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Best Food Tech Companies in Atlanta, United States

The 45 best Food Tech companies in Atlanta, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Revel Systems.

45companies tracked
$459.3Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
10have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD TECH × ATLANTA

Our analysis of 50 Food Tech companies

$6.1b in tracked funding; 93% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
93%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
3unicorns
2017median founding year

Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Atlanta

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Revel Systems
Restaurant POS solutions, payment processing, and technology to supercharge your business
$204M67 mo agoAcquired—2010Cart FunctionalitySalesforce DeskSalesforce+11——
2sunday
Platform offering QR-based solution for restaurant businesses
48Funding top 22%Talent top 28%Moat top 31%News top 34%
All 10 signals ▾
Fundingtop 22%
Talenttop 28%
Moattop 31%
Newstop 34%
Growthtop 40%
Techtop 42%
Producttop 46%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 32%
Customersbottom 12%
Funding: Raised $124M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100
$124M9 mo agoSeries BChristine De Wendel
Co-Founder & CEO US
2021Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+34—1 partnership
3popmenu
Popmenu is a SaaS company that helps restaurants turn their menu into a customer conversion engine.
24Funding top 29%Moat top 31%Market top 37%Product top 40%
All 9 signals ▾
Fundingtop 29%
Moattop 31%
Markettop 37%
Producttop 40%
Growthbottom 42%
Globalbottom 32%
Patentsbottom 29%
Innovationbottom 4%
Customersbottom 4%
Funding: Raised $87.0M · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 2 patents
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100
$87M62 mo agoSeries C—2016—2 patents
Automated creation and personalization of dynamic, continuously updating websites.
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4MealMe
App-based platform offering food delivery service
$20M21 mo agoSeries AWill Said
Co-Founder & CEO
2018Wix eCommerceCart FunctionalityWix+20——
5Snapfinger
The Internet's Largest Restaurant Online and Mobile Ordering Site
$11M194 mo agoSeries BJim Garrett
Founder
2004JavaMicrosoft ASP.NETAmazon ALB+8——
6VeriSolutions
IoT-powered temperature monitoring solutions for food refrigeration devices
$6M92 mo agoDeadpooled—2015———
7Orderly
Provider of food cost and restaurant inventory management automation solutions
$6M119 mo agoAcquired—2012WordPressMySQLPHP+40——
8Queues
App-based queue management solutions for restaurants
$1M42 mo agoSeed—2018Cart FunctionalityWixSentry+14——
9Sereneti Kitchen
Automated cooking robot for home
$150K—SeedTimothy Chen
Co-Founder & CEO
2014———

Top 12 Food Tech companies in Atlanta

#1
Series B · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2021 · 5 employees
$124Mraised
▾

Platform offering QR-based solutions for restaurant businesses. The customers can scan the QR code with the phone's camera to order from the digital menu. It also allows making digital payments, provides feedback, integrated tipping, reporting, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 22%
Talent
top 28%
Moat
top 31%
News
top 34%
Growth
top 40%
Tech
top 42%
Funding: Raised $124M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series B (Nov 2025)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 46k LinkedIn followers — 53.9% of this cohort's audience · 46 engagements/post (1.6× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Troncbox) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series B$21M
  • Sep 2021Series A$100M
  • Apr 2021Seed$24M
Founders & team
Christine De WendelCo-Founder & CEO USTigrane SeydouxCo-FounderVictor LuggerCo-founder and CEO
Investors
New Wave, Coatue, DST Global, Convivialite Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAxeptioCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#2
Series A · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2018 · 12 employees
$20.2Mraised
▾

App-based platform offering food delivery service. The platform finds a restaurant using the Artificial Intelligence-powered explore page. The user can browse through various restaurant selections than an individual food delivery app and compare the delivery time and prices on the platform. The company offers mobile applications for Android and iOS devices.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Series A$8M
  • Mar 2024Series A$9.2M
  • Feb 2021Seed$3M
Founders & team
Will SaidCo-Founder & CEOMatthew BouchnerCo-Founder
Investors
Mercury Fund, Gaingels, Palm Drive Capital, CP Ventures, Slow Ventures, Evolution VC Partners
#3
Acquired · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2010 · 259 employees
$203.7Mraised
▾

