Radar · Food Tech in Israel
Best Food Tech Companies in Israel
The 176 best Food Tech companies in Israel in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Believer.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
176companies tracked
$1.5Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
65have raised
Israel's Food Tech scene is earning its close-up: 176 companies, $1.5B in disclosed funding, and a sector that's clearly past the "interesting experiment" phase. Else Nutrition leads our directory at $31M raised, followed by Tastewise at $24M and HAAT Delivery at $20M, which tells you something about where Israeli founders are placing their bets, across both alt-protein and last-mile logistics. Globally, the Food Tech market sits at roughly $105.3B today and is forecast to reach $224.3B by 2032 at a 9.9% CAGR, driven by population growth and the hard push toward sustainable agriculture. That's the tide lifting every boat here.
So what's moving right now? Consolidation is one answer. Compass Group's majority stake in SmartQ signals that institutional appetite for food-tech infrastructure is real, not speculative. Median app install growth across food and foodtech platforms is running at roughly 20% YoY, which I'd call a consumer signal worth watching. Investors like The Kitchen Hub, CPT Capital, and MassChallenge are already paying attention. If you're benchmarking Israeli Food Tech, the funding momentum here is the number that matters most.
Sources & further reading
- Love for personal care brands peaks in the mornings ; food tech/delive
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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
310kcombined LinkedIn audience
34%of audience held by top 3
6companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Israel
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believer Brand of meat products | $390M | 53 mo ago | Series B | 97 | Rom Kshuk CEO | WebflowGSAPSplide+22 | 4 signals ▲300% Regulatory · Lawsuit | — | — |
| 2 | Redefine Meat Provider of 3D-printed meat | $180M | 52 mo ago | Series A | 240 | Adam Lahav Co-Founder and CBO | WordPressMySQLPHP+39 | — | 89 patents Plant-based meat analogues: texture scaffolds, lipid mimetics, flavor systems, protein blends. | 3 awards |
| 3 | Remilk Platform offering animal-free dairy products | $131M | 53 mo ago | Series B | 98 | Aviv Wolff Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowReactcore-js+16 | — | — | 1 award |
| 4 | Aleph Farms Develops lab-cultured meat products using beef cells | $118M | 36 mo ago | Series B | 144 | Shulamit Levenberg Co-Founder & CSO | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | 76 patents Cultured meat production: cell scaffolds, growth factors, pluripotent cell differentiation, protein formulations. | 1 award |
| 5 | Equinom AI-powered grain optimization for smarter milling and enhanced food production | $71M | 42 mo ago | Series D | 43 | Gil Shalev Founder & CEO | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+16 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 6 | Tabit MobileFirst POS solution for restaurants, hotels, and chains to boost profits | $65M | 74 mo ago | Series B | 280 | Nadav Solomon Co-Founder & President | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Elasticsearch+33 | — | — | — |
| 7 | DouxMatok Developer of flavor ingredients for food and beverages industry | $60M | 36 mo ago | Unfunded | 76 | Avraham Baniel Co-Founder | — | — | 82 patents Formulating low‑calorie sweetener compositions for food and pharmaceutical applications | — |
| 8 | Flytrex Provider of cloud-based on-demand drone-based e-commerce delivery services | $60M | 55 mo ago | Series C | 72 | Yariv Bash Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Tapingo Food Ordering App for College Campuses | $36M | 134 mo ago | Acquired | 55 | — | SentryZendeskJava+17 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Else Nutrition Internet-first brand offering plant-based food products for kids on a subscription basis | $31M | 16 mo ago | Public | 48 | Michael Azar Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyShop Pay+20 | 17 signals ▲21% Announcements · Board · Leadership | 40 patents Nut‑based non‑dairy nutritional formulations with reduced trace elements for infant nutrition | — |
| 11 | Imagindairy Brand of diary products | $28M | 37 mo ago | Seed | 30 | Eyal Afergan Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | 8 patents Engineered dairy proteins and recombinant milk protein substitutes for food applications | — |
