Radar · Food Tech in Austria
Best Food Tech Companies in Austria
The 37 best Food Tech companies in Austria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Arkeon.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
37companies tracked
$24.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
6have raised
Sources & further reading
- The Evolving Food Tech Market: Trends and Opportunities for Growth
- Love for personal care brands peaks in the mornings ; food tech/delive
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD TECH × AUSTRIA
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
Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Austria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkeon Developer of protein ingredients through carbon-capture | $14M | 43 mo ago | Seed | Simon Rittmann Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 2 | Orderlion Provider of online ordering solutions for food distributors | $5M | 32 mo ago | Seed | Stefan Strohmer Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | WebflowCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+24 | 1 job opening |
| 3 | SCHRANKERL Innovative cafeteria solutions | $2M | 21 mo ago | Seed | Sara Strasser Co-Founder & Managing Director | 2020 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+25 | — |
| 4 | Revo Foods Plant-based seafood provider using 3D food printing | $2M | 13 mo ago | Seed | Robin Simsa Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | 3 internships |
| 5 | Gronda Online community and content platform for chefs | $2M | 79 mo ago | Series A | Tobias Zetzsche Co-Founder & COO | 2016 | WebflowStripeAmazon Web Services+14 | — |
| 6 | Fit2go Provider of prepared meals with customizable options | — | 30 mo ago | Seed | Julian Kolar Founder & CEO | 2020 | PageFlyCart FunctionalityShopify+27 | — |
| 7 | Caff Italia Online retailer offering multi-category coffee machines | — | — | Unfunded | Sandro Magnoler CEO & MD | 1947 | Cart FunctionalityMagentoPlesk+17 | — |
| 8 | Cropster Developer of software for coffee roasting, cafe, commerce, and origin | — | — | Acquired | Martin Wiesinger Co-founder & CTO | 2008 | WordPress Block EditorCart FunctionalityWordPress+28 | — |
Top 6 Food Tech companies in Austria
#1
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2020 · 29 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2020 · 29 employees
Plant-based seafood provider using 3D food printing. The company uses Pea Protein, Algae Extracts, Plant Oils, and Citrus Fibers. The product offered includes smoked salmon spread.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 32.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Aug 2025Seed$1.9M
- 2024Seed$1.4M
- Nov 2022Grant (prize money)$208.6K
- Apr 2021Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Hazelpond Capital, Europa, Clever Clover
Tech stack
HstsHttp/3JqueryJquery MigrateMailerliteMatomo Analytics
#2
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2020 · 23 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2020 · 23 employees
Innovative cafeteria solutions. It offers healthy meals, beverages, snacks, and more food directly at the workplace. It allows employees to have food without pre-ordering.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 10.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Karma Food) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2024Conventional Debt$1.6M
- Mar 2022Angel$217.3K
Founders & team
Investors
Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Erste Group, 2m-quadrat
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-Js
#3
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2018 · 29 employees$5.1Mraised▾
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2018 · 29 employees
Provider of online ordering solutions for food distributors. The platform offers solutions for online order management, product promotions, marketing analytical reports, and more. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS platforms.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 5.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Orderlion Sales Team
Funding rounds
- Dec 2023Seed—
- Nov 2022Seed$4M
- Nov 2022Conventional Debt—
- Jan 2020Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Investors
Rockstart, tecnet equity, Gateway Ventures, Seedandspeed, weXelerate, Bloomhaus Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#4
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2021 · 35 employees$13.8Mraised▾
Seed · Vienna, Vienna · founded 2021 · 35 employees
Developer of protein ingredients through carbon capture. The technique is carbon-negative, independent of agricultural land, and employs industrial CO₂ as a feedstock. It provides a sustainable alternative to traditional protein synthesis.
