Best Food Tech Companies in Brazil
The 159 best Food Tech companies in Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: iFood.
Food Tech in Brazil is having a real moment, and if you want to know where the money's actually going, this directory tracks 159 companies with $804M in total disclosed funding, ranked by equity raised and recent momentum.
iFood sits at the top with $592M, which is an entirely different weight class from the rest of the field. Fazenda Futuro follows at $90M, with Cellva, Future Cow Technologies, and Typcal filling out a mid-tier that's clearly still early-stage. That spread tells you something: Brazil's Food Tech stack is built around one dominant platform and a long tail of challengers still finding product-market fit. Median app install growth is running at roughly +20% YoY across food and foodtech categories globally, which tracks with a global market sized at $105.3B in 2024 and heading toward $224.3B by 2032 at a 9.9% CAGR. Consolidation is accelerating everywhere you look, from Pluckk snapping up meal-kit brand Kook to Compass Group moving on SmartQ. I'd watch Bossa Invest and Spectra Investments closely here. They're the most active backers in this directory, and where they move next will signal which Brazilian bets are maturing fastest.
- Love for personal care brands peaks in the mornings ; food tech/delive
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.
Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Brazil
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iFood 🦄 Operator of an online platform for ordering food and groceries | $592M | 91 mo ago | Series F | — | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — |
| 2 | Fazenda Futuro Platform offering plant-based meat alternative food products | $90M | 55 mo ago | Series C | Alfredo Strechinsky Co-Founder | 2018 | SanitySentryNode.js+10 | — |
| 3 | Devorando Mobile platform based restaurant aggregator | $39M | 132 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Bruno Tusset Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — |
| 4 | FLOKI Compras B2B platform offering procurement solutions for food service products | $19M | 50 mo ago | Seed | Marcelo Espiga Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 5 | Zak Platform offering suite solution for restaurant businesses | $15M | 55 mo ago | Series A | — | 2018 | — | — |
| 6 | PayFace Online platform for payments in restaurants | $10M | 35 mo ago | Series A | Eladio Isoppo Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityWebflowApple iCloud Mail+16 | — |
| 7 | Olga Ri Internet first restaurant offering salads | $6M | 76 mo ago | Series A | Bruno Sindicic Founder & CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — |
| 8 | SYOS Provider of IoT-based smart temperature management solution | $5M | 36 mo ago | Series A | Paulo Lerner Chief Executive Officer | 2001 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+22 | 1 job opening |
| 9 | Worc Online job board platform for retail & hospitality | $4M | 50 mo ago | Series A | Joao Pedro Co-Founder | 2018 | WebflowAmazon Web Servicescore-js+15 | — |
| 10 | Food To Save Online platform offering surplus food delivery service | $3M | 31 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | 1 award |
| 11 | Goomer Cardápios Digital solution for foodservice in restaurants | $3M | 60 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | Google Mapsstyled-componentsEmotion+28 | — |
| 12 | Cellva Biotech firm providing B2B market through cell culture | $3M | 21 mo ago | Seed | Sergio Pinto Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | 1 job opening |
| 13 | Yooga Provider of SaaS-based restaurant management platform | $3M | 32 mo ago | Seed | Vinicius Melo CEO | 2017 | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+24 | — |
| 14 | Beleaf Platform offering vegan food delivery services | $2M | 44 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityMagentoMySQL+35 | — |
| 15 | MeuChope Marketplace platform for buying and selling breweries | $2M | 39 mo ago | Seed | Jean Moro Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 2022 | — | — |
| 16 | Nutrebem Payment and nutrition tracking platform for cafeterias | $1M | 88 mo ago | Series A | Rodrigo Esteves CEO | 2012 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+22 | — |
| 17 | Future Cow Technologies Company creating alternative protein | $1M | 11 mo ago | Seed | Leonardo Vieira Co-Founder & CEO | 2022 | — | — |
| 18 | DeliRec Online platform offering recipe discovery | $1M | 62 mo ago | Seed | — | 2021 | BootstrapAmazon ALBAmazon Web Services+4 | — |
| 19 | Linked Platform offering software solutions for bars and restaurants | $1M | 34 mo ago | Seed | Sergio Lopes CEO | 2016 | TypeScriptWindows ServerBootstrap+15 | — |
| 20 | ChefsClub Member's club for food lovers | $932K | 134 mo ago | Seed | Fabrizio Serra CoFounder | 2012 | — | — |
| 21 | Simple&Co Provider of the virtual network for restaurants | $675K | 44 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | — |
| 22 | Typcal Provider of plant-based food products made with technology | $411K | 8 mo ago | Seed | Paulo Ibri Founder & CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — |
| 23 | AppJusto Online platform for food orders and delivery services | $349K | 48 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | Node.jsFirebaseTailwind CSS+9 | — |
| 24 | Takeat Provider of restaurant management platform offering digital waiter services | $268K | 4 mo ago | Series A | Miguel Carvalho Co-Founder | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+35 | — |
| 25 | Thirky Provider of video-based digital menu software solutions for restaurants | $191K | 38 mo ago | Seed | Daniel Padilla Co-Founder | 2022 | YouTubeSwiperAOS+8 | — |
| 26 | Veggi Online platform offering vegan food delivery services | $177K | 44 mo ago | Seed | Allan Carneiro Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 27 | Restin Provider of discounts on food products to reduce food waste | $114K | 24 mo ago | Seed | Luciano Almeida Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+14 | — |
Top 12 Food Tech companies in Brazil
#1
Series A · Vitoria, State of Espirito Santo · founded 2019$267.9Kraised▾
Provider of restaurant management platform offering digital waiter services. The solutions provided are an order management system with a digital waiter & digital menu, customer loyalty management & cashback management for customer retargeting, takeaway management, and POS management.
