Best Food Tech Companies in Florida, United States
The 173 best Food Tech companies in Florida, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: REEF.
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 Florida
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REEF 🦄 Platform offering parking management and suite solutions for multiple retail and food businesses | $768M | 67 mo ago | 7,150 | Ari Ojalvo Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+28 | Top 10M | 5 patents Modular mobile business units with configurable utilities and smart parking verification systems | — |
| 2 | Algenol Direct to ethanol technology provider by using algae biomass | $65M | 82 mo ago | 2 | Alejandro Gonzalez Founder & President | WordPressPleskMySQL+18 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 3 | Dorsia Platform offering membership-based restaurant dine-outs 42Funding top 26%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Tech top 42% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techtop 42% Producttop 47% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 30% Customersbottom 8% Funding: Raised $50.4M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $50M | 16 mo ago | 19 | Marc Lotenberg Co-Founder & CEO | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+11 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 4 | Grubbrr Provider of self-ordering systems and digital kiosk software solutions | $35M | 50 mo ago | 169 | Bhavin Asher Founder & CTO | Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+47 | Top 1M | — | — |
| 5 | AFS Provider of cloud and AI-based software for logistics | $31M | 163 mo ago | 473 | Richard Nicholas CEO | Windows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NETIIS+4 | Top 50M | 14 patents Portable solid-fuel combustion systems for efficient heating and energy generation | — |
| 6 | Mad Mobile Platform offering suite solution for offline businesses | $20M | 24 mo ago | 153 | Greg Schmitzer Founder & PRESIDENT | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | Top 5M | — | 1 job opening |
| 7 | Virtual Dining Concepts Provider of software suite solutions for virtual restaurant businesses | $20M | 55 mo ago | 53 | Robbie Earl Co-Founder | SalesforceAstroTikTok Pixel+17 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 8 | Odyssey Elixir Internet-first brand offering mushroom-based energy drinks 19Funding top 37%Tech top 43%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 25% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 37% Techtop 43% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 25% Marketbottom 20% Funding: Raised $14.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 4 yrs (1.2/yr) Tech: 30 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $14M | 6 mo ago | 10 | Scott Frohman CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyReact+27 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 9 | Uptown Network Provider of a SaaS solution for digital recipe books and menus | $5M | 136 mo ago | 11 11 → 24 (+118%) | Jack Serfass CEO / Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspacePHP+17 | Top 1M | — | 4 launchs |
| 10 | Nutrition Corporation Plant-based nutrition for simplified, vibrant living and achieving wellness goals | $4M | 114 mo ago | 3 | Marco Borges CEO & Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+40 | Top 50M | 151 patents Formulating silicon, biotin, and chromium dietary supplements and microbial cell bleaching technologies. | — |
| 11 | Hazlnut Provider of restaurant management solutions | $3M | 56 mo ago | 12 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 12 | Sarbari Provider of a food cost management software for the restaurant industry | $2M | 142 mo ago | 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Actionable Quality Assurance Business analytics solutions to restaurants for exception handling | $2M | 106 mo ago | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Overproof AI-powered business intelligence platform for beverage alcohol industry | $1M | 74 mo ago | 27 | Marc Kuyper Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 15 | MagicalButter Internet first brand offering blender | $1M | 36 mo ago | 40 | Garyn Angel Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+51 | Top 1M | — | — |
| 16 | Donna Italia Platform offering plug-and-bake pizza solution for the hospitality industry | $888K | 96 mo ago | 39 | Gilad Shalom Founder & CEO | TildaZohoYouTube+14 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 17 | SpeedETab Mobile ordering at restaurants & bars | $650K | 123 mo ago | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Little Lunches App-based platform for personalized kids meal planning | $565K | 44 mo ago | 2 | Jessica Facusse Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityUbuntuBootstrap+15 | Top 5M | — | 1 award |
| 19 | Valet Platform offering food delivery services | $500K | 58 mo ago | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | ServeAnywhere Technology for restaurants | $250K | 124 mo ago | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food Tech companies in Florida
#1
Series A · Margate, Florida · founded 2020 · 10 employees$14.3Mraised▾
Internet-first brand offering mushroom-based energy drinks. The company offers drinks in various flavours including blackberry, passion fruit, ginger, lemon, oat latte, dragon fruit, and more.
- Dec 2025Series A$5M
- Dec 2024Series A$6.7M
- Mar 2023Series A$6.3M
- May 2022Series A$1.3M
#2
Series A · Miami, Florida · founded 2021 · 19 employees$50.4Mraised▾
Platform offering membership-based restaurant dine-outs. The company offers a members club curating cuisine, art, and entertainment. The members can have private tables and tickets.
- Feb 2025Series A$50.4M
- Feb 2025Seed—
#3
Series A · Tampa, Florida · founded 2010 · 153 employees$20Mraised▾
Platform offering suite solution for offline businesses. The mobile retail platform provides data-based engagement and mobile point-of-sale solutions. The platform integrates with the retailer POS and other enterprise systems and provides store associates with relevant customer details including purchase history, preferences, and more.
