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17 foodtech startups founded in 2018 have raised money in rounds we track. These are the 17 that have raised the most, $220M between them, with the United States the most common home.
Fore Coffee is a coffee company that sells coffee and beans.
Founded 2018Indonesia$48Mlast round Nov 2019We harness the power of fermentation to make versatile mycoprotein ingredients
Founded 2018West Sacramento, United States$31Mlast round Aug 2025BlueNalu is a food technology company based in San Diego, California, founded in 2017.
Founded 2018San Diego, United States$28Mlast round Dec 2025Novameat is a Barcelona-based food technology startup founded in 2018, specializing in innovative plant-based meat substitutes.
Founded 2018Barcelona, Spain$19Mlast round Sept 2024Invers, officially known as INVERS Groupe, is a French company founded in 2018 that specializes in sustainable insect farming, particularly focusing on the cult
Founded 2018Surat, France$15Mlast round Sept 2022Shiok Meats is a cellular aquaculture and cell-based meat company.
Founded 2018Singapore, Singapore$15Mlast round Jul 2021Meatable is a Dutch biotechnology company founded in 2018, focused on developing cultivated (lab-grown) meat.
Founded 2018Leiden, Netherlands$14Mlast round Nov 2024Next Century Spirits is a distilled spirits and marketing company based in Zebulon, North Carolina, founded in 2018 by Joel Pawlak and Scott Bolin.
Founded 2018Raleigh, United States$9.6Mlast round Feb 2026Foodforecast is a Cologne-based startup that specializes in artificial intelligence and SaaS solutions aimed at reducing food waste and enhancing resource effic
Founded 2018Cologne, Germany$9.5Mlast round Feb 2026Mergulo is a sustainable food company that specializes in the production and distribution of plant-based cashew butter.
Founded 2018United Kingdom$8.1Mlast round Aug 2021New Culture is a food startup based in Silicon Valley that specializes in producing animal-free mozzarella using precision fermentation.
Founded 2018San Francisco, United States$3.5Mlast round Apr 2025Better Nature is a UK-based food-tech startup founded in 2018, specializing in ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat meat-free products made from tempeh, a high-protei
Founded 2018London, United Kingdom$1.5Mlast round Aug 2025TMRW Foods is a Canadian company focused on plant-based food innovation, founded in 2018 by Dean Blignaut.
Founded 2018Vancouver, Canada$1.5Mlast round Jul 2022Engaged AI - Helping the world build AI people can trust
Founded 2018San Francisco, United States$1.1Mlast round Apr 2018Mighty Cricket offers clean protein powders and oatmeals made with sustainable protein and organic ingredients.
Founded 2018St Louis, United States$650Klast round Nov 2024PHUTURE® Foods is a sustainability-driven startup based in Singapore, specializing in plant-based meat alternatives.
Founded 2018Klang, Malaysia$200Klast round Oct 2019Companies founded in 2018 whose funding rounds we classed in this sector, ranked by the total they have raised in rounds we hold. Nobody pays to be on a list.
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