Radar · Food Tech in Australia
Best Food Tech Companies in Australia
The 264 best Food Tech companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Fresho.
By Sweetie IyerMarkets & Momentum
264companies tracked
$343.6Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
50have raised
Food Tech in Australia is moving fast, and this directory ranks 264 companies in the space by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum, so you've got a clear line of sight on who's actually capitalized. The global Food Tech market sits at $105.3B in 2024, forecast to nearly double to $224.3B by 2032 at a 9.9% CAGR. That's a serious prize. And on the app side, median installs across food and foodtech apps are growing at roughly 20% year-on-year across 501 tracked apps, which tells you consumer appetite is matching the capital flows.
Australia's disclosed funding pool hits $344M across these 264 companies, with no unicorns yet but a clear funding tier taking shape. Fresho leads at $41M, Cauldron follows at $14M, and the rest cluster well below that. I find the gap between Fresho and the pack genuinely telling about where institutional confidence has landed. Investors like Artesian and Antler are active across the cohort, which signals the ecosystem has real infrastructure behind it. The kitchen-model margin story that shaped early food tech economics globally is still relevant here, and the consolidation happening internationally suggests Australia's mid-tier players may face similar pressure soon. The curve's bending upward. Fast.
Sources & further reading
- Love for personal care brands peaks in the mornings ; food tech/delive
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD TECH × AUSTRALIA
Our analysis of 100 Food Tech companies
$12.9b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
100companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
6unicorns
2018median founding year
174kcombined LinkedIn audience
38%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresho Provider of order and operations management software for fresh food wholesalers 62Tech top 27%Funding top 37%Moat top 39%Talent top 39% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 27% Fundingtop 37% Moattop 39% Talenttop 39% Markettop 40% Growthtop 48% Globalbottom 37% Partnersbottom 35% Newsbottom 20% Tech: 74 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $40.7M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 17 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $41M | 18 mo ago | Series B | 68 | Craft CMSCart FunctionalitySentry+35 | Top 50k | — |
| 2 | Nourish Ingredients Developer of lab-grown fat substitutes through yeast fermentation 72Innovation top 20%Patents top 24%Moat top 25%Funding top 35% All 7 signals ▾Innovationtop 20% Patentstop 24% Moattop 25% Fundingtop 35% Marketbottom 45% Newsbottom 42% Globalbottom 40% Innovation: 43 patents (top 29% of patent-holders) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 2 in 2017-21 Patents: 43 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 2 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $40M | 44 mo ago | Series A | 44 | — | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 3 | me&u AI menu and ordering platform personalizing guest experiences for hospitality 69Talent top 28%AI top 35%Funding top 37%Tech top 38% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 28% AItop 35% Fundingtop 37% Techtop 38% Producttop 40% Markettop 45% Growthtop 45% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 27% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Product described with: ai-driven, artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $38M | 42 mo ago | Series C | 168 | WebflowCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+23 | Top 5M | — |
| 4 | Australian Plant Proteins Manufacture of plant protein isolate powders 21Moat top 31%Talent top 38%Funding top 46%Patents bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Moattop 31% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 46% Patentsbottom 49% Innovationbottom 40% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 26% Newsbottom 21% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 10 patents Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $35M | 62 mo ago | Acquired | 17 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 5 | FoodByUs Online B2B marketplace offering multi-category grocery products 48Tech top 38%Funding top 39%Growth top 45%Talent bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾Techtop 38% Fundingtop 39% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 37% Tech: 40 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare Funding: Raised $23.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 10 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $24M | 40 mo ago | Series B | 70 | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryElementor+37 | Top 5M | — |
