Top 50 Foodtech Companies in the UK | 2026

Lily Ruaah,
 30 April 2026

UK foodtech companies raised £54.0m across 33 deals in 2025 — the sector’s quietest year since 2018, and a sustained cool-down from the 2022 peak of £187m. In total, foodtech companies in the UK have raised £918m across all equity fundraisings tracked by Beauhurst, with 73% of that arriving since the start of 2020. The cooling investment environment hasn’t stopped underlying activity: 2026 is already off the mark with £17.4m raised through the first quarter.

We’ve ranked the top 50 foodtech companies by total equity raised (all data sourced from the Beauhurst platform).

What is foodtech?

Foodtech — short for food technology — covers the application of science, software, and biotechnology to how food is produced, processed, distributed, and consumed. It spans alternative proteins (cell-cultured meat, fermentation-based dairy and chocolate, plant-based foods), controlled-environment and vertical farming, food-supply software for restaurants and producers, food-safety and waste-reduction tools, and consumer-facing services such as meal kits and personalised nutrition.

Beauhurst tracks 153 active foodtech companies in the UK, up from 34 in the final quarter of 2015 — a 350% increase over the decade. Together, these companies have raised £918m, with £674m of that arriving since 2020 (73% of the sector’s all-time total). The eight companies reporting full financials generated £68.3m in turnover, and the sector supports an estimated 1,398 employees across the UK.

Key findings

  • Gousto dominates the ranking with £321m raised. The London-based meal kit business is the only established foodtech company in the UK with more than 1,000 employees, and accounts for 35% of all UK foodtech equity raised to date. With Gousto stripped out, the rest of the sector has raised £597m collectively.
  • Rekki (£52.3m, London) takes second place with restaurant-supplier communication software, followed by OLIO (£46.4m, London) in food-sharing and waste reduction, Uncommon (£38.4m, East of England) in cell-based meat alternatives, and NOTPLA (£35.5m, London) in seaweed-based packaging. The top five account for 54% of all equity raised in UK foodtech — by far the most concentrated leadership tier of any sector we’ve analysed.
  • London hosts 26 of the top 50, followed by the South East (6), East of England (5), West Midlands (3), and South West (3). The top 50 spans 11 UK regions in total — a broad geographic spread that includes both Scottish regions, Wales, and Yorkshire.
  • Venture-stage businesses lead the top 50 (27), followed by growth-stage (13) and seed-stage (seven), with just two established companies and one exited business. The 30 venture and seed-stage names make foodtech one of the youngest top 50s in our series — a sector still firmly in its build-out phase, with 80% of the broader sector still pre-growth.
  • The top 50 collectively raised £892m — 97% of the sector’s all-time total, the highest concentration in any of our analyses.

Methodology

To be included in this list of foodtech companies, companies must be:

  • Headquartered in the UK
  • Operating in the ‘foodtech’ Beauhurst industry classification
  • Listed as ‘Active’ on Companies House

We’ve then ranked these companies by total equity raised.

If you’re a Beauhurst subscriber, you can view this list directly in the platform and apply additional filters to refine the results.

Analysis accurate as of 29 April 2026. The table below is updated weekly to reflect the most recent data from the Beauhurst platform.

Top 50 foodtech companies in the UK

10.

Total amount raised: £185m
Total equity rounds: 5
Established: 2014
Location: Oxford

Oxa develops software designed to power driverless vehicles, with technology that uses features such as cameras and lasers in order to sense and navigate the surrounding environment. In 2023, the UK government announced that Oxa had been included in their Advanced Manufacturing Plan, setting out £150m of investment to supercharge the self-driving vehicle sector. They have received £185m to date through five rounds of fundraising, including £113m in December 2022, aimed at selling its software to a wider range of industries and growing worldwide.

