SOUS is a technology startup that provides a comprehensive digital commerce platform specifically designed for chefs, restaurants, and independent food and beverage (F&B) entrepreneurs. It operates as a vertical SaaS platform, delivering software solutions tailored to the unique needs of food businesses
Enhanced Medical Nutrition
Series A in 2025
Enhanced Medical Nutrition specializes in the development of medical food products aimed at improving patient outcomes related to surgery. The company focuses on research, development, and distribution of evidence-based clinical nutrition specifically designed for the perioperative setting. Their products assist in rehabilitation, promote wound healing, and manage the protein needs of individuals who are ill and aging. By utilizing their innovative medical foods, Enhanced Medical Nutrition enables patients to reduce postoperative insulin resistance and enhance overall health during recovery periods.
Orbisk is a developer of fully automated food waste monitoring equipment aimed at enhancing sustainability within the food service industry. The company's innovative solution includes a smart camera equipped with an artificial intelligence image recognition algorithm that identifies food ingredients from images. By integrating this technology into waste bins, Orbisk enables hospitality organizations to gain comprehensive insights into their food waste, quantifying large volumes of discarded food. This data-driven approach allows restaurants to identify inefficiencies in their food-providing processes, facilitating significant reductions in food waste and contributing to improved sustainability and profitability.
BE WTR is a manufacturer of advanced hygienic water taps tailored for offices and other commercial spaces. The company's innovative taps offer the convenience of dispensing still or sparkling water, with the capability to heat or chill the water as needed. Each unit features integrated BRITA filtration to ensure high-quality drinking water. BE WTR primarily targets the high-end hospitality market and provides point-of-use systems designed for on-demand water delivery in restaurants, offices, and homes. By focusing on hygienic solutions, BE WTR aims to enhance user experience while promoting environmental sustainability.
TeOra is an innovative biotechnology company focused on transforming the food production industry by eliminating losses caused by diseases and reducing reliance on harmful chemicals and pesticides. The company recognizes the adverse effects these substances have on human health and the environment, prompting the development of safe, natural, and sustainable biologics. Utilizing its advanced SOLAQ platform, TeOra employs bioinformatics, synthetic biology, precision fermentation, and material science to create biologics. Targeting the aquaculture market, which is valued at $280 billion and experiences significant disease-related losses, TeOra's flagship product, ShrimpGuard, offers a clinically validated solution to combat viral diseases in shrimp. This product integrates seamlessly into existing farming practices, providing a substantial reduction in disease risk for a modest increase in costs. TeOra's technology has the potential to revolutionize food production by managing infections in both plants and animals, thereby promoting efficient and healthy food systems while tapping into a market potential of $193 billion.
bitewell
Seed Round in 2024
Bitewell is a pioneering company focused on enhancing global health through food. Recognized as a notable start-up in 2023, it operates a transformative food-as-medicine platform designed to simplify and democratize healthy eating. Central to its innovation is the FoodHealth Score, a personalized nutrition metric that assesses the impact of food on health. This score will be available to over 20 million Americans in the near future, becoming a key health metric in major grocery retailers and restaurant chains, as well as being utilized by healthcare providers. By aligning food choices with long-term health outcomes, Bitewell aims to reduce healthcare costs and promote healthier eating habits among individuals and businesses alike.
CarobWay is a food technology and agriculture technology company focused on the cultivation, production, storage, delivery, trading, and extraction of carob fruit. The company emphasizes sustainable agricultural practices and aims to provide fair-trade returns to growers. By cultivating locally grown carob trees, CarobWay utilizes advanced techniques to enhance product development while optimizing the cultivation process from seedling to harvest. This includes implementing efficient methods such as refined irrigation and mechanical harvesting, which reduce labor requirements. Through these innovations, CarobWay enables the business-to-business food industry to access a wide range of conventional carob-based products, promoting both sustainability and economic viability in the agricultural sector.
Mondra is a technology-focused company dedicated to transforming global supply chains with an emphasis on sustainability and environmental impact. By integrating advanced methods such as satellite data, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, Mondra addresses data gaps that hinder comprehension of the food supply chain's effects on the environment. The company has developed a data-driven insights platform that assists stakeholders in the food system in achieving their carbon neutrality objectives. This platform features a labeling system that allows producers to demonstrate their products' verified environmental performance and benchmark them against industry averages. Mondra empowers producers to identify opportunities for reducing their environmental footprint, thereby enhancing product performance and fostering brand loyalty through transparency in environmental practices.
