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Mosaic Foods is a technology company.
Mosaic Foods delivers chef-crafted, plant-forward frozen meals directly to consumers. Their diverse menu includes veggie bowls, family meals, and smoothies. The service prioritizes convenience, offering ready-to-heat dishes requiring minimal prep or cleanup, all made with natural ingredients, without artificial additives.
Co-founders Matt and Sam started Mosaic Foods in 2019, inspired by their search for healthier, convenient eating. They observed that beneficial plant-centric diets often lacked convenience or satisfaction. This led them to create Mosaic, providing appealing, plant-focused meals for busy lifestyles.
Mosaic Foods targets consumers seeking effortless, nutritious plant-based options. As a Public Benefit Corporation, its mission extends beyond profit. The company envisions accelerating the global transition to plant-centric eating, fostering a future where sustainable, healthy meals integrate into daily life.
Mosaic Foods has raised $6.0M across 1 funding round.
Mosaic Foods has raised $6.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Mosaic Foods has raised $6.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Mosaic Foods's investors include Adam Slutsky, AlleyCorp, Greycroft.
Mosaic Foods is a plant-based frozen meal delivery service, not a traditional technology company, but a Public Benefit Corporation leveraging technology for scalable food production and direct-to-consumer shipping. It builds chef-prepared, plant-centric frozen meals—including vegetable bowls, oat bowls, soups, and family-style options—using whole ingredients with zero-step prep: customers select plans, receive frozen deliveries in recyclable packaging, and simply heat and eat.[5][6][7] Serving busy consumers seeking healthy, convenient alternatives to meat-heavy diets, Mosaic solves the problem of low fruit/vegetable consumption, food waste (noting 40% of U.S. food is discarded), and hunger by promoting plant-forward eating and donating rescued food via partnerships like City Harvest.[6][7] Growth momentum includes a 2019 founding (with 2018 origins), $6 million seed funding in 2021 from Gather Ventures, Greycroft, and Alleycorp to scale DTC operations, launch Mosaic+ chef collaborations, and enter offline channels, plus expansion from a Brooklyn apartment to a 16,000 sq ft New Jersey kitchen employing 40 people.[8][9]
Mosaic Foods emerged in 2018 when co-founders Matt and Sam, former strategy consultants at Bain & Company who later led operations at Blue Apron (Matt) and ran a growth marketing firm (Sam), sought convenient, tasty plant-based meals amid their hectic schedules.[6][8] Frustrated by lacking options—despite Matt being flexitarian and Sam omnivorous—they prototyped recipes in Matt's Brooklyn apartment, testing hundreds of iterations with fresh, wholesome ingredients focused on "crave-ability," satisfaction, and no artificial additives.[6] Early traction came from rave reviews by friends and family, prompting a shift to a commercial kitchen and official 2019 launch as a two-person operation adhering to home-kitchen quality checks.[6][9] Pivotal moments include raising $6M seed funding to fuel growth and product innovation, solidifying their mission as a double-bottom-line company aiming for 200 billion U.S. meatless meals by 2035.[7][9]
Mosaic rides the plant-based food and DTC meal kit boom, amplified by tech-enabled supply chains (e.g., frozen logistics, subscription platforms) amid rising demand for sustainable, health-focused eating post-pandemic.[5][9] Timing aligns with U.S. trends: declining meat consumption, 40% food waste, and health crises driving veggie-forward diets, where Mosaic's frozen model outpaces fresh kits by extending shelf life and reducing waste.[6][7] Market forces like e-commerce growth and investor interest in foodtech (e.g., seed funding from VC firms) favor it, while influences include enabling 200B meatless meals by 2035 via scalable production and partnerships, catalyzing broader shifts in consumer food systems toward climate-resilient, nutritious options.[7][9]
Mosaic Foods stands poised for expansion into retail/offline channels and co-manufacturing partnerships, building on seed funding to innovate products like Mosaic+ and scale plant-centric offerings.[9][8] Trends like AI-optimized supply chains, rising veganism, and sustainability mandates will shape its path, potentially amplifying impact through B2B growth. Its influence may evolve from DTC disruptor to industry catalyst, redefining convenient nutrition and tying back to founders' simple quest for better eating—proving tech-infused food can drive systemic change.
Mosaic Foods has raised $6.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $6.0M Seed in November 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2021 | $6.0M Seed | Adam Slutsky | AlleyCorp, Greycroft |