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Top 25 Food biotechnology startups worldwide

RevenueBase identified 741 food biotechnology startups worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 25,126 professional contacts across them, including 9,585 with verified work emails and 0 with mobile numbers. The United States is the largest market and Bangalore the largest hub.

This list covers food biotechnology startups worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026. Country and city lists for food biotechnology startups follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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25,126Contacts tracked
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0Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest food biotechnology startups worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 741 food biotechnology startups worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to food biotechnology startups: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceLestrem, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+4,838 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Roquette is a global leader in sustainable plant-based solutions, driving innovation and strong partnerships that are shaping the future of nutrition, health, and bioindustry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Partial evidenceMunich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+4,495 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a leading player and one of the world’s most research-intensive chemical and biotechnology companies.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Indirect evidenceEmeryville, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000781 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Amyris is a vertically integrated biomanufacturing company that creates specialty molecules for a range of industries, including flavors and fragrances, advanced materials, beauty…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Partial evidenceSchaumburg, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000780 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Primient is a leading producer of food and industrial ingredients made from plant-based, renewable sources.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Partial evidenceSantiago, CA, ChileHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500739 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NotCo is a Food Tech company using proprietary AI, Giuseppe, to develop market-winning product innovation, formulations and flavors for both global partners and our own brands.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Partial evidenceLençóis Paulista, DE, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500561 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Biorigin has been responsible for the production of innovative ingredients for human foods and animal nutrition for more than 20 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Indirect evidenceBangalore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500470 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Laurus Bio is a subsidiary of Laurus Labs and an integrated research-driven biomanufacturing organization with over 15 years of experience in precision fermentation and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Indirect evidenceDarmstadt, GermanyHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500291 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AB Enzymes is an industrial biotech company specialized in enzymes and their applications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Indirect evidenceBangalore, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200272 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Criyagen is a life science company with the mission to deliver low cost,eco-friendly inputs for sustainable agriculture and develop carbon neutral energy means for better tomorrow.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Indirect evidenceSaint Beauzire, FranceHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200258 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our Credo We are biotech pioneers, we are scientists, we are explorers.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Partial evidenceHyderabad, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000220 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kaveri Seed Company Ltd is a Biotechnology company located in 513B, 5th Floor, Minerva Complex, S.D.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Partial evidenceVícar, SpainHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500203 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Kimitec is a biotechnology company applied to agriculture that offers radically innovative natural solutions that are as successful as synthesic chemistry, allowing for a balance…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Partial evidenceDaly City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200161 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The EVERY Company combines industry-leading expertise in food technology and flavor to enable the foods of tomorrow, today, for the world’s global food and beverage industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200159 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Prozyn Biosolutions is a leading company specialized in enzymes and other natural ingredients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200152 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are accelerating the world's transformation to sustainable materials, by replacing fossil fuel sources with plants.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Partial evidenceCadorago, ItalyHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500149 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sacco System is an international biotechnology group of excellence specializing in the research, development and production of natural and innovative biotechnological solutions…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Partial evidenceDelhi, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+144 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Catalysts Group is a leading industrial biotechnology company specialising in enzyme, yeast and fermentation solutions for the sugar, ethanol, distillery, brewing, and allied…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500144 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1992, ICC was born with roots in yeast additives development.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Indirect evidenceMumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500143 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Gencrest started in November 2016.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Strong evidenceBengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200130 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We are a food-tech startup aiming to provide high quality deeply traceable food products.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21Indirect evidenceBengaluru, IndiaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500128 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“String’s purpose is to commercialize next generation ingredients that enable sustainability and traceability in evolving value chains.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22Partial evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200126 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PURIS cultivates a spectrum of pure, plant-based foods and ingredients from U.S-based organic and non-GMO sources.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200121 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Nature’s Fynd is a Chi­ca­­go-based food com­pa­ny cre­at­ing ver­sa­tile alterna­tive pro­teins to nour­ish the world’s grow­ing pop­u­la­tion while nur­tur­ing the plan­et.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24Partial evidenceSt Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200121 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 2012, Benson Hill has dared to imagine a Made from Better™ soybean that would benefit everyone in the food value chain.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25Indirect evidenceSt Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5093 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Elemental Enzymes Ag and Turf, is a life sciences company that discovers, develops and produces innovative products to increase crop yields.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Food biotechnology startups worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
38.1%Verified-email coverage
33.9Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
1.8%Largest-city concentration · Bangalore
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
341
11-50
247
51-200
98
201-500
31
501-1,000
10
1,001-5,000
5
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
3

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among food biotechnology startups, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
11 countries, largest first: the United States, India, Brazil, Spain, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and 1 more. Country and city lists for food biotechnology startups are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “food biotechnology startups”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names food biotechnology startups), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among food biotechnology startups, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 9,585 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Food biotechnology startups by location

11 lists · largest first

Every Food biotechnology startups list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names food biotechnology startups, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many food biotechnology startups are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 741 food biotechnology startups worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Roquette, headquartered in Lestrem, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most food biotechnology startups?

The United States leads with 203 companies, followed by India (128) and Brazil (78). Every food biotechnology startups list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most food biotechnology startups?

Bangalore leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Hyderabad (13) and Sao Paulo (13).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 9,585 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 741 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.