Funded Food and Beverage Startups in Chicago
Food and Beverage rounds in Chicago shown here span from 2020-05-12 (Tock) to 2025-07-14 (Greater Than), with the most recent entry dated 2025-07-14.
Food and Beverage rounds in Chicago shown here span from 2020-05-12 (Tock) to 2025-07-14 (Greater Than), with the most recent entry dated 2025-07-14. The disclosed amounts are highly uneven: Greater Than raised $7M on 2025-07-14, which is meaningfully larger than most other disclosed rounds (only Fooda at $8M on 2023-11-15 sits higher, while several entries cluster far below $1M such as Mirus Coffee at $20K on 2024-10-01 and Kadeya at $10K on 2023-06-07).
Most companies are in the same metro (all entries list Chicago, Illinois), and the list shows a date concentration in the last two years: multiple rounds appear between 2023-06-07 and 2024-11-13, including two separate $3M rounds (Exotic Snack Guys on 2025-01-04 and Fronen Foods on 2024-11-13). Stage disclosures are also skewed toward “Series Unknown,” which appears in 6 of 11 rows (Greater Than, Cajun Cafe Chicago, Fronen Foods, Nemi Snacks, Every Body Eat, Kadeya).
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Frequently asked
What are the biggest disclosed rounds in Chicago Food and Beverage here, and how far apart are they from the rest?
The largest disclosed amount is Fooda’s $8M on 2023-11-15. That is the main step-up above the next-largest disclosed round, Greater Than’s $7M on 2025-07-14, while several other disclosed amounts are much smaller (for example, FoodReady at $4M on 2023-09-08 and Kadeya at $10K on 2023-06-07).
Do the rounds cluster in time, or are they evenly spread across the 2020–2025 window shown?
They’re not evenly spread: several entries fall in a tight recent band from 2023-06-07 (Kadeya) through 2024-11-13 (Fronen Foods), with additional activity in 2024-07-09 (Nemi Snacks, $20K) and 2025-01-04 (Exotic Snack Guys, $3M). The oldest row shown is Tock on 2020-05-12, creating a clear early outlier at the left edge of the timeline.
Is Chicago the consistent geography in this list, or do any entries point elsewhere?
Geography is consistent across the 11 rows: every company listed shows Chicago, Illinois, United States (including Tock on 2020-05-12 and Greater Than on 2025-07-14). There are no alternate city/region entries in the visible data.
How dominant is “Series Unknown” compared with named stages across these 11 rows?
“Series Unknown” appears in 6 of 11 rows: Greater Than ($7M, 2025-07-14), Cajun Cafe Chicago ($200K, 2025-05-19), Fronen Foods ($3M, 2024-11-13), Nemi Snacks ($20K, 2024-07-09), Every Body Eat ($50K, 2023-10-03), and Kadeya ($10K, 2023-06-07). Named stages visible include Seed (Exotic Snack Guys, $3M on 2025-01-04; FoodReady, $4M on 2023-09-08), Pre-Seed (Mirus Coffee, $20K on 2024-10-01), and Series C (Fooda, $8M on 2023-11-15).
Which stage-disclosed rounds look most like outliers on size within the set?
Seed and later-stage rounds include larger tickets, but the extremes are sharper: the smallest disclosed amount is Kadeya’s $10K on 2023-06-07, while the largest disclosed is Fooda’s $8M on 2023-11-15. Even within named stages, the spread is wide—for example, Seed at $3M (Exotic Snack Guys on 2025-01-04) sits far above Seed at $4M (FoodReady on 2023-09-08), while Pre-Seed is much smaller at $20K (Mirus Coffee on 2024-10-01).
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