FoodTech Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – July 16th – August 31st, 2025
Several interesting transactions closed in the FoodTech sector over the past two weeks. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.
Merger/Acquisition
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- Garten, workplace wellbeing platform that offers nutritious food, healthy snacks, and drinks to employees at various workplaces, was acquired by Hungry.
Equity Crowdfunding
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- Textpro, text ordering platform that orders goods and services through text messages, raised $131,193 of equity crowdfunding in the form of convertible debt via StartEngine.
Later Stage VC
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- Hyphen, food technology that reduces the cost of fresh food using robotics, raised $25 million through a combination of Series B and Series B-2 venture funding in a deal led by Chipotle Mexican Grill.
- Offline, local concierge application that offers access to events and experiences in the city, raised $300,000 of venture funding in the form of SAFE notes.
- Tippsy, online sake marketplace that provides a variety of traditional Japanese drinks, raised $5.2 million through a combination of Series A and Series A-5 venture funding from Kokubu and other investors.
Accelerator/Incubator
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- Proxy Foods, AI-powered formulation software for recipe development and optimization purposes, joined Endeavor Greece as a part of its Cohort 9 of Scale Up Program.
Angel
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- American Ostrich Farms, food products that transforms ostrich production from a collection of fragmented, inefficient farms into a nationally scalable business, raised $5 million of angel funding.
- Deglaze, digital recipe management application for centralized culinary organization and grocery planning, raised $225,000 of angel funding.
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Douglas Jendras
Managing Director
Finance and operations executive with broad experience in private and public companies, including emerging ventures. 20 years in telecommunications industry including leadership role positioning restructured company for multi-billion dollar transaction, negotiating agreements, and overseeing due-diligence for merger and acquisition opportunities. 10 years managing investments in real estate and technology while consulting companies in telecommunications, technology, real estate, healthcare, construction and intellectual property. MBA in Finance from Pace University and BA in Psychology from State University of New York at Albany. FINRA Series 7, 63, 79 licenses.
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