- Jun 2024Conventional Debt$50M
- Jan 2023Series A$20M
- Nov 2017Series A—
#4
REEF 🦄Series D · Miami, Florida · founded 2013 · 7150 employees$768.4Mraised▾
Platform offering parking management and suite solutions for multiple retail and food businesses. It offers solutions to manage and optimize parking spaces in real-time. It also connects brands to consumers through its proximity network and offers solutions like customer acquisition, fulfillment, retail space development for brands, and last-mile delivery. Also, it offers mobile applications for users to find & compare parking spaces, payments management, and more. Additionally, it offers a cloud-based POS system, web & app-based ordering system, digital kiosks, and signage to retail outlets and food enterprises.
- Nov 2020Series D$766.5M
- 2018Series C—
#5
Series B · Miami Beach, Florida · founded 2007 · 169 employees$35Mraised▾
Provider of self-ordering systems and digital kiosk software solutions. The product range consists of a POS system, order entry system, table reservation system, social media integration, customer relationship, and loyalty systems. it also provides platforms for analytics and branch management.
- Apr 2022Series B$35M
- Nov 2018Series A—
#6
Series A · Fort Myers, Florida · founded 2006 · 2 employees$65Mraised▾
Algenol is a global, industrial biotechnology company that is commercializing its patented algae technology platform for production of ethanol using proprietary algae, sunlight, carbon dioxide and saltwater. The Company’s technology consists of two-step process that first produces ethanol directly from the algae and then converts the spent algae biomass to gasoline, biodiesel and jet fuel.
- Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$97.3K
- Feb 2015Series A$25M
- 2014Series A$40M
- Jan 2010Grant (prize money)$24.3M
#7
Series A · Orlando, Florida · founded 2018 · 53 employees$20Mraised▾
Provider of software suite solutions for virtual restaurant businesses. The solutions provided are brand performance & growth management, sales and revenue management, menu templates and management, integration with food delivery service providers, and more. It also offers performance marketing through which they handle national marketing, social media, sales promotions, public relations, and advertising.
- Oct 2021Series A$20M
#8
Acquired · Tampa, Florida · founded 1985 · 473 employees$31.2Mraised▾
AFS is a provider of cloud and AI-based software for logistics. Its offerings include software for the management of warehouse operations like asset tracking and tracing, replenishment, loading and shipping, ePODs, delivery and order management, EDI, demand planning and direct store deliveries. It caters to food distributors and CPG companies. Its clients include Nestle, Materne and Carlsberg.
- Nov 2012Series B$26M
- Sep 2011Conventional Debt—
- Sep 2011Series B—
- Sep 2007Series A$5.2M
#9
Seed · Port Richey, Florida · founded 2012 · 40 employees$1Mraised▾
Internet first brand offering blender. The product catalog includes automatic blenders with programmable thermostats and heating units that grind heat, stir, and steep the herbal extract. The device is designed for infusing the essence of herbs into oil, butter, lotions, and more. It also provides food recipes, gummies, and more.
- May 2023Seed$1M
- Dec 2020Conventional Debt$3M
#10
Series A · Jacksonville, Florida · founded 2018 · 12 employees$3Mraised▾
Provider of restaurant management solutions. It offers cloud-based restaurant management solutions with integrated PoS, menu management tools, online ordering platforms, loyalty & marketing management module, delivery management solution, etc.
- Oct 2021Series A$3M
#11
Series A · Miami, Florida · founded 2008 · 3 employees$4.3Mraised▾
Plant-based nutrition for simplified, vibrant living and achieving wellness goals. This company provides earth-grown, solution-oriented products to simplify health decisions. They offer science-backed, plant-powered wellness solutions, including plant-based proteins, essential supplements, and customized meal plans. Their products are whole-food based, doctor-formulated, and convenient. They cater to various health goals like stress management, energy increase, immunity protection, beauty boost, and weight management. They offer a subscription option and a cart for easy shopping. The company focuses on honest, whole-foods, plant-based nutrition to empower individuals to thrive. They prioritize nutritious and flavorful ingredients that nourish the body, mind, and soul. They offer recipes and a meal planner. They are committed to ethically sourced ingredients and sustainable practices. They have a login option for users. They are a B2C company.
- Dec 2016Series A$4M
- Sep 2016Angel$350K
#12
Series A · Naples, Florida · founded 2011 · 11 employees$4.9Mraised▾
Provider of a SaaS solution for digital recipe books and menus. The solution helps track food preparation times, deploy recipes and menus across multiple restaurants, and discover changes needed to make business more profitable.
- Feb 2015Series A$4.9M
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 Florida is moving
A read on the academic research around Food Tech in Florida — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 130 papers.
University of Florida and peers lead Florida's food-tech research, dominated by safety and security concerns (45 concern papers), with a cautiously contested tone (mean stance 0.09).
- University of Florida74
- Florida State University11
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University8
- Florida Department of Citrus7
- University of Central Florida6
- Food safety4
- Food science2
- Listeria monocytogenes2
- Bacteria2
- Listeria2
- Food safety1→6
- Food safety2→16
- Food security1→5
- Food processing3→6
Common questions
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