Plant-based dairy often lacks creaminess and stability and may rely on coconut oil, emulsifiers and texturizing additives.
R&D Focus
Oleaginous yeast fermentation and functional cream-fat ingredients.
Innovative Solution
Cultivated Biosciences ferments non-GMO yeast to create a whole-cell cream ingredient containing lipids, proteins and fibers that improves texture and stability.
Solution Effectiveness
The ingredient has been validated by the company in coffee creamers, milk and ice cream applications and is designed to replace several emulsifiers and texturizers.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Non-equity Assistance
Total Funding Amount
6.86M
Last Funding Date
11-06-2024
Startup Stage
Seed
Lead Investors
Big Idea Ventures, Founderful, Zürcher Kantonal Bank, Blue Horizon Corporation, HackCapital
Revenue
$1M to $10M
People
Founders
Tomas Turner
About
Cultivated Biosciences is a food production company that develops specialized fat ingredient from oleaginous yeast that offers creaminess to plant based dairy products. It mproves the mouthfeel of animal-free cheese and yogurt based food products.
Products
Product
Yeast Cream: a functional ingredient for creamers, milk alternatives, ice cream and other dairy-free formulations.
Star Product
Yeast Cream, because it is the company’s proprietary platform ingredient.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
B2B ingredient in pilot and commercialization scale-up; a U.S. launch had been targeted for 2025.
Future Plan
Market Expansion
The seed round supported regulatory work, scale-up and planned entry into the United States.
Investment Funding
Raised $5 million in seed funding in March 2024 after a $1.5 million pre-seed round in 2022.
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