Una Health
Seed Round in 2024
Una Health is a health technology company based in Berlin, Germany, dedicated to reversing metabolic dysfunction through precision nutrition and lifestyle management. Utilizing mobile technology, biosensors, artificial intelligence, and behavioral science, Una Health offers an algorithm-based digital therapy platform that provides users with real-time blood glucose insights, personalized metabolic profiles, and tailored lifestyle recommendations. The platform facilitates a comprehensive behavioral change journey, empowering individuals to manage their health proactively, reduce reliance on medication, and enhance their overall well-being through effective lifestyle modifications.
The Mediterranean Food Lab
Series A in 2024
The Mediterranean Food Lab specializes in developing natural flavor bases for plant-based meat alternatives through solid-state fermentation. The company focuses on enhancing the taste of plant-based foods by utilizing healthful raw materials such as grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, which are rich in amino acids, minerals, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory compounds. By providing high-quality plant-based food flavors, The Mediterranean Food Lab aims to offer clients effective replacements for animal-based meat, thereby contributing to the growing demand for sustainable and delicious plant-based options.
Kern Tec is a manufacturer specializing in the upcycling of fruit kernels derived from stone fruits such as cherries, apricots, and plums. The company refines these kernels into high-quality raw materials, creating a range of products including baking ingredients, sustainable cosmetic oils, fertilizers, and biomass. By focusing on environmentally friendly practices, Kern Tec provides clients in the baking, food supplement, dairy alternatives, and confectionery industries with naturally sourced ingredients while minimizing environmental impact. Their innovation allows for the creation of new food products from what would otherwise be waste, contributing to a more sustainable food supply chain.
The Mediterranean Food Lab
Series A in 2023
The Mediterranean Food Lab specializes in developing natural flavor bases for plant-based meat alternatives through solid-state fermentation. The company focuses on enhancing the taste of plant-based foods by utilizing healthful raw materials such as grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, which are rich in amino acids, minerals, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory compounds. By providing high-quality plant-based food flavors, The Mediterranean Food Lab aims to offer clients effective replacements for animal-based meat, thereby contributing to the growing demand for sustainable and delicious plant-based options.
WNWN Food Labs
Series A in 2023
WNWN Food Labs is a fermentation-based food technology company dedicated to producing sustainable and ethical alternative ingredients. Their focus is on creating delicious, harm-free, guilt-free products that are better for both the planet and its inhabitants. Notably, WNWN offers a cacao-free, eco-friendly alternative to chocolate, promoting healthier lifestyles and more sustainable food choices.
Hyperplan
Seed Round in 2023
Hyperplan is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company focused on supporting industrial organizations in managing the complexities and unpredictability of crop production. The company offers a real-time software platform designed for crop and harvest management across various types of crops. Its application suite facilitates informed decision-making throughout the agri-food chain by providing data management, collaboration tools, and advanced statistical capabilities. This enables users to centralize and visualize business data, utilize sophisticated algorithms for statistical analysis, and implement stochastic optimization. Hyperplan's solutions aim to help farmers, vendors, and industrialists effectively measure, control, and reduce the environmental impact of their supply chains while enhancing operational resilience amid uncertainties and challenges.
Orbisk is a developer of fully automated food waste monitoring equipment aimed at enhancing sustainability within the food service industry. The company's innovative solution includes a smart camera equipped with an artificial intelligence image recognition algorithm that identifies food ingredients from images. By integrating this technology into waste bins, Orbisk enables hospitality organizations to gain comprehensive insights into their food waste, quantifying large volumes of discarded food. This data-driven approach allows restaurants to identify inefficiencies in their food-providing processes, facilitating significant reductions in food waste and contributing to improved sustainability and profitability.
Myconeos
Seed Round in 2022
Myconeos Limited is a fungal biotechnology company specializing in the breeding of new strains of fungi for diverse applications, including food production, bio-remediation, and enzyme generation. The company has made significant advancements in the understanding of Penicillium roqueforti, a key fungal starter culture used in blue cheese production, by uncovering its sexual reproduction cycle and optimizing conditions for it. Myconeos has developed over 120 new fungal strains, collaborating with cheese producers to identify the best strains for blue cheese manufacturing. This has led to the introduction of Mycoforti®, a novel range of starter cultures that marks a first in the industry, particularly in the UK market. These unique cultures are expected to revitalize the blue cheese category, which has seen limited innovation for years. Myconeos continues to explore additional research avenues in fungal food cultures and related fields, positioning itself as a key player in the biotechnology sector.
