Noblegen is an advanced digital biology company that employs microorganisms to reshape the world’s linear food systems with efficient and affordable circular solutions. We are champions of science on a mission to reinvent our future and disrupt conventional practices to rebalance planet and life, using microbes and fermentation technology.
In our first phase of commercialization we have reinvented the world’s approach to food & agriculture. Our next phases of commercialization include biomaterials, health, energy, and space, among other industries. The company currently employs over 55 people at its Peterborough, Ontario locations.
In our first phase of commercialization we have reinvented the world’s approach to food & agriculture. Our next phases of commercialization include biomaterials, health, energy, and space, among other industries. The company currently employs over 55 people at its Peterborough, Ontario locations.
Location: Canada, Ontario, Peterborough
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $18.48M
Founded date: 2013
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Envest | envest.ear... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 31.05.2019 | Series B | $18.48M | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.07.2021 | ‘The most sustainable option in the food industry…’ Noblegen opens CAD$500m Series C round to commercialize suite of ingredients from ancient microbe euglena gracilis | While it’s more typical to make a press announcement after raising capital, founder Adam Noble told FoodNavigator-USA, “We wanted to open up the pipeline for the broader investor audience,” explaining that the money would help Noblegen exp... |
| 17.10.2019 | Vega Co-Founder & Bestselling Author Brendan Brazier Appointed by Algae Pioneers Noblegen | In the wake of the phenomenal success of The Game Changers, the world seems to have its eyes on vegan nutrition. Fitting news then, that one of the world’s leading authorities on plant-based nutrition, Brendan Brazier, has been appointed as... |
| 08.10.2019 | Canada’s Noblegen Soon to Debut Proteins From Algae With Groundbreaking Proprietary Process | Advanced ingredients company Noblegen creates proteins carbohydrates, and oil ingredients from a single cell microorganism called Euglena Gracilis. The Canadian firm now announces it will be soon ready to enter the plant-based protein marke... |
| 08.10.2019 | Canada’s Noblegen Soon to Debut Proteins From Algae With Groundbreaking Proprietary Process | ©Noblegen Advanced ingredients company Noblegen creates proteins carbohydrates, and oil ingredients from a single cell microorganism called Euglena Gracilis. The Canadian firm now announces it will be soon ready to enter the plant-based pro... |
| 25.09.2019 | Noblegen gears up for launch of complete protein from a Non GMO source that can go 'head to head' with animal protein | Most companies in the emerging microbial fermentation space use synthetic biology to write DNA sequences that can be inserted into microorganisms to ‘instruct’ them to produce target molecules, or they stress an organism to make it grow a s... |
| 04.06.2019 | Daily funding roundup - June 3rd, 2019 | Owlin raised $3.5M; Decentralized closed $4.73M; Prodigy landed $9M; Onna secured $11M Owlin: Owlin is an ambitious technology company developing real-time data analysis and cutting edge. Owlin has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding le... |
| 31.05.2019 | Noblegen Raises CAD$25M in Series B Financing | Noblegen, Inc., a Peterborough, Ontario, Canada-based advanced ingredient startup, secured CAD $25m in Series B financing. The round, which brought total funding to date to $42.5m, was led by Richardson Ventures Inc., a subsidiary of Canadi... |
| 08.03.2018 | International Women’s Day: Wisdom from Women in Agtech | Over the past year, AgFunderNews has been interviewing female executives in agtech to find out how the massive gender gap in agriculture, STEM fields, and venture funding affect their day-to-day experiences. We’ve heard stories of abuse, di... |
| 06.02.2018 | Women in Agtech: Noblegen Cofounder Andressa Lacerda on Taking Charge of her Company’s Narrative | Andressa Lacerda is cofounder and chief development officer of Noblegen, a Canadian biotech startup. She met her Nobelgen cofounder and CEO Adam Noble when he was a teenager and she was in her twenties, just seven years ago. Today the compa... |
| 17.11.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: Barilla Launches Venture Fund, Inventory Robots Are Coming to Walmart, Whole Foods Gets New Boss, more | Barilla Launches Venture Fund and Innovation Hub Barilla, the family-owned company best known for its signature blue pasta box, has announced a new food-focused venture fund and accelerator, Blu1877. Part investment fund and part innovation... |
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