Spanish plant-based start-up Heura Foods has secured a €20 million loan from the European Investment Heura’s co-founder and CEO, Marc Coloma, said the start-up’s goal is to “democratise food that is tasty Additionally, the EIB loan will enable Heura to scale up its production capacity by financing investments Scaling up will take place both in Heura’s laboratories and at its co-manufacturers’ facilities in Spain Last month, the company teamed up with French start-up Swap (formerly Umiami) to roll out a clean label

Labelling has been increasingly under the spotlight in recent years as plant-based alternatives have

Precision fermentation dairy start-up Formo has appointed Andreas Heyl to the role of chief technology The start-up, based in Berlin, Germany, said the appointment will strengthen its leadership team as it accelerates the industrial scale-up and commercialisation of its technology platform. fermentation platform has reached a level of technical and economic maturity that makes industrial scale-up

Food safety in the spotlight Foodborne illness outbreaks put an acute spotlight on the need for robust

US start-up Meati Foods, a producer of mycelium-based meat alternative products, has been acquired by Abdul added: “Unfortunately. when start-ups and founders build a brand, they have tunnel vision. operational value and leverage his existing retail relationships, made through his experience heading up

Swedish alt-fat start-up Melt&Marble has been selected to receive a €2.5 million grant and potential Additionally, the start-up has also secured a further €260,000 grant from the Horizon Europe Framework process that saw 969 companies submit a full grant proposal, Melt&Marble is one of 68 European deep-tech start-ups The EIC funding will enable the alt-fat firm to scale up its process further and advance to pre-commercial The start-up is exploring the potential of MeatyMarble in other industries, including personal care,

This development paves the way for the start-up's commercial scale production and broader application The start-up says that the success of the trial will open the door for broader application testing of Melt&Marble’s CEO Anastasia Krivoruchko said: “Scale-up of fermentation processes can be tricky, and Florian David, Melt&Marble’s CSO, commented: “The scale-up is a key milestone which proves that our process In March, the start-up announced its move to a new headquarters in Gothenburg , Sweden.

Kääpä Biotech, a Finnish start-up that develops functional mushroom products, has secured a €900,000 Mushrooms and Kääpä Mushrooms use functional mushroom extract powders and liquids created using the start-up co-founder noted that the company is seeing “huge interest” from a range of companies looking to get a start key investment focus for us at PeakBridge, and in this space functional mushrooms are emerging as a star We're thrilled to back their expert team to jump-start the next phase of growth.”

Romain Chayot, co-founder and managing director of French precision fermentation dairy start-up Standing Those Vegan Cowboys, a Belgian start-up founded in 2019, believes that precision fermentation-made cheese Prior to this, it also announced a partnership with fellow precision fermentation start-up Formo, based own cheeses, as well as the casein as an ingredient supplier – with the start-up expecting to reach While also a start-up producing cow-free casein, NewMoo does not use precision fermentation – instead

Dutch food-tech scale-up MaGie Creations has introduced what it claims is the world’s first emulsifier Brewer’s grain accounts for up to 85% of brewing byproducts and is typically either discarded or used Ellen van der Starre, product development lead at MaGie, said: “We need comprehensive, systemic solutions Also harnessing byproducts from the brewing industry is fellow Dutch start-up Revyve, which offers a

The plan includes €350 million in funding to help scale up fermentation technologies that can support While European start-ups are leading research in the field, the Commission acknowledges that scaling is backed by nonprofit group Good Food Institute Europe (GFI Europe), which says the plan could help start-ups supported by the group found that with proper policy support, alternative proteins could generate up

Meati's current valuation is a stark contrast to its peak worth of $650 million following a $150 million Global investment in the sector fell by 27% in 2024, with plant-based food start-ups experiencing a staggering Despite these challenges, fermentation start-ups, including Meati, saw a 43% increase in funding, indicating