Radar · Food Tech in United Kingdom
Best Food Tech Companies in United Kingdom
The 747 best Food Tech companies in United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Deliveroo.
By Sweetie IyerMarkets & Momentum
747companies tracked
$5.5Bdisclosed funding
2unicorns
224have raised
Ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, this directory maps 747 Food Tech companies across the United Kingdom, with a combined $5.5B in disclosed investment and two unicorns already in the mix. That's a serious prize pool, and the curve's still bending upward. The global Food Tech market sits at $105.3B in 2024 and is forecast to reach $224.3B by 2032 at a 9.9% CAGR, driven by population growth, surging food demand, and the push toward sustainable agriculture. On mobile, median app installs across 501 food and food tech apps grew roughly 20% YoY on the Play Store. Momentum is real.
HungryPanda leads our directory at $296M in disclosed funding, a number that dwarfs the rest of the pack. Hokodo follows at $55M, with Tenzo and HomeCooks stacking up at $8M and $7M respectively. I find it telling that investors like Techstars, SFC Capital, and Seedrs keep circling this space, which signals conviction at every stage from seed through growth. So what's pulling capital in? Sustainable production, personalization, and smarter food-system strategy are the themes you'll see threading through the most-funded players here. The directory below is your fastest way into the field.
Sources & further reading
- Love for personal care brands peaks in the mornings ; food tech/delive
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD TECH × UNITED KINGDOM
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
750kcombined LinkedIn audience
65%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Food Tech companies in United Kingdom
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Market signals (1y) | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deliveroo 🦄 Operator of an online marketplace connecting consumers with local merchants 92Market top 10%Customers top 16%Tech top 19%Innovation top 25% All 13 signals ▾Markettop 10% Customerstop 16% Techtop 19% Innovationtop 25% Globaltop 25% Fin. healthtop 25% Fundingtop 27% Moattop 31% Partnerstop 33% Producttop 33% Talenttop 39% Growthtop 46% Newstop 50% Market: 3,980 employees (top 3% of Food and Agriculture Tech) · Revenue ~$2.5B Customers: Play-Store rating 4.59★ across 1,407,397 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +7% in 6 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 92/100 | $3.1B | 60 mo ago | Acquired | 3,980 | Miki Kuusi CEO | StoryblokSentryZendesk+25 | 13 signals ▼76% Earnings · Announcements · Leadership | — | 2 launchs · 3 partnerships |
| 2 | Gousto 🦄 Provider of recipe boxes containing fresh ingredients and recipe instructions 69Moat top 26%Product top 27%Market top 28%Funding top 29% All 12 signals ▾Moattop 26% Producttop 27% Markettop 28% Fundingtop 29% Fin. healthtop 37% Customerstop 37% Innovationtop 39% Techtop 44% Growthtop 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 26% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn Product: 12 distinct product lines · 1 published app (1.2M installs) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $541M | 51 mo ago | Series F | 702 702 → 1,100 (+57%) · sector median +10% | Timo Boldt Co-Founder & CEO | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceBootstrap+19 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 3 | HungryPanda Panda Takeaway Restaurant franchisees serving Chinese dishes 74Funding top 20%Growth top 24%Product top 24%Tech top 25% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Growthtop 24% Producttop 24% Techtop 25% Customerstop 43% Partnerstop 45% Markettop 47% Talentbottom 49% Moatbottom 48% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 21% Funding: Raised $296M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) Growth: Headcount 33 → 77 (+133%) across vintages · App-install growth +35% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $296M | 20 mo ago | Series D | 77 | Kelu Liu Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | — | — | 1 expansion |
| 4 | Quorn Foods Provider of meat-free frozen foods as an alternative to meat substitute products 62Fin. health top 12%Market top 32%Funding top 44%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Fin. healthtop 12% Markettop 32% Fundingtop 44% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 47% Growthbottom 46% Globalbottom 30% Newsbottom 27% Fin. health: Revenue ~$293M · Revenue 1.8x total funding Market: 969 employees (top 9% of Food & Beverage Products) · Revenue ~$293M rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $161M | 85 mo ago | Acquired | 969 969 → 492 (-49%) · sector median +10% | Timothy Kelly Co-Founder | ContentfulMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+14 | — | — | 4 launchs |
