Best Food Tech Companies in Scotland, United Kingdom
The 38 best Food Tech companies in Scotland, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ENOUGH.
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 Scotland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ENOUGH Brand of Fungi based meat substitute 53Moat top 22%Funding top 25%Talent top 28%Growth top 30% All 8 signals ▾Moattop 22% Fundingtop 25% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 30% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 36% Newsbottom 20% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn Funding: Raised $111M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 9 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $111M | 31 mo ago | Series C | David Ritchie Founder | 2015 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | — |
| 2 | QikServe Platform offering ordering solution for restaurant businesses | $26M | 67 mo ago | Acquired | Samuel Peachey Co-Founder | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — |
| 3 | Roslin Technologies Provider of lab grown meat | $26M | 38 mo ago | Series A | Glen Illing Founder | 2016 | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | 1 award |
| 4 | Swipii Provider of mobile-based customer loyalty program | $7M | 65 mo ago | Seed | — | 2012 | WebflowjsDelivrGoogle Hosted Libraries+8 | — |
| 5 | Hyble Marketing technology offering on-demand design and print solutions | $3M | 28 mo ago | Series A | Craig Letton Founder & CEO | 2001 | — | — |
| 6 | Scottish Bioenergy Manufacturer of natural food and cosmetic ingredients using biotechnology | $3M | 65 mo ago | Series A | — | 2010 | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+8 | — |
| 7 | Spoonfed Catering management software streamlining operations, boosting efficiency, and delighting clients | $3M | 90 mo ago | Acquired | Willie Biggart Co Founder and Managing Director | 2012 | WebflowSentryZendesk+19 | — |
| 8 | Stampede Cloud-based wifi-marketing software solutions | $1M | 82 mo ago | Seed | — | 2015 | Node.jsZohoRadix UI+26 | — |
| 9 | Eveve Provider of cloud-based restaurant reservation system | $141K | 179 mo ago | Seed | Mark Gregory Co-Founder | 2007 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — |
Top 9 Food Tech companies in Scotland
#1
Series C · Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2015 · 20 employees$110.8Mraised▾
Brand of Fungi-based meat substitute. The company offers meat substitutes under the brand name ABUNDA. ABUNDA mycoprotein is a fermented food ingredient, rich in protein and fiber. With 9 essential amino acids, zinc, and iron, ABUNDA is highly nutritious. The fibrous nature of the product gives an outstanding meaty texture, naturally. It is an essential protein ingredient in any diet whether vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian.
- Feb 2024Series C$7.2M
- Aug 2023Series B$43.5M
- Jan 2021Series B$51.1M
- Oct 2019Series A$3.1M
#2
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2001 · 37 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Marketing technology offering on-demand design and print solutions. The platform is designed to help businesses create customizable point of sale materials while maintaining brand integrity and reducing costs. It features creation tools, customizable templates and automated text, and more. It helps sales reps to manage creativity and create beautiful content across menu, point of sale material and social media.
- Apr 2024Series A$3.5M
#3
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2016 · 27 employees$25.6Mraised▾
Roslin Technologies provides livestock biotechnology solutions. It offers Avian Biopharming platform to produce transgenic hens which can lay eggs rich in specifically targeted therapeutic proteins. Also, offers germline cryopreservation services for avian species through primordial germ cells extraction, biobanking, and recovery using its proprietary technology. Additionally, offers genome sequencing, genotyping, gene editing, phenotyping, biobanking, and other services.
- Jun 2023Series A—
- Nov 2022Series A$13.1M
- Nov 2021Grant (prize money)$1.4M
- Apr 2017Series A$12.5M
#4
Acquired · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2011 · 27 employees$25.9Mraised▾
QikServe is a platform offering ordering solutions for restaurant businesses. The company offers a touchless ordering and payment solutions for businesses. It offers a self-kiosk solution for food ordering. It also offers QR-based ordering where the customers can scan the QR code with the phone's camera to order from the digital menu. The platform helps businesses to increase the order size, reduce waiting times and achieve operational efficiencies. The company offers ordering and payment for existing apps using the software development kit(SDK).
- Jan 2021Series A$555K
- Mar 2020Series A$1.6M
- May 2019Series A$7.6M
- Mar 2018Series A$5.2M
#5
Seed · Glasgow, Scotland · founded 2012 · 10 employees$7.4Mraised▾
Swipii offers a customer-facing app for iOS and Android users enabling them to discover local stores, earn points, and redeem rewards. Its partnered businesses are assisted in creating a personalized loyalty program, run email marketing campaigns, tracking, and analyzing customer data, and act upon customer feedback in real-time, etc. It has partner businesses such as Temp Tea Bar, Curely's Urbane Barbers, and WEE Guys Cafe, etc.
- Mar 2021Seed$1.2M
- Mar 2020Seed$1.2M
- Mar 2019Seed$2.5M
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$613.3K
#6
Series A · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2010 · 25 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Manufacturer of natural food and cosmetic ingredients using biotechnology. This company creates all-natural colorants, plant-based proteins, and nutritional ingredients. A patented indoor GMP production process ensures purity, quality, and consistency. The company utilizes algae biomass to develop sustainable products. They collaborate with academics and businesses to foster innovation in the field. Their custom production process guarantees reliable products meeting the highest standards.
- Mar 2021Grant (prize money)$139.1K
- Nov 2018Series A$2.6M
- 2017Seed$641.5K
#7
Acquired · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2012 · 14 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Catering management software streamlining operations, boosting efficiency, and delighting clients. This B2B SaaS platform offers solutions for online ordering, back-of-house management, and enterprise-level catering operations. It provides tools for menu management, order fulfillment, CRM, and billing. The software supports various sectors, including education, business, healthcare, and venues. Key features include advanced ordering options, security controls, multi-account management, and integration capabilities. It offers a catering marketplace, custom cart fields, and multiple payment options. The platform aims to automate and streamline catering operations, increase efficiency, and drive revenue through a branded ordering platform. It provides features like quote management, invoice creation, and comprehensive reporting. Book demo, contact sales, subscription, pricing, login, cart.
- Feb 2019Seed$742.8K
- Jun 2016Seed$833.7K
- Feb 2015Seed$384.7K
- Seed$803.1K
#8
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2015 · 15 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Stampede provides cloud-based wifi-marketing software solutions. It allows brands to set-up guest wifi and allows access to customers by login with any social accounts. It collect wifi user data and engages customers with automated marketing messages. It provides customizable wifi splash page templates and integrates with wifi hardware and sales & marketing platforms. The application is available on Google Play Store and Apple Store. Monetizes through subscription-based pricing plans. KFC, Ticketmaster, Carlsberg, and Pizza Express are some of its clients.
- Nov 2019Seed$1.3M
#9
Seed · Edinburgh, Scotland · founded 2007 · 4 employees$140.5Kraised▾
Eveve provides cloud based reservation system to the restaurants across the world. Eveve's live restaurant reservation product is Telos. Eveve also claims to provide customized product to the restaurants as per their needs. Established in the UK, now operates in 11 countries and claims to support 780 restaurants. Partnered with Restaurant Hub in New Zealand and claims to be the largest supplier in the country where it manages close to 300 restaurants.
- Sep 2011Angel$140.5K
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 Tech in Scotland is moving
A read on the academic research around Food Tech in Scotland — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 47 papers.
- Scotland\'s Rural College27
- Food Standards Scotland12
- University of the West of Scotland7
- Education Scotland1
- Food safety7
- Authorization4
- Food science4
- Willingness to pay3
- Purchasing3
- Food safety10
- Food security7
- Sustainability5
- Escherichia coli4
- Public health4
Common questions
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