| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.08.2026 | Plantible Foods Secures $35M: Propelling Sustainable Protein Innovation | Plantible Foods secured $35 million in debt and equity funding. This capital fuels a rapid five-fold expansion. Its Eldorado, Texas facility will boost Rubi Protein production. Annual output will now exceed 1,000 metric tons. Funds also tar... |
| 10.08.2026 | Plantible Foods Raises $35M in Funding | Plantible Foods, an Eldorado, Texas-based biology food company, raised $35M in combined debt and equity financing.
Backers included X-Caliber Rural Capital, providing $25M in debt financing via the USDA OneRD Business & Industry program... |
| 10.08.2026 | Plantible Foods Secures $25 Million USDA-Backed Loan From X-Caliber And $10 Million Equity Investment To Quintuple Protein Production | Plantible Foods has secured $35 million in combined debt and equity financing to expand production of Rubi Protein, its plant-derived functional protein ingredient, at the company’s Ranchito facility in Eldorado, Texas.
The financing includ... |
| 07.08.2026 | X-Caliber Rural Capital Provides $25 Million USDA Loan For Plantible Foods’ Texas Expansion | X-Caliber Rural Capital has closed a $25 million USDA OneRD Business & Industry Guaranteed Loan for Plantible Foods. The financing represents the maximum amount available through the program and will support the expansion of Plantible’s... |
| 06.08.2026 | Plantible raises $35m in debt, equity, to increase RuBisCO protein production fivefold | Plantible Foods—a startup extracting RuBisCO, a highly-functional protein from fast-growing aquatic plant lemna (duckweed)—has raised $35 million in debt and equity funding to expand operations at its site in Eldorado, Texas.
The package in... |
| 13.09.2025 | /C O R R E C T I O N -- Mars/ | In the news release, Mars Snacking and Unreasonable Group Welcome Fourteen New Ventures to Unreasonable Food™, issued 11-Sep-2025 by Mars over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the release has been updated to include the full ... |
| 11.09.2025 | Mars Snacking and Unreasonable Group Welcome Fourteen New Ventures to Unreasonable Food™ | As an international network, Unreasonable Food is uniquely positioned to scale high-growth ventures dedicated to creating a more sustainable food system.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, as part of the Unreasonable Food™ coll... |
| 12.08.2025 | Duckweed to dollars: Plantible Foods now ‘fully operational’ at Texas RuBisCO plant, seeks funding to triple capacity | Plantible Foods—a startup extracting RuBisCO, a highly-functional protein from fast-growing aquatic plant lemna (duckweed)—says its first commercial facility in Eldorado, Texas is now fully operational.
The company, which closed a $30 milli... |
| 12.08.2025 | Duckweed Protein Producer Plantible Announces That Its First Commercial Facility is Now Fully Operational | Plantible, a biology company producing protein from duckweed (also known as Lemna or water lentils), has announced that its first commercial facility in Eldorado, Texas, is now fully operational and entering a new phase of expansion.
Called... |
| 19.01.2025 | Chipotle's Green Investments: A Recipe for Sustainability | Chipotle Mexican Grill is stirring the pot. The fast-casual giant is not just about burritos and bowls anymore. It’s diving into the world of sustainability with two recent investments that could reshape the food industry. These moves signa... |
| 16.01.2025 | Chipotle Mexican Grill Invests in Plantible | Plantible, a San Marcos, CA-based integrated biology company developing plant-based protein, received an investment from Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG).
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The company intends to use the funds to e... |
| 15.01.2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Burger King Rib, Cured Swede Bagels & Ikea Vegan Sausages | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Burger King Germany’s new vegan option, a cured root vegetable bagel at Deutsche Bahn, and the UK parliament’s cu... |
| 17.12.2024 | ICL Increases Investment in Plantible Foods, Strengthening Partnership on Innovative Protein Ingredients | ICL, a global leader in specialty minerals, has announced an additional investment in Plantible Foods as part of the company’s ongoing Series B funding round. This investment builds on ICL’s initial involvement in Plantible’s Series A, furt... |
| 25.11.2024 | 5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed In November: Stronger Plants, Better Protein And Longer Lashes | 1 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals every month that may have flown under the radar. Check out last month’s entry here.
