Nobell Foods
YC S17 ↗San Francisco, US · Founded 2016 · Delaware corporation · 58 employees · 6 known investors
Nobell Foods produces plant-based dairy cheese made from soybean plants engineered to grow casein protein, working with Midwest farmers. The company targets consumers seeking sustainable cheese alternatives that match the taste and melt characteristics of traditional dairy cheese.
BiotechClimate TechConsumerFoodTechSustainabilityClimateFood TechClimateTechin /nobellfoods/@Nobellfoodsycombinator.com ↗
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S17)
Investors · 6
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50Mvia Vijay Pande · board
Mission BiocapitalSan Francisco · $500K
Unovis Asset ManagementSan Franciscovia Dan Altschuler Malek · inferred
Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
AgFunderreportedSan Francisco · $10K – $5M
DCVC (Data Collective)reportedPalo Alto · $5M – $25M
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements▶$27.4MraisedAug 2021 · 20 investors · BiotechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$27.4MraisedAug 2021 · 20 investors · Biotechnology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Kyle VogtDirector
- Chris RivestDirector
- Vijay PandeDirector
- Magi El-RichaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $27.4M
- Amount sold
- $27.4M
- First sale
- Sep 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2016
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$75MraisedAug 2021 · 14 investors · BiotechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$75MraisedAug 2021 · 14 investors · Biotechnology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Chris RivestDirector
- Vijay PandeDirector
- Kyle VogtDirector
- Magi El-RichaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $75M
- Amount sold
- $75M
- First sale
- Jun 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2016
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
In the news
- Alpine Bio Raises $75.0M Series B Funding | Signalbasetrysignalbase.com · 2025
- Non-dairy queen: Magi Richani's vegan cheese tastes like the real thingredbull.com · 2023
- Is your favourite plant-based milk good for the planet? Here's how they compare. | National Geographicnationalgeographic.co.uk · 2022
- The Sustainable Future of Food Must Bring Everyone to the Table | WIREDwired.com · 2022
- Purpose At Work: How Nobell Foods Says ‘Cheese’— And Thinks Plantsforbes.com · 2022
- From cows, to microbes, to plants … the brave new world of animal-free dairy: In conversation with Nobell Foodsfoodnavigator-usa.com · 2022
