World's first commercial grasshopper farm!
Delivering a healthier and more sustainable protein ingredient from edible grasshoppers.
Hargol™ FoodTech develop innovative protocols and technologies to enable growing commercial quantities of grasshoppers in climate controlled facilities.
Delivering a healthier and more sustainable protein ingredient from edible grasshoppers.
Hargol™ FoodTech develop innovative protocols and technologies to enable growing commercial quantities of grasshoppers in climate controlled facilities.
Location: Israel, North District, Misgav Regional Council
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +972 52-890-7856
Total raised: $3.6M
Founded date: 2014
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Right Side... | rightsidec... |
| 08.04.2022 | Plug and P... | plugandpla... |
| - | The Pearse... | pearselyon... |
| - | Unknown Gr... | unknowngro... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.04.2020 | - | $3M | - |
| 20.07.2017 | Seed | $600K | - |
Mentions in press and media 23
| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.04.2023 | Eighteen Leaders Recognized As 2023 SEAL Sustainability Leader Award Winners | Sustainability professionals face a difficult task of driving meaningful impact despite having limited resources and headcount, the strong nominations our 2023 award recipients received reflect the high standard of excellence in ESG leaders... |
| 22.02.2022 | ‘Plug and Play Topeka’ Selects 12 Startups for Third Round of Accelerator Program | The Plug and Play Topeka accelerator facilitates partnerships and mentorships with help from GO Topeka, while capitalizing on Topeka’s robust animal-health and agricultural economic ecosystems. "The future of animal-health and ag-tech ... |
| 08.11.2021 | Edible Insects in focus part IV. Hargol FoodTech: Grasshoppers, gummies, and patience… | “Five years ago we saw a surge of companies reaching the market at a time when the production technology, marketing, and branding of finished products were not mature enough,” Hargol FoodTech founder and CEO Dror Tamir told FoodNavigator... |
| 08.11.2021 | Edible Insects in focus part IV. Hargol FoodTech: Grasshoppers, gummies, and patience… | “Five years ago we saw a surge of companies reaching the market at a time when the production technology, marketing, and branding of finished products were not mature enough,” Hargol FoodTech founder and CEO Dror Tamir told FoodNavigator... |
| 15.01.2021 | Medical tech startup wins Israel final of Startup World Cup 2021 | Israeli medical tech startup Matricelf, the developer of a personalized platform for autologous regenerative medicine, was named the winner of the Israel final this week of the Startup World Cup 2021, an annual competition created by Silico... |
| 07.01.2021 | 10 Israeli startups to compete in local event for Startup World Cup | Ten Israeli startups are set to compete next week in a virtual contest as part of the Startup World Cup 2021, an annual competition created by Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Pegasus Tech Ventures. The competition made its debut i... |
| 02.07.2020 | Distributed mini-farms and carbon-neutral eggs: The next phase of Black Soldier Fly farming | Last summer at a research lab on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, I nervously rolled up my sleeve and tucked my hand deep into a tray of pulsing, writhing maggots. (Yes, keeping in touch with the future of farming is a mandate the AFN newsro... |
| 20.04.2020 | Grasshopper protein food tech startup Hargol raises USD 3 million | Hargol FoodTech, an Israeli startup that developed a farm system for sustainable grasshopper protein production, announced that it completed a financing round of USD 3 million from existing investors Singapore-based Sirius Venture Capital a... |
| 17.04.2020 | Hargol FoodTech Closes $3M Funding Round | Hargol FoodTech, a Misgav, Israel-based commercial grasshopper farming company, completed a financing round of $3m. Backers included existing shareholders Sirius Venture Capital and SLJ Investment Partners. Hargol FoodTech is a portfolio of... |
| 16.04.2020 | What's for dinner? Grasshoppers, says Hargol FoodTech as it raises $3m to build edible insect operation | The funds will be used to expand Hargol's production capacity and launch a new ‘Biblical Protein’ line of finished products using the firm's grasshopper protein powder. Sirius founder Eugene Wong said: "The world is looking to reinvent... |
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