Top California Food Startups (227)
We create on-demand crop solutions that lead to more sustainable, healthier and tastier food. Our solutions unleash the natural power that exists in plants and the soil to create a more agile and resilient agriculture system.
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For more than 25 years, Groundwork has been a coffee and tea destination, handcrafting delicious drinks from the finest ingredients. We were one of the first certified organic coffee roasters in California and, now, a certified organic roaster in Portland. Our sustainable, relationship-based, organic coffee sourcing set an industry standard, as did our solar-powered, low-emissions roasting technology. Today, we have...
American Trading International, Inc. (ATI) is a service-oriented export trading company that facilitates the import and export of products, helping domestic and international companies enter and expand in global markets, with a focus on food and beverages.
Cut+Dry is the #1 e-commerce platform for foodservice distributors. We are the only back-of-office sales enablement and customer-facing e-commerce tool in the industry. Cut+Dry was created by a team of food service fanatics with decades of experience in hospitality, technology, restaurant operations, wholesale food distribution, food analytics, and data science. Our executive team has built and scaled multiple companies in the...
Salted is a platform for scaling better-for-you, digital-first restaurant brands, without the overhead of actual restaurants. It operates as a builder of digital-first restaurants and offers an online cooking tutorial platform.
Our mission at Yay Lunch is simple: we make it easy to give our kids and yours healthy lunches they'll love, everyday. We deliver real food made fresh daily directly to where your kids learn and play. We work with food partners who understand and uphold our mission to make healthier versions of food kids already love. We take care of...
Running a food business is hard, too hard. About 2/3 of brick and mortar restaurants and bakeries fail within their first year, putting these types of businesses in the same risk category as startups. It is insane that that is the case. However, during COVID, as people were stuck at home, a new model for selling food emerged: people making and...
Nash exists to democratize local delivery for business across all industries and sizes. We use the power of technology to build user-friendly infrastructure and smart interfaces that enable all merchants to exceed the rapidly evolving expectations of today and tomorrow’s consumer.
OLIPOP was founded in 2017 by Ben Goodwin and David Lester. Ben and David have been working together for nearly a decade to find accessible solutions to bring the benefits of digestive health to as many consumers as possible. OLIPOP is a deliciously refreshing tonic that is crafted with prebiotics, botanicals and natural plant fiber to support your microbiome...
WHAT WE DO WX develops exclusive brands of wine for retailers around the world. We also offer our own unique portfolio of proprietary wine brands that are sold globally. Products are sourced from 17 countries and sold in 12 countries resulting in over 6 million cases sold worldwide. NATIONAL BRANDS include Bread & Butter Wines, Chronic Cellars, Jamieson Ranch Vineyards portfolio...
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Plantible Foods is a B2B food technology company with the goal to develop the most functional and applicable plant-based protein in the world using scalable and sustainable aqua-farming and extraction technologies
JuneShine is brewed with real, organic ingredients: green tea, honey, fruit juice, spices, and our jun kombucha base (also known as the SCOBY). The flavor’s are so smooth, it’s literally called “the champagne of kombuchas.”
Generous Brands is dedicated to inspiring people to thrive through the power of vibrant nutrition through its leading brands, Bolthouse Farms, Health-Ade, and Evolution Fresh. Generous Brands partners with SAMBAZON to manufacture, distribute and sell SAMBAZON branded beverages. Bolthouse Farms is a pre-eminent provider of chilled juice, smoothies, shakes, and protein drinks. Health-Ade is the fastest growing kombucha brand, dedicated to...
Always fresh, sometimes normal. Get organic produce, plus surplus pantry provisions and other grocery items, delivered to your door for up to 40% off grocery store prices.
it all began in a garden. Founder and CEO Michael Heinrich was in his grandmother’s garden in Germany when he learned about the power of food. An avid gardener and medical doctor, his grandmother taught him how to use food to fuel his mind and body. Michael initially pushed the lessons to the back of his thoughts as he began a...
Foodsmart is the leading telenutrition and foodcare solution, backed by a robust network of registered dietitians. We’re redefining health through Foodcare—connecting nutrition, food access, and medicine to make healthy eating accessible for all. Our platform is designed to foster healthier food choices, drive lasting behavior change, and deliver long-term health outcomes. Through our highly personalized, digital platform, we guide our...
The truth is, every body needs high performance energy. Whether you’re a top-performing ultra marathoner, or on the eleventh hour of cramming for finals, we all need healthier, more elite energy. We’ve developed a family of products steeped in the legacy of endurance athletics, designed to function for every day use. From cyclists winning the Tour de France, to EMT workers pulling a...
SafetyChain is a Quality Management System (QMS) that helps food and beverage companies improve productivity, profitability and compliance with a flexible, user-friendly software platform that captures, manages and analyzes real-time operations data. Learn more at https://safetychain.com
