Clean Food Group raises £4.5M to scale yeast-derived oils and fats from food waste

UK biotech manufacturer Clean Food Group (CFG) has raised £4.5 million in investment led by Clean Growth Fund and New Agrarian. CFG has also successfully secured a £700,000 non-dilutive grant from In…

New Belgian AI platform Backbone aims to cut costly quality failures in food production

Former managers at Belgian legaltech scale-up Henchman are launching Backbone, an AI platform for real-time quality and compliance management in the food industry, with Seed funding from 100IN. Backb…

Standing Ovation raises €30M to scale precision fermentation dairy proteins globally
Standing Ovation raises €30M to scale precision fermentation dairy proteins globally

French precision fermentation company Standing Ovation has announced a €30 million Series B financing round, including €25 million in equity, led jointly by the Ecotechnologies 2 fund — managed on be…

Foreverland lands €6M to tackle cocoa supply with alternatives

Foreverland,a Milan-based foodtech company developing cocoa-free chocolate alternatives,has secured €6 million in a new funding round, bringing its total capitalraised to €9.4 million. The round inclu…

Choice secures $7.1M Series A to expand its restaurant operating system across Europe

Choice, a Prague-founded all-in-one SaaS and QR ordering platform for restaurants, has raised $7.1 million in Series A funding. To date, the company has raised a total of $11.6 million. Founded five y…

Saltz raises €20M to build global chef-supplier marketplace

Saltz, a digital marketplace for the foodsupply industry, has raised €20 million in Series A funding. The round includedinvestment from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD),Inov…

Verley closes €32M Series A to advance next-generation functional whey ingredients

French foodtech startup Verley has raised €32 million in a Series A financing round, only four years after its inception. Verley develops functional whey protein ingredients, more precisely beta-lac…

Paket Mutfak raises $3.8M to grow multi-brand cloud kitchen model

Paket Mutfak, a cloud kitchen software startup, has raised$3.8 million to support its ongoing expansion. The round included additionalinvestment from existing backers such as Nokta Yatırım Holding, Ün…

Straight2Market: Your route from foodtech pilot to European retail shelf [Sponsored]
Straight2Market: Your route from foodtech pilot to European retail shelf [Sponsored]

European food retail is undergoing a structural reset — and it’s creating real pull for startups. AI is moving from experimentation to infrastructure, reshaping everything from demand forecasting and …

How reality crushed Ÿnsect, the French startup that had raised over $600M for insect farming

French insect farming company Ÿnsect was recently placed into judicial liquidation for insolvency, despite raising over $600 million.