50 Best Food and Beverage Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent food and beverage companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 127,471 companies tracked on Fsome.

127,471
Total Companies
$467.8B
Total Funding
$3.7M
Avg Funding
London
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Sweetgreen
Sweetgreen is a fast casual restaurant chain that serves simple, seasonal, and h…
Washington 5K - 10K $478.6M Series I 2019-09-19
2
good culture
good culture produces real-food cultured dairy products and simple ingredients a…
Irvine 11 - 50 $136.8M Private Equity 2026-02-03
3
Cizzle Brands
Cizzle Brands is a retail company.
King City 11 - 50 $44.9M Post Ipo Debt 2025-12-24
4
Gorgie
Gorgie is a wellness beverage company specializing in clean, sugar-free energy d…
Boca Raton 1 - 10 $31.0M Undisclosed 2025-12-16
5
Swiggy
Swiggy is a food delivery platform that offers food service solutions for restau…
Bangalore 5K - 10K $5.1B Post Ipo Equity 2025-12-09
6
Presto
Presto is a software company that provides AI and automation solutions to the re…
Redwood City 101 - 250 $203.6M Series Unknown 2026-01-06
7
BlueNalu
BlueNalu is a cellular aquaculture company that provides healthy and safe seafoo…
San Diego 11 - 50 $132.2M Convertible Note 2025-12-29
8
Venu Holding
Notes Live provides hospitality and entertainment services to serve clients glob…
Colorado Springs 101 - 250 $134.0M Post Ipo Equity 2026-03-08
9
Wonder
Wonder is a food delivery startup that operates truck-based restaurants from whi…
New York 1K - 5K $2.5B Series Unknown 2026-01-12
10
Poppi
Poppi is a beverage company that specializes in flavored sparkling probiotic dri…
Austin 251 - 500 $39.2M Series B 2022-10-17
11
iD Fresh Food
ID Fresh Food is a Bangalore-based company that offers Indian food.
Bengaluru 1K - 5K $265.7M Private Equity 2026-01-05
12
Uncle Nearest
Uncle Nearest is a retailer of distilled, aged, bottled, and hand-labeled whiske…
Shelbyville 51 - 100 $225.0M Series Unknown 2024-02-14
13
Chef Robotics
Chef Robotics is a robotics and artificial intelligence company serving the food…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $65.6M Debt Financing 2025-03-31
14
Pepper
Pepper provides an AI-powered eCommerce platform for food distributors and suppl…
New York 101 - 250 $100.0M Series C 2026-02-20
15
Liquid Death
Liquid Death is a non-alcoholic beverage brand that is focused on health and sus…
Santa Monica 251 - 500 $267.6M Series Unknown 2025-01-29
16
Ripple Foods
Ripple Foods specializes in making non-dairy milk with just as much protein as m…
Berkeley 101 - 250 $340.8M Series Unknown 2025-12-02
17
Nara Organics
Nara Organics manufactures organic infant formula delivered directly to the cons…
New York 1 - 10 $49.9M Series Unknown 2025-11-06
18
Mosa Meat
Mosa Meat develops cultured beef products by growing meat from animal cells, eli…
Maastricht 101 - 250 $159.9M Series Unknown 2025-12-22
19
Olipop
Olipop is a scientifically formulated beverage crafted with plant fiber and preb…
Oakland 101 - 250 $96.5M Series C 2025-02-12
20
Bobbie
Bobbie offers organic baby formula to parents through a subscription service.
San Francisco 101 - 250 $141.7M Series C 2023-07-12
21
Maia Farms
Maia Farms is a food technology company developing mushroom and mycelium-based i…
Vancouver 1 - 10 $7.2M Seed 2026-01-19
22
Athletic Brewing
Athletic Brewing is a food and beverage company that specializes in manufacturin…
Milford 251 - 500 $304.0M Series Unknown 2024-07-09
23
Choco
Choco is a food ordering platform that connects restaurants and suppliers.
