Changing the food industry by replacing synthetic, non-vegetarian and not sustainable colorants for a new revolutionary option from fungi.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $6.4M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| 08.03.2021 | Plug and P... | plugandpla... |
| 19.05.2021 | MassChalle... | masschalle... |
| 22.03.2023 | Supply Cha... | supplychan... |
| 16.12.2022 | Boro Capit... | borocapita... |
| - | Endless Fr... | endlessfro... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.02.2023 | Seed | $6.4M | - |
Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.04.2026 | 🎥 Fermentation will power next wave of natural colors, says Michroma as it rides MAHA wave | Michroma—a startup producing heat- and pH-stable natural colors in fermentation tanks—is aiming to address two of the biggest pain points in the shift away from synthetic dyes: performance and supply. Unlike plant-based colorants that often... |
| 24.03.2026 | 🎥 Future Food-Tech: Big ideas, hard truths, and the path to scale | At Future Food-Tech in San Francisco last week, we spoke to key stakeholders on everything from crossing biomanufacturing’s valley of death to the Institute of Food Technologists’ new AI-powered CoDeveloper platform to speed up the product ... |
| 24.09.2025 | Michroma and CJ CheilJedang partner to scale commercial production of natural colors via fermentation | Michroma—a startup producing heat- and pH-stable natural colors in fermentation tanks—has struck a strategic partnership with South Korean food and biomanufacturing giant CJ CheilJedang (CJCJ) to advance commercial manufacturing of its pigm... |
| 23.04.2025 | Fermentation will power next wave of natural colors say startups as FDA targets synthetic food dyes | Plant-based colorants such as beets and carrots still dominate conversations about natural alternatives to synthetic food dyes. However, natural pigments produced by microbes in fermentation tanks can outperform some botanicals on taste, co... |
| 20.12.2023 | Festive agrifoodtech vox pop part 1: From fundraising to hiring challenges, what keeps startups awake at night as we head into 2024? | As we approach 2024, what is keeping agrifoodtech startups awake at night? To find out, foodtech editor Elaine Watson fired off a few emails to companies she’s covered on AgFunderNews this year (apologies if you weren’t contacted, next year... |
| 18.07.2023 | Q&A: GRIDX CEO on why Argentina is leading Latin America’s boom in biotech innovation | Argentina, Latin America’s southernmost country, is often characterized by ongoing economic crises and turmoil. But it is also fast becoming an innovation center for biotech: Second only to the US, Argentina is now the main provider of proj... |
| 02.02.2023 | Michroma raises $6.4M to speed commercialization of natural red food color | Dive Brief: Precision fermentation ingredients maker Michroma raised $6.4 million in a seed round to fast-track its commercialization of a natural red coloring for food and beverage. The round was led by Supply Change Capital — which receiv... |
| 02.02.2023 | The week in agrifoodtech: Plant-based salmon reels in $12m, new funding for ag robots, Impossible layoffs | This week, Canada’s New School Foods snagged seed funding for its whole-cut plant-based salmon. In agtech, BloomX secured funding for its pollination tech and E-Terry for its farm robot. Meanwhile, KFC struck a deal to put robots in its kit... |
| 01.02.2023 | Who were the most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms in 2022? | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder, a food and agriculture technology venture capital firm. Click here for more research from AgFunder and ... |
| 01.02.2023 | Fungi-Powered Ingredients Startup Michroma Promising To Remove Petroleum From Food Colorings Raises $6.4 Million In Venture Funding | Co-founded by Ricky Cassini (left) and Dr. Mauricio Braia (right) in 2019, Michroma uses precision ... [+] fermentation to create high-performance colorants from mushrooms. Michroma |
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