- Feb 2026Series A$2.9M
- Sep 2024Seed$267.9K
- Nov 2022Grant (prize money)$73.9K
#2
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2022$1.2Mraised▾
Company creating alternative protein. It develops technology for food production, such as real milk without cows using precision fermentation.
- Jun 2025Seed$885K
- Seed$200K
- Seed$150K
#3
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2019 · 11 employees$411Kraised▾
Provider of plant-based food products made with technology. It provides creative and technologically advanced options for a dining experience.
- Sep 2025Seed$411K
#4
iFood 🦄Series F · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2011 · 5585 employees$592.4Mraised▾
Operator of an online platform for ordering food and groceries. The platform facilitates delivery services from restaurants, markets, beverage providers, pharmacies, and pet shops. It also provides a channel for individuals to register as delivery personnel. The platform offers resources for restaurants and markets to establish an online presence.
- Nov 2018Series F$500M
- Jul 2016Series E$30M
- Jun 2015Series E$50M
- Sep 2014Series D$5.7M
#5
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2021 · 7 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Biotech firm providing B2B market through cell culture. The company developes and producing animal ingredients through cell culture.
- Sep 2024Seed$1.5M
- Feb 2024Seed$1.3M
#6
Series C · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2018 · 229 employees$90Mraised▾
Platform offering plant-based meat alternative food products. It offers burger, sauages, meatballs, tuna, chicken, and more made from plants.
- Nov 2021Series C$60M
- Sep 2020Series B$21.5M
- Jul 2019Series A$8.5M
#7
Series A · Florianopolis, State of Santa Catarina · founded 2018 · 87 employees$9.8Mraised▾
Online platform for payments in restaurants. It provides a dashboard to monitor transactions. Payment solutions integrated with retail automation software. The payment process does not require cards, cell phones, smartwatches, and other accessories. It can be accessed through the app available on iOS and Android devices.
- Jul 2023Series A$9.2M
- Jun 2022Series A—
- Jun 2020Seed$580K
#8
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2020 · 68 employees$19.2Mraised▾
B2B platform offering procurement solutions for food service products. It offers a platform to restaurants and bars for managing purchases and provides a credit solution for payments to suppliers. It claims to use AI to automate the procurement process.
- Apr 2022Seed$10.7M
- Dec 2020Seed$696K
#9
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2020 · 46 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Online platform offering surplus food delivery service. The platform allows choosing establishments with surplus food and ordering food for home delivery or pick-up. Its mobile application is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Nov 2023Seed$2.9M
- May 2022Seed$260K
#10
Series A · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2001 · 58 employees$5Mraised▾
Provider of IoT-based smart temperature management solution. The company provides end-to-end solutions using IoT. It offers analytical tools for delivering insights to customers. It uses AI technology to identify issues and provides solutions to identify anomalies.
- Jun 2023Series A$2.4M
- Apr 2022Series A$2.6M
#11
Seed · Vitoria, State of Espirito Santo · founded 2017 · 114 employees$2.7Mraised▾
Provider of SaaS-based restaurant management platform. It offers solutions such as delivery management, tables and counter management, inventory management, and more.
- Oct 2023Seed$2.3M
- Jul 2021Seed$291.9K
- 2020Angel$69.3K
#12
Series A · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2018 · 175 employees$15Mraised▾
Platform offering suite solution for restaurant businesses. The company offers digital and financial solutions for food businesses. It offers POS solutions, order management, customizable web application with payment & support, dashboard & analytics reporting, and more.
- Nov 2021Series A$15M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
How research on Food Technology is moving in Brazil
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 1,078 Brazil-affiliated papers.
- Universidade de São Paulo116
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas91
- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation52
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina50
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais46
- Production (economics)8
- Sustainability6
- Agriculture5
- Food science5
- Livestock4
- Food processing1→49
- Food safety3→33
- Antimicrobial1→25
- Food science2→20
- Food spoilage1→15
- Food safety3→88
- Food processing7→74
- Food security1→55
- Agriculture1→47
- Production (economics)1→38
Where food tech is researched across Brazil
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.
Common questions
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.