9. Callsign

Total amount raised: £215m
Total equity rounds: 5
Established: 2010
Location: City of London

Focusing on creating smooth customer interactions, AI company Callsign has produced technology for passive authentication, fraud prevention, and intelligence. Its proprietary technology uses artificial intelligence to mimic how humans recognise each other. In October 2021, Visa choseCallsign as their preferred behavioural biometric and device intelligence identity partner across Europe. Callsign is the world’s fastest-growing behavioural authentication and intelligence company. It has raised a total of £215m in investment, across five funding rounds. The company’s main investors include JP Morgan, AllegisCyber, and NightDragon Security.

8. Lendable

Total amount raised: £216m
Total equity rounds: 7
Established: 2014
Location: Hackney

Lendable is a fintech company developing a peer-to-peer lending platform for consumer finance. The company’s AI software matches users with appropriate investors, leveraging artificial intelligence and automated underwriting to quickly approve loans. Lendable also offers loans to those with lower credit scores to provide a fairer borrowing solution. Lendable has raised £216m, across seven funding rounds, since 2014. It’s expanded to offices in New York, Nairobi, and Singapore, and has featured in several high growth lists: 2022’s FT 1000, the Deloitte Fast 50 in both 2019 and 2020, and the Fast Tech Track 100, also in 2019 and 2020. Additionally, in 2018, Lendable participated in Addleshaw Goddard’s AG Elevate accelerator programme for scaling fintech startups.

7. Huma

Total amount raised: £236m
Total equity rounds: 10
Established: 2011
Location: Westminster

​​Huma (previously Medopad) is developing a web-based portal for hospitals and healthcare professionals to contain, manage, and collect health records. This data is then accessible to patients through a mobile app. Alongside its main goal of managing healthcare data, Huma also works on digital health insights and has developed wearable technology to detect digital biomarkers and assess health in real-time. Huma has been working with many organisations around the world, including the NHS, to monitor COVID-19 patients remotely. The AI company has secured £236m in fundraisings, from investors including Healthbox, Nexus Investments, Bayer, and NWS Holdings. In 2020, the company acquired two businesses: stress and productivity biometric startup BioBeats, and Tarilian, an optoelectronic sensor company that makes technology for measuring blood pressure and heart monitoring. They have since acquired Alcedis, developers of a platform for the digitisation of clinical trials that can be integrated with third-party systems, and iPLATO, developers of an app that improves patients’ access to GP practices through an online booking system, and provides a platform for healthcare campaigns.

6. Patsnap

Total amount raised: £251m
Total equity rounds: 4
Established: 2007
Location: Southwark

Patsnap has created a web-based platform to help clients assess intellectual property patents, with access to patent expiry dates, licensing, renewal, and legal information for tech companies. The lawtech company’s platform is powered by artificial intelligence algorithms and natural language processing, to parse patents and IP, as well as extract and cross-match critical information. It can even analyse more complex documents, like clinical trials, chemical structures patents, and litigation records. Patsnap has over 10k customers in over 50 countries, including big names like Tesla, Dyson, and NASA. So far, the company has secured £251m in investment, across four funding rounds.

5. Quantexa

Total amount raised: £286m
Total equity rounds: 6
Established: 2016
Location: Lambeth

Quantexa is a cybersecurity firm that develops AI technology to secure organisations’ data and flag illegal activity. It works closely with industries that handle large datasets (such as banking, e-commerce, and the public sector), to create analytical models that uncover data risk, reveal opportunities, and enhance decision making. The company is backed by AlbionVC, Dawn Capital, HSBC Enterprise Fund, and Accenture, among others. In its latest funding round, Quantexa raised £104m in investment. This took the company’s total fundraisings to £286m. Quantexa has attended both the Microsoft ScaleUp accelerator and Tech Nation’s Future Fifty accelerator. It has also appeared on several high-growth lists, including The Telegraph’s Tech Hot 100, Fast Track’s Tech Track 100, InsurTech 100, and the 2021 edition of The Regtech 100.

