Protifarm is world’s leading producer of sustainable nutritional and natural ingredients of the lesser mealworm for human consumption.
Location: Netherlands, Gelderland, Ermelo
Employees: 201-500
Founded date: 2015
Investors 1
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Mentions in press and media 8
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| 01.06.2021 | Maastricht University research finds that mealworm protein is as beneficial as milk protein | Insect proteins offer the best of both worlds: extremely sustainable and great quality protein PARIS, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Research by Maastricht University proves for the first time that insect protein is as beneficial as the 'gold... |
| 13.04.2021 | Paris-based Ynsect bugs out, acquires Dutch agTech Protifarm | Paris-based natural insect protein maker Ynsect has acquired Ermelo, Netherlands-based mealworm-ingredients-for-human-food maker Protifarm. No financials were provided, however, Protifarm’s lead investors Marvesa and P.O.T BV will become sh... |
| 13.04.2021 | Ÿnsect acquires Protifarm to raise insects for human consumption | French insect protein startup Ÿnsect announced this morning that it has acquired Netherlands counterpart Protifarm, which raises mealworms for human food applications. At the start of the year, the European Food Safety Authority announced i... |
| 03.03.2020 | What it takes to scale an agrifood tech startup | This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner, ahead of its fifth annual conference in Wageningen, Netherlands, 13-14 May 2020. F&A Next 2020 will focus on the impact of food and agriculture innovat... |
| 16.01.2020 | 2019 was a breakout year for alternative protein startups. What’s in store for 2020? | This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner, ahead of its fifth annual conference in Wageningen, Netherlands, 13-14 May 2020. F&A Next 2020 will focus on the impact of food and agriculture innovat... |
| 12.12.2019 | Protifarm raises Series B to scale robot-grown beetle “tofu” | Insect farming companies have closed a few big venture rounds in the past 18 months: France’s Ynsect, South Africa’s AgriProtein, Canada’s Enterra. What they all have in common is that they’re in the business of producing high-quality prote... |
| 05.12.2019 | Investment in Agri-tech’s scale-up Protifarm | The world’s population is estimated to increase to 10 billion people in 2050. To feed all these mouths, food production needs to increase with no less than 70%. This poses serious challenges to the sustainability of our food production. The... |
| - | Paris-based Ynsect bugs out, acquires Dutch agTech Protifarm | Paris-based natural insect protein maker Ynsect has acquired Ermelo, Netherlands-based mealworm-ingredients-for-human-food maker Protifarm. No financials were provided, however, Protifarm’s lead investors Marvesa and P.O.T BV will become sh... |