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BioBond is a materials technology company developing plant-based, low-VOC adhesives and protective coatings for industries including packaging, construction, automotive, textiles, furniture, marine, and aerospace.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew Materials

Co-investorsGeneration Food Rural Partners

BioCloak develops fully biodegradable bio-based encapsulation and coating technologies to replace petroleum-based polymers used for the controlled release of pesticides, fertilizers, and nutrients.

AgTechBiotechNew Materials

Paul Bially(CEO)

Co-investorsGeneration Food Rural Partners

PlantSustain develops biological crop inputs using naturally symbiotic bacteria and fungi to replace chemical fertilizers and pesticides, aiming to improve plant health, resilience, and nutrient uptake for farmers.

AgTechBiotechFoodTech

Simon Hill(CEO)

Co-investorsGeneration Food Rural Partners

Pullulo upcycles agricultural waste into plant-based ingredients and natural biomaterials using proprietary technology platforms, targeting applications in beauty, nutrition, and health.

Circular EconomyFoodTechNew Materials

Jonathan Cheng(Founder)

Shocken Foods makes plant-based charcuterie and meat alternatives, including vegan pepperoni that withstands pizza-oven heat, foie gras, chorizo, bresaola, porchetta, 'nduja, and allergen-free meatballs.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechLondon, GB

Emma(Founder)

Actual Veggies makes plant-based veggie burger patties from whole vegetables and clean ingredients, sold directly to consumers online.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech

Co-investorsAzure Ventures Group

Angie's Tempeh makes handmade organic tempeh in flavors such as soybean, chickpea, buckwheat, and quinoa, along with tempeh chips and specialty products, sold direct to consumers.

Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTech

Nutropy uses precision fermentation with engineered microorganisms to produce animal-free milk proteins (bioidentical casein), which it blends with plant-based fats and lactose-free sugars into a ready-to-use milk solution for cheesemaking.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTechÉvry, FR

Co-investorsBeast VenturesBig Pi Ventures

Another Food develops cell-cultured coffee, producing coffee from cultivated coffee plant cells in a lab rather than growing beans on farms.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Co-investorsSustainable Food Ventures

Creates whole-muscle cut seafood alternatives including calamari, shrimp, scallops, and tuna.

Chicago, US

Anne Palermo(Executive Officer, Director)Brittany Chibe(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJohnny Ream(Director)

Co-investorsKickstart InnovationStray Dog CapitalSustainable Food VenturesAera VCHyde Park AngelsSUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL

Bayou Best Foods makes a plant-based shrimp alternative that is vegan, shellfish-free, and free from the top 9 allergens, designed to match the taste and texture of ocean shrimp.

ConsumerFoodTech

Biftek develops a microorganism-based growth medium supplement for cultured meat production, offering a lower-cost alternative to fetal bovine serum.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Co-investorsStartersHub

Black Sheep Foods develops protein substrates and ingredients for hybrid and plant-based food products, sold to food manufacturers, meat processors, retailers, and plant-based brands as private-label and white-label solutions.

AgTechFoodTechSan Francisco, US

Sunny Kumar(Executive Officer, Director)Ismael Montanez(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRobert Leclerc(Director)in

Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersJuniperPortfoliaSiddhi CapitalSprint VcUnovis Asset Management+1 more

Bright Biotech produces recombinant proteins, including growth factors, by expressing them in plant chloroplasts.

BiotechLongevityNew Materials

Co-investorsFoodLabs

Co-investorsGarage Capital

Aircassie develops air filtration technology for indoor air quality using light-based methods.

CleantechClimate TechHardwareIoTVirginia Beach, US

Co-investorsLighthouse Network Ventures LlcTechstars

Cellcraft builds Cellcraft IQ, a hardware-agnostic AI operating system for bioreactor automation and optimisation that turns bioreactors into self-optimising systems.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningBiotechCambridge

Redondo Beach, US

Alison Fagan(Executive Officer, Director)

Cocuus develops technology, machinery, and ingredients for the food industry to manufacture alternative-protein and hybrid foods, including plant-based, mycelium-based, and animal-vegetable hybrid products.

Advanced ManufacturingFoodTechHardware

Confetti is a snack company that makes vegetable and mushroom chips using upcycled "ugly" produce, seasoned with Asian-inspired recipes and spices.