| 5 | 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 | 28 mo ago | Series C | 20 | David Ritchie Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Allplants Online retailer of prepared, plant-based meals delivered directly to consumers 74Growth top 13%Product top 26%Tech top 30%Moat top 31% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 13% Producttop 26% Techtop 30% Moattop 31% Fundingtop 32% Innovationtop 33% Markettop 49% Fin. healthbottom 46% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 21% Growth: Headcount 48 → 99 (+106%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Product: 9 distinct product lines · Company stage: Acquired rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $70M | 23 mo ago | Acquired | 99 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+19 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Slerp Online ordering platform empowering restaurants with branded web and app solutions | $69M | 60 mo ago | Late Stage | 30 30 → 29 (-3%) · sector median +10% | — | Cart FunctionalitySentryTypeScript+23 | — | — | 2 partnerships |
| 8 | Livebookings Provider of table reservation management solutions for restaurants | $63M | 169 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Bookatable Booking platform and marketplace for restaurants | $63M | 169 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 31 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | The City Pub Company Chain of pubs | $61M | 74 mo ago | Acquired | 1,053 | — | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+17 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Vita Mojo QSR growth platform unifying order channels, menus, and performance insights | $57M | 47 mo ago | Series B | 45 45 → 111 (+147%) · sector median +10% | Stefan Catoiu Co-Founder and COO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+39 | — | — | 1 award |
| 12 | Hokodo Developer of API for invoicing platforms and marketplaces 67Funding top 26%Talent top 28%Moat top 31%Tech top 32% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Techtop 32% Growthtop 45% Markettop 47% Producttop 49% Globalbottom 46% Newsbottom 21% Funding: Raised $54.7M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 8 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $55M | 13 mo ago | Series B | 107 | Richard Thornton Co-Founder & Co-CEO | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+16 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Huel Manufacturer of plant based powdered meals and nutritional food products 82News top 14%Tech top 20%Fin. health top 21%Funding top 29% All 9 signals ▾Newstop 14% Techtop 20% Fin. healthtop 21% Fundingtop 29% Growthtop 31% Moattop 31% Markettop 35% Talentbottom 48% Globalbottom 43% News: 9 BI events in 12 mo (of 25 tracked, 8 types) · +800% YoY Tech: 72 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100 | $50M | 31 mo ago | Acquired | — | Julian Hearn Co-Founder & CMO | ShopifyCart FunctionalityContentful+38 | 9 signals ▲800% M&A · Acquisition · Leadership | — | — |
| 14 | KBOX Global Provider of online gambling services, including sports betting and casino games | $42M | 69 mo ago | Series A | 109 | Salima Vellani Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Ivy Farm Food company creating cultivated plant-based meat 45Talent top 28%Patents top 31%Moat top 32%Innovation top 35% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Patentstop 31% Moattop 32% Innovationtop 35% Fundingtop 39% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 35% Newsbottom 22% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Patents: 24 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 24 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $40M | 32 mo ago | Seed | 56 | Cathy Ye Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+10 | — | 24 patents Cultured meat production via advanced cell culture bioreactors and substrate systems | 3 job openings |
| 16 | Winnow Food waste tracking and management solutions provider 55AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 30%Moat top 32% All 12 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 30% Moattop 32% Techtop 36% Patentstop 44% Producttop 45% Innovationtop 50% Marketbottom 42% Globalbottom 42% Growthbottom 34% Newsbottom 27% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $37M | 27 mo ago | Series C | 38 | — | HubSpot CMS HubSentryZendesk+33 | — | 27 patents Food waste monitoring and AI-driven food item classification for commercial kitchens | 1 award |
| 17 | Uncommon A bio-creation company that focuses on making high-quality pork products from healthy pork cells | $35M | 36 mo ago | Acquired | 4 | Ruth Faram Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer | — | 3 signals ▲200% M&A · Leadership | — | — |
| 18 | Supplant Internet first brand offering chocolate | $27M | 63 mo ago | Series A | 31 | Tom Simmons Founder & CEO | ShopifySanityNode.js+25 | — | — | — |