| 12 | EVIGENCE SENSORS Developer of sensors for monitoring the shelf life of perishable products | $28M | 41 mo ago | Series B | 38 | — | Webflow EcommerceWebflowVimeo+14 | — | — | 1 job opening |
| 13 | Goji Food Solutions Manufacturers of innovative food processing equipment | $25M | 174 mo ago | Series A | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Chunk Foods Manufacturer of plant-based steak products designed as beef alternatives | $24M | 28 mo ago | Seed | 27 | Amos Golan Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityRubyTrix+13 | — | 3 patents Plant-based protein meat analog formulation and manufacturing processes | 2 job openings |
| 15 | Tastewise Offers AI-based food intelligence solutions for restaurants | $24M | 12 mo ago | Series B | 75 | Eyal Gaon Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+21 | — | — | 1 internship · 1 launch |
| 16 | Innovopro Platform offering plant-based protein ingredients | $22M | 52 mo ago | Series B | 39 | — | — | — | 14 patents Extraction and formulation of legume protein fractions for food and feed applications. | — |
| 17 | HAAT Delivery App-based food delivery platforms from different restaurants | $20M | 2 mo ago | Series B | 170 | Hasan Abasi Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowYouTubeTikTok Pixel+15 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 18 | Brevel Developer of algae-based protein food ingredients | $18M | 16 mo ago | Seed | 28 | Yonatan Golan Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | — | 23 patents Advanced sealing valve technology and mixotrophic protein food production processes. | 3 partnerships |
| 19 | AKA FOODS Provider of plant-based alternative protein products | $17M | 7 mo ago | Seed | 16 | David Sack Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+28 | 4 signals New product · Funding | 8 patents AI-driven food sensory simulation and formulation optimization using virtual tasting and molecular modeling | 2 launchs |
| 20 | The Mediterranean Food Lab Platform offering plant-based meat replacement | $17M | 29 mo ago | Series A | 14 | Bz Goldberg Co Founder & Ceo | WixSentryBootstrap+10 | — | 11 patents Fermentation-derived flavor ingredients for food products, especially heme-like and grain/oilseed-based. | 2 internships · 1 partnership |
| 21 | SuperMeat Developer of cultivated chicken meat using a sustainable and animal-friendly process | $15M | 1 mo ago | Series A | 50 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | 4 signals Funding | — | — |
| 22 | Oshi Company creates plant-based seafood fillets | $14M | 1 mo ago | Seed | 43 | Ariel Szklanny Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+11 | — | — | — |
| 23 | Torr Provider of healthy snacks using technology | $12M | 42 mo ago | Series A | — | Gil Picciotto Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — | 2 job openings |
| 24 | ansa Coffee roasting solution designed for the workplace, offering on-demand coffee roasting | $11M | 34 mo ago | Seed | 16 | Jonathan Scharf Co-Founder | Wix eCommerceCart FunctionalityWix+19 | — | — | — |
| 25 | Moodify Developer of artificial olfactive intelligence for fragrance and malodor control | $10M | 56 mo ago | Series A | 29 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | — | 11 patents Digital olfactory sensing, odor digitization, and ML-based scent prediction/masking technologies. | — |
| 26 | Ever After Foods Biotech company producing slaughter-free meats | $10M | 24 mo ago | Series A | 14 | Eyal Rosenthal Chief Executive Officer | — | — | 2 patents Cultivated meat bioreactor design and cell culture process technologies | — |
| 27 | Synergio Provider of a platform for selection of sustainable food ingredients | $10M | 40 mo ago | Series A | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | ChickP Manufactures plant-based protein ingredients | $10M | 52 mo ago | Series A | 12 | Ron Klein CEO | WebflowGoogle MapsSwiper+12 | — | — | — |
| 29 | VeganNation Platform offering community for vegans | $10M | 82 mo ago | Series A | 16 | Shneor Shapira Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | EatWith Platform connecting travelers with local chefs and hosts | $9M | 115 mo ago | Acquired | 46 | — | SentryNode.jsNext.js+17 | — | — | — |