| 6 | Lumachain Provider of computer vision artificial intelligence for food and beverage production 45AI top 26%Funding top 38%Product top 41%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾AItop 26% Fundingtop 38% Producttop 41% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 46% Globalbottom 43% Techbottom 27% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision Funding: Raised $23.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 7 yrs (0.3/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $23M | 20 mo ago | Series A | 100 | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | Top 50M | 7 launchs |
| 7 | The Hassler Group Provider of keg rental solution for the beverage industry 42Talent top 28%Funding top 38%Growth top 45%Tech bottom 45% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 38% Growthtop 45% Techbottom 45% Marketbottom 38% Globalbottom 37% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Funding: Raised $22.3M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $22M | 32 mo ago | Series D | 50 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowZoho+16 | Top 50M | — |
| 8 | Fable Provider of plant-based meat 40Tech top 33%Funding top 44%Growth top 45%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 33% Fundingtop 44% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 31% Newsbottom 22% Tech: 43 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare Funding: Raised $14.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $15M | 40 mo ago | Series A | 20 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | Top 5M | 1 launch |
| 9 | Cauldron Developer of plant-based multi-category novel food ingredients 24Funding top 28%Partners top 45%Growth top 47%News top 49% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Partnerstop 45% Growthtop 47% Newstop 49% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 42% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 20% Funding: Raised $13.6M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 3 yrs (1.7/yr) Partners: 0 partnership announcements in 12 mo (1 in 24 mo) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $14M | 2 mo ago | Series A | 13 | WebflowGSAPcore-js+12 | Top 50M | 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 10 | Hey You Order ahead and payment via mobile phone 48Tech top 26%Moat top 39%Product top 40%Customers top 42% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 26% Moattop 39% Producttop 40% Customerstop 42% Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 49% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 37% Tech: 48 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $11M | 108 mo ago | Series B | 39 | JavaGoogle Mapsstyled-components+21 | Top 5M | — |
| 11 | Liven Provider of a complete technology system for hospitality businesses | $8M | 111 mo ago | Series A | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifyPageFly+30 | Top 10M | — |
| 12 | Typsy Online learning platform for the hospitality industry 57Growth top 28%Moat top 39%Tech top 41%Customers top 44% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Moattop 39% Techtop 41% Customerstop 44% Markettop 50% Fundingtop 50% Productbottom 40% Globalbottom 36% Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $7M | 11 mo ago | Seed | 55 | HubSpot CMS HubFacebook LoginLinkedin Sign-in+27 | Top 500k | — |
| 13 | All G Developer of animal-free proteins using precision fermentation for nutrition applications 21Funding top 43%Global top 45%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 44% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 43% Globaltop 45% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 44% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $6.6M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Global: Investors from 3 countries beyond Australia rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $7M | 6 mo ago | Series A | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+27 | Top 50M | — |
| 14 | Foodbomb Streamlining wholesale food ordering for restaurants with a comprehensive online platform 40Tech top 32%Growth top 45%Product top 46%Funding bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 32% Growthtop 45% Producttop 46% Fundingbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 35% Newsbottom 27% Tech: 41 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $5M | 58 mo ago | Acquired | 29 | SalesforceIntercomGoogle Maps+23 | Top 10M | — |
| 15 | Atec Global IoT cookstoves & verifiable carbon credits empowering women in the Global South 37Funding top 37%Talent top 38%Moat top 44%Growth top 45% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 37% Talenttop 38% Moattop 44% Growthtop 45% Techbottom 49% Newsbottom 40% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 29% Funding: Raised $5.2M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $5M | 8 mo ago | Series B | — | Webflowlit-htmllit-element+20 | Top 10M | 1 partnership |
| 16 | Bardee Provider of solutions to convert food waste into protein and oil 27Talent top 38%Growth top 45%Tech top 50%Funding bottom 38% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Techtop 50% Fundingbottom 38% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 27% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $5M | 55 mo ago | Seed | 18 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyZURB Foundation+28 | Top 50M | — |
