| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.02.2026 | +++ Holy +++ Animal Syndication Company +++ YZR Capital +++ Darmstadt +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 10. Februar). #STARTUPLAND
If you live and breathe startups – this is your event.
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| 04.02.2026 | 9 VCs, die mit vollen Kassen unterwegs sind | Von Krise keine Spur! Ist der Fundraising Winter schon wieder vorbei? Der Berliner Frühphaseninvestor seed + speed Ventures legte kürzlich seinen dritten Fonds (90 Millionen Euro) auf. Die gute Nachricht dabei: „Die ursprüngliche Plan- und ... |
| 17.12.2025 | Europe's Innovation Surge: New Funds Drive FoodTech, Deep Tech, and HealthTech Growth | European venture capital surges. FoodLabs secured over €105M for its third fund, targeting food system innovation, from farm to health. University2Ventures launched a €60M fund, focusing on deep tech spin-offs in AI, clean tech, and industr... |
| 16.12.2025 | German Startups Secure Funding: Amplifold, FION Energy, and More | Recent investment activity in the DACH region highlights growth in deep tech, climate tech, and diagnostics. Amplifold, a Munich-based biotech, secured €5 million. FION Energy, focused on industrial batteries, gained €1.4 million. A notable... |
| 15.12.2025 | FoodLabs: Fund III Closed Above €105 Million To Back ‘Lab-To-Shelf’ Food Innovation | FoodLabs said it has closed its third venture fund at more than €105 million, expanding the Berlin-based firm’s push to finance and build startups tackling food-system infrastructure, technology, and research challenges. The firm disclosed ... |
| 13.12.2025 | +++ Mondu +++ Limehome +++ LI.FI +++ CODE +++ FoodLabs +++ U2V +++ Catalpa Ventures +++ | +++ #StartupTicker-Wochenrückblick +++ Mondu +++ Limehome +++ LI.FI +++ CODE +++ Virtonomy +++ Amplifold +++ Blickfeld +++ fiskaly +++ EIKONA +++ osapiens +++ Lucent +++ FoodLabs +++ University2Ventures +++ Catalpa Ventures +++
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| 10.12.2025 | Amplifold erhält 5 Millionen Euro – FION Energy sammelt 1,4 Millionen ein – Senstar übernimmt Blickfeld | Im #DealMonitor für den 10. Dezember werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor... |
| 10.12.2025 | +++ FoodLabs +++ University2Ventures (U2V) +++ Catalpa Ventures +++ raisin +++ Hemptastic +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Mittwoch, 10. Dezember). #STARTUPLAND: SAVE THE DATE
The next unicorn? You’ll meet it at STARTUPLAND
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| 23.07.2025 | Win-Win raises £3M to scale cocoa-free chocolate and expand across Europe | Food tech company Win-Win, creators of the UK’s first cocoa-free alternative to chocolate, has raised £3 million in a Series A funding round, bringing their total raised to date to £8 million. The funding round will further fuel Win-Win’s g... |
| 23.06.2025 | Insight Partners investiert in LAP Coffee – Superscale sammelt 5 Millionen ein – DealCircle kauft DUB.de | Im #DealMonitor für den 23. Juni werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 05.03.2025 | “Wir sind jedes Jahr erstaunt, in welchem Tempo wir wachsen” | Das Hamburger Food-Startup ahead, 2017 von den ehemaligen Bundeswehr-Offizieren Philip Brohlburg und Johannes Sörensen gegründet, setzt auf gesunde Snacks. In den vergangenen Jahren investierten DN Capital, JamJar, G-Fund, Foodlabs und Döhl... |
