69 Best Plant Based Products Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Plant Based Products Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 183 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $8.2b. The average funding per company in this subset is $119.5m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Arzeda

Arzeda is a biotechnology and software company designing custom microorganisms for industrial applications through computational enzyme design, protein optimization, and metabolic engineering.

5

Funding Rounds

$72.2m

Money raised

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Impossible Foods

Impossible Foods is a plant-based meat company making meat and dairy products that are made to look and feel like animal products by manufacturing heme, the oxygen binding molecule found in blood, using engineered yeast grown in bioreactors.

11

Funding Rounds

$1.9b

Money raised

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Perfect Day Foods

Perfect Day Foods (formerly Muufri) engineered yeast capable of producing the proteins found in cows milk. They use these proteins to make their own line of animal-free dairy products.

7

Funding Rounds

$711.5m

Money raised

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New Wave Foods

New Wave Foods is a biotechnology company developing plant-based shellfish food products. The company is based out of San Francisco, California and was founded in 2015 by Dominique Barnes and Michelle Wolf.

9

Funding Rounds

$20.3m

Money raised

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DSM

A bio-based chemical manufacturer focusing on human and animal nutrition, health, and materials markets.

1

Funding Rounds

$12.5m

Money raised

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Future Meat Technologies

An Israeli startup company that is working to make sustainable "animal-free" cell-based meat products available at the local level by adapting the distributed manufacturing model

4

Funding Rounds

$390.0m

Money raised

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Just, Inc.

Just, Inc. (formerly known as Hampton Creek) is a food technology company developing and selling plant based food products around the world.

8

Funding Rounds

$220.0m

Money raised

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Aleph Farms

Aleph Farms is an Israeli cellular agriculture start-up founded by Didier Toubia and Shulamit Levenberg in 2017 developing technologies for culturing meat products into 3D structures.

4

Funding Rounds

$119.8m

Money raised

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Upside Foods

Upside Foods is a San Francisco-based company making cultured meat products. The company was founded by Uma Valeti, Nicholas Genovese, and Will Clem.

4

Funding Rounds

$580.8m

Money raised

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Califia Farms

Califia Farms makes plant-based dairy products (primarily almond based) such as plant-based milks, plant-based creamers, juices, and dairy-free probiotic yoghurts. The company was founded in 2010 by Greg Steltenpohl and is located in San Joaquin Valley, California.

4

Funding Rounds

$295.0m

Money raised

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BlueNalu

A cellular agriculture company making fresh and frozen cultured seafood products.

5

Funding Rounds

$104.5m

Money raised

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Geltor

Geltor is a cellular agriculture company making essential proteins, such as collagen and gelatin, using microbes in their own bio-fermentation recombinant protein production facility.

7

Funding Rounds

$114.3m

Money raised

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Rebellyous Foods

Seattle Food Tech is a food manufacturing technology and production company producing plant-based meats. They make plant-based food and plant-based chicken nuggets.

9

Funding Rounds

$24.2m

Money raised

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Integriculture Inc.

Integriculture is a Japanese cellular agriculture company making lab grown foie gras and other clean meat and cellular agriculture products. The company was founded in on October 23, 2015 and is located in Tokyo, Japan.

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The EVERY Company

The EVERY Company (formally Clara Foods) is a biotechnology company founded by two New Harvest community members David Anchel and Arturo Elizondo in 2014. The company is based out of San Francisco, California and manufactures animal- free proteins using using yeast bio-fermentation techniques fore use in food products.

5

Funding Rounds

$191.8m

Money raised

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Air Protein

Air Protein is a Berkeley-based biotechnology company producing protein with microorganisms that are fed carbon dioxide in a mission to replace animal agriculture.

1

Funding Rounds

$32.0m

Money raised

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Hungry Planet

Hungry Planet is a food technology startup company founded in 2016 by siblings Todd and Jody Boyman. Hungry Planet is located in St.Louis, Missouri, and produces plant-based meats. The company offers beef, Italian sausage, chorizo, chicken, pork, crab and turkey - available in chubs (ground), crumble and patties.

1

Funding Rounds

$25.0m

Money raised

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NotCo

NotCo is a food science company located in Santiago, Chile, making plant-based Greek yogurt, milk, cheese and mayonnaise, with the help of their artificial intelligence software called Giuseppe.

6

Funding Rounds

$366.0m

Money raised

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Ocean Hugger Foods

Ocean Hugger Foods is making a plant-based raw tuna substitute called Ahimi out of a mixture of 5 ingredients; tomatoes, filtered water, soy sauce, sesame oil, and sugar. The company is located in New York City, New York and was founded in 2015.

2

Funding Rounds

$500.0k

Money raised

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SuperMeat

SuperMeat is an Israeli biotechnology company, founded on December 15, 2015. SuperMeat is working to develop chicken meat products cultured from extracted chicken cells.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.2m

Money raised

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One Planet Pizza

One Planet Pizza is a company making plant-based pizza founded in 2016.