The holiday season is upon us and ev... |
| 18.11.2024 | Duckweed Protein Developer Plantible Raises $30M to Scale Operations Amid ‘Insatiable’ Demand for Functional Ingredients | San Diego-based Plantible Foods, a vertically integrated startup extracting the protein RuBisCo from the leafy green aquatic plant called lemna (duckweed), has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Piva Capital and Siddhi... |
| 18.11.2024 | Duckweed Protein Pioneer Plantible Foods Grows Budget with $30M Investment | 4 Mins Read California’s Plantible Foods has closed a $30M Series B round to expand production of its duckweed-derived Rubi Protein.
Among the constantly evolving search for nutritionally sound, climate-friendly, palate-appealing foods, a w... |
| 16.11.2024 | Plantible Foods: A Green Revolution in Protein Production | In the heart of San Diego, a quiet revolution is brewing. Plantible Foods, a startup founded in 2018, is transforming the landscape of protein production. With a recent $30 million Series B funding round, the company is poised to scale its ... |
| 15.11.2024 | Plantible Foods Raises $30M in Series B Funding | Plantible Founders Tony Martens Fekini and Maurits van de Ven
Plantible Foods, a San Diego, CA-based technology company leveraging plants to promote the health and longevity of people and the planet, closed a $30m Series B funding round.
Th... |
| 15.11.2024 | Plantible Foods Closes $30 Million Series B |
SAN DIEGO, CA, Plantible Foods, a technology company unlocking the power of plants to promote the health and longevity of people and the planet, announced the closing of a $30 million Series B funding. round.
>> Click here for more f... |
| 15.11.2024 | Plantible Foods raises $30m Series B to scale duckweed protein, deliver on ‘multi-million dollar offtake agreements’ | Plantible—a startup extracting RuBisCO (‘Rubi protein’), a highly-functional protein from fast-growing aquatic plant lemna (duckweed)—has closed a $30 million Series B round co-led by Piva Capital and Siddhi Capital.
The round, which was al... |
| 15.11.2024 | Plantible Foods Closes $30 Million Series B to Meet Growing Demand for Rubi Protein™ | - |
| 30.08.2024 | Nandi Proteins Secures £500,000 for Egg White Replacer for “Undesirable Ingredients” | Food science innovator Nandi Proteins has secured over £500,000 in funding through a convertible loan from investors including Nesta, the UK’s social innovation agency, and Scottish Enterprise.
The new capital will support the development o... |
| 14.05.2024 | New Culture Partners with CJ CheilJedang to Streamline Costs of Animal-Free Mozzarella | Californian animal-free cheese producer New Culture announces a partnership with its previous investor, South Korean biotech giant CJ CheilJedang.
New Culture develops casein from precision fermentation to make cow-free cheeses that melt, s... |
| 21.02.2024 | ‘World’s Most Abundant Protein’ Cheap Enough to Replace Soy: Upcycled Rubisco Protein Startup Day 8 Nabs $750K Pre-Seed | 5 Mins Read Israeli startup Day 8, which produces upcycled plant-based proteins from Rubisco, has secured a pre-seed investment of $750,000 from food tech incubator and investor The Kitchen Hub.
Day 8 has closed a $750,000 pre-seed financin... |
| 20.02.2024 | Day 8 emerges from stealth with plans to extract ‘holy grail of proteins’ from ag waste | Israeli startup Day 8 has emerged from stealth armed with $750,000 pre-seed funding from The Kitchen FoodTech Hub to develop an approach it claims could change the economics of RuBisCO protein by extracting it from discarded crop leaves.
On... |
| 26.10.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: URB-E pivots to last-mile delivery, GoodBytz bags $12m, a new fund for regen ag | This week, URB-E, a company best known for developing e-scooters, took a sharp left turn with both its business and its brand. And while funding rounds are low and slow of late, they nonetheless trickle in despite the tough economic times. ... |
| 23.10.2023 | Plantible teams up with ICL to create Rubisco-powered clean label binder that ‘outperforms methylcellulose by a mile’ | San Diego-based startup Plantible Foods has teamed up with ICL Food Specialties to create a clean label alternative to methylcellulose, a chemically modified binder that has become ubiquitous in meat alternatives.
