SEC · Aug 2024
Form D filing for Hedgehog Foods, Inc. showing the Delaware-incorporated issuer, filing date, and San Francisco business/mailing address.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Hedgehog Foods is a climate/food-tech startup building robotic mushroom farms and selling locally grown specialty mushrooms, with automation and AI used to lower cultivation cost and support wholesale distribution to restaurants and stores.
Primary product
USDA Organic shiitake, oyster, and pioppino mushrooms
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States
Team size
10-20
Industry
Food Production
Sub-industry
Robotic mushroom farming / agtech
Offices
0 jobs at Hedgehog
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Business model
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$12.9M
Latest round
Series A · Aug 2024
Latest amount
$12.8M
Leadership
CEO, Co-Founder
CTO, Co-Founder
Head of Commercial
Director of Sales, Foodservice
Investors
Mission-driven startup culture centered on robotics, AI, and circular food production; public recruiting language emphasizes robotics/ML talent, mushroom growers, automation, and a high-ownership, field-sales-heavy operating style.
Compensation
Public postings show Operations Manager at $70K-$90K OTE with 0.05%-0.25% equity, Director of Sales, Foodservice at $130K with 0.20%-0.50% equity, and Southeast Territory Sales Representative at $70K OTE; travel expenses are covered for some roles.
Benefits
Pricing
Wholesale and foodservice sales; some retail/farmers-market sales. No public menu-style pricing found.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
≈$440K ARR (public estimate, updated 2025-09-02)
Estimated monthly visits
490
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
SEC · Aug 2024
Form D filing for Hedgehog Foods, Inc. showing the Delaware-incorporated issuer, filing date, and San Francisco business/mailing address.
The Hustle · Apr 2024
Profile of Hedgehog’s robotic mushroom-farm concept, founder backgrounds, fundraising to date, and the company’s plan to automate mushroom cultivation and harvesting.
Next Nature · Sep 2023
Explains Hedgehog’s robotic fungi-farm concept, labor reduction thesis, and vision for geographically distributed farm networks.
Forbes · Jan 2023
Early profile summarizing the cofounders, the cost-reduction goal, and the company’s early funding status.