| 19 | QikServe Platform offering ordering solution for restaurant businesses | $26M | 64 mo ago | Acquired | 27 | Samuel Peachey Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | — | 3 patents Digital restaurant ordering platforms and integrated point‑of‑sale systems | — |
| 20 | Hoxton Farms Developer of lab-grown fat substitute products 48Funding top 29%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Moat top 41% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 29% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 41% Patentstop 44% Innovationtop 50% Techbottom 44% Globalbottom 44% Marketbottom 32% Newsbottom 22% Funding: Raised $25.7M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $26M | 11 mo ago | Series A | 14 | Max Jamilly Co-Founder & CEO | Node.jsThree.jsReact+6 | — | 3 patents Provides bioreactor systems for large‑scale cell culture. | — |
| 21 | Roslin Technologies Provider of lab grown meat | $26M | 36 mo ago | Series A | 27 27 → 36 (+33%) · sector median +10% | Glen Illing Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | — | — | 1 award |
| 22 | Peckwater Brands Provider of virtual restaurant brands for existing kitchens | $22M | 48 mo ago | Series A | 21 21 → 23 (+10%) · sector median +10% | Leo Bradshaw Executive Chair & Co-Founder | Webflowcore-jsPreact+11 | — | — | — |
| 23 | VFC Foods Provider of plant-based food products to replace meat | $21M | 37 mo ago | Seed | 18 | Adam Lyons Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+12 | — | — | — |
| 24 | Neyba Internet first restaurant offering multi-cuisine dishes | $20M | 50 mo ago | Series A | — | Misha Zelman Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Coconuts Collaborative Brand of yogurt | $9M | 28 mo ago | Series B | 41 41 → 39 (-5%) · sector median +10% | Ian Drury Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 26 | Shicken Online platform offering chef-prepared vegan meals | $8M | 26 mo ago | Series A | 1 | Satvinder Bains Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyAmazon Web Services+36 | — | — | — |
| 27 | Tenzo SaaS-based restaurant management and sales forecasting app 57Tech top 27%Growth top 28%Funding top 36%Innovation top 39% All 9 signals ▾Techtop 27% Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 36% Innovationtop 39% Moattop 39% Producttop 40% Newsbottom 42% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 31% Tech: 52 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $8M | 1 mo ago | Series A | 12 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+32 | — | — | — |
| 28 | HomeCooks Online platform offering home-cooked meals delivery services 42Talent top 28%Growth top 35%Funding top 37%Tech top 40% All 6 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 37% Techtop 40% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 20% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $7M | 4 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Charlotte - Co-Founder | ShopifyVisaShop Pay+29 | — | — | — |
| 29 | Olvin Provider of business analytics solutions for the beverage industry | $5M | 34 mo ago | Series B | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Adamo Foods Developer of fungi-based meat substitute products 16Funding top 43%Moat top 45%Patents top 46%Talent bottom 49% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 43% Moattop 45% Patentstop 46% Talentbottom 49% Innovationbottom 47% Globalbottom 40% Techbottom 39% Newsbottom 18% Marketbottom 17% Funding: Raised $5.1M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 5/10 · IP moat: 4 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $5M | 22 mo ago | Seed | 5 | Pierre Dupuis Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | — | 4 patents Fungal mycelium cultivation bioreactor systems for protein/biomass production | 1 job opening |
| 31 | Symplicity Foods Online brand of plant-based meat products 21Growth top 45%Funding top 49%Talent bottom 45%Tech bottom 37% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 45% Fundingtop 49% Talentbottom 45% Techbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 17% Funding: Raised $4.8M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 5 yrs (1.2/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 21/100 | $5M | 37 mo ago | Seed | 6 | Neil Rankin Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyGoogle Maps+14 | — | — | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 32 | Mondra Provider of analytics solutions to analyse carbon footprint awareness 16News top 32%Funding top 38%Tech bottom 49%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾Newstop 32% Fundingtop 38% Techbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 18% News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 8 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Funding Funding: Raised $4.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $5M | 7 mo ago | Series A | 2 | Jason Barrett Founder & CEO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+15 | 4 signals Funding | — | — |
