Radar · Restaurants in Ontario
Best Restaurants Companies in Ontario, Canada
The 45 best Restaurants companies in Ontario, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: General Assembly Pizza.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
45companies tracked
$30.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
9have raised
Ranked: Best Restaurants companies in Ontario
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Employees | Last round | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soul Foods Group Restaurant serving coffee | — | 7,500 | 47 mo ago | Shehzad Janmohamed CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+10 | Top 50M | 1 expansion · 1 award |
| 2 | ACE Bakery Bakery serving cakes & pastries | — | 291 | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 5M | — |
| 3 | Haliburton Food ingredients processing | — | 162 162 → 243 (+50%) | — | — | — | — | 3 job openings |
| 4 | Timothy’s Cafes Cafe serving bakery snacks & drinks | — | 150 | — | Teresa Snelgrove Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | Top 50M | — |
| 5 | Mill Street Brewery Restaurant serving multiple dishes | — | 141 | — | — | DrupalPHPVarnish+22 | Top 5M | — |
| 6 | King's Pastry Bakery cafe serving backed items | — | 130 | — | — | WebflowMicrosoft 365jQuery+6 | Top 10M | — |
| 7 | Charcoal Group Fine-dining restaurant serving varieties of foods & drinks | — | 112 | 30 mo ago | — | Cart FunctionalityTypeScriptGraphQL+21 | Top 10M | — |
| 8 | Stonemill Bakehouse Bakery cafe serving bakery snacks | — | 100 | — | — | DrupalSalesforceSalesforce Service Cloud+18 | Top 10M | — |
Top 10 Restaurants companies in Ontario
#1
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 52 employees$3.1Mraised▾
Public · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2014 · 52 employees
Provider of vegan fast food restaurant services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 28%Funding
top 41%News
top 44%Growth
bottom 47%Market
bottom 39%Talent
bottom 39%Product: 1 published app (10.1k installs) · Company stage: Public
Funding: Raised $3.1M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 4 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Jan 2025)
News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 75 tracked, 8 types) · -56% YoY · 3 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2025Post IPO$698.3K
- Dec 2024Post IPO$298.2K
- Jan 2023Post IPO$972.9K
- Oct 2022Post IPO$255.8K
Founders & team
Investors
BoxOne Ventures
Tech stack
Apple PayBootstrapBunnyCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-Js
#2
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020$5.4Mraised▾
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2020
Restaurant serving coffee and donuts
Funding rounds
- Jul 2022Seed$5.4M
Founders & team
Investors
New York Angels
#3
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 50 employees$8Mraised▾
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 50 employees
Restaurant serving multiple dishes
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 3.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2021Series A$7.2M
Founders & team
Investors
Proficio Capital Partners, QSR Group, Pik Investments, Harlo Capital, Harlo Equity Partners
#4
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 42 employees$10.3Mraised▾
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2017 · 42 employees
Provider of event catering services
Funding rounds
- Feb 2021Series A$10.3M
Investors
Gravitas Securities
Tech stack
AosApolloBootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Browser Insights
#5
Seed · Hamilton, Ontario · founded 2021 · 5 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Seed · Hamilton, Ontario · founded 2021 · 5 employees
Restaurant serving fresh meat
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 670 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2022Seed$1.5M
- May 2022Grant (prize money)$75K
- Nov 2021Grant (prize money)$100K
Founders & team
Investors
Maple Leaf Foods, Big Idea Ventures, Garage Capital, Saltagen Ventures, University of Waterloo, Velocity
#6
Funding Raised · Woodstock, Ontario · founded 1985$1.9Mraised▾
Funding Raised · Woodstock, Ontario · founded 1985
Bakery cafe serving pancakes, syrup waffles, and cookies
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 220 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 awards · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2020Grant (prize money)$1.9M
Founders & team
Investors
FedDev Ontario
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCloudflareFont AwesomeGoogle Font ApiJquery
#7
Late Stage · Kitchener, Ontario · founded 2006 · 112 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · Kitchener, Ontario · founded 2006 · 112 employees
Fine-dining restaurant serving varieties of foods & drinks
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 8.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Beverage Manager
Funding rounds
- Feb 2024PE—
Investors
Walter Capital Partners, Laurence Capital
Tech stack
AosApolloBootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudinaryFancybox
#8
Late Stage · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2002 · 7500 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2002 · 7500 employees
Restaurant serving coffee
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 22k LinkedIn followers — 37.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards · 1 expansions (incl. Soul Foods Group IT and Yum KFC Canada IT teams) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2022PE—
Founders & team
Investors
Centerbridge Partners, Metric Capital, OpCapita
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerFont AwesomeGoogle Font ApiIonosJqueryJquery Migrate
#9
Seed · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 2012 · 26 employees—raised▾
Seed · Mississauga, Ontario · founded 2012 · 26 employees
Restaurant serving pastries
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Financial Controller
Funding rounds
- Jul 2021Seed—
Investors
Bond Bakery Brands
Tech stack
AngularCart FunctionalityCore-JsHstsModernizrOpen Graph
#10
Late Stage · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1891 · 48 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · Toronto, Ontario · founded 1891 · 48 employees
REtaurant serving beer
Founders & team
Investors
Clairvest
Tech stack
AngularCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCore-JsFont Awesome
Funding & investor landscape
$30.2Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
13disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Clairvest1 rounds
Notable founders
Vasiliki McInnes
Co-Founder · Odd Burger
Nia Bangala
Founder · Congo Coffee
Adam Armeland
Co-Founder · Kitchen Hub
Oren Borovitch
Co-Founder · Kitchen Hub
John Cappuccitti
Co-Founder · CaroMeats
Jacco Schep
CEO · Schep's Bakeries
Shehzad Janmohamed
CEO · Soul Foods Group
Sean Fleming
Co-Founder & CEO · Brunswick Bierworks
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,208,253 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Restaurants coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
Common questions
How many Restaurants companies are there in Ontario, Canada?
Radar tracks 45 indexable Restaurants companies headquartered in Ontario, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Restaurants companies in Ontario, Canada?
The Restaurants companies in Ontario, Canada on this list have raised a combined $30.2M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Restaurants company in Ontario, Canada?
General Assembly Pizza is the highest-funded Restaurants company in Ontario, Canada, with $10.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Restaurants companies in Ontario, Canada are funded?
6 of the 45 Restaurants companies in Ontario, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Restaurants unicorns are there in Ontario, Canada?
None of the Restaurants companies in Ontario, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Ontario, Canada Restaurants companies?
The most active investors in Ontario, Canada Restaurants companies on this list include Big Idea Ventures, Birch Hill Equity Partners, Bond Bakery Brands, BoxOne Ventures, Centerbridge Partners.
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.