Top California Food Startups (227)

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...

Miso Robotics is building AI-powered automation for commercial kitchens, starting with Flippy, the industry's first fully autonomous fry station robot deployed at commercial scale. If you're an AI or robotics engineer who wants to see your work in action every single day, solving real problems for real people, this is where that happens. We're tackling one of the hardest robotics challenges:...

Bee Sweet Citrus, Inc. is a vertically integrated agribusiness, dedicated to providing our consumers with citrus that's fresh, safe and delicious. Family owned and operated, and located in the heart of the Central Valley, Bee Sweet Citrus is known for the production of Navel and Valencia oranges, lemons, grapefruit, mandarins – even exotic specialties like minneolas and pummelos. In addition, close...

The EVERY Company combines industry-leading expertise in food technology and flavor to enable the foods of tomorrow, today, for the world’s global food and beverage industries. We’re creating game-changing solutions for businesses and brands, with our people and products delivering leveled-up performance, unprecedented outcomes in taste and texture, and animal-free innovation to a host of categories, in line with consumer trends. Along...

At Zevia, we get up every day to create a world of better-for-you flavor — better for people and better for the planet. We're cleaning up the beverage aisle with accessible, naturally sweetened, zero-sugar deliciousness – and you won't find a single plastic bottle in sight. Passion, openness, gratitude, accessibility, humanism, humility, and scrappiness – these are the values that drive...

Pitfire Pizza is a laid-back pizzeria located in Southern California, known for its trendy vibe and creative menu featuring hand-stretched pizzas, pasta, salads, and seasonal vegetables, along with a selection of beer, wine, and craft cocktails.

WeBox is a leading intelligent marketplace, providing group customers with a personalized and customized experience. WeBox is driven by three core principles: customer obsession over competitor focus, a commitment to operational excellence, and a passion for growth. WeBox is committed to offering Box Meals, Group Catering, Office Pantry services, and more, with a wide variety of customizable options, AI-driven personalization,...

Ventura Coastal, LLC manufactures and markets citrus juice products, specializing in customized blends of orange, lemon, grapefruit, and tangerine juices, along with pulp, oils, essences, and purees.

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.

Adams Group is a fifth-generation, family-owned food company with over 100 years of history rooted in one principle: doing the right thing - by farmers, partners, and the families we feed. It is an integrated food company delivering solutions for businesses and consumers across the globe.

At Shef, we're bringing the sharing economy to the table. We believe in providing our Shefs (refugees, immigrants, stay-at-home parents) the opportunity to make a meaningful income from their very own kitchens. We also believe that every person should have access to a healthy, homemade meal at an affordable price. Building a safe and happy community devoted to economic empowerment...

Bellwether is a venture-backed, high-growth tech company working hard—alongside other game-changers—to positively transform the coffee industry. We’re a diverse team of coffee industry veterans, entrepreneurs, engineers, technicians, human-centered designers, and people-focused rule-breakers who have a passion for making the “impossible” a reality.

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.

As one of the fastest growing non-alcoholic beverage brands, Liquid Death uses comedy and entertainment to make health and sustainability 50 times more fun. We take low-calorie beverages and package them into infinitely recyclable cans that compete with the fun marketing of unhealthy brands across energy drinks, beer, and junk food. Our product lines include mountain water, soda-flavored sparkling water,...

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...

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.”

Bobbie is the first and only mom-founded and women-led infant formula company in the U.S. Our European-style recipe meets all FDA requirements, is made made with pasture-raised milk from Organic Valley farms, and is the only infant formula to receive both the Clean Label Project’s Purity Award and Pesticide Free Certification. Bobbie is working to shake the stigma and evolve...

At Our Place, we believe in the power of home-cooking to bring people together. Our mission is to create products and experiences that celebrate cultures, honor traditions, and cultivate connections.

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

Care of Chan is a trusted resource for all things convivial, providing a fresh perspective on event planning with purpose. We offer curated guides showcasing some of our favorite chefs, venues, florists and other event vendors; stories from creative hosts and producers behind some of the most memorable gatherings; and interviews, op-eds, and personal essays exploring themes such as craft...