1

Funding Rounds

$490.0k

Money raised

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Daily Harvest

Daily Harvest is a New York City-based company founded in 2015 by Rachel Drori.

6

Funding Rounds

$120.0m

Money raised

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SCiFi Foods

SCiFi Foods (formerly Artemys Foods) is a company that makes and provides meat that is animal-free

4

Funding Rounds

$84.5m

Money raised

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Shiok Meats

Shiok Meats is a Singapore-based cellular agriculture company focusing on making cultured seafood.

5

Funding Rounds

$20.4m

Money raised

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Alpha Foods

Alpha Foods is a plant-based food company operating out of Glendale, California, that was founded in by Cole Orobetz and Loren Wallis in 2015.

4

Funding Rounds

$47.4m

Money raised

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Motif FoodWorks

Motif Foodworks is a food ingredients company that uses biotechnology to brew proteins and nutrients, for sustainable foods.

4

Funding Rounds

$344.3m

Money raised

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Good Catch

Good Catch is a New York-based food technology company focused on the production of plant-based seafood alternatives.

4

Funding Rounds

$82.7m

Money raised

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Meati Foods

Meati Foods is a Colorado-based alternative meat company.

5

Funding Rounds

$81.1m

Money raised

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Because Animals

Because Animals is a pet food and cellular agriculture technology company founded in 2016 by Shannon Falconer and Joshua Erret, and is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because Animals makes 100% animal-free pet foods, treats, and supplements.

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Funding Rounds

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Roquette

Roquette is a French company focused on the production of plant-based food and nutrition ingredients for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded in 1933 by Dominique & Germain Roquette, and is headquartered in Lestrem, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France.

1

Funding Rounds

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Prime Roots

Prime Roots (formerly Terramino Foods) is a food company located in San Leandro, California, founded by Kimberlie Le and Joshua Nixon in 2017 producing a salmon meat substitute made from fungi.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.6m

Money raised

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Algarithm

Algarithm is a plant-based omega-3 ingredient company located in Saskatoon, Canada and was founded on June 22, 2017, by Udaya Wanasundara and Ben Kelly. The company derives omega-3 fatty acids from from algal oil for use in the food, beverage, and dietary supplement industries.

1

Funding Rounds

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Bond Pet Foods

Bond Pet Foods is a biotechnology company located in Nederland, Colorado, founded in 2015 by Rich Kelleman. Bond Pet Foods is making "cruelty free" real animal protein pet foods using cellular agriculture.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

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Natures Fynd

Nature's Fynd is a biotechnology company growing edible proteins founded in 2012.

8

Funding Rounds

$851.0m

Money raised

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Good Dot

GoodDot is a plant-based protein manufacturer and food technology company operating out of Udaipur, India. The company was founded in 2016 by Abhishek Sinha, Stephanie Downs, Deepak Parihar, Taranum Bhatia, and Shruti Sonali.

2

Funding Rounds

$200.0k

Money raised

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Sophie's Kitchen

Sophie's Kitchen is a plant-based vegan seafood company located in Dover,Kent County, DE and founded by Eugene Wang in 2010. The company is producing vegan seafood such as crab meat, shrimp, scallops, tuna and salmon.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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The Good Food Institute

An organization promoting clean meat, plant-based meat, and clean eggs and dairy as alternatives to traditional animal-based products.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.1m

Money raised

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Equinom

Equinom is a computational seed breeding company providing multi-trait seed products specified for the food industry. The company offers pea, cowpea, chickpea, mung bean lentil, fava and sesame varieties.

4

Funding Rounds

$38.0m

Money raised

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C16 Biosciences

C16 Biosciences is a biotechnology company making alternatives to palm oil founded in 2018 by Shara Ticku, David Heller and Harry McNamara.

4

Funding Rounds

$44.0m

Money raised

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Sunfed Meats

Sunfed Meats is a company located in New Zealand making plant-based meat substitutes primarily out of pea proteins. Sunfed's Chicken Free Chicken was the companies first pea protein based product to be sold on the market; with double the protein of chicken and triple the iron of beef.

2

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Nobell Foods, Inc.

Nobell Foods is a San Francisco-based alternative protein manufacturer focused on developing and manufacturing plant-based dairy alternatives.

1

Funding Rounds

$150.0m

Money raised

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Foods for Tomorrow

Foods for Tomorrow is a plant-based food technology company located in Barcelona, Spain that was founded by Marc Coloma in 2017. Foods for Tomorrow makes a plant-based protein ingredient called Heura that mimics the texture of meat.

2

Funding Rounds

$270.0k

Money raised

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Improved Nature

Improved Nature is a plant-based food technology company operating out of Garner, North Carolina that was founded in 2015 by Richard Hawkins, Steve Klawiter, Larry Chandler, Moshe Meidan and Sarid Shefet.

3

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

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The Protein Brewery

The Protein Brewery is a Breda-based developer and manufacturer animal-free-based protein based on fungi fermentation processes.