Vow Foods is a company that specializes in producing cultivated exotic meat through lab-based methods. By utilizing animal cells rather than traditional livestock, Vow aims to create sustainable and ethical meat alternatives. The process involves harvesting animal cells via biopsy and growing them in a nutrient-rich medium, which allows for the development of a diverse range of meat products. This innovative approach not only provides consumers, restaurants, and chefs with nutritious and flavorful options but also reduces reliance on natural resources typically used in conventional meat production.
Forsea Foods
Seed Round in 2022
Forsea is a cultivated meat company with proprietary, breakthrough technology to produce fish and seafood in a very similar way to nature.
Delicious Data
Seed Round in 2022
Delicious Data GmbH is a technology company based in Garching bei Munchen, Germany, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing a software-as-a-service solution that utilizes artificial intelligence to forecast merchandise sales in the food service and catering industry. The company’s platform analyzes historical sales data and incorporates external factors to predict future demand, thereby assisting clients such as universities, malls, cafeterias, restaurants, hospitals, and catering companies in optimizing their purchase and production planning. By providing insights that help reduce food waste, Delicious Data enables its customers to save resources and minimize costs associated with unsold food.
Rival Foods
Series A in 2022
Rival Foods is a food production company that specializes in manufacturing plant-based culinary whole-cuts designed to serve as alternatives to traditional meat and fish. The company focuses on creating vegetarian and vegan options that do not sacrifice taste or culinary experience. Its products feature a fibrous texture, rich mouthfeel, and high juiciness, achieved using minimal ingredients. By prioritizing flavor and quality, Rival Foods aims to attract meat lovers while catering to those who prefer plant-based diets, thus bridging the gap between traditional protein sources and modern dietary preferences.
Standing Ovation
Series A in 2022
Standing Ovation specializes in developing vegan cheese alternatives that closely mimic the taste and texture of traditional dairy cheese. The company employs scientific methods to create animal-free and environmentally friendly cheese products, utilizing protein-producing microbes that are fed with plant-based sugars in a fermentation process reminiscent of traditional cheesemaking. This innovative approach not only offers a healthier option for consumers but also aligns with the growing demand for sustainable and plant-based food choices.
InsideTracker
Series B in 2022
InsideTracker is a personalized health analytics company founded by experts from MIT, Harvard, and Tufts University. The company offers a platform that analyzes key biochemical and physiological markers to provide users with insights into their health. By utilizing advanced algorithms and extensive scientific databases, InsideTracker identifies optimal ranges for these markers and generates customized recommendations for lifestyle and nutrition interventions. This approach empowers individuals to manage their health proactively, with a focus on enhancing vitality, improving performance, and potentially extending life. The platform synthesizes complex scientific findings into actionable insights, enabling users to make informed decisions about their well-being and optimize their overall health.
Neolithics
Seed Round in 2022
Neolithics is a technology company that specializes in automating quality control for fresh produce. By leveraging advanced artificial intelligence software, Neolithics provides automated crop inspection solutions that enable users to detect, classify, and sort their crops efficiently. The company's innovations aim to enhance transparency and facilitate digital recording of inventory, allowing customers to maximize utilization, reduce waste, and improve food safety. Through its automated systems, Neolithics helps clients lower distribution costs and increase the overall value of their inventory, thereby streamlining the quality control process and minimizing reliance on manual sorting methods.
Imagindairy
Seed Round in 2022
Imagindairy is a producer of animal-free dairy proteins, committed to delivering sustainable and healthy alternatives to traditional dairy products. The company utilizes advanced technologies, including synthetic biology, to maximize the production of milk proteins. By focusing on innovation, Imagindairy develops a range of protein-based dairy goods that are not only nutritious and flavorful but also designed to be affordable for consumers. Through its efforts, the company aims to provide viable alternatives to animal-derived products, contributing to a more sustainable food system.
InsideTracker
Series A in 2022
InsideTracker is a personalized health analytics company founded by experts from MIT, Harvard, and Tufts University. The company offers a platform that analyzes key biochemical and physiological markers to provide users with insights into their health. By utilizing advanced algorithms and extensive scientific databases, InsideTracker identifies optimal ranges for these markers and generates customized recommendations for lifestyle and nutrition interventions. This approach empowers individuals to manage their health proactively, with a focus on enhancing vitality, improving performance, and potentially extending life. The platform synthesizes complex scientific findings into actionable insights, enabling users to make informed decisions about their well-being and optimize their overall health.
