Monthly roundup · Food & Beverage · October 2026

Food & Beverage startup funding, October 2026: Wilde's $40M Growth leads 19 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 November 2026

We read 19 equity rounds in Food & Beverage announced in October 2026, raising $219M between them: 3% of all the rounds we read that month and 0% of the money. The largest was Wilde's $40M Growth, led by S2G Investments. The median seed round was $2.0M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months across all sectors; at Series A it was $14M.

Equity rounds19in Food & Beverage, 17 with an amount
Raised$219Macross those rounds
Lead named79%of rounds say who led
Share of the month3%of rounds; 0% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1WildeGrowth · United States · led by S2G Investments$40M
  2. 2EEast Africa FoodsSeries B · Tanzania · led by InfraCo$40M
  3. 3KinishSeries A · Japan$31M
  4. 4EEZ BombsSeries A · United States · led by CAVU Consumer Partners$25M
  5. 5Dan-O's SeasoningGrowth · United States · led by The Newcastle Network$25M
  6. 6ZZevia PBCGrowth · United States · led by GP Investments$20M
  7. 7TroovySeries B · India · led by Fireside Ventures, Sharrp Ventures$12M
  8. 8AAmbrey BakerGrowth · United Kingdom · led by Midlands Engine Investment Fund II$6.6M
  9. 9OOranaGrowth · Denmark · led by Impact Fund Denmark (formerly IFU)$6.0M
  10. 10SSwaay TechnologiesSeed · Ireland · led by BVP$2.2M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Food & Beverage announced each day of October. The busiest day was 23 October, with 3.

1 October31 October

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: the sector's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the one across all sectors.

Pre-seed1$2.2Mthis month$2.0M12 months, all sectors
Seed6$2.0Mthis month$5.5M12 months, all sectors
Series A4$14Mthis month$20M12 months, all sectors
Series B3$26Mthis month$50M12 months, all sectors
Growth5$20Mthis month$113M12 months, all sectors

Where

Japan had the most Food & Beverage rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Food & Beverage19
  • Rounds, all sectors733
  • Raised, Food & Beverage$219M
  • Raised, all sectors$59B

The whole of October 2026

Other sectors in October

411 roundsAI→100 roundsFintech→72 roundsHealthcare→67 roundsSoftware→67 roundsRobotics→56 roundsManufacturing→44 roundsSaaS→44 roundsConstruction→42 roundsHardware & Electronics→41 roundsBiotech→34 roundsBig Data & Analytics→33 roundsEnergy→33 roundsLogistics→32 roundsEnterprise Software→29 roundsAerospace & Space→29 roundsHealthtech→28 roundsCybersecurity→26 roundsDefence Tech→25 roundsCloud→24 roundsEntertainment→23 roundsB2C→23 roundsFinancial Services→22 roundsMedical Devices→20 roundsCleantech→19 roundsE-commerce→18 roundsReal Estate→18 roundsDeeptech→18 roundsSemiconductors→17 roundsAgtech→16 roundsDeveloper Tools→15 roundsWeb3 & Crypto→15 roundsRetail→15 roundsMartech→14 roundsSupply Chain→14 roundsInsurtech→14 roundsTelecoms→14 roundsClimate Tech→13 roundsRegtech→13 roundsAutomotive & EVs→13 roundsChemicals & Materials→12 roundsFuture of Work→12 roundsB2B→12 roundsMedia→12 roundsGaming→11 roundsProfessional Services→11 roundsMarketplaces→11 roundsHR Tech→11 roundsEducation→11 roundsSalestech→10 roundsProptech→10 roundsPharma→10 roundsFashion→10 roundsTravel & Hospitality→