2

Funding Rounds

$52.3m

Money raised

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Sol Cuisine

Sol Cuisine is a food company manufacturing vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, organic, non-GMO, and fresh meat alternatives. The company was founded by Dror Balshine in 1980 and is located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Tofurky

Tofurky is a brand name of an alternative turkey alternative. Tofurky is a trademark of a company called Turtle Islands Foods that was founded by Seth Tibbot in 1980 operating out of Hood River, Oregon.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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Biomilq

A company that cultures human mammary cells and produces custom and commercial lab-grown breastmilk. It was founded in 2020 and is located in Durham, North Carolina.

1

Funding Rounds

$21.0m

Money raised

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allplants

AllPlants is a VC-backed B-Corp on a mission to become Earth's most forward-thinking food company.

5

Funding Rounds

$125.8m

Money raised

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Puris

PURIS is an American food company producing plant-based, non-GMO food ingredients. Puris was founded in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1985, and is now headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company is focused on pea production for the creation of pea-based protein, fiber, and starch ingredients.

4

Funding Rounds

$37.5m

Money raised

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Garden Gourmet

Garden Gourmet is a vegetarian food brand initially established in Israel in 1986 and was later acquired by Nestle in 2017.

1

Funding Rounds

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Spero Foods

Spero Foods is a food and data analytics company located in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2016 by Phaedra Anestassia using data analytics to make plant-based diary and egg alternatives.

1

Funding Rounds

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The Herbivorous Butcher

The Herbivorous Butcher is a vegan meat shop creating meat-free meats and cheese-free cheeses. Siblings Aubry and Kale Walch founded The Herbivorous Butcher in 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the mission to promote healthy and ethical eating.

1

Funding Rounds

$61.8k

Money raised

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The Abbot's Butcher

The Abbot's Butcher is a food company founded in 2016 by Kerry Song and headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, making plant-based meat alternatives.

4

Funding Rounds

$1.1m

Money raised

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The Very Good Butchers

The Very Good Butchers are a food company running a restaurant and vegan butcher shop making plant-based meat-alternatives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, that was founded by James Davidson and Tania Friesen in 2016.

1

Funding Rounds

$64.3k

Money raised

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Dow Food Solutions

Dow Food Solutions is a division of The Dow Chemical Company producing functional ingredients and food additives for use in food products to enhance texture, health, and preservation such as baked goods, meat & meat analogues, vegetarian & vegan products, dairy products, and beverages.

2

Funding Rounds

$17.5m

Money raised

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Redefine Meat

Redefine Meat is a food technology company that is making a 3D printer capable of printing plant-based alternative meat products.

4

Funding Rounds

$41.0m

Money raised

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Plantible Foods

Plantible Foods provides sustainable, non-GMO plant-based proteins to food manufacturers, aiming to reshape the future of food by addressing the challenges of nutrition, taste, and environmental impact.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.1m

Money raised

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New Culture

A food and beverage company using cellular agriculture to make cow cheese.

2

Funding Rounds

$28.5m

Money raised

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Kite Hill

A manufacturing company making plant-based dairy products out of almond milk.

4

Funding Rounds

$75.5m

Money raised

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The Better Meat Co

The Better Meat Co is a food technology company located in Sacramento, California, and founded by Paul Shaprio and Joanna Bromley in 2018, making plant-based proteins for food service providers and meat processors.

2

Funding Rounds

$7.1m

Money raised

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Karana

Karana is a Singapore-based company that optimizes natural SE Asian ingredients like jackfruit and banana blossoms for use in food service and other applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.9m

Money raised

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Miyoko's Kitchen

Miyoko's Kitchen is a vegan food company making plant-based food products that was founded in 2014 by Miyoko Schinner and is headquartered in Petaluma, California.

1

Funding Rounds

$52.0m

Money raised

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MycoTechnology

MycoTechnology is a privately owned company that was founded in 2013 and based in Aurora, Colorado.

15

Funding Rounds

$297.6m

Money raised

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Oatly

Oatly is an oatmilk company originally from Sweden.

1

Funding Rounds

$200.0m

Money raised

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NovaMeat

NovaMeat produces 3D printed plant-based meat substitutes through food printing and tissue engineering technologies.

3

Funding Rounds

$25.2m

Money raised

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Harmless Harvest

A food and beverage company focused on making sustainable coconut based products.

1

Funding Rounds

$30.0m

Money raised

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Stockeld Dreamery

Stockeld Dreamery is a food company making plant-based cheese alternatives.

2

Funding Rounds

$40.0m

Money raised

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Wicked Kitchen

Wicked Kitchen is a vegan food brand started by Derek and Chad Sarno in February, 2016. Wicked healthy makes plant-based recipes for vegans and meat eaters that are made available through their website and Wicked Healthy Cookbook.

1

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

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TerViva

TerViva is an Alameda, California-based food and agriculture technology company that produces pongamia trees with oil and protein-rich beans, similar to soybean, for plant-based food ingredients.

5

Funding Rounds

$109.7m

Money raised