Circular EconomyDirect to ConsumerFoodTech

Cultimate develops natural flavor and aroma ingredients for the food industry, including CultiSense, a cultivated pork cell product used as a natural flavor precursor to produce meat flavor from a single component.

BiotechFoodTech

Cosaic develops a food ingredient called Cosaic Neo designed to improve creaminess, mask protein off-notes, provide natural whitening, and replace additives while extending product stability and emulsification.

BiotechFoodTech

Co-investorsBlue Horizon CorporationSustainable Food VenturesKickfund

De Novo Food Labs produces nature-identical bovine lactoferrin (branded NanoFerrin) using precision fermentation instead of dairy extraction, offering customizable iron saturation, purity, and sequence identity per batch.

BiotechFoodTechNew MaterialsDurham, US

Jean Louwrens(Founder)

Co-investorsSiddhi CapitalSustainable Food VenturesUM6P VenturesJoyful Ventures

KARANA makes plant-forward food products from regeneratively farmed jackfruit, including neutrally flavored minced/ground jackfruit that can be used as a plant-based alternative in ground meat dishes.

AgTechFoodTechSingapore, SG

Blair D S Crichton(Founder)

Co-investorsUntroD Capital

Advanced ManufacturingTualatin, US

ROBERT SHINGLER(Director)STEVE R HUNT(Director)ROBERT TOWNSEND(Director)SCOTT HEIM(Executive Officer, Director)SCADDEN JOHN(Executive Officer)W LOWELL MORSE(Director)

Co-investorsBetter CapitalSustainable Food VenturesTechOperators Venture Capital

Extracellular is a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) for animal and plant cell technologies in non-health biotech, offering R&D, regulatory support, and scale-up and contract manufacturing services.

BiotechFoodTechNew Materials

Co-investorsFFFNewland SyndicateUnruly CapitalFuture Food Fund

Fattastic Technologies, founded in 2022, develops plant-based fat ingredients for use in food and other applications.

BiotechCircular EconomyFoodTechNew MaterialsBengaluru, IN

Satnam Singh(Cofounder)in

Co-investorsBetter Bite VenturesEntrepreneur First

Fisheroo develops cell-cultivated fish meat grown from animal-free nutrient media, aiming to provide a sustainable, contaminant-free seafood alternative for consumers.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Food² is a B2B food tech company developing plant-based shellfish products, starting with plant-based shrimp.

Climate TechFoodTechImpact & Social Good

Fybraworks Foods develops technology to produce synthetic (cultured) meat aimed at more sustainable and humane food production.

BiotechFoodTech

Advanced ManufacturingMinneapolis, US

Chenfeng Lu(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Wenjie Liu(Director, Promoter)Huan Xia(Director, Promoter)

Gathered Foods makes plant-based food products, positioning its brands around vegan eating, animal welfare, and environmental sustainability.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningConsumerFoodTechImpact & Social GoodHeath, US

William Chris Kerr(Executive Officer, Director)Chad Sarno(Director)Mark Langley(Executive Officer)Christine A. Mei(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardCourtney Reum(Director)Charles Laue(Director)in

Co-investorsBlue Horizon CorporationSiddhi CapitalStray Dog CapitalUnovis Asset ManagementCPT CapitalNew Crop Capital+2 more

Genesea develops a zero-waste, low-energy biorefinery supply chain that produces food ingredients such as proteins from offshore-cultivated marine macroalgae (seaweed), aiming to provide a sustainable alternative to soy-based ingredients for the food industry.

CleantechFoodTechNew Materials

Alexander Golberg(Professor / Co-founder)

Gourmey produces cultivated meat, with its first product being a lab-grown foie gras aimed at fine-dining chefs and restaurants.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Co-investorsAir Street CapitalEmblemJoyance PartnersKeen Venture PartnersPoint NineHeartcore Capital

Green-On is a Swedish foodtech company that produces saturated fats and food ingredients from carbon dioxide, water, and electricity as sustainable alternatives to palm oil, coconut oil, and dairy fats.

