MentionFox lists 261 Food and agriculture companies. Of them, 135 are Y Combinator companies (the newest batch here is Fall 2026, with 3); 123 filed a Form D notice with the SEC; 3 won an SBIR or STTR award.
Companies261
Y Combinator135
Form D filers123
SBIR/STTR winners3
By year
- 2026: 134 companies (10 Y Combinator, 123 Form D filers, 1 SBIR/STTR winner); median amount sold $675,000 across 119 Form D notices
- 2022: 16 companies (16 Y Combinator)
- 2021: 22 companies (22 Y Combinator)
Food and agriculture startups from other years
Companies from before 2020, or from a year with fewer than 15 of them. Every other year has its own full list, linked above.
| Company | What it does | Date | Amount | Round / stage | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Growing Resources Inc. | Novel spectroscopy for the early detection of crop afflictions | Award starts Sep 15, 2025 | $1.2M | SBIR Phase II | Federal award record |
| Anta Biotechnologies Corporation | Autonomous system for DNA sequencing prep in space and austere environments | Award starts Sep 15, 2025 | $1.2M | SBIR Phase II | Federal award record |
| burnt | Agentic Operating System for Food Supply Chain | Summer 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Certus AI | Replacing the restaurant phone line with Voice AI | Summer 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Getasap | AI-Native Fresh Produce Logistics | Summer 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Nexa Labs | Implantable microchips and AI for cattle monitoring | Summer 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Stockline | AI-native ERP for food wholesalers | Summer 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Kirana AI | AI manager for physical stores | Spring 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Red Barn Robotics | A Roomba for weeds on a farm | Winter 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Acx | Next-generation biocides for sustainable agriculture at scale | Summer 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| BetterBasket | Smart grocery pricing with AI | Winter 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| BiteSight | The video-first food delivery app | Winter 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Forge Rewards | Starbucks app for restaurants | Winter 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Airgoods | The modern distributor for grocers. | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Chow Central Inc | Asset Light Chipotle for Africa | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Feanix Biotechnologies | Farm Genetics Made Easy - Using DNA and Software | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Guac | AI-powered forecasting & replenishment for grocery | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Ohmic Biosciences | Genetically engineering plants for disease resistance. | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| OfOne | AI-powered order taker for restaurant drive-thrus | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| PoloTab | Restaurant software that actually works | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Vendora | All-in-One Software for the $1T Grocery Industry | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Explorex | Ecosystem Platform for Restaurants in India | Summer 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Fancy | Essentials delivered in 30 minutes. | Summer 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Hellometer | Making fast food faster | Summer 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Hotplate | Online ordering platform for independent chefs and bakers. | Summer 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Justo | Helps restaurants take online orders directly from customers | Summer 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Kingdom | Clinically-validated ingredients from natural microbes | Summer 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Parrot Software 🦜 | The operating system for restaurants in LatAm. | Summer 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Todos Comemos | Taking from 1 to 100 the premade food industry in LATAM | Summer 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| farmtheory | India's first vegetable delivery service to restaurants with a hack | Winter 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Kaiten | Find culinary products and experiences from great makers everywhere | Winter 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Vori | Vori is a modern operating system for supermarkets | Winter 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Breadfast | Household needs, from bread to everything. | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Cuboh | We help restaurants manage their online orders. | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Eden Farm | Delivering fruits and vegetables to multi-segment restaurants and… | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Jupiter | AppLovin for the food community | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Pair Team | Building the safety net of the future | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Spice Data | Restaurant Data for the Enterprise | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Superorder | AI customer reputation & performance management for restaurant chains. | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Yummy Future | We build robotic workforces for the food & beverage industry. | Summer 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Eclipse Foods | Eclipse Foods is building the future of dairy using micelles, the… | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Nebullam (DBA Clayton Farms) | We put farms inside restaurants, so customers get healthier food and… | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Positive | Healthy packaged fresh food | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Shef | Shef is a Marketplace for Homemade Food | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Taali Inc | Taali is creating popcorn 2.0 from popped water lily seeds | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Thrive Agric | ThriveAgric help Farmers in Africa access finance, insight and Markets | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| ZeroStorefront | #1 Data platform for restaurants | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Calii | Full-stack grocery delivery in LatAm | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Dinesafe | We crowdsource food safety reports & detect and prevent outbreaks. | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| OpenWrench | We help retailers and restaurant chains manage repairs and… | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Rebellyous Foods | Rebellyous Foods is a food manufacturing technology and production… | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Shelf Engine | Transforms how grocery stores buy highly perishable foods. | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Spate | Trends prediction for marketers | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Beanstalk | Great tasting produce, farmed around the corner | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Bear Flag Robotics | Autonomous driving technology for farm tractors. | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Meitre | Opentable for the world's top restaurants; we help them increase… | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Snackpass | Order ahead at restaurants and get rewards with friends. | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| ZBiotics | ZBiotics makes genetically engineered probiotics. | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| CocuSocial | Marketplace for local activities. | Summer 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Entocycle | Automated factory to produce insect protein for farm animals | Summer 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Pop Meals | Pop Meals is a restaurant chain without chefs | Summer 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Releaf Earth | Turning food waste into Biochar to remove CO2 from the atmsophere | Summer 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Bountiful | An Operating System for agriculture. | Winter 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Supr Daily | Daily grocery delivery service in India | Winter 2017 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| GoGoGrandparent | A concierge service for seniors’ rides, meals, meds, home and more. | Summer 2016 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Copia | Copia's a for-profit technology company that solves food waste &… | Winter 2016 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Goodybag | An online tool for companies to order food from restaurants and… | Winter 2016 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Tovala | A smart-oven-paired subscription meal service. | Winter 2016 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Confident Lims | Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) serving… | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| PickTrace | Workforce Management for Large Farms | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Thrive Agritech | We design and manufacture energy efficient LED lighting fixtures for… | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| GrubMarket | AI-powered technology enabler and digital transformer of American… | Winter 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| HigherMe | Helping restaurant employers find & hire better employees faster | Winter 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Mobydish | MobyDish, a tech-enabled service, allowing anyone to place a catering… | Winter 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Flaviar | Try-at-home service for fine spirits | Summer 2014 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Replenish | Keurig machine for smoothies. | Summer 2014 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Tule | Help farmers make irrigation decisions with sensors / computer vision | Summer 2014 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Gobble | Daily meal delivery, personalized to your tastes. | Winter 2014 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Zesty | Zesty serves delicious, healthy meals from the best local restaurants… | Winter 2014 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| SpoonRocket | Meals Delivered in 10 Minutes | Summer 2013 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Goldbelly | Empowering restaurants and small food makers to ship nationwide. | Winter 2013 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Benchling | Unlocking the power of biotech with modern software for modern science | Summer 2012 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Soylent | Soylent is a simple, nutritious, and affordable food that possesses… | Summer 2012 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| FarmLogs | Software that helps farmers operate more profitable businesses. | Winter 2012 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Aisle50 | Grocery deals. | Summer 2011 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Caviar | Uber for food. | Summer 2011 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Zerocater | Zerocater is revolutionizing how companies feed their employees | Winter 2011 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| AnyList | One app for stress-free shopping, cooking, and meal planning. | Summer 2010 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| GraffitiGeo | We let you know where to go and what to get once you get there.… | Summer 2009 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing |
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