| 17 | Yume Food Platform for surplus food management 32Innovation top 34%Product top 43%Tech top 46%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Innovationtop 34% Producttop 43% Techtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 44% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 26% Innovation: 9 product lines Product: 9 distinct product lines · Company stage: Seed rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $5M | 28 mo ago | Seed | 15 | Cart FunctionalityPHPLaravel+21 | Top 50M | — |
| 18 | Harvest B Platform offering plant-based ingredients for meat 10Talent top 38%News top 46%Funding top 47%Global bottom 29% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Newstop 46% Fundingtop 47% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 16% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated News: 2 BI events in 12 mo (of 16 tracked, 4 types) · +100% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 10/100 | $4M | 9 mo ago | Seed | 8 | — | — | — |
| 19 | Restoke Provider of restaurant management software automating food costing, inventory, and ordering 40Tech top 28%Growth top 35%Moat top 48%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 28% Growthtop 35% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 48% Fundingbottom 45% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 26% Tech: 47 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $3M | 20 mo ago | Series A | 7 | WebflowCart Functionalitycore-js+21 | Top 5M | 4 job openings · 1 launch |
| 20 | Fenn Foods Provider of plant-based meat alternatives | $3M | 52 mo ago | Seed | 16 | — | — | — |
| 21 | Clove Recipe and cooking platform for users 37Growth top 30%Customers top 33%Tech top 44%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Growthtop 30% Customerstop 33% Techtop 44% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 40% Globalbottom 37% Fundingbottom 36% Marketbottom 28% Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY Customers: Play-Store rating 4.98★ across 644 ratings (1 apps) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $3M | 30 mo ago | Seed | — | SentryZendeskNode.js+15 | Top 5M | — |
| 22 | Good Pair Days App-based wine discovery and ordering platform | $2M | 92 mo ago | Seed | 28 | GhostNode.jsVarnish+25 | Top 1M | — |
| 23 | Kaddy Provider of multi-category solutions for alcoholic beverage retailers | $2M | 72 mo ago | Acquired | 44 | — | — | — |
| 24 | EatClub Online platform to discover deals on surplus food 60Talent top 28%Growth top 35%Innovation top 39%Funding top 40% All 8 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Innovationtop 39% Fundingtop 40% Techtop 43% Producttop 43% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 36% Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $2M | 3 mo ago | Series B | 46 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+13 | Top 5M | 3 job openings · 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 25 | ReciMe Provider of cooking and recipe management app 57Customers top 14%Growth top 17%Talent top 28%Tech top 30% All 9 signals ▾Customerstop 14% Growthtop 17% Talenttop 28% Techtop 30% Moattop 48% Fundingbottom 41% Productbottom 40% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 25% Customers: Play-Store rating 4.70★ across 78,037 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +94% in 6 mo Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · App-install growth +500% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $2M | 23 mo ago | Seed | 5 | TurbopackNode.jsTailwind CSS+18 | Top 1M | — |
| 26 | myvenue Next-gen POS solutions for stadiums, arenas, and hospitality venues | $2M | 63 mo ago | Acquired | 41 | BootstrapAmazon ALBAmazon Web Services+22 | Top 10M | 2 job openings · 1 partnership · 2 awards |
| 27 | HungryHungry Provider of digital management solution for restaurants and cafes | $2M | 67 mo ago | Seed | 53 | Cart FunctionalityHubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud Mail+27 | Top 10M | — |
| 28 | Buddy O2O platform offering discounts to users from local restaurants | $2M | 111 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Gathar Online marketplace for booking chefs | $2M | 50 mo ago | Seed | — | SentryPHPBootstrap+31 | Top 5M | — |
| 30 | AirService Digital SaaS-based mobile ordering platform for partnered restaurant | $2M | 129 mo ago | Deadpooled | 27 | — | — | — |
| 31 | The Village Co Developer of in-restaurant marketing software | $1M | 60 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Restoplus Provider of software suite solutions for restaurants | $1M | 38 mo ago | Seed | 24 | Monaco EditorFirebaseGoogle Maps+14 | Top 5M | — |
| 33 | Doshii API integration platform to connect Apps and POS | $1M | 112 mo ago | Acquired | 12 | — | — | — |
| 34 | Snackr App based platform offering in-seat food delivery | $915K | 48 mo ago | Seed | 3 | — | — | — |
