We are a food tech company focused on building a new and exciting class of foods around the best tasting and healthiest protein sweeteners in the world.
Location: United States, California, Davis
Total raised: $31.9M
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| 24.04.2022 | Khosla Ven... | khoslavent... |
| - | Flucas Ven... | flucasvc.c... |
| 01.06.2022 | Global Bra... | globalbrai... |
| - | Piva Capit... | piva.vc |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 02.06.2022 | - | $25M | Piva Capit... |
| 29.07.2020 | Series A | $6.9M | IndieBio |
Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.03.2024 | Sweet Protein: Oobli Receives FDA GRAS Letter for Game-Changing Precision-Fermented Sugar Alternative | 5 Mins Read Californian food tech startup Oobli has received a ‘no further questions’ letter from the FDA for its Oubli Sweet Protein made from precision fermentation. The ingredient leverages West African fruits to make a sugar alternative... |
| 20.03.2024 | Oobli Receives FDA No Questions Letter for Oubli Fruit Sweet Protein Made with Precision Fermention | Oobli, formerly Joywell Foods, a sweet protein developer from California, USA, announces that it has received what it claims to be the FDA’s first “No questions” letter for its brazzein protein made with precision fermentation. The US Food ... |
| 02.06.2022 | Joywell Foods nets $25M from Kraft Heinz VC and others for sweet protein commercialization | Dive Brief: Sweet protein company Joywell Foods closed an oversubscribed $25 million Series B funding round led by Piva Capital. Kraft Heinz's venture arm Evolv Ventures also participated for its second investment in the company. Other inve... |
| 02.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Synthesis Capital closes $300m foodtech fund, e-grocer Astro bags $60m | Though many “instant” grocery delivery startups are in the midst of layoffs, one company in Indonesia bagged a healthy Series B round this week. Elsewhere, US ag robotics specialist FarmWise teased a new weeding implement along with its lat... |
| 29.05.2022 | Joywell Foods Raises $25 Million in Funding | Joywell Food, a Devis, CA-based food technology and consumer goods company, raised $25M in funding. The round was led by Piva Capital, with participation from B37 Ventures, Global Brain Corporation, Khosla Ventures, Evolv Ventures, SOSV’s I... |
| 27.05.2022 | Joywell Foods Readies for Commercialization with $25 Million in Funding Led by Piva Capital | - |
| 27.05.2022 | Joywell Foods raises $25M to bring sweet proteins to market | When consumed in moderation, sugar is not bad for us, and humans’ ability to detect sweetness is etched into our DNA, but with the abundance of it in today’s food and drinks, we are getting more than we should. Companies have created altern... |
| 27.05.2022 | Joywell Foods raises $25m as it gears up to launch beverages featuring sweet proteins | The Davis, California-based company – which told this publication earlier this month that it aims to launch its first CPG products in the fall – did not provide further details about its plans or which sweet proteins its beverages would c... |
| 27.05.2022 | Joywell Foods Raises $25M to Bring Sweet Proteins to Market | - |
| 06.05.2022 | Sweet proteins… finally ready for prime time? | Several companies are now deploying synthetic biology to ‘program’ microbes to express sweet proteins, from Roquette and Brain Biotech AG, who aim to take brazzein (an ultra-sweet protein found in oubli berries that they are producing vi... |
Show more