Top 10 FoodTech Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – July 1st – 31st, 2026
Several interesting transactions closed in the FoodTech sector over the past month. 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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- SPUD (Canada), an online grocery shopping platform that provides organic and natural foods, was acquired by GrubMarket.
Later Stage VC
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- Buncha, grocery delivery services that facilitates commerce through a hyperlocal marketplace, raised venture funding from Wakestream Ventures.
- CAMO Eats, a digital food hall and virtual room marketplace platform for optimizing hotel dining operations, raised $4.08 million of venture funding.
- MarginEdge, a diner management software that provides automated invoice processing with food and beverage cost analytics, raised $20.62 million through a combination of Series D-1 and Series D-2 venture funding.
- Wonder (Restaurants, Hotels and Leisure), an online platform for food delivery and restaurant services for a new kind of home dining experience, raised $650 million of Series D venture funding from GV, New Enterprise Associates and Accel.
Early Stage VC
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- Bitebitego, a food delivery platform that provides restaurant-quality meals to university students at discounted prices, raised venture funding from LTF Ventures.
- Heytruffle, a fully managed voice AI service that answers every restaurant call while handling reservations, orders, and catering inquiries, raised venture funding from Preface Ventures.
- Hostie, an AI phone assistant solution that transforms communication between restaurants and their guests, raised $12 million of Series A venture funding in a deal led by Obvious Ventures.
Angel and Seed
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- Kitchen Cloud, an artificial intelligence-driven kitchen management platform that streamlines meal planning, pantry management, grocery shopping, and nutrition tracking, raised $375,000 of angel funding.
- SCO2, a patented extraction technology that helps global food and agriculture processors reclaim value from waste, raised $2.65 million of seed funding.
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