Myota is a London-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in developing fiber-based microbiome interventions aimed at treating and preventing chronic diseases. The company produces microbiome-based fiber mixes designed to enhance gut health. By leveraging advanced technologies such as machine learning, microbiome sequencing, and analytical chemistry, Myota explores the therapeutic benefits of these fiber mixes. This innovative approach enables consumers to achieve a healthy and balanced gut microbiome, ultimately promoting overall well-being and reducing the risk of chronic health issues.
Tastewise
Series A in 2022
Tastewise is a technology company specializing in generative AI-powered marketing solutions tailored for the food and beverage industry. It serves prominent global brands such as PepsiCo, KraftHeinz, Nestlé, Mars, and Givaudan. Tastewise addresses inefficiencies in the slow-to-adapt food industry by offering an enterprise-grade AI platform that streamlines research and marketing execution workflows. This enables clients to make data-driven decisions swiftly, reducing project timelines from months to hours. The company's mission is to facilitate smarter, healthier, and more sustainable choices within the food sector.
Vanilla Vida
Series A in 2022
Vanilla Vida is a company specializing in the production of high-quality vanilla. They manage the entire process from seed to client, ensuring meticulous control over growing and curing. The company employs innovative, non-GMO methods to enhance the flavor levels of vanilla beans, utilizing image processing technology for disease detection, quality control, and optimizing plant behavior patterns. This approach allows Vanilla Vida to provide natural flavors at competitive prices, reducing the reliance on synthetic materials in the food industry.
Kern Tec
Seed Round in 2021
Kern Tec is a manufacturer specializing in the upcycling of fruit kernels derived from stone fruits such as cherries, apricots, and plums. The company refines these kernels into high-quality raw materials, creating a range of products including baking ingredients, sustainable cosmetic oils, fertilizers, and biomass. By focusing on environmentally friendly practices, Kern Tec provides clients in the baking, food supplement, dairy alternatives, and confectionery industries with naturally sourced ingredients while minimizing environmental impact. Their innovation allows for the creation of new food products from what would otherwise be waste, contributing to a more sustainable food supply chain.
NICK’S is a food tech company that manufactures keto diet-friendly ice cream, snack bars, and ice cream sandwiches. The company creates food products with the goal of revolutionizing the market for healthy snacks and sweets.
supernutural
Seed Round in 2021
Supernutural is a food and beverage manufacturing company that specializes in the development of a nut-grinding device tailored for supermarkets, delicatessen stores, and hotels. This innovative device grinds nuts to produce a creamy pulp and is offered through a leasing model that includes a subscription service. Subscribers receive regular shipments of roasted nuts, ensuring a continuous supply of fresh nut products that provide energy and protein-rich nutrition. Through this approach, Supernutural combines equipment leasing with a convenient nut subscription, catering to the needs of various clients in the food industry.
The Mediterranean Food Lab
Seed Round in 2021
The Mediterranean Food Lab specializes in developing natural flavor bases for plant-based meat alternatives through solid-state fermentation. The company focuses on enhancing the taste of plant-based foods by utilizing healthful raw materials such as grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, which are rich in amino acids, minerals, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory compounds. By providing high-quality plant-based food flavors, The Mediterranean Food Lab aims to offer clients effective replacements for animal-based meat, thereby contributing to the growing demand for sustainable and delicious plant-based options.
Orbisk is a developer of fully automated food waste monitoring equipment aimed at enhancing sustainability within the food service industry. The company's innovative solution includes a smart camera equipped with an artificial intelligence image recognition algorithm that identifies food ingredients from images. By integrating this technology into waste bins, Orbisk enables hospitality organizations to gain comprehensive insights into their food waste, quantifying large volumes of discarded food. This data-driven approach allows restaurants to identify inefficiencies in their food-providing processes, facilitating significant reductions in food waste and contributing to improved sustainability and profitability.
Prenexus Health
Series B in 2021
Prenexus Health, Inc. is a manufacturer of natural prebiotic ingredients, specializing in the scientific research, development, and production of components for functional foods, beverages, and dietary supplements. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Gilbert, Arizona, the company emphasizes digestive health and wellness through its innovative offerings, including XOS95, a highly purified prebiotic ingredient derived from high-fiber sugarcane. Prenexus Health is recognized as a global leader in the prebiotic sector, underpinned by extensive scientific and clinical research that supports its products' efficacy in enhancing digestive and microbiome health. The company serves clients in the fast-moving consumer goods sector, providing them with high-quality functional ingredients to improve their products.
