Best Food Tech Companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil
The 46 best Food Tech companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: iFood.
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 Sao Paulo
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iFood 🦄 Operator of an online platform for ordering food and groceries | $592M | 93 mo ago | Series F | — | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — |
| 2 | FLOKI Compras B2B platform offering procurement solutions for food service products | $19M | 51 mo ago | Seed | Marcelo Espiga Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 3 | Zak Platform offering suite solution for restaurant businesses | $15M | 57 mo ago | Series A | — | 2018 | — | — |
| 4 | Olga Ri Internet first restaurant offering salads | $6M | 77 mo ago | Series A | Bruno Sindicic Founder & CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — |
| 5 | Worc Online job board platform for retail & hospitality | $4M | 52 mo ago | Series A | Joao Pedro Co-Founder | 2018 | WebflowAmazon Web Servicescore-js+15 | — |
| 6 | Food To Save Online platform offering surplus food delivery service | $3M | 33 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | 1 award |
| 7 | Cellva Biotech firm providing B2B market through cell culture | $3M | 23 mo ago | Seed | Sergio Pinto Co-Founder & CEO | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | 1 job opening |
| 8 | Beleaf Platform offering vegan food delivery services | $2M | 46 mo ago | Seed | — | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityMagentoMySQL+35 | — |
| 9 | Future Cow Technologies Company creating alternative protein | $1M | 13 mo ago | Seed | Leonardo Vieira Co-Founder & CEO | 2022 | — | — |
| 10 | Linked Platform offering software solutions for bars and restaurants | $1M | 36 mo ago | Seed | Sergio Lopes CEO | 2016 | TypeScriptWindows ServerBootstrap+15 | — |
| 11 | Simple&Co Provider of the virtual network for restaurants | $675K | 46 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | — |
| 12 | Typcal Provider of plant-based food products made with technology | $411K | 10 mo ago | Seed | Paulo Ibri Founder & CEO | 2019 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — |
| 13 | AppJusto Online platform for food orders and delivery services | $349K | 49 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | Node.jsFirebaseTailwind CSS+9 | — |
| 14 | Thirky Provider of video-based digital menu software solutions for restaurants | $191K | 40 mo ago | Seed | Daniel Padilla Co-Founder | 2022 | YouTubeSwiperAOS+8 | — |
| 15 | Restin Provider of discounts on food products to reduce food waste | $114K | 26 mo ago | Seed | Luciano Almeida Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+14 | — |
Top 12 Food Tech companies in Sao Paulo
#1
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2022$1.2Mraised▾
Company creating alternative protein. It develops technology for food production, such as real milk without cows using precision fermentation.
- Jun 2025Seed$885K
- Seed$200K
- Seed$150K
#2
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2019 · 11 employees$411Kraised▾
Provider of plant-based food products made with technology. It provides creative and technologically advanced options for a dining experience.
- Sep 2025Seed$411K
#3
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2021 · 7 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Biotech firm providing B2B market through cell culture. The company developes and producing animal ingredients through cell culture.
- Sep 2024Seed$1.5M
- Feb 2024Seed$1.3M
#4
iFood 🦄Series F · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2011 · 5585 employees$592.4Mraised▾
Operator of an online platform for ordering food and groceries. The platform facilitates delivery services from restaurants, markets, beverage providers, pharmacies, and pet shops. It also provides a channel for individuals to register as delivery personnel. The platform offers resources for restaurants and markets to establish an online presence.
- Nov 2018Series F$500M
- Jul 2016Series E$30M
- Jun 2015Series E$50M
- Sep 2014Series D$5.7M
#5
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2020 · 46 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Online platform offering surplus food delivery service. The platform allows choosing establishments with surplus food and ordering food for home delivery or pick-up. Its mobile application is available on Android and iOS platforms.
- Nov 2023Seed$2.9M
- May 2022Seed$260K
#6
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2020 · 68 employees$19.2Mraised▾
B2B platform offering procurement solutions for food service products. It offers a platform to restaurants and bars for managing purchases and provides a credit solution for payments to suppliers. It claims to use AI to automate the procurement process.
- Apr 2022Seed$10.7M
- Dec 2020Seed$696K
#7
Series A · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2018 · 175 employees$15Mraised▾
Platform offering suite solution for restaurant businesses. The company offers digital and financial solutions for food businesses. It offers POS solutions, order management, customizable web application with payment & support, dashboard & analytics reporting, and more.
- Nov 2021Series A$15M
#8
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2016 · 66 employees$1Mraised▾
Platform offering software solutions for bars and restaurants. It is offering performance and complete management solutions including online ordering, online payment, digital signage, POS, back-end management, reports, and more.
- Aug 2023Seed$1M
#9
Series A · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2018 · 85 employees$4.3Mraised▾
Online job board platform for retail & hospitality. The platform offers tools to connect professionals freelance to restaurants and bars businesses. The platform allows users to find resources for both employers and employees using the proprietary algorithm it matches the relevant candidates with the relevant vacancies. It offers a dashboard to manage employment and payments.
- Apr 2022Series A$4.3M
#10
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2016 · 43 employees$2Mraised▾
Platform offering vegan food delivery services. The platform allows users to choose meal combos and prefer their date of delivery. The platform provides multiple plant-based foods such as meatless kits, shredded vegetable chicken, spinach ravioli with chestnut cheese sauce, potato gnocchi with jackfruit ragu in wine, etc.
- Oct 2022Seed$2M
#11
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2020 · 9 employees$113.8Kraised▾
Provider of discounts on food products to reduce food waste. The platform sells items which are near to expiration dates, allowing them to offer discounts on the food products from the restaurants.
- Jun 2024Seed$113.8K
#12
Series A · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2019 · 106 employees$6.3Mraised▾
Internet first restaurant offering salads
- Feb 2020Series A$6.3M
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 Brazil
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 1,078 Brazil-affiliated papers.
- Universidade de São Paulo116
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas91
- Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation52
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina50
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais46
- Production (economics)8
- Sustainability6
- Agriculture5
- Food science5
- Livestock4
- Food processing1→49
- Food safety3→33
- Antimicrobial1→25
- Food science2→20
- Food spoilage1→15
- Food safety3→88
- Food processing7→74
- Food security1→55
- Agriculture1→47
- Production (economics)1→38
Where food tech is researched across Brazil
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.
Common questions
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