Changing the food industry by replacing synthetic, non-vegetarian and not sustainable colorants for a new revolutionary option from fungi.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $6.4M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| 08.03.2021 | Plug and P... | plugandpla... |
| 19.05.2021 | MassChalle... | masschalle... |
| 22.03.2023 | Supply Cha... | supplychan... |
| 16.12.2022 | Boro Capit... | borocapita... |
| - | Endless Fr... | endlessfro... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.02.2023 | Seed | $6.4M | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.12.2023 | Festive agrifoodtech vox pop part 1: From fundraising to hiring challenges, what keeps startups awake at night as we head into 2024? | As we approach 2024, what is keeping agrifoodtech startups awake at night? To find out, foodtech editor Elaine Watson fired off a few emails to companies she’s covered on AgFunderNews this year (apologies if you weren’t contacted, next year... |
| 18.07.2023 | Q&A: GRIDX CEO on why Argentina is leading Latin America’s boom in biotech innovation | Argentina, Latin America’s southernmost country, is often characterized by ongoing economic crises and turmoil. But it is also fast becoming an innovation center for biotech: Second only to the US, Argentina is now the main provider of proj... |
| 02.02.2023 | The week in agrifoodtech: Plant-based salmon reels in $12m, new funding for ag robots, Impossible layoffs | This week, Canada’s New School Foods snagged seed funding for its whole-cut plant-based salmon. In agtech, BloomX secured funding for its pollination tech and E-Terry for its farm robot. Meanwhile, KFC struck a deal to put robots in its kit... |
| 02.02.2023 | Michroma raises $6.4M to speed commercialization of natural red food color | Dive Brief: Precision fermentation ingredients maker Michroma raised $6.4 million in a seed round to fast-track its commercialization of a natural red coloring for food and beverage. The round was led by Supply Change Capital — which receiv... |
| 01.02.2023 | Who were the most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms in 2022? | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder, a food and agriculture technology venture capital firm. Click here for more research from AgFunder and ... |
| 01.02.2023 | Michroma wants to make food colorings, flavors more ‘fun’gi | Food colorings, like Red 40 and Yellow 5, often include synthetic, petroleum or animal-derived products, but in recent years, the $2.6 billion food colors market has trended toward using natural ingredients as more consumers want more clean... |
| 01.02.2023 | Michroma Closes $6.4M Seed Funding | Michroma, a San Francisco, CA-based precision fermentation food ingredient company, raised $6.4M in Seed funding. The round was led by Supply Change Capital, with participation from Be8 Ventures, CJ CheilJedang, FEN Ventures, Boro Capital, ... |
| 01.02.2023 | BREAKING: Michroma lands $6.4m seed round to build a better synbio platform for food coloring | Precision fermentation company Michroma has raised a $6.4 million oversubscribed seed round. Its synthetic biology platform produces natural colors and flavors for food. Supply Change Capital led the round with participation from Be8 Ventur... |
| 01.02.2023 | Fungi-Powered Ingredients Startup Michroma Promising To Remove Petroleum From Food Colorings Raises $6.4 Million In Venture Funding | Co-founded by Ricky Cassini (left) and Dr. Mauricio Braia (right) in 2019, Michroma uses precision ... [+] fermentation to create high-performance colorants from mushrooms. Michroma |
| 17.05.2021 | MassChallenge Switzerland Announces 6th Cohort | May 17, 2021 (Renens, Switzerland) - MassChallenge Switzerland, part of MassChallenge’s global network of innovators, today announced the 97 early-stage startups invited to join the 2021 Accelerator Program. These selected startups have be... |
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