Radar · Food Tech in Queensland
Best Food Tech Companies in Queensland, Australia
The 33 best Food Tech companies in Queensland, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Nourish Ingredients.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
33companies tracked
$59Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
3have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD TECH × QUEENSLAND
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
Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in Queensland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nourish Ingredients Developer of lab-grown fat substitutes through yeast fermentation 72Innovation top 20%Patents top 24%Moat top 25%Funding top 35% All 7 signals ▾Innovationtop 20% Patentstop 24% Moattop 25% Fundingtop 35% Marketbottom 45% Newsbottom 42% Globalbottom 40% Innovation: 43 patents (top 29% of patent-holders) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 2 in 2017-21 Patents: 43 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 2 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $40M | 48 mo ago | Series A | — | 2020 | — | — |
| 2 | Fable Provider of plant-based meat 40Tech top 33%Funding top 44%Growth top 45%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Techtop 33% Fundingtop 44% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 31% Newsbottom 22% Tech: 43 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare Funding: Raised $14.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $15M | 44 mo ago | Series A | Jim Fuller Co-Founder & CSO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 3 | Fenn Foods Provider of plant-based meat alternatives | $3M | 56 mo ago | Seed | Paola Moro Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — |
| 4 | Gathar Online marketplace for booking chefs | $2M | 55 mo ago | Seed | Jodie Mlikota Founder & CEO | 2017 | SentryPHPBootstrap+31 | — |
| 5 | Abcom Provider of cloud-based restaurant management solutions | — | — | Unfunded | Jim Hawkins Founder & CEO | 1983 | — | — |
| 6 | Ai-Menu Provider of POS and digital menu solutions for restaurants | — | — | Unfunded | Vladimir Bigdan CEO | 2014 | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | — |
| 7 | Boppl Provider of digital ordering and management tools for restaurants | — | — | Unfunded | Shashi Fernando Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | — | — |
| 8 | Bopple Cloud-based suite solution for restaurants | — | — | Unfunded | Tim Dart Head of Product | Co-Founder | 2019 | HubSpot CMS HubFacebook LoginLinkedin Sign-in+20 | — |
Top 4 Food Tech companies in Queensland
#1
Series A · Sunshine Coast, Queensland · founded 2019 · 20 employees$14.8Mraised▾
Series A · Sunshine Coast, Queensland · founded 2019 · 20 employees
Fable Food is a provider of plant-based meat. The company's products are based on mushrooms to mimic the taste and texture of meat. The users can buy their products from their partnered retail stores. The company also offers a platform for recipes of foods made using their products.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 33%Funding
top 44%Growth
top 45%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 39%Market
bottom 31%Tech: 43 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Funding: Raised $14.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series A (Feb 2023)
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers — 26.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2023Series A$8.5M
- Feb 2022Seed—
- Aug 2021Seed$4.8M
- Jun 2020Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Better Bite Ventures, K3, Blackbird Ventures, AgFunder, Aera VC, Newtree Impact
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAngularCart FunctionalityCore-JsEmotionGoogle Analytics
#2
Series A · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2020 · 44 employees$39.6Mraised▾
Series A · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2020 · 44 employees
Producer of alternative fat-free food products intended to help people improve their quality of life. The company offers potent animal fats to make plant proteins delicious, enabling customers to create plant-based products with the authentic taste, smell and cooking experience that people want and expect.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 20%Patents
top 24%Moat
top 25%Funding
top 35%Market
bottom 45%News
bottom 42%Innovation: 43 patents (top 29% of patent-holders) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 2 in 2017-21
Patents: 43 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 41 filings since 2022 vs 2 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 43 patents
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers — 27.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Monalz International) announced in 12 mo
Investors
Horizons Ventures, Main Sequence, Hostplus, Vectr Ventures, Radar Ventures
#3
Seed · Cairns, Queensland · founded 2017$1.6Mraised▾
Seed · Cairns, Queensland · founded 2017
Online marketplace for booking chefs. It enables users to book chefs for various parties at home and offices. Users can browse chefs via available locations, choose or create their food menu, provide them gathering and address details and book their services at desired date and time. The service provider visits the location along with the necessary ingredient and prepares the dining.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 9.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Mar 2022Seed$1M
- Jun 2020Seed$600K
- 2019Seed—
Founders & team
Investors
ACAC Innovation, FNQ Angels, Queensland Government, Euphemia
Tech stack
ActivecampaignAmplitudeAnimate.CssApache Http ServerAxiosBabel
#4
Seed · Sunshine Coast, Queensland · founded 2015 · 16 employees$3Mraised▾
Seed · Sunshine Coast, Queensland · founded 2015 · 16 employees
Provider of plant-based meat alternatives. The products include vEEF Chicken Schnitzel, Classic Mince, Classic Meatballs, Pulled Beef, and Chicken Mince.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 7.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Feb 2022Seed$3M
Founders & team
Investors
Bombora
Funding & investor landscape
$59Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
6disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · Australia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,367,789 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 IN QUEENSLAND · Agri & Food
How research on Food Tech in Queensland is moving
A read on the academic research around Food Tech in Queensland — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 106 papers.
106 papers · stance +0.11 · 7% breakthrough · 51% concern
top institutions
- The University of Queensland37
- Central Queensland University34
- Queensland University of Technology15
- University of Queensland13
- University of Southern Queensland9
leading researchers
Pearson, David · Louwrens C. Hoffman · Md. Imran H. Khan · Ananda, Jayanath · Azharul Karim · Bhesh Bhandari
prism intelligence · tone & topics
85% positive · 12% critical tone
EnvironmentHealthFood IndustryAgricultureBusinessSustainability
▲
Breakthroughs6 · 6%
▼ 12%→3% share
▼0.2× share momentum54 median citations50% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (12%→3% of field), led by Quality (philosophy).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Quality (philosophy)2
- Agriculture1
- Green Revolution1
- Sustainability1
- Natural resource economics1
Landmark Recent development in 3D food printing · 268 cites
◆
Advancements35 · 33%
▲ 12%→34% share
▲2.8× share momentum1 median citations86% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (12%→34% of field), led by Food safety.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food safety1→6
- Food processing1→5
- Food industry1→3
Newly emergingFood waste 0→10 · Psychological intervention 0→6 · Product (mathematics) 0→4
Landmark Recent Advances in Reducing Food Losses in the Supply Chain of Fresh Agricultural Produce · 162 cites
▼
Concerns43 · 41%
▼ 75%→39% share
▼0.5× share momentum1 median citations79% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (75%→39% of field), led by Food systems.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food systems2→10
- Food security1→8
- Food processing3→9
- Production (economics)2→7
- Agriculture2→4
Newly emergingFood waste 0→10 · Sustainability 0→4 · Food safety 0→4
Landmark Microbial protein: future sustainable food supply route with low environmental footprint · 360 cites
Common questions
How many Food Tech companies are there in Queensland, Australia?
Radar tracks 33 indexable Food Tech companies headquartered in Queensland, Australia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food Tech companies in Queensland, Australia?
The Food Tech companies in Queensland, Australia on this list have raised a combined $59M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Queensland, Australia?
Nourish Ingredients is the highest-funded Food Tech company in Queensland, Australia, with $39.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food Tech companies in Queensland, Australia are funded?
4 of the 33 Food Tech companies in Queensland, Australia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food Tech unicorns are there in Queensland, Australia?
None of the Food Tech companies in Queensland, Australia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Queensland, Australia Food Tech companies?
The most active investors in Queensland, Australia Food Tech companies on this list include ACAC Innovation, Radar Ventures, Aera VC, AgFunder, Ban Choon Marketing.
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.