| 25.02.2025 | Project Eaden – und der millionenschwere Schinken aus dem Labor | Das Berliner Startup Project Eaden, 2022 von den Upper Hand-Machern David Schmelzeisen (Materialwissenschaftler) und Jan Wilmking sowie mymuesli-Gründer Hubertus Bessau gegründet, kümmert sich um “Fleisch aus Pflanzen”. Dabei setzt das Unte... |
| 23.01.2025 | Project Eaden: Revolutionizing Plant-Based Meat with Fiber Spinning Technology | In the heart of Berlin, a culinary revolution is brewing. Project Eaden, a startup founded in 2022, is poised to change the way we think about plant-based meat. With a recent €15 million ($15.6 million) Series A funding round, the company i... |
| 22.01.2025 | Scaling the future of meat: Project Eaden raises €15M to launch ultra-realistic plant-based ham in Europe | Foodtech startup Project Eaden, creator of ultra-realistic plant-based meats using proprietary fibre spinning technology inspired by the textile industry, has closed an oversubscribed €15 million Series A funding, bringing the company’s fun... |
| 22.01.2025 | Project Eaden’s Textile-Inspired Tech Raises €15M to Scale Next-Gen Whole Cuts | Berlin-based climate tech startup Project Eaden has closed a €15 million oversubscribed Series A funding round to accelerate the European retail launch of its plant-based meat alternatives. Using proprietary fiber spinning technology inspir... |
| 22.01.2025 | Germany’s Project Eaden Spins $15.6M in Series A Funding for Ultra-Realistic Pork-Free Ham | 6 Mins Read German startup Project Eaden has secured €15M ($15.6M) in a Series A funding round to launch its fibre-spun whole-cut in retail, starting with REWE supermarkets nationwide.
Using textile technology to modernise and futureproof t... |
| 22.01.2025 | Project Eaden raises $15.6m Series A to launch ‘ultra-realistic’ plant-based meat using fiber spinning tech | Project Eaden—a Berlin-based startup deploying fiber spinning and compounding technology to create “ultra-realistic” meat alternatives—has raised a €15 million ($15.6 million) Series A round.
The round, which takes Project Eaden’s cumulativ... |
| 27.12.2024 | So können VCs den Impact von Startups messen | Gemeinsam mit führenden europäischen VC-Fonds wie ETF Partners, Sofinnova Partners, Astanor und SET Ventures haben wir bei FoodLabs als Teil der Coalition for Impact in Venture das Handbuch “Impact Accountability in Venture Capital: A Ready... |
| 10.12.2024 | “Covid-19 war für heycater eine Nahtoderfahrung” | Das Berliner Catering-Unternehmen heycater, 2015 von Sophie Radtke und Therese Köhlerwar sowie Henrik Piroth gegründet, in den vergangenen Jahren recht ruhig unterwegs. Im Gegensatz zu einigen anderen Startups, die in den vergangenen Jahren... |
| 10.09.2024 | Formo's $61M Leap: A New Era for Cheese Alternatives | In a world where food innovation meets sustainability, Formo is carving out a niche. The Berlin-based startup has raised $61 million in a Series B funding round, marking a significant milestone in the alternative protein landscape. This fun... |
| 10.09.2024 | Formo Stretches Budget with $61M Series B, Rolls Out Animal-Free Koji Cheese in Supermarkets
How Formo makes its koji protein cheese | 7 Mins Read German food tech startup Formo has closed a $61M Series B fundraise and launched animal-free cheeses made from microbial fermentation in supermarkets.
If you’re in Germany or Austria, you can now walk to one of 2,000+ Rewe, Bill... |
| 14.06.2024 | European Climate FoodTech Raised Over $2Bn in 2023, Surpassing the US for First Time | The annual Food for Climate Report by FoodLabs and Dealroom.co has analysed over 1200 VC-backed, climate-focused food startups across 40 segments, determining the state of the sustainable food and ag-tech ecosystem in Europe.