Funding rounds
- Jan 2023Seed$3M
- Dec 2022Seed$4.2M
- Mar 2022Seed$6.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Square One Foods, Synthesis Capital, ReGen Ventures, ICL Planet Startup Hub, ICL, FoodHack
#5
Series A · Innsbruck, Tyrol · founded 2016 · 30 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Series A · Innsbruck, Tyrol · founded 2016 · 30 employees
Online community and content platform for chefs. It allows chefs to share culinary creations and recipes. Its mobile application is available on Android and iOS platforms.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 15.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
- Feb 2020Series A$1.7M
- Mar 2017Seed—
- 2016Seed$125K
Founders & team
Investors
Speedinvest, karriere.at, Howzat Partners, HR Ventures, Mairdumont Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#6
Seed · Pucking, Upper Austria · founded 2020—raised▾
Seed · Pucking, Upper Austria · founded 2020
Provider of prepared meals with customizable options. It offers custom choices for individuals such as high protein box, vegan box, gluten-free box, and more.
Funding rounds
- Mar 2024Angel—
Founders & team
Investors
Florian Gschwandtner, Thomas Baldinger
Tech stack
American ExpressApple PayCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsFacebook Pixel
Funding & investor landscape
$24.2Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
13disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Robin Simsa
Co-Founder & CEO · Revo Foods
Hakan Gurbuz
Co-Founder · Revo Foods
Sara Strasser
Co-Founder & Managing Director · SCHRANKERL
Stephan Haymerle
Founder · SCHRANKERL
Stefan Strohmer
Co-Founder & CEO · Orderlion
Patrick Schubert
CTO & Co-Founder · Orderlion
Simon Rittmann
Co-Founder · Arkeon
Gunther Bochmann
Co-Founder & CTO · Arkeon
Tobias Zetzsche
Co-Founder & COO · Gronda
Valentin Schuetz
Co-Founder & CEO · Gronda
Julian Kolar
Founder & CEO · Fit2go
Prism market signals · Austria · country-scoped Prism corpus, 280,735 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 · Austria
How research on Food Technology is moving in Austria
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 194 Austria-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
202220242026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 19% → 20% across 2022–2026.
top research entities
- BOKU University44
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis33
- Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety19
- TU Wien13
- University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna12
leading researchers
Michael Sulyok · Rudolf Krska · Marta Kozicka · Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety · Leclère, David · Spillias, Scott · Rouet Pollakis, Sibylle · Sesha Prasad, Sowdamini
▲
Breakthroughs11 · 6%
▲ 0%→6% share
2 median citations91% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→6% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Agriculture3
- Sustainability2
- Food safety2
- Food science2
- Provisioning2
Landmark Quantifying the global cropland footprint of the European Union’s non-food bioeconomy · 91 cites
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Advancements39 · 20%
▲ 0%→21% share
0 median citations82% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→21% of field), led by Agriculture.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Agriculture6
- Food processing6
- Mycotoxin6
- Food safety5
- Aflatoxin4
Newly emergingFood processing 0→5 · Agriculture 0→5
Landmark An agri-food supply chain traceability system for China based on RFID & blockchain technology · 978 cites
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Concerns93 · 48%
▲ 0%→42% share
5 median citations72% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→42% of field), led by Food security.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food security2→18
- Food safety3→15
- Agriculture5→14
- Production (economics)4→10
- Sustainability1→7
Newly emergingFood systems 0→10 · Climate change 0→5 · Human health 0→5
Landmark Worldwide contamination of food-crops with mycotoxins: Validity of the widely cited ‘FAO estimate’ of 25% · 1,321 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Austria
Where food tech is researched across Austria
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.
Vienna92 · +0.01
Laxenburg33 · +0.00
Graz10 · +0.15
Innsbruck6 · -0.05
Salzburg6 · +0.42
Klosterneuburg5 · -0.04
Common questions
How many Food Tech companies are there in Austria?
Radar tracks 37 indexable Food Tech companies headquartered in Austria that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food Tech companies in Austria?
The Food Tech companies in Austria on this list have raised a combined $24.2M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Austria?
Arkeon is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Austria, with $13.8M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food Tech companies in Austria are funded?
5 of the 37 Food Tech companies in Austria on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food Tech unicorns are there in Austria?
None of the Food Tech companies in Austria on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Austria Food Tech companies?
The most active investors in Austria Food Tech companies on this list include Purple Orange Ventures, 2m-quadrat, Accent, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Bloomhaus Ventures.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.