Foodtech startups in San Diego
Food and beverage innovation, including cultivated-seafood and alternative-protein work tied to the region's blue economy.
4 companies building in Foodtech here.
Lou Cooperhouse
Founded 2018; cell-cultivated seafood company growing premium seafood directly from fish cells, with a lead product of cultivated bluefin tuna toro for sushi/fine dining pending regulatory approval. Operates...
Bill & Leigh Keith
San Diego family-founded maker of refrigerated nut-butter protein bars (Perfect Bar), scaled with VMG Partners to $100M+ revenue and 100+ employees. Mondelez took a majority stake in 2019; HQ remains in San ...
Port of San Diego Blue Economy Incubator shellfish startup testing a FLUPSY (Floating Upweller System) nursery barge to grow oyster (and abalone/seaweed) seed and help address a coast-wide shellfish seed sho...
Leslie Booher & Torre Polizzi
Marine-ecologist-led aquaculture startup cultivating native Southern California seaweed species in San Diego Bay, assessing carbon sequestration and water-quality benefits. A Port of San Diego Blue Economy I...
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