| 33 | Yetipay.me POS payment processing solution for businesses 16Talent top 38%Tech top 46%Funding bottom 49%Global bottom 30% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 38% Techtop 46% Fundingbottom 49% Globalbottom 30% Marketbottom 18% Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 24 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $5M | 11 mo ago | Seed | 4 | Tom Allin Co-Founder | WebflowMicrosoft Advertisingcore-js+21 | — | — | — |
| 34 | Ambl Provider of real-time restaurant and bar reservation platform | $4M | 32 mo ago | Seed | 5 | Aaron Solomon Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowThree.jslit-html+16 | — | — | — |
| 35 | Getalpa Provider of financial management platform for hospitality businesses using AI 19Funding top 44%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 48%Tech bottom 41% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 44% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 41% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $3.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $4M | 3 mo ago | Seed | — | Anton Soulier Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowGSAPreCAPTCHA+9 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 36 | Hyble Marketing technology offering on-demand design and print solutions | $3M | 25 mo ago | Series A | 37 | Craig Letton Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Field Doctor Online platform offers chef-made frozen meals 45Tech top 28%Talent top 38%Growth top 45%Funding bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾Techtop 28% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Fundingbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 36% Tech: 43 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $3M | 14 mo ago | Seed | 23 23 → 22 (-4%) · sector median +10% | Alex Brooks Co-Founder & CCO | ShopifyBootstrapReact Router+28 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 38 | Fermtech Developer of ingredients that enhance food and reduce carbon emissions 29Growth top 35%News top 48%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 47% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Newstop 48% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 47% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 25% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo News: 2 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 1 types) · +100% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 29/100 | $3M | 2 mo ago | Seed | — | Andy Clayton Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — | — | — |
| 39 | Embargo Platform offering loyalty software for bars and restaurants 42Talent top 28%Customers top 31%Growth top 35%News top 43% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 28% Customerstop 31% Growthtop 35% Newstop 43% Techtop 44% Producttop 47% Moattop 48% Fundingbottom 46% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 25% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record Customers: Play-Store rating 4.23★ across 6,258 ratings (2 apps) · Review volume +23% in 6 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $2M | 9 mo ago | Series A | 8 | Tsewang Wangkang Co-Founder | UbuntuYouTubeQuasar+20 | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 40 | MyCo Brand of food ingredients | $2M | 28 mo ago | Seed | 6 | John Shepherd Co-Founder & Chairman | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | OGGS Provider of plant-based egg substitute 24Growth top 45%Tech top 46%Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 43% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 45% Techtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 43% Productbottom 39% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 26% Tech: 42 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $2M | 26 mo ago | Seed | 13 13 → 22 (+69%) · sector median +10% | Hannah Carter Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 42 | KAIKAKU Platform offering robotics, AI, software, and hardware to automate restaurant operations | $2M | 28 mo ago | Seed | — | Piers Millar Co-Founder & CRO | Framer SitesVimeoReact+10 | — | 3 patents Robotic kitchen systems for automated food preparation and dispensing | — |
| 43 | TiPJAR Provider of tipping solutions for restaurants 37Growth top 35%News top 37%Tech top 41%Funding top 50% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Newstop 37% Techtop 41% Fundingtop 50% Productbottom 48% Talentbottom 48% Customersbottom 42% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 31% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Funding, Leadership rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $2M | 2 mo ago | Series A | 15 | James Brown Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+22 | 3 signals Funding · Leadership | — | — |
| 44 | Nukoko Online platform for plant-based chocolate confectionery | $2M | 26 mo ago | Seed | 4 | David Salt Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | 2 patents Developing cocoa-free chocolate formulations using alternative fats and flavor compounds | 1 partnership |
