Best Food Tech Companies in Ontario, Canada
The 196 best Food Tech companies in Ontario, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: TouchBistro.
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 Ontario
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TouchBistro Cloud-based POS and restaurant management system 35Tech top 24%Funding top 30%Product top 30%Moat top 35% All 13 signals ▾Techtop 24% Fundingtop 30% Producttop 30% Moattop 35% Talenttop 38% Markettop 47% Globalbottom 39% Customersbottom 36% Patentsbottom 35% Innovationbottom 33% Newsbottom 32% Growthbottom 29% Fin. healthbottom 25% Tech: 52 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare Funding: Raised $321M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 13 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $321M | 43 mo ago | 612 | Alex Barrotti Founder and Vice-Chairman | WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+42 | 4 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 2 | Ritual Social ordering app for corporate professionals to order food for takeaways | $135M | 72 mo ago | 2 | Larry Stinson Founder | WebflowCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+26 | — | — |
| 3 | Get ResQ Online marketplace platform for restaurant maintenance | $46M | 56 mo ago | 137 | Mazdak Rezvani Co-Founder & Head of U.S. Business | WebflowSalesforceKoala+28 | — | — |
| 4 | Borealis Foods Developer of high-protein, plant-based, and shelf-stable meals for global distribution | $25M | 32 mo ago | 12 | Reza Soltanzadeh Co-Founder & CEO | StoryblokApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+9 | — | — |
| 5 | SOL Cuisine Manufacturer and brand of plant-based vegan food products | $20M | 70 mo ago | 48 | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Actio Cloud-based analytics platform for the restaurant industry | $20M | 73 mo ago | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Bartesian Online platform offering cocktail dispenser | $20M | 62 mo ago | 23 | Ryan Close Founder & CEO | Shogun Page BuilderAmazon WebstoreCart Functionality+57 | 25 patents Capsule-based beverage dispensing machines and their capsule loading adapters | — |
| 8 | ORCA Technology solutions provider for food waste management | $20M | 155 mo ago | 21 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 9 | Cookin Platform providing tools for culinary entrepreneurs to manage online food sales | $13M | 40 mo ago | 31 | Philip Yuzpe Co-Founder | SentryNode.jsYouTube+20 | — | — |
| 10 | Tre'dish Platform offering home-cooked meal delivery services | $10M | 43 mo ago | 29 | Peter Hwang Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailChakra UI+20 | — | 2 launchs |
| 11 | PORTA Internet-first restaurant offering ready to eat meals | $8M | 35 mo ago | 11 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+31 | — | — |
| 12 | Chickapea Brand of chickpea based pasta 40Growth top 35%Funding top 36%Tech top 42%News top 44% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 36% Techtop 42% Newstop 44% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 26% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $7.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 9 yrs (0.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $7M | 8 mo ago | 20 | Shelby Taylor Founder & CEO | ShopifyBootstrapVisa+26 | — | — |
| 13 | Appetronix Developer of autonomous kitchen robotic systems for the hospitality industry 22Funding top 39%Tech top 49%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 39% Techtop 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $6.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Tech: 17 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $6M | 7 mo ago | — | Nipun Sharma Co-Founder & CEO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+14 | — | — |
| 14 | Posera Enterprise solution provider to the restaurants | $5M | 106 mo ago | 60 | Michel Cote Co-Founder & President | — | — | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 15 | P&P Optica Provider of smart imaging system for food industry | $4M | 59 mo ago | 115 | Romuald Pawluzyk Co-founder & Principal Shareholder | WordPressSentryMySQL+26 | 28 patents Optical spectroscopic sorting and labeling systems for food product inspection | 1 launch |
