# Big Idea Ventures' Foodtech Investments: 29 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026) > The 29 Foodtech startups Big Idea Ventures has backed, by stage: $147M raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/big-idea-ventures-foodtech-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Pre-seed and seed 18 - [Nutropy](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutropy) - [Shiok Meats](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiok-meats) - [PlantBaby](https://millionrounds.com/company/plantbaby) - [Grounded Foods Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/grounded-foods-co) - [Evolved.Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/evolved-bio) - [Evo Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/evo-foods) - [WTH Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/wth-foods) - [Esencia Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/esencia-foods) - [The VERY Food Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-very-food-co) - [FoodSquared](https://millionrounds.com/company/foodsquared) - [Thrilling Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/thrilling-foods) - [Optimized Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/optimized-foods) - [The Mushroom Meat Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-mushroom-meat-co) - [Angie's Tempeh](https://millionrounds.com/company/angie-s-tempeh) - [Phuture Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/phuture-foods) - [*Z* ZhenMeat](https://millionrounds.com/company/zhenmeat) - [Loki Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/loki-foods) - [GreenGourmet Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/greengourmet-foods) ## Series A 6 - [GOURMEY](https://millionrounds.com/company/gourmey) - [Black Sheep Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/black-sheep-foods) - [Wild Earth](https://millionrounds.com/company/wild-earth) - [Multus](https://millionrounds.com/company/multus) - [Actual Veggies](https://millionrounds.com/company/actual-veggies) - [Perfat Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/perfat-technologies) ## Stage not reported 5 - [Lypid](https://millionrounds.com/company/lypid) - [Novel Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/novel-farms) - [Yeastime](https://millionrounds.com/company/yeastime) - [Extracellular](https://millionrounds.com/company/extracellular) - [Biftek](https://millionrounds.com/company/biftek) ## Segment by segment ### Pre-seed and seed 18 startups · $48M raised - [**Nutropy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutropy) Nutropy is a French B2B foodtech startup founded in 2021, based in Évry-Courcouronnes, France. France $16M - [**Shiok Meats**](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiok-meats) Shiok Meats is a cellular aquaculture and cell-based meat company. Singapore $15M - [**PlantBaby**](https://millionrounds.com/company/plantbaby) PlantBaby is a nutrition-focused company that launched in 2020, aiming to provide families with access to clean-label, organic, pl United States $4.5M - [**Grounded Foods Co.**](https://millionrounds.com/company/grounded-foods-co) Grounded Foods Co. United States $2.5M - [**Evolved.Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/evolved-bio) Evolved is a regenerative therapeutics company growing mature tissues without using any exogenous scaffolds/biomaterials. Canada $2.0M - [**Evo Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/evo-foods) Evo Foods is a Mumbai-based foodtech company founded in 2019, specializing in 100% plant-based egg alternatives. India $1.7M - [**WTH Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wth-foods) WTH Foods, also known as Worth The Health, is a plant-based meat startup founded in 2019 in the Philippines. Philippines $1.2M - [**Esencia Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/esencia-foods) Esencia Foods is a food processing firm that offers seafood alternatives. Germany $1.1M ### Series A 6 startups · $93M raised - [**GOURMEY**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gourmey) GOURMEY is a pioneering cultivated meat company based in Paris, France, founded in 2019. France $48M - [**Black Sheep Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/black-sheep-foods) Black Sheep Foods is a protein supplier specializing in DualTextureTM Protein for hybrid and plant-based meat applications. United States $12M - [**Wild Earth**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wild-earth) Wild Earth leads transformative nature immersion experiences that cultivate character, confidence, passion and perseverance in New United States $11M - [**Multus**](https://millionrounds.com/company/multus) Multus is an animal free cell production company. United Kingdom $9.5M - [**Actual Veggies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/actual-veggies) Actual Veggies is a New York-based consumer packaged goods company founded in 2020 by Hailey Swartz and Jason Rosenbaum. United States $7.0M - [**Perfat Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/perfat-technologies) Perfat Technologies Oy is a Finnish deep-tech food company based in Helsinki, founded in 2023. Finland $5.8M ### Stage not reported 5 startups · $6.2M raised - [**Lypid**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lypid) Lypid is a San Francisco-based food technology company founded in 2020, specializing in plant-based alternative fat solutions. Taiwan $4.0M - [**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 - [**Yeastime**](https://millionrounds.com/company/yeastime) Yeastime S.R.L. Italy $995K - [**Extracellular**](https://millionrounds.com/company/extracellular) Extracellular is a biotechnology contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in Bristol, United Kingdom. United Kingdom $156K - [**Biftek**](https://millionrounds.com/company/biftek) Biftek produces growth medium supplement to ease the cost problem of cultured meat by introducing novel approaches. United States $80K **How this map is made.** Every startup here works in Foodtech and has raised money in a round we track that names Big Idea Ventures as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. 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