Restaurant POS solutions, payment processing, and technology to supercharge your business. It provides a comprehensive suite of solutions for the food and beverage industry, including point-of-sale systems, mobile ordering and payment technology, and online ordering platforms. The company offers tools to streamline operations, enhance customer experience, and increase profitability for restaurants and bars. Their offerings include mobile POS, QR code ordering, online ordering, business intelligence, and a marketplace for third-party integrations. They focus on providing secure and cost-effective payment processing solutions with features tailored for the food and beverage industry, such as tip handling and offline processing. The company aims to empower businesses with the technology they need to thrive in a competitive market. They offer SaaS based solutions, and also provide support for existing POS systems.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2021Series E$15.3M
  • Jan 2019Series E$20.8M
  • Jul 2018Series D$5.3M
  • Feb 2017Series D$35M
Investors
Roth Capital Partners, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, DreamFunded, Invest Northern Ireland, DCM Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures
Tech stack
AhrefsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAura
#4
Series C · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2016 · 312 employees
$87Mraised
▾

Developer of a restaurant marketing platform designed to turn more first-time guests into regulars. The company's platform uses smart algorithms to track and convert menus, feedback, customer ratings and related information into an interactive forum for hotels and customers to communicate directly with each other and access personalized menu and restaurants recommendations in real-time, enabling businesses to take control of the menu and increase customer engagement.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 29%
Moat
top 31%
Market
top 37%
Product
top 40%
Growth
bottom 42%
Global
bottom 32%
Funding: Raised $87.0M · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round round (Jun 2021)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 2 patents · Soonicorn
Market: 312 employees (top 22% of SaaS)
Audience (LinkedIn): 35k LinkedIn followers — 40.7% of this cohort's audience
Investors
Tiger Global Management, Bedrock, Base10 Partners, Felicis Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Chapter One
#5
Seed · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2018 · 5 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

App-based queue management solutions for restaurants. The restaurants will install a queue vision sensor, that sensors accurately count how many people are in line and how long they waited to place an order. Its mobile application is available on Android and iOS platforms.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2023Seed$1.1M
Investors
Atlanta Ventures, Kenzie Lane, Fusen
Tech stack
BootstrapCart FunctionalityGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Analytics Enhanced EcommerceGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#6
Series B · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2004 · 26 employees
$11Mraised
▾

Snapfinger is a proprietary web-based ordering platform that provides POS integrated online ordering, text messaging and call centre remote ordering from restaurant. They are currently serving over 35,000 restaurant sites from major chains such as Outback, Subway, California Pizza Kitchen, Ruby Tuesday, Baja Fresh and others.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2010Series B$7M
  • Series A$4M
Founders & team
Jim GarrettFounder
Investors
Norwest
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementHsts
#7
Deadpooled · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2015 · 9 employees
$6.1Mraised
▾

VeriSolutions provides IoT-powered temperature monitoring solutions for refrigeration devices. It provides Veritemp, an IoT-powered platform that records the temperature data and sends alert notifications to the user during extreme conditions. It can also be used to monitor temperatures of hot equipment. Also, provides probes to monitor temperature during line checks. It provides a companion mobile application, VeriCheck for users to access the data and monitor equipment in real-time. It also offers temperature monitoring solutions for agriculture, hospitality, healthcare, pharmaceuticals industries.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2018Series A$2.4M
  • May 2018Series A$804.6K
  • Jul 2017Series A$2.9M
Investors
Avery Dennison, Atlanta Seed Company, Service Provider Capital, Southeast Investor Group, Nucleus Adventure Capital, Cerity Partners Ventures
#8
Acquired · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2012 · 9 employees
$6Mraised
▾