| 31 | Better Juice Provider of juice additive to produce sugar-less fruit juices | $8M | 29 mo ago | Acquired | 13 | Eran Blachinsky CEO | WixSentryBootstrap+10 | — | 6 patents Enzymatic composite disinfectants for food processing and preservation | — |
| 32 | Nutrino AI-powered personalized nutrition insights for individuals, businesses, and healthcare professionals | $8M | 98 mo ago | Acquired | 2 | Eduard Ros Co-Founder & CFO | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — | — | — |
| 33 | Mush Foods Developer of mycelium-based sustainable food protein ingredients | $6M | 29 mo ago | Seed | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | forseafoods Producer of lab-grown seafood products | $5M | 43 mo ago | Seed | 17 | Yaniv Elkouby Co-Founder | Webflowparticles.jsGSAP+17 | — | — | — |
| 35 | Celleste Bio Brand of coffee | $4M | 18 mo ago | Seed | — | Hanne Volpin Co-Founder | — | — | — | 1 launch |
| 36 | SimpleOrder Provider of cloud-based purchasing and inventory management platform for restaurants and suppliers | $4M | 116 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 9 | — | PHPUbuntuNginx+10 | — | — | — |
| 37 | Profuse Tech Developer of cultured meat technology | $4M | 25 mo ago | Seed | 10 | Ori Avinoam Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — | — | 2 job openings |
| 38 | Wilk Manufacturer of milk ingredients | $4M | 38 mo ago | Series A | — | Tomer Aizen CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — | — | — |
| 39 | Mermadefoods Developer of lab-grown seafood substitute products | $3M | 45 mo ago | Seed | 9 | Daniel Einhorn Chief Executive Officer | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Resugar Developer of sugar substitute products | $3M | 51 mo ago | Series A | 10 | Ron Livny Co-Founder | WebflowMicrosoft AdvertisingreCAPTCHA+13 | — | — | — |
| 41 | AllerGuard Personal allergen hazard sensor | $2M | 80 mo ago | Seed | 3 | Shai Hershkovich Co-Founder | — | — | 3 patents Detecting food allergens via analytical testing methods (G01N33/02). | — |
| 42 | Meala Foodtech Provider of plant-based meat substitute products | $2M | 40 mo ago | Seed | 10 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | — | 10 patents Plant-based protein extraction, functionalization, and food composition technologies. | — |
| 43 | Mybouncer Provider of lab technology for a patent-pending electro-optical drink detection device | $2M | 24 mo ago | Seed | — | Liat Kaplan Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 2 patents Chemical detection sensors for identifying specific substances in security and health applications | — |
| 44 | Alfred's Food-Tech Provider of plant based meat substitute | $1M | 56 mo ago | Seed | 18 | Ronny Reinberg Moran Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | PaidIt Provider of suite solutions to restaurants | $1M | 95 mo ago | Deadpooled | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | Kitchenbug Recipe analysis technology | $1M | 143 mo ago | Deadpooled | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 47 | SensoGenic Provider of diagnostics biosensor for food allergens | $720K | 84 mo ago | Seed | 2 | Gidi Halaf Co-Founder & COO | — | — | 5 patents Cellulose‑binding domain affinity biosensors for detecting target analytes | — |
| 48 | Asterix Foods Developing animal-free proteins using plant cell culture | $250K | 8 mo ago | Seed | 4 | — | — | — | 4 patents Plant-based production of glycosylated animal proteins for recombinant protein manufacturing | — |
| 49 | Ingrediome Provider of plant-based food ingredient alternatives | $250K | 41 mo ago | Seed | 2 | Aviel Even Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 7 patents Microbial production of animal‑protein alternatives using cyanobacteria and plant‑based methods. | — |
| 50 | EXOSOMM Developer of a novel food product that contains patent-based milk exosomes | $100K | 37 mo ago | Seed | — | Netta Granot Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food Tech companies in Israel
#1
Series A · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2015 · 50 employees$15Mraised▾
Series A · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2015 · 50 employees
Developer of cultivated chicken meat using a sustainable and animal-friendly process. It focuses on enhancing the food system by providing nutritional security. The company aims to drastically reduce carbon emissions and increase food safety. It offers a facility where people can view the cultivated meat production.