Featuring RuBisCO (‘Rubi P... |
| 10.10.2023 | Meet the Startups Working with the Climate-Positive Alt-Protein Superfood That Grows Everywhere | 8 Mins Read In a world increasingly ravaged by the climate crisis and food insecurity, one crop could be a solution to meeting our future nutritional, environmental and health needs. Find out more about the startups growing duckweed, the fu... |
| 02.10.2023 | The 68 most important VCs in New York, according to other VCs | From left: Ben Sun of Primary; Anu Duggal of Female Founders Fund; Susan Lyne of BBG Ventures; Josh Wolfe of Lux Capital. Ben Sun, Anu Duggal, Susan Lyne, Josh Wolfe This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insi... |
| 27.06.2023 | Plantible Foods launches plant-based egg replacer that ‘outperforms eggs’ | Plantible Foods—a startup extracting a highly functional protein from fast-growing aquatic plant lemna—has opened a 140-acre lemna farm in Texas and launched its first product: Rubi Whisk, a plant-based egg replacer it claims can “outperfor... |
| 27.05.2022 | Increase in Veganism Propels Demand For Duckweed, One of World’s Most Sustainable & Nutritious Plants | The aquatic plant duckweed, also known as lemna or the water lentil, is considered to be one of the most sustainable and nutrient-dense plants in the world.
Duckweed protein is witnessing growth according to a new market report that states ... |
| 14.10.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 14.10.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 13.10.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 13.10.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 11.10.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 11.10.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 10.10.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 10.10.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 09.10.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 09.10.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 08.10.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 08.10.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 07.10.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 07.10.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 03.10.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 03.10.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 02.10.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 02.10.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 29.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 29.09.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 26.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 26.09.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 23.09.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 23.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 22.09.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 22.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 21.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 21.09.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 20.09.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 20.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 19.09.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 19.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 18.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 18.09.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 17.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 16.09.2021 | Plantible Foods Nets $21.5M Series A Funding | Photo Courtesy of Plantible Foods The Plantible Foods team floats in a field of lemna, the plant used to produce the company’s plant-based protein. Plantible Foods, a local agriculture-tech start-up developing a plant-based protein, raised ... |
| 14.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 09.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 08.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 07.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 06.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 05.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 04.09.2021 | Plant protein that behaves like animal protein? Lemna-fueled Plantible Foods raises $21.5m, gears up for 2022 launch | - |
| 04.09.2021 | Plantible closes Series A funding round of $21.5M that will be used to develop the commercialization of its product in 2022 | - |
| 04.09.2021 | Plantible To Launch Duckweed Protein Next Year After $21.5M Series A | 3 Mins Read
Plantible Foods, the company behind the duckweed-based protein, has just secured $21.5 million in its Series A round. The funding will go towards building its first commercial-scale production facility, ahead of its plan to laun... |
| 03.09.2021 |
Plantible Harvests $21.5M To Turn Duckweed Into Protein For Humans
| San Diego-based Plantible Foods, a startup developing a system to use Lemna--otherwise known as duckweed--as a protein source for humans, has raised $21.5M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Astanor Ventures, and also included Pi... |
| 02.09.2021 | Plantible Receives $21.5M in Series A Funding that will be used to build its first commercial facility to commericalize their product line | - |
| 02.09.2021 | San Diego’s Plantible Secures $21.5M For Alt Meat & Dairy Created From One of World’s Most Sustainable Plant Proteins | Plantible Foods announces it has closed a $21.5 million Series A funding round led by Astanor Ventures, making a total raise of $27 million to date. The startup’s proprietary plant protein Rubi Protein™ harnesses lemna, an aquatic plant com... |
| 02.09.2021 | Plantible Foods Scores $21.5M Series A Round |
SAN DIEGO, CA, Food-tech company Plantible Foods announced today the closing of a $21.5 million Series A funding round.