Vanilla Vida
Seed Round in 2021
Vanilla Vida is a company specializing in the production of high-quality vanilla. They manage the entire process from seed to client, ensuring meticulous control over growing and curing. The company employs innovative, non-GMO methods to enhance the flavor levels of vanilla beans, utilizing image processing technology for disease detection, quality control, and optimizing plant behavior patterns. This approach allows Vanilla Vida to provide natural flavors at competitive prices, reducing the reliance on synthetic materials in the food industry.
Imagindairy
Seed Round in 2021
Imagindairy is a producer of animal-free dairy proteins, committed to delivering sustainable and healthy alternatives to traditional dairy products. The company utilizes advanced technologies, including synthetic biology, to maximize the production of milk proteins. By focusing on innovation, Imagindairy develops a range of protein-based dairy goods that are not only nutritious and flavorful but also designed to be affordable for consumers. Through its efforts, the company aims to provide viable alternatives to animal-derived products, contributing to a more sustainable food system.
Ukko is a biotechnology company focused on enhancing the quality of life for individuals affected by food allergies and disorders. The company utilizes a computational engineering platform that employs artificial intelligence, immunology, and protein engineering to redesign food allergens into therapeutics that are both safe and effective. By creating a comprehensive, clinically validated map of the molecular structures associated with food allergies, Ukko reveals critical insights into the biological mechanisms governing human-food interactions. This innovative approach enables the development of new protein versions that do not provoke an immune response, providing a novel strategy for treating protein-based allergies.
iwi life
Venture Round in 2021
Iwi Life is a manufacturer specializing in algae-based nutrition products aimed at enhancing the health and well-being of various living organisms. The company focuses on producing sustainable, plant-based staples that are cultivated without chemicals. Its algae serve as a source for omega-3 oil, which is recognized for its research-proven health benefits, including support for energy levels, heart health, and mood enhancement. By prioritizing sustainability and health, Iwi Life seeks to provide consumers with effective nutritional solutions that contribute to a healthier lifestyle.
LUB Foods
Venture Round in 2021
Luthman Backlund Foods AB was started in 2013 by Carl Backlund and Niclas Luthman. Since then they have built a team of dedicated and hard-working people around us that all share the same vision - creating snacks and confectionery that is actually good for you and the people you love. THeir ambition is to create a global brand and a wide range of products that adds to the quality of life and well-being of all the snacks and candy-loving people of the world.
Qualitas Health
Funding Round in 2021
Qualitas Health is a medical company that provides healthcare services and solutions for everyone. It also offers treatments such as outpatient treatment (acute & chronic care), specialist outpatient treatment, diagnostics, pathology, dental care, and therapy and rehabilitation. Across the country, every Qualitas Health clinic upholds the same values. They are able to provide highly accessible medical services while maintaining quality by consistently meeting their targets and goals. Qualitas Health was founded in 1997 and is based in Malaysia.
BE WTR is a manufacturer of advanced hygienic water taps tailored for offices and other commercial spaces. The company's innovative taps offer the convenience of dispensing still or sparkling water, with the capability to heat or chill the water as needed. Each unit features integrated BRITA filtration to ensure high-quality drinking water. BE WTR primarily targets the high-end hospitality market and provides point-of-use systems designed for on-demand water delivery in restaurants, offices, and homes. By focusing on hygienic solutions, BE WTR aims to enhance user experience while promoting environmental sustainability.
Tastewise
Series A in 2019
Tastewise is a technology company specializing in generative AI-powered marketing solutions tailored for the food and beverage industry. It serves prominent global brands such as PepsiCo, KraftHeinz, Nestlé, Mars, and Givaudan. Tastewise addresses inefficiencies in the slow-to-adapt food industry by offering an enterprise-grade AI platform that streamlines research and marketing execution workflows. This enables clients to make data-driven decisions swiftly, reducing project timelines from months to hours. The company's mission is to facilitate smarter, healthier, and more sustainable choices within the food sector.
LUB Foods
Venture Round in 2019
Luthman Backlund Foods AB was started in 2013 by Carl Backlund and Niclas Luthman. Since then they have built a team of dedicated and hard-working people around us that all share the same vision - creating snacks and confectionery that is actually good for you and the people you love. THeir ambition is to create a global brand and a wide range of products that adds to the quality of life and well-being of all the snacks and candy-loving people of the world.
NICK’S is a food tech company that manufactures keto diet-friendly ice cream, snack bars, and ice cream sandwiches. The company creates food products with the goal of revolutionizing the market for healthy snacks and sweets.