Top 15 Restaurants Startup Investors in Australia (August 2026)

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• Foodini — Foodini is an app that enables users to develop a customized profile of their dietary requirements and connects those with food allergies and intolerances with the restaurants and menu items that are most suitable for them.

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• STRAYZ — STRAYZ is the first social pet food brand with a big mission to improve the lives of all 680M street cats & dogs worldwide. By selling premium organic pet food as well as fair fashion for animal lovers the female founded start-up from Berlin collects donations for international animal welfare organizations using the buy one give one model.Thesocial business was founded in November 2020 by former colleagues Madeline Metzsch, Saskia te Kaat and Stefanie Zillessen. The passionate team raised more than 750k donations within the first 2 years. In addition to the social cause STRAYZ wants to disrupt the pet food industry. The founders believe that most pet food is more like junk food & not suitable for pets.STRAYZ is focusing on an omnichannel sales strategy in order to raise the maximum amount of donations. While building a D2C love brand with a strong community STRAYZ is also selling their pet food via retail in +2.400 POS.
• Brainfish — Brainfish is the world's first AI-powered help center + content platform that instantly answers any customer question.
• Foodini — Foodini is an app that enables users to develop a customized profile of their dietary requirements and connects those with food allergies and intolerances with the restaurants and menu items that are most suitable for them.

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• Enrola — Looking for online training courses? Discover the perfect course for you with our easy course advisor quiz. Get individual guidance and apply directly.
• Paperly — Paperly helps companies streamline processes, compliance, and approvals in one platform. Gain real-time visibility and empower your teams to work with clarity and confidence.
• Cor — Obi by Cor is the leading voice AI agent for customer onboarding and user activation. It uses voice and on-screen awareness to guide users, share best practices, and answer questions in real time.

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• iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
• Praktiki — Praktiki is building the "Decision Layer" for medicine.While medical knowledge doubles every 73 days, frontline clinicians struggle to translate guidelines into practice. Current AI search tools excel at surfacing public data from clinical trials, but fail to capture "how" experts apply that evidence in real-world scenarios.Praktiki fills this gap. We utilise an AI Agentic Creator Engine to capture tacit specialist reasoning and fuse it with public evidence. This feeds a proprietary Expert Knowledge Graph that powers: 1) Microlearning: Case-based modules created 10x faster and which are 170% more effective than traditional education 2) AI Expert Guidance: Real-time decision support synthesising evidence with expert implementation strategies.2025 Traction - our MVP proved that solving the expertise gap drives high engagement: - Registered >10% of UK GPs - 60,000+ modules completed with an 85% completion rate - 51% month-over-month growth - Market-leading NPS of 83We are building a compounding data moat to expand beyond education into clinical intelligence and healthcare data solutions.
• Forti Foods — The mission of Forti Foods is to enhance communities and change lives beyond the plate by fostering resilience and dignity via sustainable food innovation.

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• VoiceByte — VoiceByte is an application platform that allows its users to record and share their voice either privately or on social networks.
• GeoSnapShot — Let's put your photos to work. Built for professionals, available to everyone. GeoSnapShot is loved by amateurs, professionals, teams and individuals.
• Shore Trade — Buy Wholesale Seafood Directly from the Best Fisheries

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• Restoplus — Checkout our point of sale, website, online ordering, qr code table ordering, and table booking. Contact our experts to learn more.

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• Foodnerd — Start your day sprouted! Our OverNights are the first raw & sprouted breakfast product on the market and our SeeReal is the first vegan cereal to contain broccoli sprouts.
• The Zone — Elevate Athletic Programs Performance with The Zone's Mental Well-being Support.
• Foodini — Foodini is an app that enables users to develop a customized profile of their dietary requirements and connects those with food allergies and intolerances with the restaurants and menu items that are most suitable for them.

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• Adslot — Pioneering the next generation of media. Advancing how brands, agencies and publishers collaborate. Learn more about Adslot Media and Symphony.
• Aston Club — Aston Club is a mobile app that allows patrons to pay for food and beverage in bars, restaurants and pubs through their mobile phone. Aston Club is a simple, secure, and fast Point-of-sale integrated payment solution that aims to help hospitality venues increase their bar efficiency and table turnover, improve the customer experience, and enhancepayment security.
• Auga Technologies Limited — Auga Technologies is a high-growth technology company building a dominant global position in the facilitation of real-time audience engagement and insight.

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• Emanda — Thinking about selling your business in Australia? Emanda guides you through every step: business valuation, health check, corporate compliance, and sale process. Start with a business valuation.
• Auric Essentials — Auric - The Power of Scent. Revolutionise your well-being with Auric. Discover our state-of-the-art AI-powered AromaSphere diffuser and app, designed to personalise your aromatherapy experience.
• Bitwise Agronomy — Bitwise Agronomy uses AI to analyze crop video footage and provide growers with insights into crop health, growth, and yield potential.

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• Petboost —
• Restoplus — Checkout our point of sale, website, online ordering, qr code table ordering, and table booking. Contact our experts to learn more.
• Factory.app — Quote, schedule, run the floor, and get paid in one system built by fabricators. 300+ shops run on Factory. Book a 15-minute look.

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• Foodini — Foodini is an app that enables users to develop a customized profile of their dietary requirements and connects those with food allergies and intolerances with the restaurants and menu items that are most suitable for them.
• Moberg Analytics — Experience advanced clinical intelligence with the Moberg Clinical Platform, the first AI-driven ecosystem transforming neurocritical care.

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• Foodini — Foodini is an app that enables users to develop a customized profile of their dietary requirements and connects those with food allergies and intolerances with the restaurants and menu items that are most suitable for them.

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• Kasada — Kasada stops automated threats and bot attacks from the very first request across web, mobile apps, and APIs. Real-time bot mitigation with no rules to manage.
• Safewill — Safewill is Australia's leading online Will writing platform. With thousands of users, Safewill makes it easy and affordable to write your own legally binding will
• Instant — The world's best-performing online checkout that maximises revenue for your brand!

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• GEEIQ — GEEIQ is the intelligence platform brands use to plan, activate and measure marketing in virtual worlds like Roblox, Fortnite and ZEPETO.
• CityLegends — A home for urban sports & culture partners of CityLegends. Making the lines.
• Final Boss Sour — The final boss of sour candy

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• Intropia — Find Web3 jobs and other opportunities, capitalize your network, and hire the best talent.
• SODA — SODA enables the next generation of consumer crypto and meme coins and allows meme coin developers to leverage Telegram.
• Metatable.ai — No coding. No developers. Describe your process in plain English; Metatable builds the software, runs it for you, and hands you the keys, typically live in about 30 minutes.