| 16 | KitchenMate Platform offering automated vending machine for fresh meals | $4M | 69 mo ago | 25 | — | Node.jsErlangBootstrap+32 | — | — |
| 17 | Entomo Farms Platform offering insect flour and roasted insects | $3M | 64 mo ago | 13 | Ryan Goldin Founder and VP Marketing and Sales | WordPressMySQLPHP+32 | — | — |
| 18 | Tiny Mile Manufacturer of last-mile delivery robots for food delivery | $3M | 50 mo ago | 30 | Gellert Mattyus Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder | Google MapsGoogle CloudSvelte+6 | — | — |
| 19 | Wisewell Provider of a home water purification system with full-spectrum filtration | $3M | 50 mo ago | 10 | Sebastien Wakim Co-Founder & Board Member | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+38 | — | 3 job openings |
| 20 | Tablz Provider of SaaS-based table reservation management solutions for restaurants | $2M | 49 mo ago | 26 | Frazer Nagy CEO | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | — | — |
| 21 | TellSpec Handheld sensor for measuring food contents | $2M | 80 mo ago | 12 | Isabel Hoffmann Founder & CEO | — | 7 patents Spectroscopic analysis systems for identifying sample composition and providing personalized ingredient information | — |
| 22 | Daily Blends Provider of automated refrigerator offering chef-curated meals | $2M | 39 mo ago | 15 | Purva Gupta Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 23 | SJW Robotics Provider of automated food kiosks for restaurants | $2M | 40 mo ago | — | Nipun Sharma Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 24 | Smooth Commerce Provider of cloud-based online ordering solutions for restaurants | $2M | 102 mo ago | 30 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+34 | — | 1 launch |
| 25 | Else Labs Provider of connected cooking robots | $2M | 105 mo ago | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Snappy Mobile app to pre-order food at partnered restaurants | $2M | 32 mo ago | 23 | — | Cart FunctionalityWebflowJava+15 | — | 5 job openings |
| 27 | SPATULA Online platform for restaurant-quality meals marketplace | $2M | 30 mo ago | 16 | Wallace Wong Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyVideoJS+28 | — | — |
| 28 | Tab Provider of analytical software solutions for restaurants | $1M | 38 mo ago | — | Ty Wilson Co-Founder & CEO | Node.jsChakra UIReact+15 | — | — |
| 29 | Bonne O Internet first brand offering beverage system | $898K | 60 mo ago | 6 | Darren Hatherell Founder | — | 34 patents Beverage carbonation equipment and pod-based CO₂ delivery systems | — |
| 30 | App8 Integrated digital ordering solutions for foodservice brands | $850K | 77 mo ago | 15 | Hani Jabbour Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceCart FunctionalityWebflow+17 | 4 patents POS integration and mobile payment processing for retail establishments | — |
| 31 | Pantree Provider of online B2B platform offering groceries and office supplies | $752K | 76 mo ago | 18 | Evan Birmann Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon ALB+36 | — | — |
| 32 | Spoonity Loyalty program for restaurants | $300K | 176 mo ago | 23 | Max Bailey Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+40 | — | — |
| 33 | Terra Bioindustries Company decarbonizing supply chains with upcycled ingredients | $250K | 24 mo ago | 9 | Steve George Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 34 | Signifi Provider of retail vending solutions for smart vending machines | $150K | 138 mo ago | 104 | — | TypeScriptGraphQLNode.js+21 | 51 patents Automated storage, dispensing, and asset‑management systems for bulk materials and lockers | 1 launch |
| 35 | FoodShootr A community to share and discover food | $123K | 160 mo ago | 1 | Anthony Raimondo Chief Operations Officer/ Co-Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food Tech companies in Ontario
#1
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020$6Mraised▾
Developer of autonomous kitchen robotic systems for the hospitality industry. It provides fully autonomous cooking and service robotics. It works as made-to-order meals in a vending machine format.
- Nov 2025Seed$6M
#2
Series C · Ontario · founded 2015 · 20 employees$7.4Mraised▾
Brand of chickpea-based pasta. It offers healthy food products intended to offer gluten-free, organic, and vegan pasta. The company's products include pasta from chickpeas and lentil flour that contains protein, fiber, iron, nutrient, and more.
