Best Food & Beverage Products Companies in Montreal, Canada
The 40 best Food & Beverage Products companies in Montreal, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ACTIVATE Drinks.
Our analysis of 150 Food & Beverage Products companies
$9.5b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Food & Beverage Products companies in Montreal
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACTIVATE Drinks Brand of energy drinks | $38M | 167 mo ago | Series B | Burke Eiteljorg Owner | 2007 | — | — |
| 2 | Mid-Day Squares Internet-first brand offering chocolate & superfoods | $16M | 52 mo ago | Series C | Lezlie Karls Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyPrivy App+30 | — |
| 3 | OatBox Online platform offering a breakfast subscription box 48Innovation top 33%Product top 36%Tech top 37%Funding top 40% All 8 signals ▾Innovationtop 33% Producttop 36% Techtop 37% Fundingtop 40% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 31% Newsbottom 18% Innovation: 7 product lines Product: 7 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series A rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $12M | 28 mo ago | Series A | — | 2014 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTypeScript+27 | 1 partnership |
| 4 | FODY Foods Manufactures and markets sauces and dressing | $11M | 68 mo ago | Series B | Steven Singer Founder & CEO | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+44 | — |
| 5 | Buddha Brands Brand of selling snack bar | $8M | 46 mo ago | Series A | Mark Cigos Co-Founder | 2010 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyAccentuate Custom Fields+21 | 1 expansion |
| 6 | Opalia Brand of milk 19News top 32%Funding top 41%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 45% All 7 signals ▾Newstop 32% Fundingtop 41% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 45% Partnersbottom 40% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 18% News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 8 tracked, 3 types) · Top themes: Funding, Contracts Funding: Raised $1.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $2M | 4 mo ago | Seed | Jennifer Côté CEO & Co-Founder | 2020 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+15 | — |
| 7 | Dispatch Coffee Brand of coffee | $958K | 72 mo ago | Seed | Chrissy Durcak Founder & CEO | 2012 | ContentfulNode.jsReact+12 | — |
| 8 | Oggi Foods Brand of multiple food | — | 59 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | — |
Top 11 Food & Beverage Products companies in Montreal
#1
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2020 · 4 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Brand of milk
- Apr 2026Seed$2.3M
- Mar 2024Seed$1.5M
- Mar 2022Seed$125K
#2
Series A · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2014 · 24 employees$11.5Mraised▾
Online platform offering a breakfast subscription box. The subscription box contains granola mixes, oatmeal portions and breakfast bars. The mixes contain rolled oats, puffed quinoa, dried fruits and nuts, and other healthy organic products. The company claims that they use only organic products in their breakfast curations.
- Apr 2024Series A$5M
- Jul 2022Series A$5.4M
- Jun 2017Seed$1.2M
#3
Series C · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2018 · 55 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Internet-first brand offering chocolate & superfoods
- Apr 2022Series C$10M
- Jul 2021Conventional Debt$3M
- Jul 2021Series A$6.5M
#4
Series B · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2007 · 12 employees$38.5Mraised▾
Producer and retailer of vitamin-rich fruit drinks intended to deliver the daily allowance of nutrients and vitamins. The company offers a line of beverage products in various flavors including grape, peach, mango, passion fruit, pomegranate, lime lemon, exotic berry, watermelon, and more.
- Oct 2012Series B$11M
- Jun 2011Series A$7.5M
- Oct 2010Series A$20M
#5
Series A · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2010 · 21 employees$8.2Mraised▾
Brand of selling snack bar
- Oct 2022Series A$5.2M
- Jul 2021Seed$3M
#6
Series B · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2016 · 21 employees$10.8Mraised▾
Fody's manufactures and markets sauces and dressing. Its product offerings include salsa, barbeque sauce, ketchup, caesar dressing, French & herb dressing, pasta sauce, basil sauce, snack bars, seasoning, chips, cereals etc. It also offers information regarding various recipes on the website. The company claims its products are gluten-free, lactose-free, onion & garlic-free. Its products can be purchased online through the website.
- Dec 2020Series B$8.5M
- Dec 2017Series A$2.2M
#7
Seed · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2012 · 11 employees$958Kraised▾
Brand of coffee
- Aug 2020Seed$958K
#8
Seed · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2015 · 70 employees—raised▾
Brand of multiple food
- Sep 2021Seed—
#9
Public · Montreal, Quebec · founded 1954 · 19200 employees—raised▾
Brand of dairy products. Its other products include cheese, fluid milk, extended shelf-life milk, cream, cultured and dairy ingredients. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $13.31B and a net profit of $0.38B.
#10
Funding Raised · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2000 · 12 employees—raised▾
Operator of a dressings and marinades brand intended to provide Asian dressings and mayos in Canada. The company offers various dressing and spices like mayos, dips and marinade which have a Japanese flavor to it along with sandwiches, burgers, shrimps, and fries, as well as vinaigrette for salads, enabling customers to get Japanese style gluten-free dressings, including original sesame, ginger carrot, and wasabi edamame.
- Jun 2013Unattributed—
#11
Acquired · Montreal, Montreal · founded 1986—raised▾
Multibar is a bars brand. Their products include nutrition bar and snacks bar. They claim their products do not contain added preservatives. the brands are sold in Canada.
- Dec 2011PE—
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