Best Food Tech Companies in Missouri, United States
The 35 best Food Tech companies in Missouri, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Benson Hill.
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 Missouri
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benson Hill Developer of soybean genetics, seeds, and related programs for agriculture | $407M | 56 mo ago | Deadpooled | Todd Mockler Co-Founder | 2012 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+24 | — |
| 2 | Hungry Planet Provider of plant-based meat products | $25M | 67 mo ago | Series A | Jody Boyman Co-Founder + CMO | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — |
| 3 | Planetarians Internet first manufacturer of low-carb plant-based food ingredients | $7M | 43 mo ago | Seed | — | 2013 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+14 | — |
| 4 | Etab Order management solutions for restaurants | $765K | 192 mo ago | Seed | Jeff Stein Founder & President | 2003 | TypeScriptGoogle MapsAmazon Web Services+24 | — |
| 5 | OPER Provider of custom enterprise payment platforms and integrated business solutions | $750K | 121 mo ago | Seed | David Laiderman Founder & CEO | 2015 | — | — |
| 6 | GiftAMeal Mobile application to donate meals to community | $465K | 62 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowcore-js+12 | — |
| 7 | Eateria Premier online gaming platform offering diverse betting and entertainment options | $50K | 160 mo ago | Deadpooled | Ola Ayeni Founder & CIO | 2012 | — | — |
| 8 | Time to Cater Online platform offering catering service | $50K | 163 mo ago | Seed | Edward Spinaio Co-Founder | 2009 | — | — |
Top 12 Food Tech companies in Missouri
#1
Deadpooled · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2012 · 151 employees$407Mraised▾
Developer of soybean genetics, seeds, and related programs for agriculture. The company offers soybean varieties and partner programs for grain processors. It provides independent testing to validate soybean genetics. Industries served include animal feed, food, and fuel production.
- Jan 2022Conventional Debt$100M
- Mar 2021Series D$125M
- Oct 2020Series D$150M
- Aug 2019Series C$32.6M
#2
Seed · Kansas City, Missouri · founded 2013 · 11 employees$6.9Mraised▾
Internet first manufacturer of low-carb plant-based food ingredients. It offers flours, crisps, and protein powders made from upcycled defatted sunflower seeds. Claims to leverage steam explosion technology to break down insoluble fiber from by-products and solid food wastes into high protein & fiber ingredients.
- Feb 2023Seed$6M
- Sep 2021Seed—
- 2019Grant (prize money)$50K
- Mar 2019Seed$750K
#3
Series A · Saint Louis, Missouri · founded 2016 · 28 employees$25Mraised▾
Hungry Planet Foods is a provider of plant-based meat products. The product offering includes chicken, beef, pork, Italian sausage, chorizo, and crab. It claims that its products are 100% plant-based. It also offers various recipes based on the occasion and cuisine types.
- Feb 2021Series A$25M
- Apr 2020Conventional Debt$5.6M
#4
Acquired · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2014 · 58 employees$465Kraised▾
Mobile application to donate meals to the community. The users can click the photo on the GiftAMeal app at a participating restaurant to provide a meal to someone in the community and share the picture on social media to give additional meals. The platform makes a donation to a local food bank and these donations go towards distributing nutritious food to neighborhood pantries. The company offers mobile applications for Android and iOS devices.
- Jun 2021Angel—
- Jun 2021Grant (prize money)—
- Aug 2020Seed$200K
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$50K
#5
Seed · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2015 · 4 employees$750Kraised▾
Provider of custom enterprise payment platforms and integrated business solutions. It offers a fully customizable suite encompassing mobile ordering, loyalty programs, integrated payment processing, menu and inventory management, and a proprietary admin studio for data analysis. The platform utilizes open APIs for seamless integration with existing systems, allowing businesses to tailor the solution to their specific needs. This includes features such as mobile payments, credit payment systems, and stored payment options. The platform is designed to optimize business operations and enhance customer experiences across various industries, including food and beverage and retail.
- Aug 2016Seed$750K
#6
Seed · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2003 · 3 employees$765Kraised▾
Etab provides order management solutions for restaurants. It offers eTab, a technology platform that integrates with existing point-of-sale systems to enable customers to place food and drink orders directly from the device and pay for their order via credit card or debit card swipes.
- Sep 2010Seed$765K
#7
Deadpooled · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2012 · 3 employees$50Kraised▾
Premier online gaming platform offering diverse betting and entertainment options. It is a leading online brand providing a wide array of entertainment, including sports betting, live casino games, and engaging slot games. The platform prioritizes a secure, transparent, and modern gaming environment, adhering to strict standards of operation. Players can enjoy various games such as Bắn Cá (fishing games) and other popular titles. The platform focuses on user experience with easy registration, login, deposit, and withdrawal processes. It promotes responsible gaming and offers customer support. The website includes sections for promotions, and detailed guides. It aims to deliver a trusted and enjoyable online gaming experience.
- May 2013Grant (prize money)$50K
#8
Seed · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2009 · 4 employees$50Kraised▾
Online platform offering catering service. The platform streamlines the ordering process for a user to get quality food for their corporate and event catering. It handles the catering process from order placement, caterer selection, menu selection, and quality control to ensure a good catering experience. However, it does not cater to food it provides a user with a list of caterers depending upon the food selection and budget. It makes money from providing leads to caterers.
- Jan 2013Seed$50K
#9
Seed · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2010$50Kraised▾
DiningCircle is a SaaS based restaurant management platform. Provides restaurants with tools for real-time online reservations with email confirmations to customers, table management and customer feedback and surveys. Incubated at Capital Innovators.
- Sep 2011Seed$50K
#10
Seed · Saint Louis, Missouri · founded 2021 · 4 employees—raised▾
Provider of SaaS based online ordering solutions for restaurants. It caters to bars, hotels, hotel halls, and other industries. The software offers features like order alerts, contactless ordering, real-time updates, custom branding, order messaging, tab sharing, and more.
- Jul 2022Seed—
#11
Deadpooled · Fenton, Missouri · founded 2014 · 1 employees—raised▾
HiredKnives is a hiring and application management solution for restaurants. Provides features for restaurants to create a profile and post a job and the portal will provide match. Also provides management tool to review, pass and hire applicants. The jobseekers can create profile with photos, places worked and education and get job match.
- Dec 2014Seed—
#12
Deadpooled · St. Louis, Missouri · founded 2009—raised▾
ezFoodOrder is a SaaS-based vendor management solution for the restaurants and their executive chef. Provides a web-based tool that enables restaurant chefs to prepare supplies orders. It maps the order with vendors so that the order cost is optimized. Charges monthly pricing that includes setup and maintenance fee.
- Jul 2010Grant (prize money)—
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 Missouri researches in food tech
- University of Missouri19
- University of Missouri–St. Louis2
- Lincoln University - Missouri2
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education2
- University of Central Missouri2
Common questions
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