Provider of food cost and restaurant inventory management automation solutions. The system automatically tracks food spend and cost of goods sold. It syncs invoices from food suppliers and imports line item data. The system supports connection to point of sale systems for sales data integration.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2016Series A$1.5M
  • Dec 2015Series A$450K
  • Jun 2014Series A$4M
Investors
TechOperators, Alerion Ventures, AIM Group
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAutoptimizeBootstrapChart.JsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#9
Seed · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2014
$150Kraised
▾

Automated cooking robot for home

Founders & team
Timothy ChenCo-Founder & CEOHaidee ChenCo-Founder
Investors
Highway1, Berkeley SkyDeck
Tech stack
PhpAmpLitespeedWhatsapp Business ChatSectigoOpen Graph
#10
Deadpooled · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2013
$25Kraised
▾

JoinMe is a hyperlocal discount app with features like check-in, deals sharing etc., for customers. It works with bars, restaurants, coffee houses etc. It enables merchants to manage their promotions and loyalty programs. As of Dec 2016, the website is not functional.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2014Seed$25K
Founders & team
Mary GezoCo-Founder & CTOShane PryorCo-FounderAndrew SchulzCo-Founder & ex-CEO
Investors
RevTech Ventures
#11
Seed · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2021 · 28 employees
—raised
▾

Internet first brand offering smart knob for stoves. The product is wifi connected with built-in motors. The application offers users to remotely monitor, set cooking timers, remote control, and safety mode. The mobile application is available for iOS users.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Akshita IyerFounder
Investors
Legendary Ventures, Outlander VC, igniteXL Ventures, Reform Ventures, Crescent Ridge, Techstars
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAmerican ExpressApple PayCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-Js
#12
Series A · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2001 · 37 employees
—raised
▾

Retail tech solutions powering customer engagement and loyalty programs. The company provides a platform that seamlessly integrates with POS systems and marketing channels to deliver personalized offers and track customer interactions. It offers offer management, intelligent middleware, and loyalty solutions. The offer management platform enables dynamic, real-time campaigns across digital and physical channels. The intelligent middleware facilitates customer acquisition, engagement, loyalty, and retention through agile connectivity. The loyalty engine enhances personalized marketing through integration with CRM and messaging platforms. Consulting services are available to craft digital innovation roadmaps and optimize engagement. This is a B2B SaaS company offering software solutions for retail, casual dining, and QSR industries. The platform supports real-time integrations, offer management, loyalty programs, mobile rewards wallets, and item-level transaction data capture.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. PlayOn Sports) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2011Series A—
Founders & team
Nathalie NelisCo-founder & COO
Tech stack
Adobe Audience ManagerAmazon Web ServicesCookie NoticeCore-JsElementorFont Awesome

Funding & investor landscape

$459.3Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
25disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Techstars2 rounds
1888 Ventures1 rounds
AIM Group1 rounds
AIX Ventures1 rounds
Active Capital1 rounds
Alerion Ventures1 rounds
Anorak Ventures1 rounds
Atlanta Seed Company1 rounds
Atlanta Ventures1 rounds
Avery Dennison1 rounds

