Sparkalis is a unique foodtech investment fund dedicated to supporting startups that drive disruptive innovations in health, well-being, and sustainability.
Investment Stage: Seed
Portfolio 10
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 19.09.2025 | Time-trave... | timetravellingmilkman.com | $3.91M | Netherland... |
| - | Baqers | baqers.com | - | - |
| - | Fooditive ... | fooditivegroup.com | - | Netherland... |
| - | 301 Moved ... | tht.be | - | - |
| - | Lab ID | labid.eu | - | - |
| - | Bountica | bountica.com | - | - |
| - | GF | gf-impact.com | - | - |
| - | Cacaolab | cacaolab.be | - | - |
| - | California... | cacultured.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | Pichia pas... | mybios.at | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.09.2025 | Time-Travelling Milkman Secures €2M for Sunflower-Based Ingredient That Replicates Functionality of Dairy Fat | Dutch company Time-Travelling Milkman (TTM) has raised €2 million in pre-Series A funding to accelerate the commercial adoption of its flagship creaminess solution, Oleocream. Two new investors participated in the round — Sparkalis, the ven... |
| 03.03.2025 | Food Brewer sichert sich zusätzliches Kapital | Das innovative Zürcher Startup Food Brewer will Kakao- und Kaffeepulver im Brautank züchten und so eine Alternative zu herkömmlichen Rohstoff-Quellen bieten. Das 2021 gegründete Startup hat nach mehrjähriger Forschung sogenannte «Zell-Lini... |
| 20.02.2025 | Food Brewer nets funding from Lindt and Sparkalis for cocoa grown via plant cell culture | Food Brewer—a Zurich-based startup producing cocoa via plant cell culture—has attracted chocolate giant Lindt & Sprüngli, and Sparkalis (the corporate venture arm of bakery ingredients and chocolate giant Puratos), as strategic investor... |
| 11.10.2024 | The Future of Chocolate: How California Cultured is Revolutionizing Cocoa Production | In a world where the demand for chocolate is skyrocketing, the supply chain is crumbling. Traditional cocoa farming faces a perfect storm of challenges: climate change, deforestation, and ethical concerns. Enter California Cultured, a start... |
| 11.10.2024 | Chocolate Giant Puratos Makes Strategic Investment in California Cultured’s Cell-Based Cacao | California Cultured, a startup pioneering plant cell culture to produce cacao, has received an undisclosed investment from Sparkalis, the food tech venture arm of the Belgian international group Puratos. The new capital will fund the startu... |
| 10.10.2024 | Sparkalis Invests in plant cell culture startup California Cultured to futureproof cocoa supply chain | California Cultured—a startup producing flavanol-rich cocoa and other botanicals via plant cell culture, has secured a “significant” investment from Sparkalis, the corporate venture arm of bakery ingredients and chocolate giant Puratos. The... |
| 29.05.2024 | Bountica harnesses ‘nutritional immunity’ to disrupt food preservatives market | Israeli startup Bountica is seeking to disrupt the food preservation space with tasteless proteins (brand name: ‘ProServatives’) it claims are effective against a broad range of food pathogens and spoilage organisms thanks to a mechanism ca... |
| 09.03.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Chromologics raises $7.5m, Next Gen Foods dabbles in alt-dairy, Amazon shutters Go stores | This week in foodtech, natural food color company Chromologics raised seed funding and Singapore’s Next Gen Foods acquired an alt-dairy startup. Agtech funding was all about ecosystem restoration projects, while down in Australia, a cultiva... |