Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping food and agriculture in Dallas. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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47 of 280 tracked companies have open roles.
36 of 280 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 44 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 84.0% of disclosed capital, while 87.1% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $28.35M | 14 | 3 |
| 2017 | $807.79M | 9 | 5 |
| 2018 | $4.71M | 9 | 5 |
| 2019 | $20.38M | 16 | 4 |
| 2020 | $11.55M | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | $13.61M | 7 | 3 |
| 2022 | $50.46M | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | $61.64M | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | $31.64M | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | $57.4M | 0 | 3 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
51 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in food and agriculture company rounds since 2016.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Stripes.
Backed by CAVU Consumer Partners.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Rosewood Capital and Northwood Ventures.
Backed by Russell Westbrook and THE CHAINSMOKERS and others.
Backed by Sweat Equities and M3 Ventures.
Backed by EMERGING.
Exact designated identities and reviewed filing records were checked, but this page has neither a qualifying preview account nor a target cohort meeting the ten-entity aggregate floor.
How the Dallas companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
8 of the 280 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (2.9%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 266,791 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poppidrinkpoppi.com | 861,946 | 51 | 90.5% |
| Texas De Braziltexasdebrazil.com | 467,358 | 54 | 86.3% |
| Twin Peakstwinpeaksrestaurant.com | 356,053 | 53 | 83.2% |
| TGI Fridaystgifridays.com | 334,697 | 56 | 88.2% |
| Dickey\'s Barbecue Pitdickeys.com | 198,886 | 49 | 80.9% |
| Friendly\'s Restaurantsfriendlysrestaurants.com | 149,965 | 49 | 85.4% |
| CHEETOScheetos.com | 101,115 | 55 | 69.2% |
| Hail Merryhailmerry.com | 31 | 30 | 0% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
19 of these companies (6.8%) publish at least one Android app — 19 apps in all, carrying 10.2M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChilisChili\'s Grill & Bar | 6.2M | 4.3 | Lifestyle |
| D&B RewardsDave & Buster’s | 2.4M | 4.7 | Entertainment |
| Dickey\'s Barbecue PitDickey\'s Barbecue Pit | 370.6K | 4.7 | Food & Drink |
| Which WichWhich Wich | 343.9K | 4.7 | Lifestyle |
| 7-Eleven SG7-Eleven Singapore | 240.2K | 3.9 | Shopping |
| Bruegger\'s BagelsBruegger’s | 232.3K | 4.3 | Food & Drink |
| Genghis GrillGenghis Grill | 145.4K | 3.9 | Food & Drink |
| Pizza Patrónpizza patrón | 106.5K | 4.7 | Food & Drink |
| Boston\'s Pizza USABoston\'s Pizza | 48.8K | 4.5 | Food & Drink |
| Super ChixSuper Chix | 31.5K | 4.9 | Food & Drink |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
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Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
0 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Restaurant Business reported that SPB Hospitality has sold Logan’s Roadhouse brand to SSCP Management, which owns Cicis Pizza, Corner Bakery and Roy’s and also operates dozens of Applebee’s and Sonic restaurants.
JAB’s Caribou Coffee business has agreed to acquire Bruegger’s from Le Duff America, the U.S.-based operator of La Madeleine and Mimi’s Cafe, for an undisclosed amount.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Arctic Glacier, a provider of premium ice products and services and portfolio company of Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG), in its sale to Reddy Ice, a manufacturer and distributor of packaged ice.
Dallas-based specialty coffee company White Rhino Coffee announced it has acquired fellow DFW business Emporium Pies, bringing two majority-women-owned chains together.
The restaurant operator announced the sale of the franchises of Chili’s and P.F. Chang’s in Chile, as well as TGI Friday’s in Spain.
Cain Food Industries merges with Millbio after acquisition
The acquisition comes four years after Brix bought Friendly’s in the wake of the chain’s second Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. The sale was reportedly valued at about $2 billion.
Private equity firm Main Post Partners has taken a minority stake in Smoothie King, the Dallas-based smoothie chain said Thursday.
PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) has officially closed the acquisition of fast‑growing prebiotic soda brand poppi for $1.95 billion.
Brinker International Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire 116 Chili’s Grill & Bar restaurants from ERJ Dining.
Top 10 categories among 362 recorded events in the 24-month window.