4. Gousto

Total amount raised: £321m
Total equity rounds: 14
Established: 2012
Location: Shepherds Bush

Gousto is a meal kit delivery service that provides exact ingredients and portions to customers with instructions on how to prepare the dish. The food tech unicorn, backed by celebrity fitness coach, Joe Wicks, and Japanese investment giant SoftBank, is powered by AI, a technology used since its founding. They have received £321m in funding to date, through 14 rounds of funding. The most recent of these was in February 2023, which saw £50m invested to support them during times of economic uncertainty. Their post-money valuation was listed as £239m. They have been named on a number of high-growth lists, including the FT 1000, Fast Track Tech Track 100, and Top 100 – Britain’s Fastest Growing Businesses. They also attended the Future Fifty accelerator in 2017.

3. Cera

Total amount raised: £366m
Total equity rounds: 9
Established: 2015
Location: Islington

Cera provides homecare, telehealth consultations, and prescription services, which can be managed through a mobile app, which also allows users to book appointments with nurses on demand. To date, they have secured £366m through nine rounds of fundraising. In August 2022, they raised £81.3m to invest in increasing their capacity to help more patients, a project that was invested into by 8090 Partners, Evolve Healthcare Partners, Guinness Ventures, and Jane Street, amongst others. They have attended DigitalHealth.London Accelerator, PwC Scale Programmes, and Govstart.

2. Thought Machine

Total amount raised: £392m
Total equity rounds: 8
Established: 2011
Location: Islington

Thought Machine develops fintech software Vault, which enables banks and financial services providers to centrally manage a range of products. Its core banking platforms can be used to run day-to-day operations, improving the cost, speed, and adaptability of legacy systems. Thought Machine’s software is accessed through an API and has a large artificial intelligence component. The AI company has raised £398m in growth capital so far, across seven funding rounds, with the likes of Molten Ventures (previously Draper Esprit), IQ Capital, Playfair Capital, and British Patient Capital. Its most recent fundraising, secured in July 2020, saw the company valued at £221m pre-money. Alongside new investors ING Ventures, JP Morgan Chase Strategic Investments, and Standard Charter Investments, this latest raise also saw Thought Machine reach unicorn status.

1. Graphcore

Total amount raised: £528m
Total equity rounds: 9
Established: 2016
Location: City of Bristol

Graphcore operates in the semiconductor processing chip industry, developing and manufacturing chips made specifically to accelerate artificial intelligence and machine learning tasks. Graphcore’s chips use Intelligence Process Unit (IPU) technology, housing 1,472 separate IPU-Cores, capable of executing 8,832 separate parallel computing threads. The Bristol-based AI startup has grown from strength to strength since 2016, with a total of nine funding rounds under its belt, which saw it reach unicorn status after just four years of trading. Graphcore has raised more than half a billion pounds in investment, and is partnered with large tech companies such as Microsoft and Dell Technologies. The company has offices in London, Cambridge, Oslo, Beijing, Seoul, and across the US.
Last Updated: 8 May 2026
# Company Region Stage Employees Total Raised
1 Gousto London Established >1000 £321,433,159

Gousto

Gousto provides meal kit delivery services, with exact ingredient portions for recipes and instruction cards on how to prepare the dish.

https://www.gousto.co.uk/
Industries Application software Food and drink processing Online retailing Ready meals and meal kits
2 Rekki London Venture 25-49 £52,342,207

Rekki

Rekki develops mobile app software through which restaurants can communicate with their suppliers.

https://rekki.com/
Industries Application software Catering Restaurants, pubs, cafes and takeaways
3 OLIO London Growth 100-249 £46,404,471

OLIO

OLIO develops an app that allows individuals and businesses to list food items (and other household items) for local people to purchase or pick up free-of-charge in order to reduce waste.

https://olioapp.com/en/
Industries Application software
4 Uncommon East of England Growth 50-99 £38,440,377

Uncommon

Uncommon produces cell-based meat alternatives.

https://uncommonbio.co/
Industries Dietary, and lifestyle, needs and choices Fish, meat and eggs Food and drink processing
5 NOTPLA London Growth 50-99 £35,484,102

NOTPLA

NOTPLA has designed an edible water bottle, which is made of seaweed.

https://www.notpla.com/
Industries Flowers, trees and other plants Manufacturing Packaging and printing Waste management and recycling
6 Winnow London Growth 100-249 £34,349,801

