Best Food Tech Companies in Colorado, United States
The 72 best Food Tech companies in Colorado, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Meati.
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.
Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Colorado
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meati Developer of fungi-based protein meats foods | $483M | 26 mo ago | Series C | Justin Whiteley Co-founder and Senior Technical Advisor | 2005 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+33 | — | — |
| 2 | MycoTechnology Platform providing mushroom fermentation-based food ingredients | $277M | 50 mo ago | Series E | Pete Lubar COO | 2013 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+30 | 176 patents Fungal-derived sweet proteins and mycelium-based high‑protein food ingredients | — |
| 3 | ARRYVED Provider of point of sale and management solutions for beverage businesses | $28M | 60 mo ago | Series B | — | 2015 | WordPressSentryMySQL+32 | — | — |
| 4 | jack & annie’s Manufacturer of plant-based meat alternatives including chicken, beef, and fish | $23M | 54 mo ago | Series B | — | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — | — |
| 5 | Valyant AI Provider of digital tools for calculating income tax and superannuation | $17M | 38 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2017 | — | 10 patents AI-powered order processing, speech-to-text, and holographic interfaces for automated ordering | — |
| 6 | Opopop Manufacturer of popcorn products | $17M | 21 mo ago | Series A | — | 2011 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyRichpanel+62 | 19 patents Automated pod-based grain popping systems for snack food processing and packaging | — |
| 7 | Green Chef Provider of organic meal kit based on subscription | $16M | 134 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | Amazon WebstoreSentryZendesk+34 | — | — |
| 8 | bitewell Marketplace for employers to provide food health benefits to employees | $6M | 30 mo ago | Seed | Chris Fanucchi Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 9 | SYNQ3 Platform offering suite solution for restaurant businesses | $4M | 33 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2007 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Nextbite Platform offering virtual kitchen marketplace for food brands | $3M | 8 mo ago | Acquired | Jay Fuhr Co-Founder | 2018 | WordPressUnbouncewpBakery+38 | — | — |
| 11 | Crystal Diagnostics Developer of technology solutions for pathogen testing of food produce | $3M | 161 mo ago | Series A | — | 1965 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Encompass Platform offering cloud ERP software for Food and Beverage industry | $2M | 46 mo ago | Funding Raised | Jonathan ONeil CEO | 2001 | ContentfulReactGatsby+25 | 61 patents Therapeutic heating blankets and inflatable patient-support systems for hospitals | — |
| 13 | Good Karma Foods Plant-based milk and dairy alternatives that are nutritious and delicious | $2M | 69 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1996 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyShop Pay+34 | — | — |
| 14 | Shelfx Provider of self-checkout and shelf management solutions for micro markets | $2M | 161 mo ago | Seed | — | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 15 | ChiaViva Dairy-free pudding brand | $1M | 89 mo ago | Deadpooled | Neal Luecking Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 16 | The Food Corridor Online marketplace to connect food businesses with commercial kitchens | $555K | 100 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | WordPressUptimeRobotMySQL+30 | — | 1 award |
| 17 | SupperBell Online gaming platform offering slots, casino, sports, arcade, poker, and togel | $469K | 126 mo ago | Seed | Dave Fantz Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Delaget Restaurant operations software providing insights to improve profitability and efficiency | $400K | 52 mo ago | Acquired | Jason Tober CEO | 1990 | WordPressMySQLMariaDB+37 | — | — |
| 19 | DiningTek Provider of online ordering solutions for restaurants | $327K | 26 mo ago | Seed | Linda Sonnett Carlson Co-Founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityTypeScriptJava+24 | — | 1 job opening |
| 20 | Feedplan App-based platform for food order and delivery | $175K | 23 mo ago | Seed | Win Feigle Founder | 2021 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food Tech companies in Colorado
#1
Acquired · Denver, Colorado · founded 2018 · 17 employees$3.4Mraised▾
Platform offering virtual kitchen marketplace for food brands. The platform provides delivery-only brands distributed nationwide via fulfillment partners. It offers solutions like a menu devlopement, insights & analysis, brand asset development, and more. Its data-driven and designed for online ordering and delivery, using online ordering management technology.
- Sep 2025Series A$3.4M
#2
Series C · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2005 · 27 employees$483Mraised▾
Developer of fungi-based protein meats foods. It uses mycelium as food ingredient that grown indoor using only water, sugar, and nutrients. Its products, like cutlets and steaks, are made using a natural fermentation process that produces nutrient-dense, high-protein, high-fiber meat alternatives.