1 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · Nasdaq4 reports
18 tracked people moves
Promotion Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Appointment Interim Chief Executive Officer
Retirement Previously President of Maggiano’s Little Italy
Resignation Previously Chief Legal Officer
Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer
Departure Previously Chief Marketing Officer
Resignation Previously Chief Executive Officer
Appointment Chief Executive Officer
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
2 recorded customer wins
Customer: Reza Hassanadeh
Customer:
3 companies with reported reductions
311 rolesCOVID-19-related business circumstances
15.0% rolesgovernment downsizing
Scale not stated roles
3 recorded events
Developing regulatory frameworkSEC
referral of evidence to SEC OIGSEC Office of Inspector General
in final stages of investigationSEC Office of Inspector General
41 tracked suits
Shareholder proposal regulationRegulatory ·
shareholder rights and corporate accountabilityRegulatory · Filed
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 99 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| pepsico→Poppi ↗ | Completed | 2026-04-17 | $1.9B |
| SSCP Management→logan’s roadhouse | Announced | 2026-03-24 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Reddy Ice Corporation→arctic glacier | Completed | 2026-02-18 | Not stated in snapshot |
| caribou coffee→Bruegger’s ↗ | Pending | 2026-02-03 | Not stated in snapshot |
| white rhino coffee→Emporium Pies ↗ | Announced | 2025-12-17 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Na→Chili’s ↗ | Announced | 2025-11-13 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
1,166 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 2,267-posting snapshot covers 54 employers.
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
715 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 2,267 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 107 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| brinker international ↗ | 64,323 |
| la Madeleine ↗ | 3,703 |
| corner bakery cafe ↗ | 2,000 |
| Dickey\'s Barbecue Pit ↗ | 1,233 |
| Genghis Grill ↗ | 656 |
| Daisy Brand ↗ | 641 |
| Standard Meat ↗ | 570 |
| Smoothie King ↗ | 400 |
93 founders and chief executives across 67 companies.
Dave And Busters, ex-Main Event, ex-Dr Pepper Snapple, University of North Texas, 2008
Founder We Are One Project, ex-Co-Founder Pok The Raw Bar, Dynamation Research. Southern Methodist University - Cox School of Business BA
University of North Texas BA 2009
Sku, ex-Peapod Unfi Advisory Board, ex-Bnp Paribas Merchant Banking, Baylor University, 2007
Zalat Pizza, ex-Learning How To Cook, ex-Medassets, University of Houston, 1970
Founder SIMCo, Side Sports, Mulligan. Monterrey Institute of Technology 2015, thePower MBA 2021
Salish Soils. University of Surrey BE 2013
Co-Founder-Malibu Poke, TJ’s Seafood Market & Grill
Ex-Merrill Lynch, Eco Green Recycing, Shelton School & Evaluation Center. Tulane University B.A 1991
North Texas Food Bank, ex-Texas Instruments, IWF Fellow 2002-2003, 2003
Ex - Co-Chief Executive Officer 8020 Concepts. Northeastern University Bachelor of Science, Business Administration; Finance and Marketing 2010
McKesson, ex-Capital One, Texas Instruments. Kwame Nkrumah' University of Science and Technology, Kumasi BSc 2010, Texas A&M University MSc 2014
0 profiles with education records.
1 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
7,258 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Dallas · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 1,385 |
| 2021Q3 | 1,432 |
| 2021Q4 | 1,409 |
| 2022Q1 | 1,564 |
| 2022Q2 | 1,665 |
| 2022Q3 | 1,432 |
| 2022Q4 | 1,477 |
| 2023Q1 | 1,569 |
| 2023Q2 | 1,762 |
| 2023Q3 | 1,392 |
| 2023Q4 | 1,646 |
| 2024Q1 | 1,990 |
| 2024Q2 | 1,954 |
| 2024Q3 | 1,482 |
| 2024Q4 | 1,716 |
| 2025Q1 | 2,799 |
| 2025Q2 | 1,818 |
| 2025Q3 | 2,364 |
| 2025Q4 | 1,515 |
| 2026Q1 | 1,638 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
481 recorded company events across 24 companies; percentages use that event total.