Winnow

Winnow develops technology that monitors food wastage of companies in the hospitality sector.

https://www.winnowsolutions.com/
Industries Application software Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Waste management and recycling
7 COLLECTIVfood London Growth 25-49 £25,759,345

COLLECTIVfood

COLLECTIVfood operates an online service that connects businesses with food and drink suppliers, offering a price comparison and ordering system.

https://collectivfood.com/
Industries Application software Data aggregation Distribution and wholesale Supply chain management
8 Roslin Technologies East of Scotland Growth 25-49 £25,549,208

Roslin Technologies

Roslin Technologies utilises biotechnology to develop sustainable food products, to combat the issues of food security, animal health and environmental change.

https://www.roslintech.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology Food and drink processing
9 Phynova South East Growth 10-24 £25,389,367

Phynova

Phynova develops healthcare products derived from traditional Chinese medicines.

https://www.phynova.com/
Industries Alternative medicine Pharmaceuticals Vitamins and other supplements
10 Nourished West Midlands Growth 100-249 £23,800,000

Nourished

Nourished develops 3D printed, personalised multi-vitamins produced from stacked vegan gummy layers.

https://get-nourished.com/
Industries Collection and delivery Dietary, and lifestyle, needs and choices Food and drink processing Manufacturing Mental well-being Online retailing Vitamins and other supplements
11 Ubiqutek West Midlands Growth 10-24 £23,599,110

Ubiqutek

Ubiqutek is developing the use of electricity as a weedkiller, without the need to use chemicals.

https://rootwave.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Distribution and wholesale Heavy equipment and machinery
12 LettUs Grow South West Growth 25-49 £19,260,000

LettUs Grow

LettUs Grow develops technology that allows food to be grown without the need for soil, designed to reduce food wastage and the carbon footprint of produce growing.

https://www.lettusgrow.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software
13 Better Dairy London Venture 25-49 £18,030,914

Better Dairy

Better Dairy develops dairy products without the use of animals, by fermenting yeast.

https://betterdairy.com/
Industries Dairy products Food and drink processing
14 Ferovinum London Venture 25-49 £17,500,000

Ferovinum

Ferovinum operates a platform for the drinks industry that aims to facilitate inventory finance solutions for distributors, merchants and producers.

https://www.ferovinum.com/
Industries Alcoholic beverages Application software Data provision and analysis Food and drink processing Funding platforms Investment banking and corporate finance Supply chain management
15 Better Origin East of England Venture 25-49 £15,701,234

Better Origin

Better Origin transforms food waste into animal feed, fertiliser and biofuel using insects' metabolism.

https://betterorigin.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Energy management and reduction Waste management and recycling
16 Gardin South East Venture 25-49 £12,712,169

Gardin

Gardin develops technology that aims to help farmers optimise food production sustainably.

https://www.gardin.co.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Electronics hardware Mobile, internet and wireless hardware Sensors
17 Cellular Agriculture Wales Venture 10-24 £11,624,482

Cellular Agriculture

Cellular Agriculture manufactures cell-based meat and non-meat protein products.

https://cellularagriculture.co.uk/
Industries Dairy products Fish, meat and eggs Food and drink processing Management and strategy consultancy
18 Clean Food Group London Venture 10-24 £11,622,000

Clean Food Group

Clean Food Group makes products, such as CLEAN palm, for the food and cosmetic sectors, designed to be more environmentally friendly.

https://cleanfood.group/
Industries Beauty and cosmetics Biotechnology Food and drink processing
19 Multus London Venture 10-24 £9,702,758

Multus

Multus develops biotechnology for food production, aiming to improve the scalability of cultivated meat processes and offering an alternative to traditional livestock farming.

https://www.multus.bio/
Industries Biotechnology Food and drink processing
20 AgrigateOne London Venture 50-99 £9,218,252

AgrigateOne

AgrigateOne develops supply chain management software for the fresh produce industry.

https://www.agrigateone.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Distribution and wholesale Fruit, vegetables and fungi Supply chain management
21 Better Nature London Venture 10-24 £8,528,872

