30 Best Specialty Foods Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Specialty Foods 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 30 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $998.3m. The average funding per company in this subset is $33.3m.

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

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Aranex Biotech logo

Aranex Biotech

A Canadian food biotech company focused on the development of hypoallergenic peanuts

1

Funding Rounds

Geltor logo

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

GrubMarket logo

GrubMarket

GrubMarket is a company supplying local fresh food online and offers delivers them to customers.

10

Funding Rounds

$553.1m

Money raised

Antera Therapeutics logo

Antera Therapeutics

Antera Therapeutics is an allergy prevention development company.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

allplants logo

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

The Abbot's Butcher logo

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

Goldbelly logo

Goldbelly

Goldbelly is an online marketplace for local restaurants, specialty food makers and artisans based in the United States.

2

Funding Rounds

$120.0m

Money raised

Mouth (company) logo

Mouth (company)

Mouth is a Brooklyn-based company founded in 2012 by Sam Coghlan Murray, Craig Kanarick and Nancy Kruger Cohen.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.8m

Money raised

Gastrograph logo

Gastrograph

Gastrograph is a New York-based company founded in 2010 by Jason Cohen.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

Akua logo

Akua

A company producing plant-based jerky and pasta made from sugar kelp and mushrooms.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.2m

Money raised

Kettle & Fire logo

Kettle & Fire

Kettle & Fire is an Austin, Texas-based company founded in 2016 by Nick Mares.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

Zest Tea Energy Blends logo

Zest Tea Energy Blends

Zest Tea Energy Blends is a high-energy teas for high-energy people founded in 2013 by James Fayal.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Mercato logo

Mercato

Mercato is a New York City-based company founded in 2015.

2

Funding Rounds

$26.0m

Money raised

KitchenBox logo

KitchenBox

KitchenBox is a food ingredients and recipes delivery platform founded in 2014 by Barbara Egyud.

1

Funding Rounds

$130.0k

Money raised

Pilotworks logo

Pilotworks

Pilotworks is a Bristol-based company founded in 2015 by Michael Dee.

1

Funding Rounds

$13.0m

Money raised

Moku Foods logo

Moku Foods

Mushroom-based vegan jerky company based in Los Angeles, California

1

Funding Rounds

$1.5m

Money raised

Meatme.ca logo

Meatme.ca

Meatme.ca is a Vancouver-based company founded in 2015.

2

Funding Rounds

$16.0k

Money raised

OSG Global logo

OSG Global

OSG Global is a Tampa, Florida-based company founded in 1975.

1

Funding Rounds

Graze (company) logo

Graze (company)

Graze is a company that offers subscriptions for curated healthy snack boxes.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.4m

Money raised

The New Primal logo

The New Primal

The New Primal is a North Charleston, South Carolina-based jerky company.

1

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

Parmela Creamery logo

Parmela Creamery

Parmela Creamery is a Rancho Cucamonga, California-based company founded in 2019 by Ryan Salomone.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

Chef’s Cut Real Jerky logo

Chef’s Cut Real Jerky

A company making jerky products in New York City, New York.

1

Funding Rounds

Terramino Foods logo

Terramino Foods

Terramino Foods is a San Leandro, California-based company founded in 2017 by Kimberlie Le.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.3m

Money raised

Farafena Direct Trade  logo

Farafena Direct Trade

Farafena Direct Trade is a Vancouver-based company founded in 2012.

1

Funding Rounds

Red Duck Foods logo

Red Duck Foods

Red Duck Foods is a company founded by Karen Bonner.

1

Funding Rounds

$500.0k

Money raised

Country Archer Beef Jerky logo

Country Archer Beef Jerky

A company making jerky products in San Bernardino, California.

1

Funding Rounds

Kakaxi logo

Kakaxi

Kakaxi is a Campbell, California-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

Treatsie logo

Treatsie

Treatsie is a company founded by Keith Hoelzeman.

1

Funding Rounds

$300.0k

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$750.0k

Money raised