At NuCicer we believe everyone should have access to high-quality, affordable, and nutritious protein. We also believe our food sources should contribute to sustainable solutions without compromising on quality or affordability. As our global population continues to grow, demand for protein increases along with the environmental impacts of our food system, making this an urgent and complex challenge. Our team at NuCicer is reinventing the chickpea with high-protein content, customized functional and nutritional properties, and improved environmental resilience to enable a sustainable, nutritious future!
Location: United States, California, Davis
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $18.5M
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Trellis Ro... | trellisroa... |
| 31.08.2025 | Unreasonab... | unreasonab... |
| 09.08.2025 | Rhapsody V... | rhapsodyvp... |
| - | Mudcake | mudcake.co... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 06.08.2025 | Series A | $11.5M | Stray Dog ... |
| 03.11.2022 | Seed | $2.5M | Trellis Ro... |
| 02.03.2022 | Seed | $4.5M | Trellis Ro... |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.09.2025 | /C O R R E C T I O N -- Mars/ | In the news release, Mars Snacking and Unreasonable Group Welcome Fourteen New Ventures to Unreasonable Food™, issued 11-Sep-2025 by Mars over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the release has been updated to include the full ... |
| 11.09.2025 | Mars Snacking and Unreasonable Group Welcome Fourteen New Ventures to Unreasonable Food™ | As an international network, Unreasonable Food is uniquely positioned to scale high-growth ventures dedicated to creating a more sustainable food system. NEW YORK, Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, as part of the Unreasonable Food™ coll... |
| 06.08.2025 | NuCicer Raises $11.5M in Series A Funding | NuCicer, a Davis, CA-based company which specializes in chickpea breeding and sustainable ingredient solutions, raised $11.5M Series A funding. The round was led by Rhapsody Venture Partners, with participation from Leaps by Bayer and a ser... |
| 03.11.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Bayer backs high-protein chickpeas, Qwick lands $40m, vertical farms shut down | Bayer’s investment arm, Leaps by Bayer, invested in high-protein chickpeas startup NuCicer and hospitality staffing platform Qwick picked up $40 million. In agtech, Ostara closed a $70 million round for fertilizer from water treatment plant... |
| 06.04.2022 | New varieties with 75% more protein could catapult chickpea from niche to mainstream player in plant protein arena, says NuCicer | While a lot of attention has been paid to the next generation of plant proteins, from upcycled barley protein to lupin and canola; enabling technologies that change the economics or functionality of these proteins are also beginning to attr... |
| 08.03.2022 | IWD 2022: Celebrating the Queens Of Alt Protein Who Are Forging The Future Of Food | 166 1 167 Shares 16 Mins Read The two biggest plant-based protein startups in the world are run by men. The majority of the rising cell-based protein startups are also run by men, alongside most of the vegan investment groups that fund them... |
| 03.03.2022 | NuCicer Raises $4.5M to Halve Cost of a Plant Protein for the First Time Ever | Father-daughter-run company NuCicer raises $4.5 million for ultra-high protein chickpeas. NuCicer, a US plant genetics company that is a spinoff from UC Davis, has raised $4.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round. The round was l... |
| 02.03.2022 | NuCicer Closes Oversubscribed $4.5M Series Seed | DAVIS, CA, NuCicer, a crop genetics company pioneering ultra-high protein varieties of chickpea, announced the closing of a $4.5 million Series Seed financing round. >> Click here for more funding data on NuCicer >> To expor... |
| 23.12.2021 | NuCicer Unveils Chickpeas with 75% More Protein, Slashing Costs by Half | Plant genetics pioneer NuCicer has developed chickpeas with 75% higher protein content than conventional varieties. The new chickpeas are non-GMO and developed naturally using wild genetic diversity, producing a highly cost-effective protei... |
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