| 35 | The Leaf Protein Online platform offering plant protein ingredients 6Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 46%Global bottom 36%Market bottom 8% All 4 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 46% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 8% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Funding: Raised $850k across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 6/100 | $850K | 24 mo ago | Seed | 2 | — | — | — |
| 36 | Foodini App-based discovery platform offering allergy-friendly restaurants | $700K | 44 mo ago | Seed | 17 | — | Top 50M | — |
| 37 | YOUR BEET Platform offering personalized plant based meal recommendations | $680K | 55 mo ago | Seed | 10 | — | — | — |
| 38 | Make-Out Meals Internet first brand offering subscription-based pre-prepared meals | $550K | 49 mo ago | Seed | 4 | — | — | — |
| 39 | Food St. Platform offering homemade meals | $500K | 64 mo ago | Seed | 6 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+21 | Top 5M | — |
| 40 | MEQ Probe Develops meat quality analyzer | $500K | 92 mo ago | Seed | 17 | — | — | — |
| 41 | Beanhunter Online platform to discover and review cafes and coffee shops | $500K | 131 mo ago | Seed | 3 | Node.jsReactNext.js+10 | Top 50M | — |
| 42 | Just Add Vegan Provider of vegan meal kit deivery services | $476K | 34 mo ago | Seed | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | OrderUp Online ordering platform for hospitality: table ordering, pickup, delivery, room service | $250K | 115 mo ago | Acquired | 30 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+31 | Top 5M | — |
| 44 | Compassion Internet first brand offering vegan oat cream cheese | $176K | 28 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food Tech companies in Australia
#1
Series A · Orange, New South Wales · founded 2022 · 13 employees$13.6Mraised▾
Series A · Orange, New South Wales · founded 2022 · 13 employees
Developer of plant-based multi-category novel food ingredients. It uses precision fermentation technology to develop novel food, feed, and fibre ingredients in order to make alternative dairy, meat, and biodegradable materials.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%Partners
top 45%Growth
top 47%News
top 49%Talent
bottom 49%Tech
bottom 42%Funding: Raised $13.6M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 3 yrs (1.7/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
Partners: 0 partnership announcements in 12 mo (1 in 24 mo)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers — 2.9% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$13.2M
- Aug 2024Grant (prize money)$2.8M
- Mar 2024Series A$6.2M
- Mar 2023Seed$7M
Founders & team
Investors
Queensland Government, Horizons Ventures, Main Sequence, SOSV, In-Q-Tel, UNSW Sydney
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGsap
#2
Series A · Waterloo, New South Wales · founded 2020$6.6Mraised▾
Series A · Waterloo, New South Wales · founded 2020
Developer of animal-free proteins using precision fermentation for nutrition applications. The company replicates functional proteins found in milk, delivering nutrition with higher purity and lower cost. These next-generation ingredients are applicable to infant, clinical, and animal nutrition, as well as functional foods and skincare. The technology aims to solve for sustainability and open possibilities for health.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 21how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 43%Global
top 45%Talent
bottom 49%Tech
bottom 44%Market
bottom 25%Funding: Raised $6.6M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Dec 2025)
Global: Investors from 3 countries beyond Australia
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers — 4.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Series A$6.6M
Founders & team
Investors
Agronomics, Dohler Ventures, ID Capital
Tech stack
BootstrapCore-JsFont AwesomeGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#3
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 46 employees$2Mraised▾
Series B · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2017 · 46 employees
EatClub is an online platform to discover deals on surplus food. It allows restaurants to upload last-minute deals to offer surplus food at a discounted price. Users can search for deals and restaurants on the platform and redeem them to avail the offer at the restaurant by showing the digital voucher. The mobile platform is available for Android and iOS users.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%Growth
top 35%Innovation
top 39%Funding
top 40%Tech
top 43%Product
top 43%Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Innovation: 2 product lines
Audience (LinkedIn): 19k LinkedIn followers — 10.7% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +3 · hiring: Acquisition Marketing Specialist, CX Operations Specialist
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. Common Bank) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Series B$19.1M
- May 2025Series A$11.6M
- Jun 2019Series A$2M
Founders & team
Investors