The results sh... |
| 10.04.2024 | Torg Revolutionizes Food Sourcing with €2.7M Funding | Berlin-based startup Torg secures €2.7 million in funding to enhance its AI-powered platform, connecting food service suppliers and buyers. With a database of over 100,000 verified suppliers, Torg aims to streamline the sourcing process for... |
| 09.04.2024 | German-based Torg raises €2.7M for its AI-powered product sourcing platform | Read this article in:
Berlin-based Torg, a B2B startup digitising product sourcing to bring buyers and suppliers together, has raised an oversubscribed €2.7M Seed round to transform food & beverage sourcing with its AI-powered platform.... |
| 09.04.2024 | Food sourcing platform Torg raises €2.7M Seed | Berlin-based B2B startup Torg has raised €2.7M for its Seed round for its platform that connects suppliers of food service products with buyers.
Torg provides a digital marketplace in which the company, using machine learning to boost its s... |
| 05.03.2024 | Berlin-based VC FoodLabs leads €1M seed round of biotech company Van Heron Labs | Read this article in:
Alabama-based Van Heron Labs, a biotechnology company, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $1.1M (approximately €1M) in a seed round of funding led by FoodLabs, a Berlin-based early-stage VC and venture studio for... |
| 16.02.2024 | Pacifico Biolabs Secures $3.3M to “Transform Seafood” with Whole Cut Alternatives | Berlin-based biotech startup Pacifico Biolabs emerges from two years in stealth mode with the announcement of a $3.3 million oversubscribed pre-seed round.
With the capital, the startup plans to improve and further scale its “unique” biomas... |
| 02.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Beyond Meat does layoffs, Fibmold lands $10m for alt plastic, Athian & Elanco team up | Beyond Meat announced this week it will cut 19% of its workforce after a weak third quarter. In agtech, sustainable materials company Fibmold raised funds for a plastic alternative and Bioomix announced a raise for its microbial ag solution... |
| 31.10.2023 | Berlin agritech startup Tupu raises $3.2M to advance urban mushroom farming | Berlin-based agritech startup Tupu has raised $3.2 million in a Seed round. The round was co-led by FoodLabs and Zubi Capital and included participation from Clear Current Capital, FoodHack, IT-Farm, Coast Cap, and angel investors including... |
| 31.10.2023 | German agtech Tupu secures €3M to revolutionise mushroom farming, expand market reach | Read this article in:
Berlin-based Tupu, an agtech company that plans to transform the mushroom farming industry through its decentralised farming system, announced that it has secured $3.2M (approximately €3M) in a Seed round of funding.
T... |
| 24.08.2023 | Germany-based HOLY raises €10.5M, aims to become Europe’s leading healthy soft drink brand | Read this article in:
Berlin-based HOLY, a direct-to-consumer brand that offers a healthier alternative to regular soft drinks, announced on Thursday that it has secured €10.5M in a Series A round of funding to scale its offering across Eur... |
| 26.05.2023 | Food for Climate Report: 2022 was the most active year ever for European Foodtech & Agritech startups | Today’s environment is affected by a number of impacts that we have to face including political and financial instability and climate change and its impact on sustainability, to name just a few. These impacts have a significant influence on... |
| 23.05.2023 | Meatable is raising the steaks with faster manufacturing, culling the time is takes to send a cell-grown piggy to market | Today Meatable announced it has reduced the time it takes to create cultivated pork meat to only eight days, with the highest quality muscle and fat cells, thanks to a differentiation process that can scale at pace with lower costs.
Traditi... |
| 23.03.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Oatly raises $425m, Cocoon Bioscience bags $16 million to turn moths into bioreactors | This week, loss-making Oatly raised $425m as it “moves towards reaching financial self-sufficiency,” Cocoon Bioscience bagged $16 million to turn moths into bioreactors, and Klimato secured €4.2 million ($4.5 million) to expand its platform... |
| 28.02.2023 | It's time for alt chocolate: London's WNWN picks up $5.6 million | With dairy and meat alternatives increasingly embraced by consumers, London's WNWN is trying to carve out a niche in cocoa-free "alt chocolate" by using legumes, cereals and other plant-based ingredients to emulate chocolate's ric... |
| 06.02.2023 | Berlin's Yababa is insolvent | Yababa, a Berlin startup that sought to serve up home grocery deliveries for cooking Oriental cuisine, is apparently shutting its doors.