Better Nature

Better Nature produces meat-free alternative foods using fermented Tempeh.

https://www.betternaturetempeh.co/
Industries Food and drink processing
22 Biographica London Venture 10-24 £8,441,299

Biographica

Biographica operates a biotechnology company that aims to improve crop yields using gene editing technology and artificial intelligence.

https://www.graphica.bio/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Biotechnology
23 WNWN Food Labs London Venture 25-49 £8,381,413

WNWN Food Labs

WNWN Food Labs produces sustainable cacao-free chocolate.

https://www.eatwinwin.com/
Industries Confectionery and snacks Food and drink processing
24 Cherrypick London Seed 50-99 £5,995,756

Cherrypick

Cherrypick operates an online grocery marketplace.

https://www.cherrypick.co/
Industries Application software Data aggregation Online marketplace Supermarkets and department stores
25 Spoon Guru East of England Growth 10-24 £5,690,739

Spoon Guru

Spoon Guru has developed a mobile app where users can find recipes and products that match their dietary needs.

https://www.spoon.guru/
Industries Application software Dietary, and lifestyle, needs and choices
26 Arda Biomaterials London Venture 10-24 £5,162,335

Arda Biomaterials

Arda Biomaterials creates a range of biomaterials from natural waste, including vegan leather made from used brewing grain.

https://www.arda.bio/
Industries Materials technology Waste management and recycling
27 Harvest London London Venture 5-9 £4,879,425

Harvest London

Harvest London operates hydroponic and vertical farms.

https://www.harvest.london/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Fruit, vegetables and fungi
28 Agrivi London Growth 25-49 £4,589,939

Agrivi

Agrivi provides software for the purpose of managing and monitoring farms and vineyards.

https://www.agrivi.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Management and strategy consultancy
29 Evogro South East Growth 10-24 £4,588,011

Evogro

Evogro designs and manufactures LED-lit plant growing cabinets that allow professional chefs to grow plants indoors. Users can control the lighting and ventilation of the system and receive information and instructions about the plants online or through a mobile app.

https://www.evogro.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Flowers, trees and other plants Manufacturing
30 P.E.S. Technologies East of England Venture 10-24 £4,377,112

P.E.S. Technologies

P.E.S. Technologies develops a device that can measure microbial activity in soil, thus determining the health of a farmer's soil.

https://www.pestechnologies.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Electronics hardware Sensors
31 Beta Bugs South East Venture 10-24 £4,139,529

Beta Bugs

Beta Bugs develops breeding programmes for insects.

https://www.betabugs.uk/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry
32 upp West Midlands Venture 10-24 £4,000,000

upp

upp sources and processes agricultural sidestreams for the development of sustainable food-grade plant proteins.

https://www.upp.farm/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Dietary, and lifestyle, needs and choices Food and drink processing Land, water and air management Robots and automation Waste management and recycling
33 Extracellular South West Seed 10-24 £3,567,069

Extracellular

Extracellular develops technology which aims to improve the manufacture of lab-grown meat, and software which digitises process development to help with decision making.

https://www.extracellular.com/
Industries Biotechnology Fish, meat and eggs Food and drink processing
34 MicroLub Yorkshire and The Humber Seed 5-9 £3,500,000

MicroLub

MicroLub develops a plant based microgel that aims to replace oils and fat in food products, with a focus on plant based and dairy-free food products.

https://microlub.com/
Industries Biotechnology Chemicals Dietary, and lifestyle, needs and choices Food and drink processing Materials technology Pharmaceuticals Physical sciences research
35 Cellcraft London Venture 10-24 £3,101,022

Cellcraft

Cellcraft develops technology for the production of cultured meat.

https://www.cellcraft.com/
Industries Biotechnology Fish, meat and eggs Food and drink processing Heavy equipment and machinery Manufacturing Robots and automation Sensors Technology consultancy and IT and telecommunications support
36 Feedr London Exited 25-49 £3,065,749

Feedr

Feedr provides develops an online food delivery website and app for offices, aiming to provide a healthy alternative to traditional office catering options.