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| 02.09.2021 | Plantible Raises $21.5M in Series A Funding | Plantible, a San Diego CA-based food-tech/biotech company, raised $21.5M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Astanor Ventures with participation from Piva Capital, CJ CheilJedang, Good Friends, Bradley Horowitz (SVP of Product at Goog... |
| 02.09.2021 | Plantible raises $21.5 million to scale duckweed-based protein | SAN DIEGO — Food technology company Plantible Foods Inc. raised $21.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Astanor Ventures, with participation from Piva Capital, CJ CheilJedang and Good Friends.
Google executive Bradley Horowitz, Mam... |
| 01.09.2021 | Will the war for talent spur dealmaking? | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Talent is a priority for companies this year, according to KPMG CEO Paul Knopp.
Burnt out workers... |
| 01.09.2021 | Plant protein that behaves like animal protein? Lemna-fueled Plantible Foods raises $21.5m, gears up for 2022 launch | The cash injection, bringing its cumulative funding to $27m, will enable Plantible Foods (currently operating at pilot scale in San Diego) to build its first commercial facility (in the Midwest) and introduce food formulators to a plant-... |
| 01.09.2021 | Will the war for talent spur dealmaking? | Talent is a priority for companies this year, according to KPMG CEO Paul Knopp.
Burnt out workers are looking for new jobs while companies are doing the previously unthinkable—raising wages—in a bid to keep them. At the same time in venture... |
| 28.08.2020 | From Francis Ford Coppola to foodtech: FTW Ventures’ Brian Frank on latest fund | San Francisco-based FTW Ventures describes itself as the “secret force” behind some big changes coming to the food system. This week it announced a new $4 million agrifoodtech fund, which has already made five investments and is targeting 1... |
| 07.05.2020 | EXCLUSIVE: Lemna cultivator DryGro closes $4.7m Series A to sustainably replace soy in livestock feed | There is huge scope for improvement in the farming of aquatic crops. Historically, these were overlooked in favor of soil-based staples. So most startups diving into the aquatic crop world need to wrestle with a legacy of incomplete plant s... |
| 05.05.2020 | Plantible Foods raises $4.6M pre-seed funding round led by Unshackled Ventures for Commercializing Plant-based Protein | - |
| 30.04.2020 | Plantible raises $4.6 million seed round for an egg white replacement that isn’t aquafaba | When California announced a statewide lockdown, Tony Martens and Maurits van de Ven decided to stay put instead of heading home to Amsterdam.
So, the co-founders of Plantible bought two trailers and started living at their HQ: a two-acre du... |
| 27.04.2020 | Plantible Foods Secures $4.6 M for “World’s Most Sustainable Protein” Derived From Aquatic Duckweed | Plantible Foods announces $4.6 million in investment for a proprietary plant protein created by harnessing lemna, an aquatic plant commonly known as duckweed which is considered to be one of the most sustainable and nutrient-dense plants in... |
| 27.04.2020 | Plantible Foods Secures $4.6 M for “World’s Most Sustainable Protein” Derived From Aquatic Duckweed | ©Plantible Foods
Plantible Foods announces $4.6 million in investment for a proprietary plant protein created by harnessing lemna, an aquatic plant commonly known as duckweed which is considered to be one of the most sustainable and nutrien... |
| 19.12.2018 | Plantible Foods: “We are on a Mission to Create a Truly Sustainable Global Food System” | California-based Plantible Foods is on the mission to revolutionise the food industry by developing the most functional and sustainable plant protein using lemna (also known as duckweed). Being 50,000 times more protein efficient than beef ... |
| 06.11.2018 | California Company is Cultivating “World’s Best and Most Sustainable Plant-based Protein” | Plantible Foods is creating plant-based protein made of aquatic plant lemna, commonly known as duckweed, which is neutral in colour and taste and has the characteristics of an egg white. Plantible says that they are “on a mission to revolut... |
| 17.10.2018 | Plantible Foods targets food industry with plant-based duckweed protein that ‘functions like an egg white’ | Strong consumer interest and the rising number of plant-based products entering the market has fueled the plant-based food industry, which saw dollar sales grow 20% in 2018 compared to last year reaching $3.3bn, according to Plant Based Foo... |
| - | Piva Capital: A Venture Capital Firm Investing In Transformative Energy And Industrial Companies | Piva Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm investing in disruptive energy and industrial companies across North America and Europe.
The firm’s team of seven full-time investors and eight advisors focuses on finding and backi... |