Deutsche Startups reported bankruptcy papers from Yababa had been filed, in a signal investor sentiment... |
| 24.11.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: a $60m raise for Modern Milkman, ‘ultrasonic’ snack bars & food delivery layoffs | This week, craft beer company Bira landed new funding to expand its geographic reach while Torr FoodTech grabbed $12 million for its unusual and tech-centric approach to snack bars. In agtech, Clarifruit also raised $12 million while more l... |
| 02.11.2022 | Atlantic Labs and FoodLabs launch Founders for Climate initiative | Berlin-based early-stage tech and foodftech investor(s) Atlantic Labs and FoodLabs are getting even more serious about climate tech with the launch of their Founders for Climate initiative. The programme aims to establish what the firm(s) a... |
| 20.09.2022 | Hamburg’s MicroHarvest reaps in €8.5 million to build protein production system | Addressing the pressing need for sustainable alternatives to meet the growing global protein, demand Hamburg-based biotech startup MicroHarvest has raised €8.5 million in funding. The new capital will allow the startup to bring their single... |
| 30.06.2022 | Creandum backs ‘the Tesla of sustainable food’, Berlin-based Project Eaden, in €8M round | Berlin-based Project Eaden, a company involved in the development and licensing of technologies for producing sustainable food and meat alternatives, announced on Thursday that it has raised €8M in a Seed round of funding.
The company claim... |
| 30.06.2022 | Berlin's Project Eaden, a creator of “new earthly pleasures” raises €8 million | Berlin-based Project Eaden has raised €8 million in a seed round led by Creandum that will be used further develop and scale the company's proprietary technology. Joining an increasingly crowded sustainable food sector, Project Eaden promis... |
| 19.05.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Downey Jr’s Footprint backs Motif; Unilever joins $1bn regen ag fund | One of India’s leading food and restaurant delivery services made another big-ticket acquisition this week, while alt-protein producers raised several early-stage rounds. Upstream, Unilever joined a new $1.06 billion fund to accelerate adop... |
| 16.05.2022 | Italian startup Bevy chugs in $2 million for home delivery of heavy beverage cases | An everyday problem that is still far too common in most parts of Europe is the process of carrying home water cases from the supermarket or discounter. Despite the rise of q-commerce players and supermarkets offering delivery services, the... |
| 13.05.2022 | Berlin-based MagaLoop loops in €9 million to connect kiosk owners with suppliers | Berlin-based digital B2B marketplace MagaLoop has raised €9 million in funding for its app-based ordering platform to connect independent retailers directly with suppliers. The Series A round was led by existing investors Market One Capital... |
| 20.04.2022 | How CBD biomanufacturing could make Europe change and win the cannabis game | By now, many have heard about Cannabidiol, better known as CBD, the non-psychoactive cannabinoid derived from the cannabis plant and discovered in 1940. You can find it in products ranging from edible gummy bears to skin oil, for purposes s... |
| 07.04.2022 | German startup nuvo picks up €1.6 million to develop data importing solution | Hamburg-based SaaS startup nuvo has raised €1.6 million funding to fuel the growth of its data importing solution. The pre-seed round was led by FoodLabs, with participation from early-stage VC firm APX, Collective Ventures and angels, incl... |
| 07.04.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Umiami grabs $30m for alt-chicken, funding for forest tech grows | France’s Umiami took a step closer to commercializing its whole-cut vegan chicken breast this week with the close of an Astanor Ventures-led Series A round.