| 45 | YHANGRY Provider of a platform to book professional chefs | $2M | 18 mo ago | Seed | 3 | Heinin Zhang Co-Founder | SentryPHPGoogle Maps+42 | — | — | — |
| 46 | SeerGrills Online platform offering grills and cooking equipment | $1M | 21 mo ago | Seed | — | Robert Phipps Co-Founder | PageFlyShopifyApple iCloud Mail+35 | — | 7 patents Outdoor grilling appliances with advanced heating and fuel control mechanisms | — |
| 47 | Servo Provider of AI-enabled integrated video analytics software for restaurants 19Talent bottom 49%Funding bottom 42%Market bottom 37%Global bottom 36% All 4 signals ▾Talentbottom 49% Fundingbottom 42% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated Funding: Raised $1.4M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 19/100 | $1M | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | Amit Frenkel Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 48 | FreshCheck Provider of food safety monitoring tools and swabs 22Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Tech bottom 46%Funding bottom 44% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 46% Fundingbottom 44% Productbottom 40% Globalbottom 32% Marketbottom 12% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $1M | 5 mo ago | Seed | 2 | Alex Bond Co-Founder & CEO | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+12 | — | — | — |
| 49 | Navitas Safety Online platform for safety and risk management in food manufacturing | $959K | 24 mo ago | Early Stage | 15 | Ben Gardner CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+42 | — | — | — |
| 50 | CauliBox Platform offering reusable food packaging system for food businesses | $348K | 10 mo ago | Seed | 2 | Mingqiao Zhao Co-Founder & CCO | Framer SitesZohoReact+14 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Food Tech companies in United Kingdom
#1
Series A · London, England · founded 2016 · 12 employees$7.7Mraised▾
Series A · London, England · founded 2016 · 12 employees
SaaS-based restaurant management and sales forecasting app. Provides features to analyze and set project targets, leverage data sources to measure employee performance, and forecast resources with social media analytics. The platform links all of your techs in real-time, including inventory management, point-of-sale systems, labor scheduling, and even data on weather and events.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 27%Growth
top 28%Funding
top 36%Innovation
top 39%Moat
top 39%Product
top 40%Tech: 52 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Nginx, Varnish
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $7.7M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 9 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series A (Apr 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series A$5M
- May 2023Series A$5M
- Nov 2018Seed$1.8M
- Apr 2017Seed$741.8K
Investors
Acequia Capital, Getti, Force Over Mass, S28 Capital, Amadeus Capital, Edge
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApple Icloud MailBootstrapCdnjs
#2
Seed · London, England · founded 2020 · 7 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Seed · London, England · founded 2020 · 7 employees
Online platform offering home-cooked meals delivery services. The platform offers various dishes like salads, cakes, Japanese cuisines, sweets, burgers, desserts, ice creams, and more. The platform allows users to find local chefs based on their location.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%Growth
top 35%Funding
top 37%Tech
top 40%Global
bottom 37%Market
bottom 20%Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $7.2M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Seed (Jan 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 928 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Seed$1.9M
- Dec 2023Seed$3.1M
- Apr 2023Seed$3.2M
- Dec 2021Seed$818.3K
Founders & team
Investors
Speedinvest, Love Ventures, Rianta, Atomico, Ventures Together, DFF Ventures
Tech stack
American ExpressApple PayBunnyBunny FontsCdnjsCloudflare
#3
Seed · Oxford, England · founded 2022$3.3Mraised▾
Seed · Oxford, England · founded 2022
Developer of ingredients that enhance food and reduce carbon emissions. The company transforms spent grains through fermentation to create cocoa alternatives. These ingredients aim to reduce carbon footprints and help businesses adapt to the cocoa crisis. The company focuses on creating sustainable solutions for the food industry.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%News
top 48%Talent
bottom 49%Funding
bottom 47%Tech
bottom 46%Global
bottom 33%Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
News: 2 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 1 types) · +100% YoY · Top themes: Funding
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Seed$3.3M
Founders & team