Notable founders

Christine De Wendel
Co-Founder & CEO US · sunday
Tigrane Seydoux
Co-Founder · sunday
Will Said
Co-Founder & CEO · MealMe
Matthew Bouchner
Co-Founder · MealMe
Jim Garrett
Founder · Snapfinger
Timothy Chen
Co-Founder & CEO · Sereneti Kitchen
Haidee Chen
Co-Founder · Sereneti Kitchen
Mary Gezo
Co-Founder & CTO · JoinMeAt
Shane Pryor
Co-Founder · JoinMeAt
Akshita Iyer
Founder · Ome
Nathalie Nelis
Co-founder & COO · Sparkfly
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,352,010 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Food Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Food Technology is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Food Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 4,142 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 17% → 34% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Cornell University153
  • Purdue University West Lafayette134
  • University of Georgia82
  • Michigan State University81
  • University of California, Davis79
leading researchers
David Julian McClements · Martin Wiedmann · Prabhu Pingali · Valquerizo, Pamela Cristina · Semakula, Henry Musoke · Liang, Song · McKune, Sarah Lindley · Mukwaya, Paul Isolo
▲ Breakthroughs283 · 7%
▲ 3%→7% share
▲2.3× share momentum0 median citations93% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (3%→7% of field), led by Food safety.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food safety4→52
  • Food processing2→31
  • Food science1→13
  • Contamination1→12
  • Food products1→12
Newly emergingFood security 0→37 · Agriculture 0→30 · Production (economics) 0→21
Landmark Development of a Paper-Based Analytical Device for Colorimetric Detection of Select Foodborne Pathogens · 460 cites
◆ Advancements1,178 · 28%
▲ 19%→29% share
▲1.5× share momentum0 median citations90% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (19%→29% of field), led by Food safety.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food safety16→214
  • Food processing12→174
  • Agriculture14→135
  • Production (economics)7→122
  • Food security3→117
Newly emergingSustainable agriculture 0→41 · Fermentation 0→40 · Food packaging 0→30
Landmark Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States · 1,126 cites
▼ Concerns1,665 · 40%
▼ 52%→39% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations83% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (52%→39% of field), led by Food safety.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food safety56→397
  • Food security40→307
  • Agriculture35→233
  • Food processing54→215
  • Food systems28→180
Newly emergingFood insecurity 0→60 · Human health 0→37 · Risk assessment 0→23
Landmark Ultra‐processed products are becoming dominant in the global food system · 1,762 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where food tech is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

New York206 · +0.07
Hot · Food systemsAdvancing · Greenhouse gasOpportunity · Food wasteConcern · Livelihood
Boston121 · +0.04
Hot · AgricultureAdvancing · Food scienceOpportunity · Food supplyConcern · Sustainability
SF Bay Area101 · +0.05
Hot · Fermentation in food processingAdvancing · Food scienceOpportunity · Food productsConcern · Agriculture
Philadelphia35 · -0.05
Hot · Table (database)Advancing · Food safetyOpportunity · Stratified samplingConcern · Food insecurity
Chicago26 · +0.00
Hot · SodiumAdvancing · Food safetyOpportunity · Food productsConcern · Food insecurity
Los Angeles24 · +0.00
Hot · Food systemsOpportunity · Public healthConcern · Agriculture
Seattle24 · +0.13
Hot · Agricultural productivityAdvancing · Food securityOpportunity · Production (economics)Concern · Food processing
Atlanta23 · +0.05
Hot · Public healthOpportunity · Psychological interventionConcern · Food security
San Diego17 · +0.36
Hot · Novel foodAdvancing · Food productsOpportunity · Sustainability
Pittsburgh16 · -0.16
Hot · Food intakeOpportunity · Replication (statistics)Concern · Food safety
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing food tech patents in the United States

United States food tech patent filing is cooling — 817 filings from 475 assignees (2016–2025), led by Whirlpool, Sharkninja Operating, Provisur Technologies; annual filings 80→68.

817 filings475 assigneespeak 93/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Whirlpool185
  • Sharkninja Operating151
  • Provisur Technologies51
  • Smartwash Solutions39
  • SAFE Foods32
  • LYCO MFG32
  • Massachusetts INST Technology20
  • Ecolab USA18

Common questions

How many Food Tech companies are there in Atlanta, United States?
Radar tracks 45 indexable Food Tech companies headquartered in Atlanta, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food Tech companies in Atlanta, United States?
The Food Tech companies in Atlanta, United States on this list have raised a combined $459.3M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Atlanta, United States?
Revel Systems is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Atlanta, United States, with $203.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food Tech companies in Atlanta, United States are funded?
10 of the 45 Food Tech companies in Atlanta, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food Tech unicorns are there in Atlanta, United States?
None of the Food Tech companies in Atlanta, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Atlanta, United States Food Tech companies?
The most active investors in Atlanta, United States Food Tech companies on this list include Techstars, 1888 Ventures, AIM Group, AIX Ventures, Active Capital.
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