Edonia raises €15M to scale microalgae protein as an alternative to meat

Foodtech Edonia has raised €15 million in funding. In recent years, plant-based alternatives have focused mostly on mimicking meat in taste, look and texture. However, the food market is now facing h…

MicroLub raises $10M to cut fat and calories without compromising taste

MicroLub, a deeptech ingredient solutions company spun out from the University of Leeds, has completed a $10 million funding round led by Northern Gritstone. All of MicroLub’s existing investors parti…

From Oatly to agritech: inside Sweden’s evolving foodtech ecosystem
From Oatly to agritech: inside Sweden’s evolving foodtech ecosystem

If you’re interested in agritech or foodtech, Daniel Skavén Ruben is someone worth speaking to. His career has taken him from government and food policy to startups, more than 50 angel investments, an…

EIF backs Nordic Foodtech VC with €30M to scale Europe’s agrifood deeptech

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is committing up to €30 million to a Finnish venture capital fund that promotes early-stage agrifood technology companies. The EIF backing for the Finnish fund – cal…

Tom Noble is building his business in public — and letting the internet shape what comes next
Tom Noble is building his business in public — and letting the internet shape what comes next

There’s a meme I often see doing the rounds: “Give me the confidence of a middle-class white male.” And, well, British entrepreneur Tom Noble encapsulates it. But he combines that confidence with an u…

Backbone raises €4M for automated food quality and compliance

Food industry software startup Backbone hasraised €4 million in pre-seed funding to further develop its AI-powered qualityand compliance platform and support its commercial expansion. The round was le…

Millow raises €2M to expand mycelium protein across Nordic foodservice

Swedish foodtech company Millowhas raised €2 million in funding to expand production capacity and strengthenits commercial operations as it targets the Nordic foodservice market. Theround was led by s…

Platter lands follow-on funding from Verb Ventures to modernise food supply operations

UK-based Platter, a food-native operating system for suppliers, wholesalers and manufacturers, has raised an extension to its latest venture round, joined by Verb Ventures. The UK is home to around 25…

Nous secures €2.3M+ seed funding to scale Koncentra

Nous, an Italianingredient company developing functional ingredients for the food, beverage andnutraceutical industries, has raised €2.315 million in a seed funding round toaccelerate the commercialis…

Polysense raises $10.7M to scale AI quality control for food manufacturers

Belgian startup Polysense has raised $10.7million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to accelerate the globalrollout of its AI-powered quality control platform for food manufacturers. Theround wa…