https://feedr.co/
Industries Catering
37 Navitas Safety East Midlands Established 50-99 £3,005,113

Navitas Safety

Navitas Safety provides a range of safety services, such as consultancy, food safety software and hardware development, and training.

https://www.navitassafety.com/
Industries Application software Courses and educational material Electronics hardware Food and drink processing Health and safety Management and strategy consultancy
38 Fermtech South East Seed 5-9 £2,985,807

Fermtech

Fermtech develops technology which aims to produce fungi-based proteins by fermenting waste grains from the brewing industry.

https://fermtech.co.uk/
Industries Biotechnology Dietary, and lifestyle, needs and choices Food and drink processing Fruit, vegetables and fungi Waste management and recycling
39 Adamo Foods East Midlands Venture 10-24 £2,947,995

Adamo Foods

Adamo Foods develops meat alternatives using plant-based products, such as fungi.

https://www.adamofoods.com/
Industries Dietary, and lifestyle, needs and choices Food and drink processing
40 Jelly London Seed 5-9 £2,901,423

Jelly

Jelly develops software and hardware designed to make chef's lives easier.

https://www.getjelly.co.uk/
Industries Application software Restaurants, pubs, cafes and takeaways
41 Mimica East of England Venture 10-24 £2,785,575

Mimica

Mimica develops a food label that assesses when a food has actually expired biologically, and changes texture when the food is unsafe to consume.

https://www.mimicalab.com/
Industries Packaging and printing
42 Unity Coffee South East Seed <5 £2,479,999

Unity Coffee

Unity Coffee operates self-service coffee machines aimed at providing a smarter digital experience with rewards, dynamic pricing and personalised recommendations.

https://www.unitycoffee.uk/
Industries Appliances and kitchenware Application software Electronics hardware Food and drink processing Non-alcoholic beverages Restaurants, pubs, cafes and takeaways Rewards, loyalty schemes and vouchers
43 Kafoodle London Venture 10-24 £2,352,106

Kafoodle

Kafoodle has developed a mobile app that lets individuals look up restaurants and get live menu information based on their allergies and dietary requirements.

https://www.kafoodle.com/
Industries Application software Dietary, and lifestyle, needs and choices Restaurants, pubs, cafes and takeaways
44 Fresh Check London Venture 5-9 £2,024,408

Fresh Check

Fresh Check develops colour-changing hygiene verification technology to detect when food is no longer fresh and has become unsafe to eat.

https://www.freshcheck.co.uk/
Industries Application software Chemicals Data provision and analysis Food and drink processing Manufacturing
45 Traceall Global West of Scotland Venture <5 £2,000,000

Traceall Global

Traceall Global provides companies, predominantly within the food and drink sector, with products and web-based software designed to monitor multiple critical variables such as temperature, humidity, flow rate, CO2, location, and impact through the supply chain.

https://www.traceallglobal.com/
Industries Application software Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Sensors Supply chain management
46 Brite London Venture 5-9 £1,885,569

Brite

Brite produces and sells caffeinated drinks that aim to improve focus and productivity.

https://britedrinks.com/
Industries Food and drink processing Online retailing
47 Deep Planet London Venture 10-24 £1,839,080

Deep Planet

Deep Planet develops software that uses satellite imagery to identify agricultural trends, such as crop stress, in order to reduce negative impact of low crop yield and natural changes.

https://www.deepplanet.ai/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Application software Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Satellite hardware
48 Altered Carbon South West Venture 10-24 £1,803,467

Altered Carbon

Altered Carbon develops scent technology through the use of graphene, for applications such as detecting medical issues, testing systems and preventing food waste.

https://altered-carbon.com/
Industries Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Sensors
49 CroBio North West Venture 5-9 £1,671,646

CroBio

CroBio develops engineered microbes that enables users to grow crops in inhospitable regions.

https://www.crobio.com/
Industries Agriculture, land farming and forestry Biotechnology
50 Meaningful Vision London Seed 5-9 £1,649,999

Meaningful Vision

Meaningful Vision develops software to analyse data within the foodservice industry.

https://meaningfulvision.com/
Industries Application software Data aggregation Data management Data provision and analysis

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The future of foodtech in the UK

Foodtech company formations have slowed in recent years — from a peak of 18 new businesses founded in 2018 to just five in 2025. Investment has followed a similar trajectory, with annual funding falling from £187m in 2022 to £128m in 2023, £102m in 2024, and £54.0m in 2025 — the sector’s quietest year for capital deployment since 2018.