Food and Agriculture coverage tagged Dallas · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
United States comparison coverage
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| shrimp aquaculture | 1,469 | 980 | 50% |
| land-frozen seafood | 1,378 | 790 | 74% |
| shrimp harvest | 1,132 | 643 | 76% |
| shrimp | 1,126 | 686 | 64% |
| college playoffs | 1,029 | 666 | 55% |
| ceo change | 1,029 | 690 | 49% |
| crab availability | 963 | 648 | 49% |
| fresh shellfish | 908 | 583 | 56% |
| tuna steak | 902 | 539 | 67% |
| flash-frozen seafood | 894 | 483 | 85% |
| f1 world championship | 1,972 | 3,224 | -39% |
| f1 championship | 1,863 | 2,930 | -36% |
| poultry health | 804 | 2,053 | -61% |
| wildlife disease monitoring | 377 | 1,952 | -81% |
| h5n1 avian influenza | 356 | 1,818 | -80% |
United States comparison coverage
food rescue donations, meal distribution funding, emergency food aid
34.1% critical · 38.3% positivefood rescue donations, meal distribution funding, hunger assistance programs
31.3% critical · 47.8% positivewhole-farm revenue policies, earnings report, stock performance
22.1% critical · 48.5% positiveFood and Agriculture coverage tagged Dallas. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
652 papers in the recorded india scope.
Tone counts: 584 positive · 34 neutral · 34 negative.
Landmark: Climate-smart agriculture: what is it good for?
Landmark: An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries
Landmark: Responses of soil carbon sequestration to climate‐smart agriculture practices: A meta‐analysis
Common problems researchers identify · 0134.4% of this theme group
Researchers highlight climate impacts on food security and the need for supportive government policies.
Climate change (20) · Agriculture (43) · Food security (17) · Government (6)
Climate-smart agriculture global research agenda: scientific basis for action
Economics of Climate Smart Agriculture: An Overview
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2087.7 |
| 2023 | 2154.4 |
| 2024 | 2121.1 |
| 2025 | 2354.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0229.6% of this theme group
Papers point to technical and adoption barriers in applying robots and connected devices to farming.
Robotics (10) · Agriculture (32) · Robot (6) · Internet of Things (6)
Computer vision in smart agriculture and precision farming: Techniques and applications
Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) for smart agriculture: A review of architectures, technologies and solutions
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1344.5 |
| 2023 | 1371.8 |
| 2024 | 1420.2 |
| 2025 | 1404.4 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0323.2% of this theme group
Studies discuss how growth and public economics limit technology uptake in Indian agriculture.
Agriculture (27) · Economic growth (3) · Agricultural economics (4) · Public economics (2)
Agricultural Technology in Africa
Agricultural Technology Choice and Transport
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 819.3 |
| 2023 | 801.0 |
| 2024 | 650.4 |
| 2025 | 375.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0412.8% of this theme group
Research examines gaps in agronomic practices affecting nutrient use efficiency on small farms.
Agricultural science (4) · Nutrient management (2) · Nutrient (2) · Agronomy (2)
Meta-analysis of the effects of on-farm management strategies on milk yields of dairy cattle on smallholder farms in the Tropics
An overview of organic, grassfed dairy farm management and factors related to higher milk production
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 389.6 |
| 2023 | 372.3 |
| 2024 | 270.2 |
| 2025 | 197.4 |
Cautions · 0136.4% of this theme group
Authors caution that climate‑smart approaches may not guarantee long‑term agricultural sustainability.
Climate change (8) · Agriculture (13) · Sustainability (3) · Greenhouse gas (3)
A Short History of the Evolution of the Climate Smart Agriculture Approach and Its Links to Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture Debat
Climate smart agriculture and global food-crop production
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2330.1 |
| 2023 | 2430.6 |
| 2024 | 2427.5 |
| 2025 | 2687.8 |
Cautions · 0231.8% of this theme group
Evidence shows mixed results for technology adoption and information diffusion among smallholder farmers.
Agriculture (11) · Agricultural economics (4) · Diversification (2) · Developing country (2)
An Assessment of Experimental Evidence on Agricultural Technology Adoption in Developing Countries
The Role of Information in Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Rice Farmers in Uganda
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 392.7 |
| 2023 | 376.2 |
| 2024 | 353.1 |
| 2025 | 221.7 |
Cautions · 0318.2% of this theme group
Studies link farm management practices to animal health issues and zoonotic disease exposure.
Relationship between farm management strategies, reticuloruminal pH variations, and risks of subacute ruminal acidosis
Farm management practices associated with influenza A virus contamination of people working in Midwestern United States swine farms
Cautions · 0413.6% of this theme group
Research warns that intensification can undermine soil microbes and broader ecosystem resilience.