CleantechClimate TechFoodTech

Anders Lorén(Chief Technology Officer)

FoodTech

Co-investorsBrinc

Harmony Baby Nutrition develops hypoallergenic, human milk–inspired formula for infants and toddlers with cow's milk protein allergy or sensitivities, using hydrolyzed whey protein, lactose, and HMOs.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech

Del Afonso(Founder)in

Co-investorsBrincMassVenturesPortfoliaSafar PartnersTheVentureCity

Harvest Moon is developing animal-free dairy products that aim to match conventional dairy while being lactose- and cholesterol-free, lower in sugar, and higher in nutrition.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Co-investorsOyster Bay Venture Capital

MAD produces barista-quality, ready-to-drink oat-based coffee that is dairy-free with no added sugar or additives.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech

ImpacFat develops stem-cell based omega-3 fish fat technology as a cultivated, sustainable alternative for the food industry.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTechSingapore, SG

Shigeki(Founder & Managing Director)

Co-investorsX-HUB TOKYO Global Startup Accelerator

Co-investorsSustainable Food Ventures

Innocent Meat develops an automated "plug-and-produce" system that lets meat processors produce cultured (lab-grown) meat in-house instead of relying on conventional animal agriculture.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Co-investorsGENIUS Venture Capital

Jellatech uses cellular agriculture to produce functional, native collagen without animals.

BiotechFoodTechNew MaterialsRaleigh, US

Stephanie Michelsen(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Andersen(Director)

BoardRyan Bethencourt(Director)in

Co-investorsBluestein VenturesSiddhi CapitalSustainable Food Ventures

A brand offering kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) milk, with regional storefronts for Japan, Korea, and the rest of the world.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech

Esencia Foods (now KULT FARM) uses mycelium solid-state fermentation with legumes to make vegan meat, fish, and hybrid meat products such as mince, chunks, and slices with clean labels.

AgTechBiotechClimate TechFoodTechBerlin, DE

Hendrik Kaye(Cofounder)inBruno Scocozza(CTO)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneur First

Central Otago food innovation company producing fruit-forward, allergen-friendly desserts using upcycled orchard produce.

Co-investorsInvest South

Liven develops animal-free protein ingredients using synthetic biology and precision fermentation, growing engineered microorganisms on food-industry side streams and lost food.

BiotechCircular EconomyFoodTech

Fei Luo(Co-founder)Pratish Gawand(Co-founder)

Co-investorsStrategxy Ventures LLC

Co-investorsSustainable Food Ventures

Luyef uses biotechnology, including precision fermentation and cell-based methods, to produce animal compounds such as recombinant proteins (bovine myoglobin, collagen, growth factors) and cultivated meat components directly from cell cultures.

BiotechDeep TechFoodTech

Co-investorsGanesha LabSustainable Food Ventures

Santiago

Kris Elliot Blanchard Tapia(Executive Officer, Director)

Lypid develops PhytoFat, a plant-based fat made from plant oils and fiber that reduces fat and calories while retaining rich mouthfeel and flavor.

FoodTech

Co-investorsAVA AngelsGGFGreen Generation FundTet Ventures

Marinexcell is developing a proprietary cell-based process to mass-produce cultured shrimp, lobster, and crab meat from stem cells.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Maya Milk engineers and optimizes microbial yeast strains for precision fermentation, enabling food companies to produce animal-free dairy proteins and fats such as whey protein.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTechIzmir, TR

Co-investorsSustainable Food Ventures

Co-investorsSustainable Food Ventures

MeliBio is a California-based biotech company that develops plant-based honey alternatives using proprietary plant-science technology to replace commercial honeybees, addressing food security and supply chain challenges while supporting native pollinator biodiversity.

AgTechBiotechFoodTechSan Francisco, US

Darko Mandich(Co-Founder & CEO)Dr. Aaron Schaller(Co-Founder & CTO)

Co-investorsCollaborative FundJoyance PartnersJuniperSustainable Food VenturesSiddhi Capital

Mewery is a foodtech venture developing cultivated meat with the stated aims of helping animals and the planet and changing how meat is produced and consumed.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Roman Lauš(Founder)

Co-investorsVesna AdvisorsCredo Ventures

MOA Food Tech develops sustainable food ingredients.

BiotechCircular EconomyFoodTechNoáin, ES

Co-investorsBStartupSwanlaab Venture FactoryEICIcos Capital

Multus designs cell culture media for the industrial bioeconomy, applying AI, robotics, and biological expertise to media formulation.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechFoodTechLondon, GB

Co-investorsSynBioVen

The Mushroom Meat Co. makes mushroom-based whole-food products designed to mimic meat items like steak tips, ground beef, and pulled pork.

