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Top 25 Food biotechnology startups based in the United States

Name: Food biotechnology startups based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 203 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 203 food biotechnology startups headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 6,564 professional contacts across them, including 2,589 with verified work emails. Durham is the largest hub.

This list covers food biotechnology startups headquartered in the United States, 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.

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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest food biotechnology startups based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 203 food biotechnology startups based in the United States, 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Amyris	Indirect evidence	Emeryville, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	781 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
2	Primient	Partial evidence	Schaumburg, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	780 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
3	The Every Company	Partial evidence	Daly City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	161 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
4	GENO	Indirect evidence	San Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	152 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
5	PURIS	Partial evidence	Minneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	126 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
6	Nature's Fynd	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	121 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
7	Benson Hill	Partial evidence	St Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	121 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
8	Elemental Enzymes	Indirect evidence	St Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	93 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
9	Microbial Discovery Group	Indirect evidence	Oak Creek, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	91 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Microbial Discovery Group (MDG) is a basic fermentation company with a special emphasis on Research & Development (R&D) with Bacillus; including isolation, characterization, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Mycotechnology, INC	Partial evidence	Aurora, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	81 contacts →
	Partial evidence “MycoTechnology captures the magic of fungi with the power of fermentation, developing value-added ingredient solutions for better tasting, healthier and sustainable food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	Arzeda	Indirect evidence	Seattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	79 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Arzeda, The Protein Design Company™, is a synthetic biology company that creates novel proteins, enzymes and specialty chemical products that compete on performance, cost and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	Checkerspot	Partial evidence	Alameda, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	66 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Checkerspot is a category defining biotechnology company designing fats and oils through precision fermentation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Mascoma LLC	Partial evidence	Lebanon, NH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	63 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mascoma, as one of Lallemand’s research and development centers, creates new industrial biotechnology products for the global marketplace that enable the efficient and sustainable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	Bioconsortia, INC	Indirect evidence	Davis, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	55 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	DMC Biotechnologies, INC	Indirect evidence	Durham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DMC is a U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	Bio-Cat Enzymes & Microbials	Indirect evidence	Troy, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BIO-CAT provides the very latest enzyme technology and custom formulations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	Jeneil Biotech, INC	Indirect evidence	Saukville, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	NO COW	Indirect evidence	Denver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	52 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “No Cow, is a foodtech company revolutionizing the nutrition industry using alternative, plant-based proteins.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Futureceuticals	Partial evidence	Momence, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Every day, consumers are searching for convenient and credible food and supplement products that can help them live an active, healthy life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Plantible	Partial evidence	San Marcos, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	49 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Plantible Foods is a B2B food technology company with the goal to develop the most functional and applicable plant-based protein in the world using scalable and sustainable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Alpine BIO	Indirect evidence	South San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are an ingredient innovation company pioneering new forms of purification and biomanufacturing to liberate ingredients from legacy constraints across functionality, flavor…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Inscripta, INC	Indirect evidence	Boston, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	42 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Inscripta merged with Manus in April 2025 to establish a unique end-to-end platform for scalable development, biomanufacturing, and commercialization of bioalternative products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Fiberstar, INC	Indirect evidence	River Falls, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Michroma	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Michroma is a biotech platform producing natural ingredients in a sustainable, scalable, and cost-effective way.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	ELO Life Systems	Partial evidence	Durham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Elo Life Systems is reimagining the future of food – focusing on ingredients that empower consumers to feel good about the food they eat every day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: food biotechnology startups. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names food biotechnology startups.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of food biotechnology startups, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name food biotechnology startups. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Food biotechnology startups based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

39.4%Verified-email coverage

32.3Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

3.4%Largest-city concentration · Durham

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 203 companies.

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.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States 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. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
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, 2,589 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.

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 based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 203 food biotechnology startups headquartered in the United States 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?

Amyris, headquartered in Emeryville, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most food biotechnology startups?

Durham leads with 7 headquartered companies, followed by San Diego (7) and Austin (5).

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 2,589 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 203 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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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.