Radar › Companies › Food Tech · Helsinki
Radar · Food Tech in Helsinki

Best Food Tech Companies in Helsinki, Finland

The 31 best Food Tech companies in Helsinki, Finland in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wolt.

31companies tracked
$896.2Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
6have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD TECH × HELSINKI

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
359kcombined LinkedIn audience
97%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Helsinki

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Wolt 🦄
Operator of a platform facilitating delivery of food and other items
$860M69 mo agoAcquiredElias Aalto
Co-Founder
2014ContentfulApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+23—
2Oddlygood
Brand of vegan foods
$28M58 mo agoLate StageNiko Vuorenmaa
CEO
2018CodeMirrorTinyMCEJava+14—
3Huuva
Platform offering virtual restaurant solution for food businesses
$6M53 mo agoSeedVille Lehto
Co-founder
2021WebflowCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+17—
4Munchfam
Provider of virtual kitchen networks for food businesses
$657K25 mo agoSeedHenri Auvinen
Co-Founder
2020WixSentryEnvoy+14—
5ResQ
Food ordering platform from restaurants
$447K113 mo agoSeed—2015WordPressMySQLPHP+24—
6Avenatur
Provider of Oat Based dairy substitute products. The product catalog includes oat milk, oat cooking cream…
—50 mo agoSeedJanis Arbidans
Co-Founder
2021——
7Biocode
Platform offering carbon footprint tracking solution for food businesses
——UnfundedErnesto Hartikainen
Chief Executive Officer
2017WordPressMySQLPHP+24—
8Claridock
Platform offering importer data
——UnfundedSlobodan Stanic2023——

Top 6 Food Tech companies in Helsinki

#1
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2020 · 15 employees
$657.3Kraised
▾

Provider of virtual kitchen networks for food businesses. It brings recipes and ingredients together with guidance to all kinds of foods. And the foods are served by the neighborhood virtual restaurant.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Seed$657.3K
Founders & team
Henri AuvinenCo-FounderPertti KallioinenCo-Founder & CEOWei ZhouCo-Founder
Investors
Pitchdrive, Genesis Ventures, Maria 01, Founders' Edge, Nordic Makers
#2
Wolt 🦄
Acquired · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2014 · 8000 employees
$860.4Mraised
▾

Operator of a platform facilitating delivery of food and other items. The platform connects customers with merchants and couriers for order fulfillment. It provides options for restaurants and stores to reach more customers. The platform also offers courier opportunities with flexible hours and earnings.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 330k LinkedIn followers — 91.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 partnerships (incl. Stream) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2021Series E$535.5M
  • Oct 2020Angel$8.8M
  • May 2020Series D$110M
  • Jun 2019Series C$130M
Founders & team
Elias AaltoCo-FounderOskari PetasCo-FounderJuhani MykkanenCo-Founder
Investors
Iconiq Capital, 83NORTH, Highland Europe, Lifeline Ventures, EQT, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailApple Sign-In
#3
Late Stage · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2018 · 25 employees
$28.2Mraised
▾

Brand of vegan foods. The company offer a growing range of plant-based products, including oat drinks, plant-based cheese shreds, gurts, desserts, and cream.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 3.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021PE$28.2M
Founders & team
Reetta TikanmäkiCOONiko VuorenmaaCEO
Investors
Mandatum Asset Management, Takoa Invest
Tech stack
AngularjsAnimate.CssBabelBootstrapCodemirrorCore-Js
#4
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2021 · 80 employees
$6.5Mraised
▾

Platform offering virtual restaurant solution for food businesses. The platform helps to create and run delivery-only restaurants that sell through third-party delivery platforms. The company handles the kitchen operating system and delivery pick-ups. It also offers long-term lease agreements.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Siipiweikot) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2022Seed$5.3M
  • Sep 2021Seed$1.2M
Founders & team
Ville LehtoCo-founderVille LeppäläCEO
Investors
General Catalyst, Lifeline Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Cloud
#5
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2015 · 34 employees
$447.3Kraised
▾