ConsumerFoodTech

Mycosortia produces climate-resilient cocoa alternatives using proprietary microbial consortia and an AI-driven biotransformation process (AuroGenesis) to mimic regional cocoa flavor profiles.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Naturannova uses a computational platform combining AI and bioinformatics to design novel plant-based protein and peptide ingredients that modulate flavor, then produces them via precision fermentation using microorganisms.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechFoodTech

Juan Duarte(CEO)Sebastián Mustafa(CSO)Antonella De Lazzari(CBO)Fabián Gonzalez(CTO)

Co-investorsGRIDX

Co-investorsSustainable Food Ventures

New Wave Biotech offers Bioprocess Foresight, software that simulates downstream bioprocessing scenarios to predict yield, unit economics, and sustainability impact, reducing the number of physical experiments needed.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechSaaS

Co-investorsBlue Horizon CorporationNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Nexture Bio develops the Doselet, a plant-based dissolvable nanofiber patch for oral nutraceutical delivery, applied to the inner cheek.

BiotechNew MaterialsWellness & Fitness

Novel Farms produces lab-grown (cultivated) animal-cell ingredients aimed at replicating the protein, flavor, and aroma of conventional animal products for the food industry.

BiotechFoodTech

Co-investorsSocial StartsSustainable Food Ventures

Produces milk proteins identical to those found in cow's milk to create premium French cheeses.

Co-investorsBeast VenturesBig Pi Ventures

Opalia produces cell-based milk made from cow mammary cells cultivated in bioreactors, using a proprietary continuous lactation process to create dairy products without cows.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Co-investorsSustainable Food VenturesUCeed FundsBoxOne VenturesMaRS

Scalable cell-cultured premium beef that is delicious and sustainable

Co-investorsBrincThe Venture Collective

Orbillion Bio develops cultivated beef using computational optimization and proprietary bioprocess controls to achieve cost-competitive production at scale without genetic modification or expensive growth factors.

Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechSan Francisco, US

Patricia Bubner(Founder)in

Co-investorsAt One VenturesBeresford VenturesEarth Venture CapitalMetaplanetVentureSouqY Combinator+3 more

Norwalk, US

Patricia Trongone(Executive Officer)Gil Kerman(Executive Officer)

Patch Organics makes a plant-based, allergen-friendly milk alternative from pumpkin seeds, sold in original and chocolate flavors and marketed as dairy-, grain-, nut- and soy-free.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech

Patricia Trongone(Founder)

Perfat is a Finnish lipid technology company that develops plant-based fats using oleogel technology to replace highly saturated fats like palm oil and dairy butter.

Climate TechFoodTechNew Materials

Jyrki Lee-Korhonen(CEO & Co-founder)

Co-investorsNordic Science Investments

PFx Biotech develops alternative protein products aimed at meeting high nutritional standards and offering health-promoting properties.

BiotechFoodTechHealthtech

Co-investorsBeta Capital

Phyx44 designs novel proteins engineered for food applications using precision fermentation and protein engineering, serving food manufacturers seeking specific taste, texture, and nutritional functionality.

BiotechDeep TechFoodTechBengaluru, IN

Bharath Bakaraju(Founder)

Co-investorsBetter Bite VenturesIdeaspring CapitalAvaana Capital

Kiki is a plant-based milk brand focused on nutritional benefits and low environmental impact through its ingredients, sourcing, and partnerships.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech

Co-investorsSpringbankThe Fund

Pleese Foods offers a pizza product, with materials indicating restaurant applications.

ConsumerFoodTech

Retü develops mi-biotics, a clean-label, dairy-free fermented multi-millet probiotic gut shot based on a patented millet matrix, offered in fruit flavors such as mango and lychee.

ConsumerFoodTechWellness & FitnessCoimbatore, IN

Ritu(Founder & Inventor)Lavindra de Silva(Chief Business Officer)in

Co-investorsSustainable Food Ventures

The site references pizza ("the proof is on the pizza") and includes a "Restaurant Use" section, suggesting a food-related product, but the page provides no substantive detail about what the company builds or sells.

