Kääpä Biotech, a Finnish start-up specialising in functional mushroom ingredients, has successfully secured

Oils and fats company AAK has teamed up with US food-tech start-up Savor, in a two-year collaboration The start-up aims to deliver high-performing, scalable ingredient solutions that can be produced without the new fats jointly developed through the collaboration could require 1,000 times less land use, and up

Danish food-tech start-up Matr Foods has completed a €40 million fundraise to scale up the production A significant scale-up will be enabled by the investment, bringing production from pilot scale to 4,000 According to the start-up, its products offer a juicy texture and meaty, umami flavour, providing a sustainable

Austrian food-tech start-up Revo Foods has successfully completed a €1.6 million crowdfunding round through Established in 2019, the start-up produces a range of plant-based protein products made from mycoprotein

Here, we take a look at some of the start-ups making waves in this space. Upcycled Plant Power Based in Shropshire, UK, food-tech start-up Upcycled Plant Power (UPP) creates Picture above: © Upcycled Plant Power Green Spot Technologies French start-up Green Spot Technologies Mottainai Food Tech Mottainai Food Tech is a Singapore-based start-up transforming food waste into novel Fungu’it French start-up Fungu’it creates natural flavourings made from agricultural byproducts, targeting

Food-tech start-up Cosaic has announced a successful $6 million seed funding round, led by DSM-Firmenich ’s investment arm, to accelerate scale-up of its yeast fermentation platform. over the company’s current phase of growth to become market-ready: regulatory work, production scale-up It follows Cosaic’s partnership with Ingredion, announced in late 2025, which provided the start-up with With strong strategic backing and a capital-efficient scale-up model, we are well positioned to move

Danish industrial biotech company EvodiaBio has raised €6 million (DKK 45 million) in a funding round to accelerate expansion across European, North American and Asian markets, as well as to broaden applications of its fermentation-based aroma technology within the beverage sector. The round was led by US-based RA Capital Management’s Planetary Health Fund, with participation from new investors Wild Radicals and Francis Family Funds, alongside existing backers. This brings EvodiaBio’s total capital raised to DKK 150 million over the past three years. Founded to develop sustainable aroma molecules via fermentation, EvodiaBio has moved from lab-scale research to industrial production in just three years. The company produces yeast-derived natural monoterpenes – key volatile aroma compounds – using a platform it says is significantly more resource efficient than traditional extraction or chemical synthesis. EvodiaBio’s initial focus has been on the beer industry, where its technology is positioned as an alternative or supplement to hops to tackle crop issues due to climate volatility. According to the company, the platform allows brewers to achieve a consistent aroma profile while reducing dependence on agricultural inputs and supply chain risks. EvodiaBio’s CEO Camilla Kloss Fenneberg said: “Within just three and a half years, we have gone from a research project to industrial production with all necessary approvals and a profitable product. This investment allows us to accelerate global growth and build the foundation for expansion into new markets.” Kyle Teamey, managing partner at RA Capital, added: “The technology convincingly solves the challenge of producing natural aromas efficiently and sustainably at an industrial scale”. While brewing remains the primary commercial focus, EvodiaBio plans to expand its technology into adjacent categories, including other beverages, wine and the wider aroma and flavour industry. Asia has been identified as a priority growth region following expansion in Europe, the US and Canada. “Our ambition is to become a global leader in industrial biotech,” Fenneberg commented. “We see significant opportunities to apply our platform across multiple industries with a strong need for sustainable, scalable aroma solutions.”

Up to £100,000 in equity-free funding is available, with up to £2 million in potential follow-on investment Investors require demonstrated commercial relevance before backing scale-up. The accelerator attempts to resolve this by starting with the end requirements. support, regulatory insight, grant writing assistance, investor readiness training and access to scale-up The fourth is scale-up de-risking: infrastructure and tools that enable real-world validation and accelerate

Italian food-tech start-up Foreverland has raised €6 million in funding to support the international

Swiss food ingredient start-up Yeastup has officially opened its first industrial-scale production facility It is capable of processing up to 40 hectolitres of spent brewer’s yeast per hour, turning the byproduct The company is now preparing a Series A funding round to support further scale-up, product development

Leon Grocery has teamed up with UK plant-based recipe kit start-up Grubby on four limited-edition recipes

Rize, an agri-tech start-up based in Singapore, has raised $31 million in Series B funding to scale its cultivation is water-intensive and emissions-heavy, producing around 12% of global methane emissions and up