VINEBOX (Usual Beverage Co.)
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What they do:
Wine by the glass, delivered
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Top Food & Agriculture Startups in the United States
This list has 178 startups and was last updated on Oct 16, 2026. 23 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (81), New York (25), and Los Angeles (11). Largest teams: DoorDash, GrubMarket, and Instacart. Latest round: Agriculture Scout AI raised $425K (Oct 13, 2026).
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Farmstead
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What they do:
An AI-powered digital grocer that delivers in under 60 mins.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
OneStopKitchen
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What they do:
AI-Driven Tech & Space Optimization to Scale Restaurants
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Mezli
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What they do:
Autonomous restaurants that make great, affordable meals.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Racer
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What they do:
15-minute food delivery
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Mylk Guys
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What they do:
Amazon for Vegans
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Trade
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What they do:
We're building Africa's Commodity Exchange.
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HQ: Broken Arrow, OK, United States
The Buttermilk Company
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What they do:
Instant, fresh ethnic food that actually taste homemade. We're…
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Butter Systems
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What they do:
Replacing the paper restaurant menu with an interactive experience at…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Edyn
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What they do:
Nest for lawn and garden
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
TAXA Biotechnologies
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What they do:
We enable cheaper, faster, and better genetic engineering of plants.…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Zenamins
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What they do:
Personalized health company doing customized vitamin packs on…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Shift Messenger
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What they do:
Real-time communication solution for retail and restaurant employees.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bistrobot
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What they do:
We make robots that make sandwiches.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Selfycart
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What they do:
Selfycart - let's grocery shoppers scan items and checkout on their…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Haywheel
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What they do:
Haywheel is an artisan food marketplace for restaurants and specialty…
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Cowlar
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What they do:
Fitbit for dairy cows. Farms use cowlar's alerts & recommendations to…
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HQ: Memphis, TN, United States
Sudden Coffee
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What they do:
Crystallized coffee that's better than fresh Starbucks
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Origin
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What they do:
Keurig for healthy smoothies.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
California Dreamin
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What they do:
Cannabis infused beverages
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HQ: Sacramento, CA, United States
Simmer
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What they do:
We do reviews for dishes. Our app helps users find the very best…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Bensen
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What they do:
Online and phone ordering for restaurant takeout and delivery
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Global Belly
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What they do:
Marketplace enabling social commerce for brands and content creators.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Taste
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What they do:
Online marketplace for dinners shipped from great restaurants
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Eat Blueprint
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What they do:
Longevity Nutrition Service
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Cache
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What they do:
Online convenience stores fulfilled by tiny, automated dark stores.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Choppy!
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What they do:
FAST FLAVORFUL PROTEIN
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Hideout
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What they do:
A portfolio of delivery-only restaurant brands
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Yumbin
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What they do:
App replaces office vending.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W14Early stage
Pearl
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What they do:
The future of office coffee. Keurig convenience meets cafe quality.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W17Early stage
Modular Science
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What they do:
We're making it easier to do sustainable farming.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S17Early stage
Nutrigene
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What they do:
Personalized liquid supplements based your health data
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC W18Early stage
Spero Foods
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What they do:
dairy reinvented from plants
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
YC S18Growth stage
Boost Biomes
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HQ: Brisbane, CA, United States