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Backbone is an AI-powered quality and compliance platform that helps food businesses manage supplier, product and food-safety information.

Medici Brands builds and scales consumer food brands including David protein bars, shakes and frozen desserts, HallPass confectionery, and Epogee, a plant-based fat ingredient.

Sells purified water in reusable aluminum bottles as a plastic-free alternative

MAASH makes fermentation-derived mycoprotein ingredients for food manufacturers developing meat blends and alternative-protein products.

Blank Street runs compact neighborhood cafes serving specialty coffee, matcha and fresh, locally sourced food.

Oceanloop develops land-based systems for farming marine seafood and operates its own production sites.

Palona’s AI agents answer restaurant phone calls, take orders and send them directly to point-of-sale systems, helping teams capture demand that might otherwise go unanswered.

Millow produces fungi-based protein ingredients for professional kitchens and food manufacturers.

AquaNab develops nanoantibody-based treatments for fish diseases, starting with sea lice in salmon farming.

Platter helps food suppliers, wholesalers and manufacturers manage orders, production, deliveries and invoicing in one system.