2026 restaurant tech funding by category
39 funding rounds so far in 2026, grouped by what the company actually sells. Scroll the table of contents or jump straight to AI drive-thru, POS, reservations, back office and the rest.
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- Ghost kitchens · 1
- Food hall / delivery · 2
- Restaurant financing / dining perks · 2
- Marketing / online ordering · 1
- POS / platform · 1
- Back office / inventory · 1
- AI voice / guest communications · 1
- Ordering / POS · 1
- Reservations / waitlist · 1
- AI drive-thru · 2
- AI voice / operations · 1
- Workforce / employee app · 1
- AI phone ordering · 1
- Back office / AI · 1
- POS / AI operating system · 1
- AI concierge / reservations · 1
- Hospitality ops · 1
- Ordering / data · 1
- AI ops monitoring · 1
- WhatsApp ordering · 1
- Branded apps / loyalty · 1
- Analytics / AI · 1
- Reservations · 1
- Marketing / ordering · 1
- AI agents · 1
- Restaurant finance · 1
- AI food waste tracking · 1
- Guest data / marketing · 1
- AI discovery / marketing · 1
- POS / restaurant fintech · 1
- AI agents / back office · 1
- AI phone / reservations · 1
- Drone delivery · 1
- Embedded restaurant financing · 1
- Multi-location digital presence AI · 1
- QSR operations AI · 1
Ghost kitchens (1 round · $1.7B)
Food hall / delivery (2 rounds · $775M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | Wonder | $650M | Investors not named | source |
| 2026-09 | Wonder (DoorDash investment) | $125M | DoorDash | source |
Restaurant financing / dining perks (2 rounds · $770M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02 | InKind | $450M | Investors not named | source |
| 2026-07 | InKind | $320M | Liberty Mutual Investments | source |
Marketing / online ordering (1 round · $240M)
POS / platform (1 round · $81M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | Chowbus | $81M | Prysm Capital, Left Lane Capital (leads); Dutchess, Fika, Avid Bank | source |
Back office / inventory (1 round · $80M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | MarginEdge | $80M | Schooner Capital, Ten Coves Capital (leads); Osage Venture Partners, Derive Ventures, Western Alliance Bank | source |
AI voice / guest communications (1 round · $36M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | Slang AI | $36M | US Venture Partners (lead); Thayer Investment Partners, Claire Hughes Johnson, Homebrew, Stage 2 Capital, Active Capital, Wing VC, Collide Capital, Underscore VC | source |
Ordering / POS (1 round · $23M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06 | Innovorder | $23.2M (EUR 20M) | Investors not named | source |
Reservations / waitlist (1 round · $21M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | WAD (Catchtable) | KRW 30B (first tranche) | Aeneas Private Equity, Hyundai Investment Partners, NH Investment & Securities | source |
AI drive-thru (2 rounds · $21M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | Arc | $10.76M | Andreessen Horowitz (lead); Adverb Ventures, Broadway Restaurant Group, UTA, Sarah Friar, Saumil Mehta | source |
| 2026-09-28 | Presto | $10M | Investors not named | source |
AI voice / operations (1 round · $20M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | Palona AI | $20M | Ardenwood Ventures, CrimsonOx, UpHonest, Turbo, Llama Ventures, Neo, Fusion Fund, Defy, Maynard Webb | source |
Workforce / employee app (1 round · $17M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06 | Blink | $17M | Enlightened Hospitality Investments (Danny Meyer) | source |
AI phone ordering (1 round · $16M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | Kea | $15.9M sold | 32 investors (names not in filing summary) | source |
Back office / AI (1 round · $14M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | Loop AI | $14M | Nyca Partners (lead); Gokul Rajaram, Base10, Afore Capital, Converge, Alumni Ventures, Data Tech Fund, John Pepper, 9Yards Capital, Operators Studio | source |
POS / AI operating system (1 round · $14M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | allO | $14M | Zigg Capital (lead); LifeX Ventures, Aperture, Wecken & Cie., 20VC, Keen Venture Partners | source |
AI concierge / reservations (1 round · $12M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-08 | Hostie | $12M | Obvious Ventures (lead); Gradient, Scribble Ventures, Burst Capital, Behind Genius Ventures | source |
Hospitality ops (1 round · $10M)
Ordering / data (1 round · $7M)
AI ops monitoring (1 round · $7M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Meadow AI | $7M | Ulu Ventures (lead); York IE, Flying Fish, TenOneTen, Leadout Capital, Wedbush Ventures | source |
WhatsApp ordering (1 round · $7M)
Branded apps / loyalty (1 round · $5M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05 | Cata | $5.3M | Portage (lead); White Star Capital, 468 Capital, FoodLabs, FJ Labs, Rally Cap, Iterative | source |
Analytics / AI (1 round · $5M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | Tenzo | $5M (first close) | Edge.vc (lead); Amadeus Capital Partners, YourVC, Frontive Holdings | source |
Reservations (1 round · $5M)
Marketing / ordering (1 round · $4M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | SOUS | EUR 4M | seed + speed Ventures (lead); PeakBridge, altitude, Gekko Capital | source |
AI agents (1 round · $4M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10 | Kutlerri.ai | $4M | Investors not named | source |
Restaurant finance (1 round · $3M)
AI food waste tracking (1 round · $3M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | Ganiga | EUR 2.5M | Vivenda (lead); NextSTEP; Smart&Start Italia (Invitalia) | source |
Guest data / marketing (1 round · $2M)
AI discovery / marketing (1 round · $2M)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06 | Bestie Bite | $1.75M | See source | source |
POS / restaurant fintech (1 round · $1M)
AI agents / back office (1 round · undisclosed)
AI phone / reservations (1 round · undisclosed)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07 | Heytruffle (fka RestoHost) | Undisclosed | Preface Ventures | source |
Drone delivery (1 round · undisclosed)
Embedded restaurant financing (1 round · undisclosed)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | Funding Souq | Undisclosed | Foodics | source |
Multi-location digital presence AI (1 round · undisclosed)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | Reply Next | EUR 400K | 4Founders Capital (lead); Juanjo Mostazo, David Alcobero | source |
QSR operations AI (1 round · undisclosed)
| Date | Company | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | Edify | GBP 3M | Calculus (lead, GBP 2.5M); existing investors | source |
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