ResQ is an ordering platform where partnered restaurants list their ResQable meals and customers can order and pickup food from the retail. As of Jul 2016, have partner restaurants in Finland and Sweden.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Marketing Automation Manager
Funding rounds
  • May 2017Seed—
  • May 2016Seed$447.3K
  • Apr 2016Seed—
Investors
Prodeko Ventures, FoodLabs, Loudspring, Ananda Impact Ventures, Finnvera, HYY
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFlat Ui
#6
Seed · Helsinki, Uusimaa · founded 2021
—raised
▾

Provider of Oat Based dairy substitute products. The product catalog includes oat milk, oat cooking cream, oat milk powder, oat milk chocolate, oat yogurt, and more. The company also offers flavored oat milk drinks in flavors like chocolate, matcha, blueberry, strawberry, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 377 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Janis ArbidansCo-Founder

Funding & investor landscape

$896.2Mtotal disclosed funding
5companies funded
13disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Maria 013 rounds
Lifeline Ventures2 rounds
Prodeko Ventures2 rounds
83NORTH1 rounds
Alfabeat1 rounds
Ananda Impact Ventures1 rounds
Atomico1 rounds
Businessfinland1 rounds
Coatue1 rounds
DST Global1 rounds

Notable founders

Henri Auvinen
Co-Founder · Munchfam
Pertti Kallioinen
Co-Founder & CEO · Munchfam
Elias Aalto
Co-Founder · Wolt
Oskari Petas
Co-Founder · Wolt
Reetta Tikanmäki
COO · Oddlygood
Niko Vuorenmaa
CEO · Oddlygood
Ville Lehto
Co-founder · Huuva
Ville Leppälä
CEO · Huuva
Janis Arbidans
Co-Founder · Avenatur
Prism market signals · Finland · country-scoped Prism corpus, 227,918 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 IN HELSINKI · Agri & Food

How research on Food Tech in Helsinki is moving

A read on the academic research around Food Tech in Helsinki — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 48 papers.

48 papers · stance +0.10 · 3% breakthrough · 50% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • University of Helsinki47
  • Helsinki Institute of Physics5
  • Helsinki Art Museum2
leading researchers
Janne Lundén · Mikko Kosola · Hanna L. Tuomisto · Kari Koppelmäki · Annukka Vainio · Fu, Yue
prism intelligence · tone & topics
73% positive · 23% critical tone
HealthBusinessAgricultureFood IndustrySustainabilityEnvironment
▲ Breakthroughs1 · 2%
▲ 0%→3% share
5 median citations100% since 2021mostly empirical
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→3% of field), led by Food science.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food science1
  • Characterization (materials science)1
  • Food processing1
  • Biotechnology1
  • Nanotechnology1
Landmark Molecular characterization of exopolysaccharide from Periweissella beninensis LMG 25373T and technological properties in · 5 cites
◆ Advancements16 · 33%
▲ 0%→33% share
0 median citations81% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (0%→33% of field), led by Food processing.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food processing4
  • Sustainability3
  • Agriculture3
  • Consumption (sociology)2
  • Food safety2
Newly emergingFood processing 0→4
Landmark UK Food Standards Agency Workshop Consensus Report: the choice of method for measuring 25-hydroxyvitamin D to estimate v · 121 cites
▼ Concerns17 · 35%
▲ 0%→38% share
4 median citations88% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are rising (0%→38% of field), led by Food systems.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Food systems5
  • Food safety5
  • Agriculture3
  • Food processing2
  • Sustainability2
Newly emergingFood systems 0→5 · Food safety 0→5
Landmark Consumer responses to novel and unfamiliar foods · 364 cites

Common questions

How many Food Tech companies are there in Helsinki, Finland?
Radar tracks 31 indexable Food Tech companies headquartered in Helsinki, Finland that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food Tech companies in Helsinki, Finland?
The Food Tech companies in Helsinki, Finland on this list have raised a combined $896.2M in disclosed equity funding across 5 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Helsinki, Finland?
Wolt is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Helsinki, Finland, with $860.4M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food Tech companies in Helsinki, Finland are funded?
5 of the 31 Food Tech companies in Helsinki, Finland on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food Tech unicorns are there in Helsinki, Finland?
1 Food Tech company in Helsinki, Finland on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Helsinki, Finland Food Tech companies?
The most active investors in Helsinki, Finland Food Tech companies on this list include Maria 01, Lifeline Ventures, Prodeko Ventures, 83NORTH, Alfabeat.
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.

Coming soon