Best Food Tech Companies in Houston, United States
The 40 best Food Tech companies in Houston, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: MALK Organics.
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 Houston
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MALK Organics Provider of plant-based dairy alternatives | $24M | 30 mo ago | Series B | Coletta Castleschouldt Co-Founder | 2014 | Amazon WebstoreWooCommerceWordPress+41 | — | 1 partnership |
| 2 | Rivalry Tech App-based provider of online ordering software solutions for food businesses | $4M | 45 mo ago | Series A | Marshall Law Co-Founder | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 3 | sEATz App-based food delivery platform | $2M | 53 mo ago | Seed | Aaron Knape Co-Founder & CEO | 2018 | Cart FunctionalitySentryQuasar+13 | — | — |
| 4 | BeeHex Developer of 3D printers for the food industry | $1M | 114 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | Cart FunctionalityWixSentry+14 | 9 patents Automated food 3D printing with integrated robotics, cleaning, and material control | — |
| 5 | Gradi App-based restaurant discovery platform | $50K | 31 mo ago | Seed | Chase Phillips Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Grab Mobile app to order food at airports | — | 85 mo ago | Series A | — | 2013 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 7 | Adun Internet-first restaurant offering on-demand ready-to-heat meals | — | — | Funding Raised | Bethany Oyefeso Co-Founder | 2019 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+16 | — | — |
| 8 | Amazing Kitchen Online platform to book chef at home | — | — | Deadpooled | Alaba Adegunle Founder | 2016 | — | — | — |
Top 6 Food Tech companies in Houston
#1
Series B · Houston, Texas · founded 2014 · 39 employees$23.9Mraised▾
Provider of plant-based dairy alternatives. The platform provides plant-based alternatives using dry fruits and nuts.
- Feb 2024Series B$7M
- Dec 2022Series B$9M
- Jul 2020Series A$7.9M
- Mar 2016Seed—
#2
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2018 · 5 employees$3.5Mraised▾
App-based provider of online ordering software solutions for food businesses. The solutions provided are mobile ordering technology, mobile ordering during sports and entertainment events, customer experience management through app features, vendor performance management, and operation management.
- Nov 2022Series A$3.5M
#3
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2021$50Kraised▾
App-based restaurant discovery platform. The platform allows customers to search and order food from nearby local restaurants. It also provides doorstep delivery services. Its mobile application is available on the iOS platform.
- Jan 2024Convertible Debt—
- Jan 2021Seed$50K
#4
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2018 · 5 employees$1.7Mraised▾
sEATz is an app-based food delivery platform. It allows users to select their present venue with seat location, browse the menu, and place orders to get the food delivered to the location. It allows users to order various products including drinks, food, gear with pre-order history. It offers an online payment solution & the app is available for iOS and Android users.
- Mar 2022Conventional Debt$500K
- Sep 2019Seed$1.7M
#5
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2014 · 7 employees$1Mraised▾
BeeHex is a developer of 3D printers for the food industry. It provides cutting-edge software and hardware for delivering accelerating food customizations. It also offers customized 3D equipment solutions.
- Feb 2017Seed$1M
- Apr 2016Seed—
#6
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2013 · 43 employees—raised▾
Grab offers a mobile app to order food at airports. Enables users discover restaurants in the airport, order food, find the location of the restaurant and pick up the food. Reportedly, operational in 40 airports across USA. Also, connects travelers with retailers and other service providers at the airports.
- Jul 2019Series A—
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
What Houston researches in food tech
- University of Houston12
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston3
- Houston Health and Human Services Department1
- Sam Houston State University1
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