Foodtech & agritech startups in Toronto

Cole Pearsall, Allan Mai, Scott Friedmann & Rae Drake

Founded 2019; D2C/CPG food-science brand making living vinegars, vinaigrettes, hot sauces and non-alcoholic 'Proxies' wine (since spun out). Raised a $4.75M Series A and later $6M (InvestEco, BrandProject, S...

Agtech startup that secured ~$4M USD in seed funding (reported early 2026) — representative of the emerging Ontario/GTA agtech and controlled-environment-agriculture niche. (Verify precise HQ municipality be...

Patrick Meyer & Jamie Shea

Founded 2014 from a Toronto apartment kitchen; meal-kit delivery scaled to $50M+ annualized revenue. Acquired by Germany's HelloFresh SE (closed Oct 31 2018), reportedly $50M–$100M; still operates as an inde...

Toronto founding team

Founded 2018 and based in Toronto, Dunya Habitats makes modular tinyFARM hydroponic growing systems aimed at empowering small and local growers with accessible, distributed indoor farming hardware.

Travis Kanellos & Bryan Jenkins (co-founders)

Founded 2018 in Toronto, Elevate Farms builds high-density indoor vertical farms with a deep focus on photobiology (how light drives plant growth) to grow leafy greens at commercial scale with low labour and...

Bryce Jones, Cameron Jones & Angelique Ahlström (co-founders)

Founded 2019 with ties to University of Toronto Mississauga, Flash Forest uses drones, aerial seed pods and AI to automate post-wildfire reforestation, planting up to ~10x faster than manual methods. Complet...

Mark Ang & Heindrik Bernabe

Founded 2017 (as Second Closet, a student valet-storage service); pivoted to sustainable 3PL — warehousing, fulfillment, last-mile delivery and returns for e-commerce brands, using an EV fleet (IKEA Canada p...

Adam Armeland & Oren Borovitch

Founded 2018 (opened 2020); called itself Canada's first virtual food hall — a ghost-kitchen / delivery-tech operator hosting many restaurant brands under one roof for delivery apps. Co-founder Oren Borovitc...

Ray Reddy, Larry Stinson & Robert Kim

Founded 2014; social food-ordering / pickup app for restaurants. Raised US$120M+ from Greylock, Insight, Georgian Partners and others; a Georgian-led round valued it above US$300M. CEO Ray Reddy (Indian-orig...

Mark Bordo & Regan Johnson

Founded 2020; veterinary telemedicine marketplace connecting pet owners with vets over video/text/audio, plus pet-med commerce. Raised a $12.25M Series A (Whitecap, Brightspark) and an oversubscribed $37.8M ...