Berlin 251 - 500 $336.3M Series Unknown 2023-02-24
24
Kula Bio
Kula Bio is a company that provides sustainable biological solutions for modern …
Somerville 11 - 50 $87.6M Series A 2025-11-03
25
Breadfast
Breadfast delivers household essentials, bakeries, groceries, fruits, veggies, a…
Cairo 501 - 1K $89.0M Series C 2026-02-16
26
BIOWEG
BIOWEG is a biotechnology company that develops bio-based, biodegradable ingredi…
Quakenbr├╝ck 11 - 50 $36.2M Grant 2025-12-22
27
Wow! Momo
Wow! Momo is an Indian fast food restaurant chain that serves a diverse menu tha…
Kolkata 1K - 5K $190.3M Undisclosed 2025-12-27
28
Hyphen
Hyphen automates culinary operations for the restaurant and foodservice industry…
San Jose 11 - 50 $83.0M Series B 2025-08-13
29
BrewDog
BrewDog is an online craft beer brewery that produces a variety of bottled and c…
Ellon 1K - 5K $299.5M Debt Financing 2025-09-05
30
Haldiram Snacks
Haldiram Snacks offers a broad range of Indian snack foods, sweets, ready-to-eat…
Noida 1K - 5K $1.6B Private Equity 2025-12-17
31
Recess
Recess is a consumer wellness brand creating products and experiences designed t…
New York 11 - 50 $54.7M Series B 2025-10-27
32
Reborn Coffee
Reborn Coffee is an lifestyle brand with locations worldwide.
Brea 11 - 50 $70.0M Post Ipo Equity 2026-01-06
33
Believer Meats
Believer Meats is a food technology company focused on using clean meat and cell…
Jerusalem 51 - 100 $387.8M Series B 2021-12-17
34
RYZE Superfoods
RYZE Superfoods is a rapidly growing e-commerce company that sells mushroom coff…
Boston 11 - 50 $2.1M Seed 2022-03-28
35
Evergreen
Evergreen manufactures nutritious frozen waffles and waffle sandwiches, made fro…
Chicago 1 - 10 $20.7M Series Unknown 2025-12-30
36
The Honest Kitchen
The Honest Kitchen is a consumer goods company manufacturing pet food.
San Diego 51 - 100 $150.0M Series Unknown 2022-04-04
37
The EVERY Company
The EVERY Company creates and sells animal-free egg protein ingredients using a …
South San Francisco 51 - 100 $296.8M Series D 2025-11-04
38
Checkerspot
Checkerspot is a biology driven, molecule licensing company designing fats and o…
Alameda 11 - 50 $109.0M Series C 2023-02-14
39
Zerocater
Zerocater builds corporate catering and cafeteria solutions employees love as th…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $37.9M Series C 2023-02-16
40
Kadeya
Kadeya is a closed-loop water vending business that utilizes digitally connected…
Chicago 1 - 10 $11.3M Series Unknown 2025-12-03
41
Daily Harvest
Daily Harvest is a customer-first platform that provides subscription-based food…
New York 101 - 250 $120.0M Series D 2021-11-15
42
ZappFresh
ZappFresh is an online platform that delivers a variety of meat and seafood dire…
Gurgaon 11 - 50 $11.5M Series Unknown 2023-11-23
43
Five Guys
Five Guys is serves a range of hand-made burgers made with fresh locally sourced…
Lorton 5K - 10K $251.1M Debt Financing 2025-07-22
44
HeyTea
HeyTea is a Chinese tea shop that specializes in cheese-topped tea and fruit te…
Shenzhen 5K - 10K $595.1M Series D 2021-07-14
45
ezCater
EzCater is an online catering marketplace that allows individuals to order food …
Boston 501 - 1K $420.8M Series D 2021-12-15
46
Meati
Meati Foods is a consumer goods company that provides fungi-based meat alternati…
Boulder 101 - 250 $374.5M Series C 2024-05-08
47
Brightseed
Brightseed uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to discover the pot…
San Francisco 51 - 100 $120.8M Grant 2023-12-19
48
Feastables
Feastables is setting out to build the most engaging brand on the planet, bringi…
Chicago 51 - 100 $65.0M Series A 2024-02-13
49
Metalchemy
The world’s most innovative technology company, bringing the revolutionary benef…
London 1 - 10 $2.0M Equity Crowdfunding 2023-12-04
50
UPSIDE Foods
UPSIDE Foods is a food tech company that produces and grows sustainable cultured…
Berkeley 101 - 250 $581.0M Grant 2023-06-21