Investors
Elbow Beach, Carbon13, Empirical Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementorGodaddyGoogle Workspace
#4
Series D · London, England · founded 2016 · 77 employees$295.7Mraised▾
Series D · London, England · founded 2016 · 77 employees
Restaurant franchisees serving Chinese dishes. They provide authentic asian cuisine to consumers, primarily catering to chinese communities living abroad.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 20%Growth
top 24%Product
top 24%Tech
top 25%Customers
top 43%Partners
top 45%Funding: Raised $296M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series D (Sep 2024)
Growth: Headcount 33 → 77 (+133%) across vintages · App-install growth +35% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Product: 4 published apps (1.8M installs) · Company stage: Series D
Audience (LinkedIn): 19k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2024Series D$55M
- Dec 2021Series D$130M
- Nov 2020Series B$70.2M
- Feb 2020Series A$20M
Founders & team
Investors
83NORTH, Felix Capital, Mars Growth Capital, Perwyn, Kinnevik, Piton Capital
Tech stack
AngularAnt DesignApple Icloud MailChart.JsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
Series B · London, England · founded 2018 · 107 employees$54.7Mraised▾
Series B · London, England · founded 2018 · 107 employees
Developer of API for invoicing platforms and marketplaces. It provides customer-centric insurance and financing solutions to e-invoicing platforms, marketplaces, and cloud accounting platforms. It offers invoice protection for transactional risk management and secure freight to protect customer interests in transit.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 26%Talent
top 28%Moat
top 31%Tech
top 32%Growth
top 45%Market
top 47%Funding: Raised $54.7M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 8 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Apr 2025)
Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 · 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 9 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 10k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships (incl. Hokodo) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Series B$11.4M
- Apr 2024Conventional Debt$108.4M
- Apr 2023Series B—
- Apr 2022Series B$40M
Founders & team
Investors
Mosaic Ventures, Notion, Anthemis Group, Citi, Viola Group, EIC Fund
Tech stack
Cart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#6
Seed · London, England · founded 2017$3.5Mraised▾
Seed · London, England · founded 2017
Provider of financial management platform for hospitality businesses using AI. The platform connects to banking, sales, and supplier invoice data. It offers real-time profit and loss statements, cash flow analysis, and transaction categorization. The platform also provides alerts, recommendations, and industry benchmarking. It integrates with existing accounting software.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 19how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 44%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 41%Market
bottom 25%Funding: Raised $3.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2026)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Global: Investors from 2 countries beyond United Kingdom
Audience (LinkedIn): 435 LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Daphni, True Global, 2100 Ventures, Firedrop, OPRTRS, Kima Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle WorkspaceGsapHsts
#7
Series A · London, England · founded 2018 · 15 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Series A · London, England · founded 2018 · 15 employees
Tipjar is a provider of tipping solutions for restaurants. It provides a cashless and contactless tipping platform intended to allow guests to tip workers via their phones. It helps restaurants, bars, hotels, and cafes manage tips and distributing amongst their staff. It offers individual and team subscription plans.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 37how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%News
top 37%Tech
top 41%Funding
top 50%Product
bottom 48%Talent
bottom 48%Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Funding, Leadership
Tech: 35 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series A$6M
- Aug 2021Seed$896.7K
- Sep 2020Seed$853.4K
Founders & team
Investors
YFM Equity Partners, Ayanda Capital
Tech stack
AngularApple Icloud MailAzureCore-JsElementorEwww Image Optimizer
#8
Series A · London, England · founded 2020 · 14 employees$25.7Mraised▾
Series A · London, England · founded 2020 · 14 employees
Developer of lab-grown fat substitute products. The platform design and development using a tissue culture system by combining biology and mathematical modeling. The platform grows animal fat in bioreactors to produce cruelty-free and sustainable ingredients.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 29%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 41%Patents