Alium Capital, EVP, Co:Act, Gandel Invest, Marbruck Investments, Platform Advisory Partners
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAws Certificate ManagerDay.Js
#4
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2004 · 68 employees$40.7Mraised▾
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2004 · 68 employees
Provider of order and operations management software for fresh food wholesalers. The platform consolidates orders, picking, deliveries, invoicing, and payments into a unified system. It integrates with existing enterprise resource planning, finance, and logistics tools. The software offers tools designed for use in warehouses, back offices, and on delivery routes.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 27%Funding
top 37%Moat
top 39%Talent
top 39%Market
top 40%Growth
top 48%Tech: 74 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Nginx, Varnish
Funding: Raised $40.7M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 17 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series B (Nov 2024)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding rounds
- Nov 2024Series B$11.1M
- Jun 2022Series A$9.5M
- May 2022Series A$14M
- Sep 2016Seed$230.2K
Founders & team
Investors
Primorus Investments, SecondQuarter Ventures, Salta, Capital Zed, Zgi capital, Saniel Ventures
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApple Icloud Mail
#5
Series B · Castlemaine, Victoria · founded 2016$5.2Mraised▾
Series B · Castlemaine, Victoria · founded 2016
IoT cookstoves & verifiable carbon credits empowering women in the Global South. This company solves clean cooking and climate change issues by providing sustainable and affordable modern cooking products. They offer IoT-enabled cookstoves and biodigesters, turning household decarbonization into income for women. Their technology measures, verifies, and transacts emission reductions into global carbon markets. They integrate individual household emissions data with global carbon markets and mobile money providers through proprietary technology. This creates a direct payment system for verified emission reductions. They seek partners for carbon initiatives, investment, and distribution to accelerate decarbonization. They are an impact enterprise focused on verifiable data and social impact.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 37%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 44%Growth
top 45%Tech
bottom 49%News
bottom 40%Funding: Raised $5.2M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Sep 2025)
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · 5 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 26k LinkedIn followers — 15.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. PRAN Dairy (PRAN-RFL Group)) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series B$15.5M
- Jul 2024Series A$3.8M
- May 2024Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Spark+, Lightrock, Trirec, Schneider Electric
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#6
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 55 employees$7.4Mraised▾
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2016 · 55 employees
Typsy is an online learning platform for the hospitality industry. Provides short courses including topics such as how to master the first impression, communicating with hotel guests, and more. It provides a premium subscription service that provides users access to multiple courses.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 28%Moat
top 39%Tech
top 41%Customers
top 44%Market
top 50%Funding
top 50%Growth: Web rank 1,000,000 → 500,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Tech: 39 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Audience (LinkedIn): 16k LinkedIn followers — 9.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Seed—
- Sep 2016Angel—
Investors
Riverside, EHL
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAzureBootstrapCdnjsCloudflare
#7
Seed · Surry Hills, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 8 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Seed · Surry Hills, New South Wales · founded 2020 · 8 employees
Platform offering plant-based ingredients for meat. The company develops all-natural ingredients .The company uses a whole-food approach to the ingredient system requiring fewer additives by food brands.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 10how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%News
top 46%Funding
top 47%Global
bottom 29%Market
bottom 16%Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
News: 2 BI events in 12 mo (of 16 tracked, 4 types) · +100% YoY · Top themes: Funding
Funding: Raised $3.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Seed (Sep 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 2.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Quality & Process Improvement Lead
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Seed$1.3M
- Jul 2021Seed$3.5M
- Jun 2021Grant (prize money)$1M
Founders & team
Investors
AMGC, W23, Aura Group, Breakthrough Victoria
#8
