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Recently Funded Food and Beverage Startups in Chicago

Updated Aug 2026

FundedIQ tracks 13 funded Food and Beverage startups in Chicago, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Food and Beverage startup funding landscape in Chicago, along with the 13 most recently funded Food and Beverage startups in Chicago.

Food and Beverage startups in Chicago closed 10 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 5 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $29M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $3.0M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.9M and $5.4M.

Chicago food and beverage ventures lean toward early stages with smaller teams. These firms often operate with limited staff, making them ideal targets for vendors providing scalable infrastructure or lean operational tools. The concentration of small headcounts means decision makers are typically founders who manage a broad range of responsibilities.

Food and Beverage funded startup statistics in Chicago

Funded Food and Beverage startups in Chicago
13
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
5
10 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$29M
8 of 10 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$3.0M
middle half $1.9M to $5.4M

Most recent funding round on record: Jun 2026.

13 most recently funded Food and Beverage startups in Chicago

13 shown

Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.

E
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Every Body Eat offers a range of tasty, gluten-free, plant-based snacks that are both clean and delicious.…
Series Unknown ·
$5.0M
D
Diamond Brew
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Diamond Brew uses a revolutionary flash-freezing method with liquid nitrogen to lock in the complete flavor…
Pre-Seed ·
Undisclosed
F
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Frönen is a delicious, non-dairy ice cream made with simple ingredients available in stores nationwide.
Seed ·
Undisclosed
Z
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Zenblen offers freshly blended smoothies through a robotic kiosk.
Series Unknown ·
$2.5M
K
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Series Unknown ·
$9.1M
G
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Greater Than focuses on creating natural performance beverages made with a unique combination of organic…
Series Unknown ·
$6.6M
C
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Cajun Cafe Chicago aims to provide genuine, top-notch Southern cuisine for special events, community…
Series Unknown ·
$200k
E
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Exotic Snack Guys provides a chance for individuals to taste snacks and beverages from various countries.…
Seed ·
$3.0M
M
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Mirus Coffee is a specialty coffee project based in Chicago, Illinois focusing on traceable coffees that are…
Pre-Seed ·
$20k
N
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Nemi Snacks produces cactus crunchy sticks made with plant-based ingredients and Mexican seasonings in a…
Series Unknown ·
$20k
F
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Fooda is a highly regarded workplace food program that individuals eagerly anticipate each day. We thoroughly…
Series C ·
$7.8M
F
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
FoodReady helps food businesses create necessary paperwork for compliance and stay compliant through regular…
Seed ·
$3.9M
T
Chicago, United States · Food and Beverage
Tock is a comprehensive platform built to fundamentally change the way restaurants think about and run their…
·
$10M

About the FundedIQ Food and Beverage startup funding data in Chicago

FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.

Figures on this page cover the 13 funded Food and Beverage startups in Chicago currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (2 of 10 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Food and Beverage startups in Chicago is dated Jun 2026.

The table above shows the 13 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.

Frequently asked questions

How many funded Food and Beverage startups are there in Chicago?

FundedIQ tracks 13 funded Food and Beverage startups in Chicago. This page lists the 13 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.

How much funding have Food and Beverage startups in Chicago raised?

Food and Beverage startups in Chicago tracked by FundedIQ have raised $29M in disclosed capital across 10 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 5 rounds in the last 12 months. 8 of those 10 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.

What is a typical funding round size for Food and Beverage startups in Chicago?

The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $3.0M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.9M and $5.4M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.

How often is the Food and Beverage startup funding data in Chicago updated?

The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Food and Beverage startups in Chicago is dated Jun 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.

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