Best Food Tech Companies in Montreal, Canada
The 43 best Food Tech companies in Montreal, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Lightspeed.
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.
Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Montreal
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lightspeed Provider of point of sale and payment platform for businesses | $292M | 106 mo ago | Public | Dax Dasilva CEO & ex-Founder | 2005 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressSentry+41 | — |
| 2 | Cook it Online platform to order ready-to-eat meals on a subscription basis | $15M | 49 mo ago | Acquired | Judith Fetzer Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+25 | — |
| 3 | Jasper Online food delivery platform | $4M | 70 mo ago | Seed | Ollie Shaw Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — |
| 4 | Quench Online bar discovery platform | $150K | 94 mo ago | Seed | Nacer Sa Co-Founder & CEO | 2014 | — | — |
| 5 | Crema Coffee shop discovery platform based in USA | $50K | 128 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | — | — |
| 6 | Libro Cloud-based platform for table reservation management | — | 41 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+30 | — |
| 7 | Koomi Offers POS solutions for restaurants | — | 90 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityNginxAmazon Web Services+2 | — |
| 8 | Veri Provider of allergen detection device for food safety | — | 118 mo ago | Seed | Jon Bucci Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | — | — |
Top 8 Food Tech companies in Montreal
#1
Acquired · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2016 · 225 employees$14.7Mraised▾
Online platform to order ready-to-eat meals on a subscription basis. It offers ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat meals made with local ingredients. Its menu offerings include pork dishes, nachos, chicken dishes, ricotta, pasta, burger, spaghetti, tuna, duck, beef, macaroni, lasagne, etc. Also supplies recipe books on the website. The company offers delivery services in Quebec and Ontario in Canada.
- Jul 2022Series A$5M
- Oct 2021Series A$8.1M
- Feb 2018Seed$1.6M
#2
Public · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2005 · 3000 employees$292Mraised▾
Provider of point of sale and payment platform for businesses. The platform offers retail, restaurant, and golf solutions, including inventory management, marketing, and reporting. It provides tools for wholesale, apparel, garden, and home decor businesses. The platform also offers integrations, support, and resources for business growth.
- Oct 2017Series D$166M
- Oct 2017Conventional Debt—
- Sep 2015Series C$61M
- Sep 2014Series B$35M
#3
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2016$3.5Mraised▾
Online food delivery platform. It offers veg and nonveg burgers, drinks, desserts, and more. Additionally, it offers dishes from different continents such as Indian, Italian, and more.
- Oct 2020Seed$1.4M
- May 2018Seed$388.7K
#4
Seed · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2014 · 4 employees$150Kraised▾
Quench is an online bar discovery platform. It allows its subscribers to discover nearby bars and get one drink for free every day at its partnered bars. It offers monthly and annual subscription plans. It has been partnered with multiple bras at Quebec and Montreal.
- Oct 2018Seed$150K
#5
Seed · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2015 · 3 employees$50Kraised▾
Crema is a mobile platform that enables users to discover coffee shops in their immediate locality. Users can also view ratings of the establishment and get information of the facilities provided. Users can create accounts and access discounts and reward points for using the app at the coffee shops. Company services 6 cities as of July, 2016.
- Dec 2015Seed$50K
#6
Acquired · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2014 · 35 employees—raised▾
Cloud-based platform for table reservation management
- Mar 2023Seed—
#7
Seed · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2015 · 16 employees—raised▾
Koomi offers POS solutions for restaurants. Its features include mobile app branding, sales reporting, order management, receipt management, menu management, tax reporting, and sale analytics. Its software can be availed on a monthly subscription basis. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS users.
- Feb 2019Seed—
#8
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2016 · 2 employees—raised▾
Developer of a celebrity interaction platform based in Montreal, Canada. The company's platform helps users to connect with social celebrities, enabling digital influencers to interact with fans through paid bookings.
- Oct 2016Seed—
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 Technology is moving in Canada
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 830 Canada-affiliated papers.
- McGill University71
- University of Guelph68
- Ministry of Agriculture50
- University of British Columbia49
- Ministry of Health46
- Food safety2→12
- Food processing4→33
- Food safety4→30
- Agriculture1→23
- Food industry3→15
- Shelf life2→14
- Food safety9→70
- Food security9→69
- Food processing10→67
- Agriculture7→43
- Production (economics)1→34
Where food tech is researched across Canada
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.
Who's filing food tech patents in Canada
Canada food tech patent filing is accelerating — 14 filings from 11 assignees (2016–2025), led by Lucid, COTE Benjamin, KATZ Design; annual filings 1→5.
- Lucid7
- COTE Benjamin3
- KATZ Design2
- G E Leblanc2
- Charlottetown Metal Products2
- Anohekra1
- Grima Daniel J1
- Brillinger TINA1
Common questions
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