Gaia Tech turns food production waste into high-value ingredients for cosmetics, food, and feed manufacturers. Gaia Tech is a spin-off from the research project “Phenoliva”, an endeavor financed by EIT Food with over € 2M for the period of 2019 - 2022 and hosted at the ETH Zurich.
Location: Switzerland, Bern, Berne
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $85.79K
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Venture Ki... | venturekic... |
| 14.10.2025 | SICTIC | sictic.ch |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 06.10.2022 | Grant | $85.79K | - |
Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.05.2024 | Global applause to celebrate winning startups | Over 500 startups from across the EU and its associated countries were evaluated online by more than 60 experts from the agrifood industry to select the 2024 cohort for the EIT Food Accelerator Network Paris program. The startups convinced... |
| 21.03.2024 | First batch of start-ups selected for Tech4Regeneration | Over the years, many industrial and financial companies have integrated the notion of sustainability in the core of their business model, with the large-scale adoption of environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) norms. Even if it were... |
| 23.01.2024 | Advancing the cosmetic industry with Gaia Tech’s upcycling innovation | Gaia Tech’s Co-Founders Enrico Tenaglia and Claudio Reinhard in the laboratory, where they are creating a portfolio of valuable ingredients out of neglected food byproducts. After a rigorous research period, Gaia Tech is starting collaborat... |
| 20.07.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Keurig Dr Pepper bets $300m on coffee, Simbe Robotics scores $28m | Big news this week came from CPG Keurig Dr Pepper, which scooped up a 33% stake in a coffee company, while several food robotics companies that raised new funding. Elsewhere, US-based CubicAcres raised funding and launched a partnership wit... |
| 18.07.2023 | Gaia Tech secures capital to accelerate market entry | |
| 21.06.2023 | Cleantech and life sciences start-ups scoop prizes at W.A. de Vigier Awards | |
| 15.05.2023 | Swissnex San Francisco reveals first cohorts for its sector-based bootcamps | |
| 11.05.2023 | Neues Förderprogramm für Food-Startups punktet mit individuellem Ansatz | |
| 30.03.2023 | 15 startups contest to win CHF 100,000 | |
| 29.12.2022 | Jahresbilanz der Stiftung für technologische Innovation SIT |
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