top 44%Innovation
top 50%Funding: Raised $25.7M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 5 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series A (Jun 2025)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series A—
- 2023Series A—
- Oct 2022Series A$22M
- Feb 2021Seed$3.7M
Founders & team
Investors
Climate Capital, Founders Fund, Presight Capital, CPT Capital, SFV, Collab Fund
Tech stack
Google WorkspaceGsapHstsNext.JsNode.JsReact
#9
Series A · London, England · founded 2020 · 2 employees$4.6Mraised▾
Series A · London, England · founded 2020 · 2 employees
Provider of analytics solutions to analyse carbon footprint awareness
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 16how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 32%Funding
top 38%Tech
bottom 49%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 39%Moat
bottom 38%News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 8 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Funding
Funding: Raised $4.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 2 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Oct 2025)
Tech: 18 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Azure, Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Hsts
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Series A$13.4M
- Feb 2024Seed$4.6M
Founders & team
Investors
AlbionVC, Green Circle Foodtech Ventures, PeakBridge, Ponderosa Ventures, Vala Capital, 7GenerationVentures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAzureCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFramer Sites
#10
Seed · London, England · founded 2015 · 2 employees$1.3Mraised▾
Seed · London, England · founded 2015 · 2 employees
Provider of food safety monitoring tools and swabs. It offers color-changing swabs for monitoring the cleanliness of equipment and the working environment. It provides an application to manage and generate reports. Its mobile application is available on Android and iOS devices.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%Tech
bottom 46%Funding
bottom 44%Product
bottom 40%Global
bottom 32%Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 15 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Google Cloud, Google Cloud Cdn · Observability: Sentry
Audience (LinkedIn): 976 LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Seed$201.8K
- Jul 2021Seed$868.4K
- Jul 2019Seed$233.6K
- Jun 2018Seed$197.3K
Founders & team
Investors
British Design Fund, Mainspring Fund Services, ICC Partners
Tech stack
BootstrapGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGsapHstsHttp/3
#11
Acquired · London, England · founded 2016 · 99 employees$69.9Mraised▾
Acquired · London, England · founded 2016 · 99 employees
Online retailer of prepared, plant-based meals delivered directly to consumers. The company offers a variety of frozen meals that are crafted by experts and ready in minutes. Customers select meals from the menu to create a custom box. The meals are designed to help consumers incorporate more plants into their diet.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 13%Product
top 26%Tech
top 30%Moat
top 31%Funding
top 32%Innovation
top 33%Growth: Headcount 48 → 99 (+106%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Product: 9 distinct product lines · Company stage: Acquired
Tech: 34 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Audience (LinkedIn): 26k LinkedIn followers — 3.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: grad
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2024Series B$2.3M
- Oct 2021Series B$52.2M
- Feb 2020Series A$4.5M
- Sep 2018Series A$9.9M
Investors
Felix Capital, Octopus Ventures, Gullspang Re:food, Molten Ventures, Otiva, TriplePoint Capital
Tech stack
Apple PayCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareContentsquareCore-Js
#12
Seed · London, England · founded 2017 · 4 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Seed · London, England · founded 2017 · 4 employees
POS payment processing solution for businesses. Enables payment acceptance with card readers, payment links, tap and pay, QR-code, checkout payments, and more for restaurants, bars, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 16how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%Tech
top 46%Funding
bottom 49%Global
bottom 30%Market
bottom 18%Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 24 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Funding: Raised $4.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Jul 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Angel$2.2M
- Jul 2025Conventional Debt$2.3M
Founders & team
Investors
re:cap, RZM Investment
Funding & investor landscape
$5.5Btotal disclosed funding
190companies funded
447disclosed rounds
4rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Techstars12 rounds
Notable founders
Charlotte -
Co-Founder · HomeCooks
Andy Hay
Co-Founder · HomeCooks