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series A$6M
- Nov 2025Series A$3.5M
- Mar 2022Series A$10M
- Dec 2020Seed$2M
Investors
Agronomics, New Crop Capital, Stray Dog Capital, PHW Group, Sirius Venture Capital, Milk & Honey Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudwaysCore-JsElementor
#2
Seed · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2021 · 43 employees$14.5Mraised▾
Seed · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2021 · 43 employees
Company creates plant-based seafood fillets. It also offers personalized on-demand care for digestive issues and operates. The company is creating salmon from plants eliminating ocean waste.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 15k LinkedIn followers — 4.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- May 2026Seed$3M
- Aug 2023Grant (prize money)—
- Mar 2022Seed$12.5M
- Jun 2021Seed$2M
Founders & team
Investors
BIRD Foundation, State of Mind Ventures, Pitango, Unovis Asset Management, TechAviv, Smart Agro Fund
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsElementorGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3Litespeed Cache
#3
Series B · Haifa, Haifa District · founded 2020 · 170 employees$20Mraised▾
Series B · Haifa, Haifa District · founded 2020 · 170 employees
App-based food delivery platforms from different restaurants. It offers users to order burgers, ice cream, desserts, meals, and more. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 4.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series B$20M
Founders & team
Investors
Israelpost, Secret Chord Ventures, NEOME, Cue Ball, Precede Technologies, Dynamic Loop Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareCore-JsEqualwebFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#4
Seed · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2021 · 16 employees$17.2Mraised▾
Seed · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2021 · 16 employees
Provider of plant-based alternative protein products. The platform uses deep learning technology and Graph neural networks for mapping the molecular structure of products. The platform uses AI technology to predict combinations of ingredients and develop food.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Seed$17.2M
Founders & team
Tech stack
Anime.JsApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementor
#5
Series B · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2017 · 75 employees$23.5Mraised▾
Series B · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2017 · 75 employees
Offers AI-based food intelligence solutions for restaurants. The company's platform analyzes data points from menus, reviews, home recipes, and social media posts to provide insights on customer's food trends, behavior, and eating choices in real-time. Its app uses machine understanding of the text, context, and image to understand food, food consumption, and eating habits.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 14k LinkedIn followers — 4.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series B$50M
- Mar 2022Series A$17M
- Sep 2019Series A$5M
- 2018Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Investors
PeakBridge, PICO Partners, Disruptive AI, TELUS Ventures, Duo Partners, THRIVE
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceGravity Forms
#6
Public · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2012 · 48 employees$30.8Mraised▾
Public · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2012 · 48 employees
Internet-first brand offering plant-based food products for kids on a subscription basis. The product catalog includes shakes, cereals, and nutrition drinks. Its products are organic and it contains vitamins and minerals. Its products are free from gluten, palm oil, soy, dairy, and corn syrup.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2025Post IPO$350.8K
- Jan 2025Post IPO$300K
- May 2024Post IPO$1.2M
- Dec 2022Post IPO$10.3M
Founders & team
Investors
NewH2, The Lind Partners, FoodBytes
Tech stack
Apple PayCart FunctionalityCloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted Libraries
#7
Seed · South District · founded 2016 · 28 employees$18.5Mraised▾
Seed · South District · founded 2016 · 28 employees
Developer of algae-based protein food ingredients. It has developed indoor, sterile, and automated photo-bioreactors that are illuminated within intensity to produce microalgae.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 partnerships (incl. Ayana Bio) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2025Seed$5M
- Feb 2025Seed$5M
- Jul 2023Seed$10.1M
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Investors
Europa, NevaTeam Ventures, EIC Fund, Tet Ventures, Good Startup, FoodHack
Tech stack
ElementorEngintronGoogle Font ApiGoogle WorkspaceHstsMysql
#8
Series B · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2018 · 97 employees$389.9Mraised▾
Series B · Rehovot, Central District · founded 2018 · 97 employees
Brand of meat products
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 28k LinkedIn followers — 9.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Dec 2021Series B$347M
- Feb 2021Series B$26.8M
- Oct 2019Series A$14M
- May 2018Seed$2.2M
Founders & team
Investors
Emerald Technology Ventures, Bits x Bites, Manta Ray Ventures, S2G Investments, Tyson Foods, Richs
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDocusignFacebook Pixel
#9
Seed · Misgav, Northern District · founded 2022$4.5Mraised▾
Seed · Misgav, Northern District · founded 2022
Brand of coffee
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2024Seed$4.5M
- Nov 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
The Trendlines Group, Regbagriculture, Mondelez International, Barrel Ventures, SnackFutures, Supply Change Capital
#10
Series B · Ashdod, Southern District · founded 2017 · 144 employees$118Mraised▾
Series B · Ashdod, Southern District · founded 2017 · 144 employees
Develops lab-cultured meat products using beef cells. Its product offerings include ground meat, beef burger patties, steaks, etc. The company uses proprietary 3D bioprinting technologies by using fat cells, support cells, muscle cells, and blood vessel cells to develop tissues and further into meat products. Claims that the process takes 3 weeks to develop the meat in bioreactors.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 34k LinkedIn followers — 10.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Roslin Technologies) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2023Series B—