- Apr 2024Series C$222.4M
- Dec 2023Angel—
- Jun 2023Series C—
- Jan 2023Series C$22M
#3
Series A · Denver, Colorado · founded 2011 · 25 employees$16.8Mraised▾
Manufacturer of popcorn products
- Aug 2024Series A$2M
- Sep 2022Series A$2.6M
- Jun 2021Series A$12M
- Apr 2019Seed$235K
#4
Series E · Aurora, Colorado · founded 2013 · 101 employees$276.6Mraised▾
Platform providing mushroom fermentation-based food ingredients. The platform offering mushroom fermentation to discover plant-based ingredients. The company has developed a novel food processing platform that uses gourmet fungi and mycelial fermentation and offers a solution for sugar reduction, food insecurity, sustainable protein, natural immune support, and more.
- Mar 2022Series E$85M
- Jan 2021Series D$48.2M
- Nov 2020Grant (prize money)$1M
- Jun 2020Series D$39M
#5
Acquired · Denver, Colorado · founded 2017 · 20 employees$17Mraised▾
Provider of digital tools for calculating income tax and superannuation. These calculators assist individuals and business owners in estimating tax obligations, net pay, and retirement contributions. The tools process financial data based on government tax brackets and mandatory contribution requirements. Users access these resources to determine quarterly tax installments and annual salary breakdowns for personal financial planning.
- Apr 2023Series B—
- Jun 2019Series A$4.5M
- Jun 2019Conventional Debt—
- Aug 2018Seed$1.1M
#6
Seed · Denver, Colorado · founded 2020 · 31 employees$5.7Mraised▾
Operator of a food-as-medicine marketplace intended to make healthy eating simple and accessible for all. The company's marketplace utilizes big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning to generate a food health score that guides people to healthy food decisions, enabling companies to save money on healthcare by measuring food decisions against short and long-term health outcomes.
#7
Series B · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2015 · 93 employees$27.9Mraised▾
Provider of point of sale and management solutions for beverage businesses. The company delivers mobile point of sale, reporting, online ordering, and loyalty program tools. It offers contactless ordering, brewery management, and flexible ordering solutions. The business provides web solutions, payment processing, capital funding, and insurance coverage.
- Jun 2021Series B$21.3M
- Mar 2019Series A$4.8M
- Feb 2018Seed$1M
- Apr 2017Seed$700K
#8
Acquired · Colorado Springs, Colorado · founded 2007 · 569 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Platform offering suite solution for restaurant businesses. Its features include enhancing guest relationship management, staff management, data analytics & reporting, cost management, transforming businesses, etc. The company claims its services increase average check size, reduce cost, and increase efficiency. The company offers its services to restaurants, cafes, bistros, bars, etc in the USA.
- Sep 2023Series A$2M
- Jun 2015Seed$1.5M
#9
Seed · Denver, Colorado · founded 2021$175Kraised▾
App-based platform for food order and delivery. Platform allows customers to order meal from nearby local restaurants and provides doorstep delivery services. Its mobile application is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Jul 2024Seed$175K
#10
Series B · Boulder, Colorado · founded 2011 · 12 employees$23Mraised▾
Manufacturer of plant-based meat alternatives including chicken, beef, and fish. The company provides various jackfruit-based products such as tenders, patties, nuggets, wings, meatballs, and breakfast sausages. They also offer plant-based shaved steak, burgers, and fish fillets. The products are made from whole plants and are sources of protein and fiber.
- Dec 2021Series B$23M
#11
Seed · Broomfield, Colorado · founded 2016 · 12 employees$326.9Kraised▾
Provider of online ordering solutions for restaurants. It provides a personalized ordering solution and app for restaurants. It also provides marketing & customer engagement solutions, e-notification, social media engagement, reward programs, and more.
- Apr 2024Seed$150K
- Apr 2023Seed$31.9K
- Sep 2021Seed$100K
- Jul 2020Seed$45K
#12
Funding Raised · Fort Collins, Colorado · founded 2001 · 170 employees$2Mraised▾
Platform offering cloud ERP software for Food and Beverage industry. The platform offers ERP software for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in the food and beverage industry. It offers solutions for the management of various aspects of business such as accounting, planning, purchasing, inventory, production, quality control, sales, reports, etc.
- Aug 2022Conventional Debt$2M
- Feb 2022PE—
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 Tech in Colorado is moving
A read on the academic research around Food Tech in Colorado — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 45 papers.
- Colorado State University24
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus6
- University of Colorado Denver6
- Colorado School of Public Health5
- Children\'s Hospital Colorado4
- Salmonella1
- Listeria monocytogenes1
- Foodborne pathogen1
- Chromogenic1
- Pathogen1
- Food safety2
- Food systems2
- Production (economics)2
- Sustainability1
- Cold chain1
- Food processing1→5
- Food systems1→3
Common questions
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