Ecology (2) · Food security (2) · Agriculture (3)
Who is resilient in Africa’s Green Revolution? Sustainable intensification and Climate Smart Agriculture in Rwanda
Farm management, not soil microbial diversity, controls nutrient loss from smallholder tropical agriculture
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1722.6 |
| 2023 | 1724.9 |
| 2024 | 1524.1 |
| 2025 | 1119.1 |
Opportunities · 0130.4% of this theme group
Works explore low‑power edge computing and AI tools for accurate field monitoring and decision support.
Agriculture (53) · Precision agriculture (16) · Intrusion detection system (5) · Archaeology (5)
Smart Agriculture Revolution: Edge AI for Precision Farming on Low-Power Embedded Systems
Smart Agriculture System for Soil Analysis and Crop Suggestion using AI Techniques
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 369.9 |
| 2023 | 372.1 |
| 2024 | 472.5 |
| 2025 | 393.8 |
Opportunities · 0217.6% of this theme group
Papers propose agroforestry and tillage innovations to mitigate greenhouse gases and improve resilience.
Climate change (18) · Agriculture (46) · Agroforestry (13) · Tillage (7)
Adapting agriculture to climate change: institutional determinants of adoption of climate-smart agriculture among smallholder farmers in Ken
Climate-smart agriculture: Greenhouse gas mitigation in climate-smart villages of Ghana
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2223.0 |
| 2023 | 2259.9 |
| 2024 | 2327.9 |
| 2025 | 2386.7 |
Opportunities · 0317.6% of this theme group
Research showcases autonomous robots for navigation, obstacle avoidance, and multipurpose field tasks.
Robot (36) · Mobile robot (7) · Robotics (8) · Agriculture (25)
Vision‐based Obstacle Detection and Navigation for an Agricultural Robot
Smart Multipurpose Agricultural Robot
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 827.0 |
| 2023 | 847.9 |
| 2024 | 840.1 |
| 2025 | 849.0 |
Opportunities · 0416.3% of this theme group
Studies develop cloud‑based and wireless sensor networks for real‑time crop and environment tracking.
Internet of Things (27) · Agriculture (35) · Cloud computing (10) · Wireless (6)
Smart Agriculture Based on IoT and Cloud Computing
Internet of Things (IoT)-Enabled Machine Learning Models for Efficient Monitoring of Smart Agriculture
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1136.6 |
| 2023 | 1111.1 |
| 2024 | 1090.0 |
| 2025 | 1158.5 |
Opportunities · 059.3% of this theme group
Analyses demonstrate poverty reduction and welfare gains from improved machinery and storage solutions.
Agricultural economics (8) · Agriculture (23) · Welfare (3) · Agricultural machinery (3)
Poverty Reduction Effects of Agricultural Technology Adoption: A Micro-evidence from Rural Tanzania
Subsidies for Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment with Improved Grain Storage Bags in Uganda
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 399.5 |
| 2023 | 382.4 |
| 2024 | 359.2 |
| 2025 | 243.2 |
Opportunities · 068.7% of this theme group
Research investigates farm practices that influence pathogen spread and pollinator health.
Herd (3) · Flock (3) · Biosecurity (3) · Pollinator (3)
Farm Management, Environment, and Weather Factors Jointly Affect the Probability of Spinach Contamination by Generic Escherichia coli at the
Using farm management practices to predict Campylobacter prevalence in pastured poultry farms
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.3 |
| 2023 | 18.0 |
| 2024 | 12.9 |
| 2025 | 14.8 |
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 35.9% | 37.4% |
| Problem-identifying | 19.8% | 9.9% |
| Descriptive | 16.9% | 17.0% |
| Breakthrough | 15.8% | 26.7% |
| Cautionary | 7.2% | 4.4% |
| Comparative | 2.9% | 3.7% |
| Critical | 1.5% | 1.0% |
Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.
| Concern / example paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy & surveillanceThe State and Future of Smart Agriculture: Insights from mining social media | 6 | 1.01% | 2 (33.3%) | 1.19% |
| Labour & data workThe Impact of India’s Rural Employment Guarantee on Demand for Agricultural Technology | 5 | 0.84% | 2 (40.0%) | 0.21% |
| Energy & datacenter footprint | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.12% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Carbon & emissions of compute | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chain | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.04% |
| Safety & misuse | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Bias & fairness | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.04% |
| Concentration of compute power | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.01% |
Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: United States. This may be broader than the company geography.
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
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Company ecosystem snapshot: 4 September 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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