Andy Clayton
Founder & CEO · Fermtech
Kelu Liu
Founder & CEO · HungryPanda Panda Takeaway
Richard Thornton
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Hokodo
Louis Carbonnier
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Hokodo
Anton Soulier
Co-Founder & CEO · Getalpa
James Brown
Co-Founder · TiPJAR
Ben Thomas
CEO · TiPJAR
Max Jamilly
Co-Founder & CEO · Hoxton Farms
Ed Steele
Co-Founder · Hoxton Farms
Jason Barrett
Founder & CEO · Mondra
Prism market signals · United Kingdom · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,884,620 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 SIGNALS · United Kingdom
How research on Food Technology is moving in the United Kingdom
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 1,906 United Kingdom-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 18% → 28% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Queen's University Belfast77
- Institute of Food Science & Technology76
- University of Oxford67
- University of Birmingham64
- Natural Resources Institute56
leading researchers
Helen Onyeaka · Evangelisti, Martina · Urbani, Daniele · Rovegno, Caterina · Basiripanah, Tina · Bebi, Camilla · Christopher T. Elliott · Delia Grace
▲
Breakthroughs104 · 5%
▼ 6%→5% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations87% since 2021mostly methods-led
Mycotoxin research newly emerged as a UK breakthrough focus, while Food safety papers surged from 6 to 17.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food security1→13
- Food safety6→17
- Sustainability1→11
- Agriculture1→8
- Food systems2→5
Newly emergingProduction (economics) 0→7 · Consumption (sociology) 0→6 · Mycotoxin 0→6
Landmark Competitiveness of Small Farms and Innovative Food Supply Chains: The Role of Food Hubs in Creating Sustainable Regional · 381 cites
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Advancements486 · 25%
▲ 15%→26% share
▲1.7× share momentum0 median citations89% since 2021mostly empirical
Food safety advancements intensified sharply — papers rose from 7 to 83 as field-share expanded from 15% to 26%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food safety7→83
- Food processing3→66
- Agriculture1→55
- Food security1→52
- Production (economics)2→47
Newly emergingSustainability 0→48 · Food systems 0→26 · Context (archaeology) 0→20
Landmark The STARTEC Decision Support Tool for Better Tradeoffs between Food Safety, Quality, Nutrition, and Costs in Production · 1,182 cites
▼
Concerns945 · 50%
▼ 62%→48% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations83% since 2021mostly empirical
Antibiotic resistance newly flagged in UK Food Technology concerns, alongside Food safety concerns rising from 23 to 232.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Food safety23→232
- Food security25→165
- Food processing16→150
- Food systems19→147
- Agriculture16→120
Newly emergingContamination 0→20 · Human health 0→18 · Antibiotic resistance 0→15
Landmark Climate Change Impacts on Global Food Security · 3,273 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United Kingdom
Where food tech is researched across United Kingdom
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.
London256 · -0.02
Oxford83 · -0.06
Birmingham64 · +0.06
Edinburgh40 · -0.02
Manchester39 · +0.01
Cambridge30 · -0.09
Glasgow24 · +0.04
Bristol14 · -0.05
PATENT SIGNAL · United Kingdom
Who's filing food tech patents in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom food tech patent filing is accelerating — 116 filings from 60 assignees (2016–2025), led by Kenwood, Donaghy ENG, Thurne Middleby; annual filings 2→15.
116 filings60 assigneespeak 16/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Kenwood59
- Donaghy ENG16
- Thurne Middleby12
- Citrox Biosciences11
- ITSY Products5
- Emanuel JOHN David4
- Checkit4
- AEW Delford Systems4
Common questions
How many Food Tech companies are there in United Kingdom?
Radar tracks 747 indexable Food Tech companies headquartered in United Kingdom that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food Tech companies in United Kingdom?
The Food Tech companies in United Kingdom on this list have raised a combined $5.5B in disclosed equity funding across 190 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food Tech company in United Kingdom?
Deliveroo is the highest-funded Food Tech company in United Kingdom, with $3.1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food Tech companies in United Kingdom are funded?
190 of the 747 Food Tech companies in United Kingdom on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food Tech unicorns are there in United Kingdom?
2 Food Tech companies in United Kingdom on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in United Kingdom Food Tech companies?
The most active investors in United Kingdom Food Tech companies on this list include Techstars, SFC Capital, Seedrs, The FSE Group, Ascension.
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