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 100 employees$23Mraised▾
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2018 · 100 employees
Provider of computer vision artificial intelligence for food and beverage production. It offers monitoring to ensure worker safety, animal welfare, yield, and product quality. The technology provides real-time alerts and actionable data, integrating with equipment and manufacturing robots. It improves safety, efficiency, quality, traceability, and trust in food and beverage production.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 26%Funding
top 38%Product
top 41%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 46%Global
bottom 43%AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, computer vision
Funding: Raised $23.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 7 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series A (Oct 2024)
Product: 5 published apps (1.3k installs) · Company stage: Series A
Audience (LinkedIn): 22k LinkedIn followers — 12.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 7 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2024Series A—
- Aug 2022Series A$19.5M
- Jul 2019Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Chipotle, Bessemer Venture Partners, Main Sequence, Cicada Innovations, Gledden Ventures
#9
Series A · Ormond, Victoria · founded 2019 · 7 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Series A · Ormond, Victoria · founded 2019 · 7 employees
Provider of restaurant management software automating food costing, inventory, and ordering. The software integrates with point of sale, accounting, and supplier platforms. It offers features such as invoice capture, recipe management, and staff scheduling. The system aims to streamline operations, reduce waste, and improve profit margins for restaurants.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 28%Growth
top 35%Moat
top 48%Talent
bottom 49%Product
bottom 48%Funding
bottom 45%Tech: 47 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Devops: Nginx
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 4 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +4 · hiring: Customer Success Manager, Account Executive
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2024Series A$3.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Rampersand, Mandalay, Archangel, BC Growth Equity, Stage 2 Capital, Skalata Ventures
Tech stack
BootstrapBootstrap IconsBootstrap TableCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflare
#10
Series D · Darlinghurst, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 50 employees$22.3Mraised▾
Series D · Darlinghurst, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 50 employees
Provider of keg rental solution for the beverage industry. The platform offers on-demand keg rental for the beverage industry. The product comes with a tracking solution(beacon) and a software system to track the location of kegs. The kegs also come with product & batch capability, allowing to analyze the data and learn about which products and batches are performing best. Its partners include Hawkers, Moon Dog, Akasha, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%Funding
top 38%Growth
top 45%Tech
bottom 45%Market
bottom 38%Global
bottom 37%Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $22.3M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series D (Oct 2023)
Funding rounds
- Oct 2023Series D$13M
- Nov 2021Series D$22.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Clearsign Capital, Wyborn Capital, Five V Capital
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted Libraries
#11
Series C · Collingwood, Victoria · founded 2018 · 168 employees$38Mraised▾
Series C · Collingwood, Victoria · founded 2018 · 168 employees
AI menu and ordering platform personalizing guest experiences for hospitality. This platform empowers venues to personalize the dining experience through AI-driven menu recommendations, trending item displays, and taste-based sorting. It offers features like intelligent upsells, beautiful photos, language translations, and dietary/allergen information to delight guests. The platform supports various ordering and payment flows, including mobile ordering, multi-vendor options, hybrid guest/server interactions, and staff upsells. It integrates with CRM, loyalty programs, and other enterprise APIs, offering a comprehensive solution for hospitality businesses to enhance guest engagement, increase revenue, and streamline operations. It provides 24/7 human support and resources like blogs, podcasts, and case studies. This is a SaaS platform that leverages Artificial Intelligence to provide a personalized and efficient ordering experience.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%AI
top 35%Funding
top 37%Tech
top 38%Product
top 40%Market
top 45%Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Product described with: ai-driven, artificial intelligence
Funding: Raised $38.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 7 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series C (Dec 2022)