The combination tells a clearer story than other sectors we’ve looked at: foodtech has been working through a sustained re-rating, with capital concentrating on a smaller number of more advanced bets rather than spreading across a broadening pipeline of newer entrants.

Alternative proteins remain the most distinctive theme, and the biggest concentration of capital outside Gousto. Uncommon (£38.4m) and Cellular Agriculture (£11.6m) are building cell-cultured meat platforms, Better Dairy (£18.0m) and Better Nature (£8.5m) are working on animal-free dairy via yeast fermentation and tempeh respectively, while Multus, WNWN Food Labs, Cellcraft, Adamo Foods, Extracellular, and Fermtech are advancing cultivated meat infrastructure, cacao-free chocolate, mycoprotein, and brewery-waste fermentation.

The cluster captures a still-experimental but heavily-funded part of the global food transition — and represents a notably scientific and capital-intensive area compared with the software-led themes in adjacent sectors.

A second cluster is built around food waste, supply-chain visibility, and packaging. NOTPLA (seaweed packaging), Winnow (kitchen waste analytics), OLIO (food redistribution), Mimica (biological freshness labels), Better Origin (insect-based food-waste recycling), and Traceall Global (supply-chain monitoring) are all in the top 50.

A third cluster centres on controlled-environment agriculture and farm-software — LettUs Grow, Harvest London, Evogro, Gardin, AgrigateOne, Agrivi, Deep Planet, P.E.S. Technologies — building infrastructure for indoor farming, soil health, and precision agriculture.

Together these themes describe a UK foodtech sector that is technically ambitious and broad in scope, but where investor appetite has recalibrated from the 2022 peak toward more selective deployment.

FAQ

The top 50 foodtech companies in the UK, ranked by total equity raised, are led by Gousto, Rekki, OLIO, Uncommon, and NOTPLA. Each has raised more than £35m in equity funding to date.

Companies are ranked by the total amount of equity they have raised across all announced and unannounced fundraisings tracked by Beauhurst.

The top 50 UK foodtech companies have collectively raised £892m — 97% of the £918m raised by all UK foodtech companies tracked by Beauhurst.

Foodtech refers to the use of science, software, and biotechnology to improve how food is produced, processed, distributed, and consumed. The field spans alternative proteins (cell-cultured meat, fermented dairy, plant-based foods), controlled-environment and vertical farming, food-supply software, food-safety and waste-reduction tools, and personalised nutrition.

London is home to the largest number of top 50 foodtech companies with 26, followed by the South East (6), the East of England (5), the West Midlands (3), and the South West (3). The top 50 spans 11 UK regions in total.

The number of active UK foodtech companies has grown 350% over the past decade, from 34 in the final quarter of 2015 to 153 today. However, annual investment has fallen from a 2022 peak of £187m to £54.0m in 2025, and new company formations are at their lowest level in eight years — pointing to a sector in re-rating mode rather than expansion.

UK foodtech companies operate across a wide range of sub-fields including alternative proteins, cell-cultured meat, fermentation-based dairy, vertical and indoor farming, precision agriculture, food-supply software, food waste reduction, sustainable packaging, food safety, and personalised nutrition.

Yes. The ranking includes companies at all stages of evolution. Within the top 50, venture-stage companies are the largest group (27), followed by growth-stage (13) and seed-stage (seven), alongside two established companies and one exited business — making foodtech one of the most early-stage top 50 lists we’ve analysed.

The underlying table is updated weekly using the latest data from the Beauhurst platform. Analysis and commentary were last refreshed on 29 April 2026.

All data in this article is sourced from the Beauhurst platform, which tracks equity fundraisings, company financials, and growth signals for UK and German companies.

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