The top foodtech and agritech startups in Israel in 2026 are Tastewise (AI food market intelligence), Redefine Meat (plant-based whole cuts), Remilk (animal-free dairy protein), Phytolon (natural food colors) and Taranis (AI crop intelligence). Israel is a world center for alternative protein research. Ten, below.
Israel has more alternative protein startups per head than any other country, backed by government research funding and investors like The Kitchen FoodTech Hub, and a farming technology tradition that goes back to drip irrigation. The sector has had a tougher funding climate since 2023, with cultivated meat in particular consolidating, so this list leans toward companies with products in market or clear momentum as of October 2026.
Tells food brands and restaurants what people want to eat next, from online data.
Tastewise analyzes billions of online signals (menus, recipes, social media, reviews) to show food and beverage companies emerging trends and consumer demand, and uses generative AI to turn that into product and marketing ideas.
It has raised about $72 million and was named in CTech's 50 most promising startups of 2026.
Makes plant-based steaks and cuts, not just burgers, for restaurant kitchens.
Redefine Meat uses industrial production technology to build plant-based whole cuts with the texture and fat structure of meat, and sells them mainly through restaurants and food service in Europe and Israel.
It raised one of the largest rounds in alternative protein, $135 million in 2021.
Makes real milk protein from yeast instead of cows.
Remilk produces beta-lactoglobulin, the main whey protein in cow's milk, by precision fermentation. The result behaves like dairy in milk, cheese and yogurt but contains no lactose, cholesterol or animal inputs.
It has launched products with partners and is one of the best-funded precision fermentation companies globally.
Replaces artificial food dyes with natural colors made by yeast.
Phytolon ferments the same pigments found in beets and prickly pears to make natural yellow-to-purple food colors, at a time when US and European regulators are pushing synthetic dyes out of food.
It raised a $23.6 million Series B in May 2026.
Received the world's first regulatory approval for cultivated beef.
Aleph Farms grows beef from cow cells and won Israeli approval for its product in January 2024, a world first. It has since pursued approvals in Singapore and Thailand.
Like the rest of cultivated meat, it has had a hard 2026, cutting staff and shifting to outsourced production, but it remains the Israeli flag-bearer in the field.
Another Israeli route to dairy without the cow.
Imagindairy produces whey and other dairy proteins through precision fermentation, aiming at cost parity with conventional dairy ingredients for food manufacturers.
It is one of several Israeli companies that make the country a global center for animal-free dairy.
Spots pests, disease and weeds in fields at leaf level, from the air.
Taranis uses high-resolution aerial imagery and AI to identify crop threats down to individual leaves, and sells its insights to agronomists and ag retailers, mostly in the US.
It is among the more established Israeli agritech software companies.
Puts sensors in the soil to tell farmers when and how much to irrigate.
CropX combines in-field soil sensors with satellite and weather data in a farm management platform that guides irrigation and fertilizer use, saving water and inputs.
It has grown by acquiring other ag-data companies and sells internationally.
Tethered drones that pick fruit off the tree, day and night.
Tevel's flying autonomous robots use computer vision to find ripe fruit and pick it, addressing labor shortages in orchards for apples, peaches and other crops.
It has moved from trials to commercial harvesting with growers.
Pollinates crops when there aren't enough bees.
BloomX has developed mechanical pollination for crops such as avocados and blueberries, boosting yields where bee pollination falls short.
It raised a $13 million Series A in October 2026.
Government support (the Israel Innovation Authority funded dedicated alt-protein consortia), strong university research in food science and biotech, and a large population of vegetarians and vegans who make willing early adopters. Israel was the first country to give regulatory approval to cultivated beef, Aleph Farms', in January 2024.
Aleph Farms received Israeli regulatory approval in 2024 and has been pursuing approvals in Singapore and Thailand, but cultivated meat is not yet sold at scale anywhere. Plant-based and fermentation-based products, such as Redefine Meat's cuts and Remilk's dairy protein, are already on the market.
Using microorganisms such as yeast, programmed with the right genetic instructions, to produce specific proteins like the whey in milk, without animals. Remilk and Imagindairy are Israel's best-known precision fermentation companies, and Phytolon uses fermentation to make food colors.
Netafim, the drip irrigation pioneer (now owned by Orbia), is the historic giant. Among younger companies, Taranis and CropX in crop and soil intelligence, Tevel in harvesting robots and BloomX in pollination are the names to know.
Around Rehovot, home of the Hebrew University's agriculture faculty and the Weizmann Institute, in Tel Aviv and Ness Ziona, and at hubs like The Kitchen in Ashdod and Fresh Start in Kiryat Shmona.