Top 43 Food Recycling startups

Updated: Jan 11, 2026
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These startups develop new food recycling technologies such as anaerobic digestion for biogas production, enzyme-assisted food breakdown, grocery and restaurant prediction and upselling apps, shelf life extension technologies, smart kitchen bins, etc.
1
Mush Foods
Country: Israel | Funding: $10.5M
Growing the next generation of sustainable protein for the food & beverage industry
2
Apeel Sciences
Country: USA | Funding: $719.1M
Apeel Sciences develops plant-derived shelf life extension technology which promises to keep food fresh for longer periods on store shelves and prevents waste
3
Vanguard Renewables
Country: USA | Funding: $430M
Vanguard Renewables is a national leader in the development of organics-to-renewable energy projects.
4
ProducePay
Country: USA | Funding: $380.9M
ProducePay is an AgTech company developing a financing platform that allows farmers to have access to liquidity for pricing transparency.
5
MatSmart
Country: Sweden | Funding: $185.8M
Matsmart is an online food retailer, which works on the mission to reduce food waste. By providing an alternative route to market for surplus food, the company aims to revolutionise and challenge the perception and consumption of food.
6
Nambu Group
Country: South Africa | Funding: 15К
Nambu Group operates as an insect protein company.
7
Mill
Country: USA | Funding: $100M
Mill produces a smart kitchen bin for recycling food waste into nutrient-rich flour that can feed your garden, your backyard chickens or you can contact one of Mill's local partners for delivery to independent farms. Recycling is implemented through grinding and heating to 100°C. The flour can be unloaded once every one or two weeks. An odor filtration system made from recycled coconut shells prevents any odors and it operates quietly at a noise level of 41 decibels. Smart sensors and adaptive algorithms tell the bin when and how long to run - even if you add food in mid-cycle. Using the mobile app, you can set a lid lock to prevent access by pets and children, track cycles and view analytics on the volume of food waste recycled and carbon emissions avoided. The bin is available in premium design to complement any kitchen or office.
8
Kebony
Country: Norway | Funding: $60.4M
Kebony produces sustainable softwood that behave like hardwood, using food waste.
9
Shelf Engine
Country: USA | Funding: $58.2M
Shelf Engine is a provider of an automated prediction engine that recommends what to order everyday. The company uses machine learning in order to help grocery stores dial in their orders to minimize waste and maximize profits.
10
Enevo
Country: Finland | Funding: $55.4M
Enevo is a forward-thinking company with a vision to transform the financial, environmental and social impact of waste. Thanks to Enevo’s sensor and analytic software, you only pay for the pick-ups you need and that reduces your costs.
11
OLIO
Country: UK | Funding: $53.1M
OLIO is a free app that connects neighbours to ensure that surplus food and other items are shared instead of being wasted. The location-based app and website let users list and post a photo of the unwanted food items that will otherwise go waste.
12
Too Good To Go
Country: UK | Funding: $45.7M
Too Good To Go is an app for fighting food waste. They fight food waste by helping food stores sell their surplus food instead of throwing it away. Their mission is to reduce food waste worlwide, and their vision is to create a world where food produced is food consumed.
13
TripleW
Country: Israel | Funding: $43.8M
TripleW upcycles food waste into high-demand, high-value lactic acid, the building block of PLA bioplastics.
14
Winnow
Country: UK | Funding: $41.9M
Winnow developed smart kitchen tech to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste
15
3PLW
Country: Israel | Funding: $33.9M
3PLW develops a process that can convert food waste into feedstock for biodegradable plastics. The process involves breaking down raw organic waste and then fermenting it to create a “soup” after which the solids and liquids are separated.
16
Phenix
Country: France | Funding: €30M
Phenix is a food waste management startup that allows merchants to dispose their surplus via consumers and charity organisations.
17
Better Origin
Country: UK | Funding: $22.2M
The food chain is broken. Our technology fixes it. Inside the Better Origin systems, black soldier fly larvae consume food waste and grow to provide nutrient-rich insect products.
18
Karma
Country: Sweden | Funding: $20.2M
Karma is a food waste management app connects surplus food from cafes, restaurants, and grocery stores to consumers at a low price.
19
Goterra
Country: Australia | Funding: $20.1M
Goterra offers waste management infrastructure that utilises modular systems to deliver food waste management.
20
Strella Biotechnology
Country: USA | Funding: $17.4M
Strella Biotechnology offers a biosensing platform that predicts the ripeness of fruit which reduces waste and improves product quality.
21
Spoiler Alert
Country: USA | Funding: $16.2M
Spoiler Alert is a technology company that helps food businesses, farms and nonprofits better manage unsold food inventory. Spoiler Alert enables operators of food distribution and fulfillment centers to mitigate the impacts of unsold inventory and recover value from these under-utilized assets.