Elsewhere, two startups raised funds for their reforestation-focused tech, while th... |
| 04.04.2022 | Portugal’s Pleez pleas, I can haz €1.5 million, please? | Lisbon-based Pleez has raised €1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Berlin’s FoodLabs. The foodtech startup is slated to use the funding to further develop its technology stack and advance with pan-European expansion efforts, initiall... |
| 02.03.2022 | Mobile-based AI self-checkout solution lands €2.5 million funding for Berlin-based retail startup | The smart retail market is estimated to be worth $127.28 billion by 2028, with a CAGR of 27.4%, and self-checkout solutions market alone comes with an estimation of $5.9 billion by 2026 and a CAGR of 11%. In-store innovation creates a uniqu... |
| 15.02.2022 | Beyond city limits: Germany’s voilà brings fine dining to your door | Berlin-based fine dining delivered to your door startup voilà has raised $10 million in a new funding round. The 8-month-old company will use the capital to further develop its tech stack and embark on a recruitment drive that will support ... |
| 19.10.2021 | Atlantic Food Relaunches as FoodLabs, Dedicates €100M to Expedite European FoodTech | As research reveals global sustainability to be overtaking personal health as consumers’ biggest concern, Atlantic Food Labs relaunches as FoodLabs, with a dedicated €100 million food tech fund for investment in food, health and sustainabil... |
| 11.10.2021 | Atlantic Labs spins-out FoodLabs, a €100M food tech fund addressing climate and health | In the latest sign that the tech industry is pivoting toward climate and sustainability, Atlantic Food Labs — an offshoot of the Berlin fund Atlantic Labs headed by long-time tech investor Christophe F. Maire — is relaunching as FoodLabs, w... |
| - | Italian startup Bevy chugs in $2 million for home delivery of heavy beverage cases | An everyday problem that is still far too common in most parts of Europe is the process of carrying home water cases from the supermarket or discounter. Despite the rise of q-commerce players and supermarkets offering delivery services, the... |
| - | Portugal’s Pleez pleas, I can haz €1.5 million, please? | Lisbon-based Pleez has raised €1.5 million in a seed funding round led by Berlin’s FoodLabs. The foodtech startup is slated to use the funding to further develop its technology stack and advance with pan-European expansion efforts, initiall... |
| - | Berlin's Project Eaden, a creator of “new earthly pleasures” raises €8 million | Berlin-based Project Eaden has raised €8 million in a seed round led by Creandum that will be used further develop and scale the company's proprietary technology. Joining an increasingly crowded sustainable food sector, Project Eaden promis... |
| - | German startup nuvo picks up €1.6 million to develop data importing solution | Hamburg-based SaaS startup nuvo has raised €1.6 million funding to fuel the growth of its data importing solution. The pre-seed round was led by FoodLabs, with participation from early-stage VC firm APX, Collective Ventures and angels, incl... |
| - | Mobile-based AI self-checkout solution lands €2.5 million funding for Berlin-based retail startup | The smart retail market is estimated to be worth $127.28 billion by 2028, with a CAGR of 27.4%, and self-checkout solutions market alone comes with an estimation of $5.9 billion by 2026 and a CAGR of 11%. In-store innovation creates a uniqu... |
| - | Berlin-based MagaLoop loops in €9 million to connect kiosk owners with suppliers | Berlin-based digital B2B marketplace MagaLoop has raised €9 million in funding for its app-based ordering platform to connect independent retailers directly with suppliers. The Series A round was led by existing investors Market One Capital... |
| - | How CBD biomanufacturing could make Europe change and win the cannabis game | By now, many have heard about Cannabidiol, better known as CBD, the non-psychoactive cannabinoid derived from the cannabis plant and discovered in 1940. You can find it in products ranging from edible gummy bears to skin oil, for purposes s... |
| - | Beyond city limits: Germany’s voilà brings fine dining to your door | Berlin-based fine dining delivered to your door startup voilà has raised $10 million in a new funding round. The 8-month-old company will use the capital to further develop its tech stack and embark on a recruitment drive that will support ... |