- Sep 2021Series B—
- Jul 2021Series B$105M
- May 2019Series A$12M
Founders & team
Investors
L Catterton, ADQ, Thai Union Group, Skyviews Life Science, BRF, Peregrine Ventures
Tech stack
AccessibeCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsDocusignFacebook Pixel
#11
Series A · Ness Ziona, Center District · founded 2018 · 240 employees$180Mraised▾
Series A · Ness Ziona, Center District · founded 2018 · 240 employees
Provider of 3D-printed meat. It is a meat processing company using 3D technology and delivers animal-free meat with the same appearance, texture, and flavor by using food ingredients. It provides 3D meat digital modeling, food formulations, and food printing technology.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 42k LinkedIn followers — 13.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 3 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2022Series A$135M
- Feb 2021Series A$29M
- Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$10K
- Sep 2019Seed$6M
Founders & team
Investors
Synthesis Capital, Intercap, Hanaco Ventures, CPT Capital, Happiness Capital, Losa
#12
Seed · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2022 · 4 employees$250Kraised▾
Seed · Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv · founded 2022 · 4 employees
Developing animal-free proteins using plant cell culture. It also manufactures animal-free cheese using glycosylations using plant cell culture and fermentation process.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Operations & Business Associate
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Seed$4.2M
- Dec 2022Seed$250K
Investors
IndieBio, CPT Capital, ReGen Ventures, SOSV, Grok Ventures, Innovation Israel
Funding & investor landscape
$1.5Btotal disclosed funding
55companies funded
117disclosed rounds
3rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Ariel Szklanny
Co-Founder · Oshi
Ofek Ron
Co-Founder & CEO · Oshi
Hasan Abasi
Co-Founder & CEO · HAAT Delivery
Ali Ayoub
Co-Founder & Advisor · HAAT Delivery
David Sack
Founder · AKA FOODS
Ariel Harpaz
Chief Executive Officer · AKA FOODS
Eyal Gaon
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder · Tastewise
Alon Chen
CEO · Tastewise
Michael Azar
Co-Founder · Else Nutrition
Uriel Kesler
Co-Founder · Else Nutrition
Yonatan Golan
Co-Founder & CEO · Brevel
Ido Golan
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer · Brevel
Prism market signals · Israel · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,231,999 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 SIGNALS · Israel
How research on Food Technology is moving in Israel
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 121 Israel-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
202320252026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 28% → 41% across 2023–2026.
top research entities
- Ministry of Agriculture50
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology9
- Tel Aviv University9
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev9
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem6
leading researchers
Alon Shepon · Εlad Noor · Ron Milo · Avi Shpigelman · Xiaoqian Tang · Gidon Eshel · Trajkovska-Broach Anita · Ognenoska Violeta
▲
Breakthroughs16 · 13%
▲ 0%→14% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Mediterranean diet research is rising sharply — field-share jumped from 0% to 14% with 3 new papers emerging.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Mediterranean diet3
- Mediterranean climate3
- Harmony (color)3
- Food habits3
- Food safety3
Landmark Early Detection of Food Safety and Spoilage Incidents Based on Live Microbiome Profiling and PMA-qPCR Monitoring of Indi · 6 cites
◆
Advancements35 · 29%
▲ 0%→30% share
0 median citations97% since 2021mostly empirical
Food science newly emerged and Food processing intensified — advancements field-share surged from 0% to 30% across 5 papers each.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food processing5
- Food science5
- Sustainability4
- Production (economics)3
- Shelf life3
Newly emergingFood science 0→5
Landmark Photovoltaic-driven microbial protein production can use land and sunlight more efficiently than conventional crops · 152 cites
▼
Concerns46 · 38%
▲ 0%→34% share
1 median citations87% since 2021mostly reviews
Food safety concerns intensified dramatically — papers rose from 1 to 10, with Agriculture newly emerging at 10 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food safety1→10
- Production (economics)1→7
- Food security1→7
Newly emergingAgriculture 0→10 · Food processing 0→8 · Human health 0→6
Landmark Worldwide aflatoxin contamination of agricultural products and foods: From occurrence to control · 318 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Israel
Where food tech is researched across Israel
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.
Haifa14 · +0.29
Tel Aviv12 · +0.08
Beer Sheva9 · +0.10
Jerusalem6 · -0.13
Rehovot5 · +0.02
Common questions
How many Food Tech companies are there in Israel?
Radar tracks 176 indexable Food Tech companies headquartered in Israel that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food Tech companies in Israel?
The Food Tech companies in Israel on this list have raised a combined $1.5B in disclosed equity funding across 55 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Israel?
Believer is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Israel, with $389.9M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food Tech companies in Israel are funded?
55 of the 176 Food Tech companies in Israel on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food Tech unicorns are there in Israel?
None of the Food Tech companies in Israel on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Israel Food Tech companies?
The most active investors in Israel Food Tech companies on this list include The Kitchen Hub, Europa, CPT Capital, MassChallenge, FoodBytes.
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.