- Sep 2025Series C$3M
- Apr 2021Series C$7.4M
- 2019Series A—
- Aug 2017Seed—
#3
Series E · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2010 · 612 employees$320.9Mraised▾
Cloud-based POS and restaurant management system. It offers payment processing, act as a menu, and allows servers to take customer orders and send them to the kitchen. Its clients include restaurants, fast food joints, food trucks, coffee shops, and others in the food services industries.
- Nov 2022Series E$110M
- Sep 2019Series E$119.2M
- Jun 2018Series D$54.1M
- May 2017Series C$12.5M
#4
Public · Oakville, Ontario · founded 2019 · 12 employees$25Mraised▾
Developer of high-protein, plant-based, and shelf-stable meals for global distribution. The company focuses on creating affordable and nutritious food products. It leverages food science to produce accessible meals without compromising flavor. The company's products are available through retail and foodservice channels.
- Oct 2023Conventional Debt$25M
#5
Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 2 employees$134.6Mraised▾
Ritual offers a social ordering app for corporate professionals to order food for takeaways. It allows users to browse through the menus of partnered restaurants and place orders for a pickup. Offers various pickup options such as picking up orders by themselves or by other co-workers by adding their food orders to existing orders of their co-workers. It also provides multiple corporate programs for employers with redeemable credits for their employees as wellness perks & benefits. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users. Has won the Emerging Technology MAXI Gold Award in 2017.
- Jun 2020Series C$21.6M
- Jun 2018Series C$70M
- Sep 2017Series B$42.9M
- 2015Series A—
#6
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 137 employees$46.5Mraised▾
Get ResQ is an online marketplace platform for restaurant maintenance. The company's platform connects a network of service providers with customers for on-demand services. It also offers services including equipment repair, plumbing, electrical, janitorial cleaning, hood cleaning, handy work, restaurant repair, restaurant maintenance, restaurant operations, pest control, waste removal, franchise operations, etc.
- Oct 2021Series A$39M
- Dec 2020Seed$7.5M
#7
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2021 · 11 employees$7.9Mraised▾
Internet-first restaurant offering ready-to-eat meals. It allows users to choose frozen Italian meals such as pizza, pasta, dessert, etc. It also delivers the product at the door and also allows users to customize the plan weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly. It is the tool available on the subscription-based pricing model.
- Jul 2023Series A$7.9M
#8
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2022 · 31 employees$12.7Mraised▾
Platform providing tools for culinary entrepreneurs to manage online food sales. It offers an e-commerce platform designed for food sales, order management, delivery, and payment processing. The platform provides features such as payment processing, photo enhancement, customer reviews, and promotional tools. It also offers customer and chef support, including guidance on menu creation and operational optimization.
- Feb 2023Series B$12.7M
#9
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020 · 29 employees$10Mraised▾
Platform offering home-cooked meal delivery services. It's a community-based technology platform for the food-sharing economy. The customers can search for home chefs in the area, view the description & sample videos, and place the orders. The platform allows the local home chef to list the food offering on the platform.
- Nov 2022Seed$10M
#10
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2021 · 16 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Online platform for restaurant-quality meals marketplace. The company's products are flash-freeze to maintain freshness and preserve texture.
- Nov 2023Angel$500K
- Mar 2022Seed$1.5M
#11
Series A · Kitchener, Ontario · founded 2014 · 23 employees$20Mraised▾
Online platform offering cocktail dispensers. The product catalog includes dispensers, cocktail shakers, barware accessories, varieties of cocktails, and more. The dispenser has a robotic bartender that offers cocktails from the capsules, offers drinks using a pod-based system by utilizing glass bottles with different liquors. Users can also take monthly subscription services of the cocktail.
- Apr 2021Series A$20M
- Oct 2016Seed—
- May 2015Seed—
#12
Series A · Markham, Ontario · founded 2016 · 23 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Snappy is a mobile-based platform that enables users to pre-order food from partnered restaurants. Also, allows users to place in-restaurant orders while dining. Enables restaurants to register on the platform to list their businesses. Offers waitlist management, CRM and business analytics solutions for restaurants. The app is available for iOS and Android.
- Oct 2023Series A—
- Dec 2021Seed$1.6M
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
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.