# Food & Beverage startup funding, October 2026: Wilde's $40M Growth leads 19 rounds > 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. Source: https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/food-beverage (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Equity rounds **19** in Food & Beverage, 17 with an amount Raised **$219M** across those rounds Lead named **79%** of rounds say who led Share of the month **3%** of rounds; 0% of the money ## The biggest rounds - [1 **Wilde** Growth · United States · led by S2G Investments **$40M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wilde) - [2 E **East Africa Foods** Series B · Tanzania · led by InfraCo **$40M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/east-africa-foods) - [3 **Kinish** Series A · Japan **$31M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kinish) - [4 E **EZ Bombs** Series A · United States · led by CAVU Consumer Partners **$25M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ez-bombs) - [5 **Dan-O's Seasoning** Growth · United States · led by The Newcastle Network **$25M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dan-o-s-seasoning) - [6 Z **Zevia PBC** Growth · United States · led by GP Investments **$20M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/zevia-pbc) - [7 **Troovy** Series B · India · led by Fireside Ventures, Sharrp Ventures **$12M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/troovy) - [8 A **Ambrey Baker** Growth · United Kingdom · led by Midlands Engine Investment Fund II **$6.6M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ambrey-baker) - [9 O **Orana** Growth · Denmark · led by Impact Fund Denmark (formerly IFU) **$6.0M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/orana) - [10 S **Swaay Technologies** Seed · Ireland · led by BVP **$2.2M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/swaay-technologies) ## Day by day Equity rounds in Food & Beverage announced each day of October. The busiest day was 23 October, with 3. 1 October 31 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-seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/pre-seed) *1* **$2.2M** this month **$2.0M** 12 months, all sectors [Seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/seed) *6* **$2.0M** this month **$5.5M** 12 months, all sectors [Series A](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-a) *4* **$14M** this month **$20M** 12 months, all sectors [Series B](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-b) *3* **$26M** this month **$50M** 12 months, all sectors [Growth](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/growth) *5* **$20M** this month **$113M** 12 months, all sectors ## Where - [Japan](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/japan) **4** - [United States](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/united-states) **4** - [India](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/india) **3** - [United Kingdom](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/united-kingdom) **1** - Ireland **1** - Brazil **1** - Italy **1** - Denmark **1** Japan had the most Food & Beverage rounds this month. ## Against the month - Rounds, Food & Beverage **19** - Rounds, all sectors **733** - Raised, Food & Beverage **$219M** - Raised, all sectors **$59B** [The whole of October 2026](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10) ## Other sectors in October [411 rounds **AI** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/ai)[100 rounds **Fintech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/fintech)[72 rounds **Healthcare** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/healthcare)[67 rounds **Software** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/software)[67 rounds **Robotics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/robotics)[56 rounds **Manufacturing** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/manufacturing)[44 rounds **SaaS** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/saas)[44 rounds **Construction** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/construction)[42 rounds **Hardware & Electronics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/hardware)[41 rounds **Biotech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/biotech)[34 rounds **Big Data & Analytics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/big-data)[33 rounds **Energy** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/energy)[33 rounds **Logistics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/logistics)[32 rounds **Enterprise Software** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/enterprise-software)[29 rounds **Aerospace & Space** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/aerospace)[29 rounds **Healthtech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/healthtech)[28 rounds **Cybersecurity** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/cybersecurity)[26 rounds **Defence Tech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/defensetech)[25 rounds **Cloud** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/cloud)[24 rounds **Entertainment** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/entertainment)[23 rounds **B2C** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/b2c)[23 rounds **Financial Services** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/financial-services)[22 rounds **Medical Devices** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/medical-device)[20 rounds **Cleantech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/cleantech)[19 rounds **E-commerce** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/ecommerce)[18 rounds **Real Estate** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/real-estate)[18 rounds **Deeptech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/deeptech)[18 rounds **Semiconductors** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/semiconductors)[17 rounds **Agtech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/agtech)[16 rounds **Developer Tools** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/developer-tools)[15 rounds **Web3 & Crypto** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/web3)[15 rounds **Retail** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/retail)[15 rounds **Martech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/martech)[14 rounds **Supply Chain** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/supply-chain)[14 rounds **Insurtech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/insurtech)[14 rounds **Telecoms** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/telecom)[14 rounds **Climate Tech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/climate)[13 rounds **Regtech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/regtech)[13 rounds **Automotive & EVs** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/automotive)[13 rounds **Chemicals & Materials** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/chemicals)[12 rounds **Future of Work** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/future-of-work)[12 rounds **B2B** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/b2b)[12 rounds **Media** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/media)[12 rounds **Gaming** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/gaming)[11 rounds **Professional Services** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/consulting)[11 rounds **Marketplaces** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/marketplace)[11 rounds **HR Tech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/hrtech)[11 rounds **Education** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/education)[11 rounds **Salestech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/salestech)[10 rounds **Proptech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/proptech)[10 rounds **Pharma** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/pharma)[10 rounds **Fashion** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/fashion)[10 rounds **Travel & Hospitality** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/traveltech) **How this roundup is made** It is written from the rounds we read that month in named articles and filings, by the sectors we file each company under; a company can sit in more than one, so sector roundups overlap. Only equity rounds with a stage count; debt, grants and public companies' raises do not. Each sector with 10 or more equity rounds in a month gets its own roundup. We read more sources every month, so compare medians, not totals. [How we read rounds](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a mistake](https://millionrounds.com/corrections)