FoodTech

Seprify produces functional cellulose-based ingredients from renewable plant resources for industrial applications, offering biodegradable cellulose particles that serve as lower-carbon alternatives to conventional materials such as titanium dioxide.

Circular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsMarly, CH

Oliver Polcher(Founder)

Co-investorsKickfund

Shiok Meats grows shrimp and other seafood through cellular agriculture, cultivating animal tissue in laboratories rather than harvesting from wild or farmed sources.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTechHealthtechSingapore, SG

Ling Ka Yi(Founder)inSandhya Sriram(Founder)in

Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstSustainable Food VenturesY CombinatorSEEDS Capital

New York, US

Ben Pasternak(Executive Officer, Director)Joseph Schirripa(Director)Samuel Terris(Executive Officer)

BoardAlexis Ohanian(Director)in

Co-investorsK2 GlobalMaC Venture CapitalSummit Peak VenturesToba CapitalRainfall VenturesSeven Seven Six

Smart MCs develops biomaterials for cell bioproduction, including xeno-free extracellular matrix hydrogels, microcarriers, and microfluidic solutions used for tissue modeling, spheroid generation, wound healing, cell sorting, and droplet generation.

BiotechFoodTechNew Materials

Standing Ovation is a French protein company that uses precision fermentation to produce non-animal proteins such as casein (its patented Advanced Casein) and Tertia Protein, a single-cell protein for animal nutrition.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Co-investorsAstanor VenturesPeakBridge VC

Supercharger provides litigation-grade prior art research services for patent professionals, offering prior art searches, element-by-element claim charts, product art searches, freedom-to-operate searches, and non-patent literature searches for life sciences.

LegalTechSaaS

TerraSafe is a material innovation platform developing plastic-free barrier packaging by combining natural materials into advanced packaging formats.

Circular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsYoungsville, US

The page lists popular films, TV series, variety shows, anime, and comics along with viewer ratings, presented in Chinese.

Media & Entertainment

The company makes VERY AQUAFABA, a plant-based egg alternative derived from chickpea cooking water, sold in liquid and powder formats for whipping, binding, and emulsifying in meringues, baked goods, sauces, and cocktails.

FoodTech

Co-investorsSustainable Food Ventures

Umami United develops shelf-stable, plant-based egg replacement ingredients for food manufacturers, including a binder product for industrial baking that provides binding, water retention, and shape retention.

FoodTech

Co-investorsBeyond Next Venturesmint VCGenesia Ventures

A dispenser program that serves plant-based milks—including oatmilk, chocolate peamilk, and soymilk—from a single machine, aimed at high-volume foodservice settings serving many diners daily.

FoodTechHardware

UpTerra makes a one-time-install system that integrates with existing irrigation setups to treat water through vortexing and frequency imprinting, aiming to improve water use, soil, crop, and livestock health.

AgTechCleantechClimate Tech

Väcka offers plant-based dairy alternatives and runs the "Väcka Journey", a program guiding consumers through a transition to a dairy-free diet, aimed at people who eat plant-based products, are lactose intolerant, or want to improve their digestion.

ConsumerFoodTech

Wild Earth manufactures plant-based dog food formulated to meet nutritional standards while reducing environmental impact compared to traditional meat-based pet food.

Circular EconomyConsumerFoodTechHealthtech

Co-investorsAt One VenturesBabel VenturesCivilization Ventures Management, LlcMaC Venture CapitalOssian CapitalSimon Capital+2 more

WildBio operates a biobank of primary cell lines derived from African wildlife species, offering cryopreserved cell lines (CellRanch) for use in cultivated meat, biomedical research, cosmetics, and textiles.

BiotechClimate TechFoodTech

Jill Schriewer(CEO/CSO, Director)Morrison Smit(CFO, Director)

WTH Foods makes 100% plant-based meat alternatives under its UMANI brand, offering South-East Asian-inspired products for health- and sustainability-conscious consumers.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech

Yeastime develops ultrasound-based (bioacoustics) technology to accelerate and improve fermentation processes, offering non-invasive plug-and-play devices and a remote management platform to industrial fermentation customers.

BiotechCleantechFoodTech

Yofi makes plant-based drink alternatives designed to accompany coffee, matcha and hot beverages, with lactose-free and gluten-free (on request) recipes aimed at baristas.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTech