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Meet Chocho: A truly super food for body + planet
Lectin-free, Gluten-free, Vegan & Non-GMO
Location: United States, California, Santa Barbara
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +1 805-203-6164
Total raised: $5.6M
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Pure Imagi... | pureimagin... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 13.04.2022 | Seed | $5.6M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.09.2025 | Purely Elizabeth Chooses Mikuna’s Chocho Protein to Power New Protein Oatmeal Line | Chocho, a regenerative crop rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and fiber. It's plant-based, dairy-free, gluten-free, soy-free, lectin-free, oxalate-free, and keto-friendly, with 20 grams of complete protein. This partnership marks a p... |
| 08.08.2023 | Is Lupin the Next Big Plant Protein? Newly Found Gene in Sweet Lupin Opens Doors for High-Protein Crops | An international team of researchers recently identified the “sweetness gene” responsible for low alkaloid levels (not bitter) in lupins. This discovery could accelerate the development of new bitter-free crops and another protein source fo... |
| 14.04.2022 | Health tech fund raises $800 million as COVID speeds up change in the medical industry | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. It was already well underway prior to COVID—the wave of innovation in health tech, that is. But n... |
| 14.04.2022 | Mikuna Raises $5.6M in Seed to Scale Clean Lupin-Based Protein “Chocho” | Plant-based protein brand Mikuna announces it has closed an oversubscribed $5.6 million seed round to fuel the company’s scaling and US nationwide launch next year. The round also saw the appointment of Tara Kriese as the company’s new CEO.... |
| 14.04.2022 | Mikuna Foods Raises $5.6M in Seed Funding | Mikuna Chocho Superfood Protein Mikuna Foods, a Santa Barbara, CA-based clean, regenerative plant protein brand, closed a $5.6M seed funding round. The roster of investors includes Olympians and World Champion athletes like Leticia Bufoni, ... |
| 13.04.2022 | Mikuna raises $5.6 million in seed funding | SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — Plant protein startup Mikuna Foods raised $5.6 million in seed funding. Founded by Ricky Echanique, a native Ecuadorian from a fifth-generation farming family, Mikuna specializes in chocho, a regenerative plant that ... |
| 20.02.2022 | Beyond soy and pea… Mikuna expands plant protein toolbox with Chocho whole food | Kriese - a former marketer at Impossible Foods who became CEO at Mikuna in June 2021 - started working with the brand’s founder, athlete and fifth generation farmer from Ecuador, Ricky Echanique, in an advisory capacity in 2020, not the ... |
| 20.02.2022 | Beyond soy and pea… Mikuna expands plant protein toolbox with Choco whole food | Kriese - a former marketer at Impossible Foods who became CEO at Mikuna in June 2021 - started working with the brand’s founder, athlete and fifth generation farmer from Ecuador, Ricky Echanique, in an advisory capacity in 2020, not the ... |
| 07.02.2022 | Mikuna Introduces Chocho, First Lupin-Based Protein Powder to US | Mikuna, a plant-based nutrition company, has launched Chocho – a lupin-derived protein powder that is already outselling pea and soy protein in regional retail stores. Mikuna is the first supplier of Chocho lupin protein in the US, introduc... |