and innovative protein products. United States $6.5M - [**Finless Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/finless-foods) Finless Foods provides cellular-agriculture technologies to create accessible plant-based and cell-cultured seafood alternatives. United States $3.5M - [**Clever Carnivore**](https://millionrounds.com/company/clever-carnivore) Clever Carnivore is a Chicago-based cultivated meat company founded in 2021. United States $2.4M - [**Novel Farms**](https://millionrounds.com/company/novel-farms) Novel Farms develops cruelty-free, inexpensive and tunable scaffolds for the production of whole cuts of gourmet cell-based meat. United States $1.0M - [**Livestock Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/livestock-labs) Cell line provider for the cultivated meat industry United States $100K ### Fermentation and fungi 7 startups · $561M raised - [**Nature's Fynd**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nature-s-fynd) Nature's Fynd is a Chicago-based food-tech company that specializes in creating animal-free meat and dairy alternatives. United States $350M - [**Meati**](https://millionrounds.com/company/meati) Meati Foods is a consumer goods company that provides fungi-based meat alternatives to everyone. United States $100M - [**The EVERY Company**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-every-company) The EVERY Company is a biotechnology and food technology firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. United States $55M - [**The Better Meat Co.**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-better-meat-co) We harness the power of fermentation to make versatile mycoprotein ingredients United States $31M - [**Oobli**](https://millionrounds.com/company/oobli) Oobli is a biotechnology company based in Davis, California, specializing in sweet protein technology. United States $18M - [**Yali Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/yali-bio) Yali Bio, also known as Yali Biosciences Inc., is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California, founded in 2021. United States $3.9M - [**New Culture**](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-culture) New Culture is a food startup based in Silicon Valley that specializes in producing animal-free mozzarella using precision fermentation. United States $3.5M ### Seafood alternatives 4 startups · $42M raised - [**New Wave Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-wave-foods) New Wave Foods was a plant-based seafood company founded in 2015 and based in Nyack, New York. United States $18M - [**Current Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/current-foods) Current Foods creates plant-based alternatives for people's seafood favorites. United States $18M - [**The ISH Food Company**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-ish-food-company) The ISH Food Company is a certified B-Corporation plant-based food startup founded in 2020 and based in Rockland, Delaware. United States $5.0M - [**Impact Food**](https://millionrounds.com/company/impact-food) Impact Food is a food technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2021 by UC Berkeley alumni. United States $650K **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and is based in United States. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in alternative protein, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. 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