22
TreeDots
Country: Singapore | Funding: $14.4M
TreeDots is an online outlet mall that enables grocery wholesalers to connect with retailers to offload unsold inventory.
23
Goodr
Country: USA | Funding: $12.3M
Goodr is a sustainable surplus food management platform that leverages technology to reduce food waste and combat hunger.
24
Fazla Gida
Country: Turkey | Funding: $10.5M
Fazla Gıda is a technology solutions company that prevents food waste.
25
Bio-Bean
Country: UK | Funding: $7.9M
Bio-Bean has found a way to turn that waste into a valuable resource. The company developed coffee-based biofuel for households and industrial use.
26
Loopworm
Country: India | Funding: $6.7M
Loopworm is working on an extremely protein-rich diet for poultry farms and fisheries by using food waste. This environment-friendly method extracts the nutrition from food wastes with the help of different identified species of worms. The waste of these larvae, in turn, act as a natural fertiliser and creates a fertile soil ecosystem that plants can thrive in.
27
Ecotone Renewables
Country: USA | Funding: $6M
Ecotone Renewables has developed the “Seahorse”, which reinvents the food and plant waste disposal system, taking food that would otherwise be wasted and turning it into renewable energy and nutrient-rich fertilizer, through the process of anaerobic digestion.
28
Bardee
Country: Australia | Funding: $5M
Bardee is an agtech that break down food waste, converting it into fertliser and proteins for pet foods and chicken feed.
29
Copia
Country: USA | Funding: $4.7M
Copia is the next-generation technology platform for food waste management. Copia’s technology allows businesses to safely donate their excess food, access enhanced tax deductions, and receive powerful data to inform food purchasing decisions.
30
Food To Save
Country: Brazil | Funding: $3.7M
We are a solution with a purpose. We fight against food waste by connecting establishments and users through technology.
31
Keenan Recycling
Country: UK | Funding: £2.7M
Keenan Recycling is a food waste recycling company who provides reliable and regular collections across the whole of Scotland.
32
ReGrained
Country: USA | Funding: $3.2M
ReGrained is a producer of snacks intended to upcycle crunchy puffs from nutritious food.
33
Martie
Country: USA | Funding: $3M
Martie stops from going into landfills food that is thrown away due to package changes, being a seasonal product or nearing their best buy date.
34
Revive Eco
Country: UK | Funding: £1.3M
Revive Eco is to bring new life to coffee waste. It extracts natural chemicals from the coffee grounds which form the basis for a substitute to palm oil and thereby offer a more environmentally friendly alternative for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
35
FoodCloud
Country: Ireland | Funding: €685K
FoodCloud is a social enterprise that connects businesses with surplus food to local charities and community groups in Ireland.
36
Entomal Biotech
Country: Malaysia | Funding: $0.2M
Biotechnology company that focuses on biowaste treatment and organic by-product upcycling.
37
Perfect Circle Recycling
Country: USA | Funding: $20K
Perfect Circle Recycling (WOSB) provides a revolutionary alternative to traditional waste management and helps businesses divert waste from landfills, focus on sustainability, and create the perfect circle from waste - allowing it to be converted into useable forms, such as renewable energy, compost, and fertilizer.
38
SinFooTech
Country: Singapore
SinFooTech is a food technology company that promotes the concept of a resource-efficient economy in the food manufacturing industry.
39
Ottan Studio
Country: Turkey
Ottan Studio has made a name for itself converting food waste into bio-composite material from which it makes furniture, decorative items and wall paneling.
40
NAM
Country: Portugal
NÃM is growing oyster mushrooms in the coffee grounds. Mushrooms are one of the most ecological foods to grow, and the coffee grounds actually help boost the freshness of the mushrooms.
41
Carbon Masters
Country: India
Carbon Masters has developed a bottled bio CNG (compressed natural gas) brand Carbonlites. It is made by converting food and agri wastes into clean renewable energy that can displace LPG for commercial cooking in restaurants and hotels
42
MetaCycler
Country: Canada
MetaCycler BioInnovations creates a variety of microbes capable of producing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA).
43
HeartFoods
Country: USA
HeartFoods is a AgriFoodTech and Cleantech company recycling food and crop waste for a more secure food future.
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Marjana Bačić
Editor: Marjana Bačić
Marjana Bačić is a senior editor for RecyclingStartups. She has has more than 5 years experience covering the recycling industry. Marjana graduated from University of Belgrade, where she edited Recycling and Sustainable Development Journal. She has helped several non-profit organizations dedicated to promoting environmental education and sustainability. She also participates in beach clean-up initiatives and advocates for sustainable practices in local businesses. In her free time, Marjana enjoys hiking in the scenic Montenegrin countryside, practicing yoga for mindfulness, and experimenting with plant-based recipes in her kitchen. You can contact Marjana at marjanabacic(at)recyclingstartups(dot)com