Location: Japan, Ishikawa
Total raised: $13.6M
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| 04.07.2023 | Beyond Nex... | beyondnext... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.08.2025 | - | $13.6M | - |
Mentions in press and media 6
| Date | Title | Description |
| 26.05.2026 | Can plant cell culture escape the biopharma cost trap? Rheaplant nets new funds | Plant cell culture is pricy and difficult. But new food-grade facilities without biopharma cost structures could unlock unit economics that broaden its application well beyond pharmaceuticals to a wide range of food and nutraceutical ingred... |
| 08.05.2026 | Ruby Bio aims to launch “world first” fermentation-derived clean label emulsifiers in 2027 | A new generation of emulsifiers derived from fermentation could hit the market next year, enabling companies to replace a flurry of additives derived from palm oil or petrochemical intermediates with clean label alternatives, says Californi... |
| 06.04.2026 | 🎥 Fermelanta introduces “unprecedented’ number of genes into microbes to make rare plant compounds | From pharmaceuticals such as morphine to high-value ingredients used in food and cosmetics, many plant compounds and secondary metabolites remain stubbornly difficult to produce through microbial fermentation. But Japanese startup Fermelant... |
| 29.08.2025 | Fermelanta nets $13.6m to engineer microbes for complex plant metabolite production | Fermelanta—a Japanese startup engineering bacteria to produce high-value plant secondary metabolites including morphine—has raised a JPY2 billion ($13.6 million) Series A round. The round was led by Universal Materials Incubator Co and Beyo... |
| 17.08.2023 | Morphine from microbes? Fermelanta wins Japan agrifoodtech pitch | Fermelanta—a Japanese startup engineering bacteria to produce high-value plant secondary metabolites including morphine—wowed judges at last month’s Japan agrifoodtech meetup, winning a pitch slam organized by AgFunder, JETRO Startup and SD... |
| - | Fermelanta | “ファーメランタ株式会社は、合成生物学により、植物由来の希少成分を微生物で発酵生産しています。 | Fermelanta creates a novel industrial revolution in production of plant-based chemicals through microbial fermentation by synthetic biology.”... |