Funding rounds
- Dec 2022Series C$30M
- Dec 2019Series B$8M
Founders & team
Investors
Acorn Capital, The Fund, Gunnersen Investments, TR Ventures, Saniel Ventures, Flying Fox Ventures
Tech stack
AmplitudeApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#12
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022 · 5 employees$2Mraised▾
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022 · 5 employees
Provider of cooking and recipe management app. It offers users to collect, organize, and cook recipes. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Customers
top 14%Growth
top 17%Talent
top 28%Tech
top 30%Moat
top 48%Funding
bottom 41%Customers: Play-Store rating 4.70★ across 78,037 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +94% in 6 mo
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · App-install growth +500% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding rounds
- Jul 2024Seed$1.5M
- Oct 2022Seed$500K
Founders & team
Investors
LaunchVic, Even Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCore-JsDatadogFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
Funding & investor landscape
$343.6Mtotal disclosed funding
47companies funded
74disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Michele Stansfield
Co-Founder & CEO · Cauldron
Jan Pacas
Co-Founder & CEO · All G
Ben Tyler
Co-Founder · EatClub
Marco Pierre White
Co-Founder · EatClub
James Andronis
Co-Founder & CEO · Fresho
Gatis Vitols
Owner · Fresho
Ben Jeffreys
Co-Founder & CEO · Atec Global
Werner Fuggersberger
Co-Founder · Harvest B
Kristi Riordan
Co-Founder & CEO · Harvest B
Jamila Gordon
Founder & CEO · Lumachain
Ken Brand
Co-founder and CTO · Restoke
Patrick Hanrahan
Co-Founder · The Hassler Group
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,367,789 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 · Australia
How research on Food Technology is moving in Australia
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 1,002 Australia-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201120202026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 23% → 33% across 2011–2026.
top research entities
- Agriculture and Food83
- Deakin University76
- RMIT University56
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation54
- University College London49
leading researchers
Ward, Paul · Mary Ann Augustin · Ndungu S. Nyokabi · Kent, Katherine · Charlton, Karen · Pallan, Miranda · Murphy, Marie · Morrison, Breanna
▲
Breakthroughs41 · 4%
▼ 7%→4% share
▼0.6× share momentum0 median citations88% since 2021mostly methods-led
Food safety breakthrough research is newly emerging — entering the segment fresh with 9 papers in Australian food technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food processing1→4
Newly emergingFood safety 0→9 · Food systems 0→5
Landmark Recent development in 3D food printing · 268 cites
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Advancements263 · 26%
▲ 15%→28% share
▲1.9× share momentum0 median citations92% since 2021mostly empirical
Food safety advancement research is intensifying — rising from 2 to 43 papers across Australian institutions.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food safety2→43
- Food processing5→39
- Agriculture1→29
- Sustainability1→23
- Food science2→17
Newly emergingFood security 0→26 · Food waste 0→17 · Food systems 0→17
Landmark Future food-production systems: vertical farming and controlled-environment agriculture · 766 cites
▼
Concerns452 · 45%
▼ 55%→44% share
▼0.8× share momentum1 median citations85% since 2021mostly empirical
Food security concern research is dominant and rising — growing from 17 to 89 papers in Australian food technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food safety6→83
- Food security17→89
- Food processing16→83
- Food systems9→70
- Sustainability6→63
Newly emergingLivelihood 0→15 · Food supply 0→13 · Corporate governance 0→11
Landmark An overview of global rice production, supply, trade, and consumption · 1,514 cites
Common questions
How many Food Tech companies are there in Australia?
Radar tracks 264 indexable Food Tech companies headquartered in Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food Tech companies in Australia?
The Food Tech companies in Australia on this list have raised a combined $343.6M in disclosed equity funding across 47 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Australia?
Fresho is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Australia, with $40.7M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food Tech companies in Australia are funded?
47 of the 264 Food Tech companies in Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food Tech unicorns are there in Australia?
None of the Food Tech companies in Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Australia Food Tech companies?
The most active investors in Australia Food Tech companies on this list include Artesian, Rocket Seeder, Antler, Gandel Invest, Alium Capital.
Sweetie IyerMarkets & Momentum
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