We all love food, but while our population is growing, Earth’s natural resources for food are limited and strained by climate change, leading to the current increase of global hunger, undernutrition and food prices. Our mission is to accelerate the global transition to sustainable food by producing the best sustainable source of healthy food ingredients out of the most advanced organic cultivation systems, driven by nature’s power! Arborea’s team developed the world’s first “BioSolar Leaf” cultivation system which harnesses natural photosynthesis in a completely new way. Thanks to sunlight, It grows microscopic plants to produce healthy food ingredients while also generating breathable oxygen and sequestrating high amount of carbon dioxide (CO2), the major reason behind climate change. At Arborea, we can finally produce clean and healthy food while promoting Earth’s regulatory carbon-cycles on a massive scale! www.Arborea.io
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $5.22M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 7
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 23.12.2024 | - | $5.22M | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.07.2025 | Arborea: “We’re Creating the Blueprint for a Food System That Can Both Feed People and Restore the Planet” | Julian Melchiorri is an entrepreneur and innovator recognised for his pioneering work on photosynthesis and biomimicry. He is the CEO and Founder of Arborea, a company that leverages microbial photosynthesis in a radical new way to convert ... |
| 24.12.2024 | Climate Tech Startup Absorbs $5.2M for Sunlight-Fed ‘Carbon-Negative’ Proteins | 5 Mins Read Arborea has closed a €5M ($5.2M) investment round to build a facility for its Biosolar Leaf system, which industrialises photosynthesis to create high-value microalgae proteins. Anglo-Portuguese startup Arborea is building a com... |
| 23.12.2024 | Arborea: Cultivating a Sustainable Future with Carbon-Negative Protein | In a world grappling with climate change and food insecurity, innovation is the lifeline. Arborea, an Anglo-Portuguese startup, is making waves with its groundbreaking approach to protein production. Recently, the company secured €5 million... |
| 23.12.2024 | Carbon-negative protein production startup Arborea raises €5 million | Arborea, an Anglo-Portuguese startup pioneering in the development of multi-functional proteins and nutritious ingredients through a new microalgae production system, has successfully secured a €5 million funding round. The round was led by... |
| 23.12.2024 | Arborea raises €5M for to cultivate proteins on any surface | Anglo-Portuguese energy tech Arborea has secured €5M in new funding. The round was led by Indico Capital Partners and supported by Banco Português de Fomento (BPF). The investment will fund the preparation of Arborea’s first facility for co... |
| 26.11.2024 | 🎥Biomass fermentation in focus at MISTA growth hack: ‘The food of the future is going to be manufactured in a tank’ | Biomass fermentation—which is used to produce everything from mycoprotein to DHA-packed animal feed supplements—is generally cheaper than precision fermentation because firms are harvesting the whole biomass, and skipping costly downstream ... |
| 13.09.2024 | MISTA Growth Hack Selects Biomass Fermentation as Key Theme for 2024 | A unique collaboration of 14 early-stage food tech startups, eight leading global food companies, and key partners, including Accenture, the Good Food Institute, and SOSV, will be part of the 2024 MISTA Growth Hack. MISTA, a food innovation... |
| 25.08.2021 | Agrifoodtech Digest: Cargill, Microsoft & Rabobank get in on the ag carbon game | Two of the past week’s biggest stories were AFN exclusives from the ag carbon market, both involving Microsoft: verification platform Regrow’s $17 million Series A round, and agroforestry startup reNature’s successful ‘harvest’ in Brazil. I... |
| 16.07.2020 | What does a Net Zero tech company look like? | With just a few days left to apply for our brand new Net Zero programme, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the tech companies who come under the Net Zero umbrella. The growth programme is designed to help tech co... |
| - | Arborea | “Arborea - Industrializing Photosynthesis” |
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