Protein fractionation and texturisation can require water, chemicals, complex equipment, and imported ingredients, limiting local plant-protein production.
R&D Focus
Dry fractionation, extrusion, local crops, textured vegetable protein, carbohydrate co-products, and plant-protein manufacturing.
Innovative Solution
Happy Plant Protein developed a one-step dry-extrusion process that converts flour into textured protein and a carbohydrate fraction using existing industrial equipment.
Solution Effectiveness
The company states that its process uses little water, avoids chemical separation, and can fit existing extrusion lines.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Pre-Seed
Total Funding Amount
1.91M
Last Funding Amount
1.91M
Last Funding Date
12-11-2024
Startup Stage
Seed
Lead Investors
Nordic Foodtech VC, Business Finland, Butterfly Ventures
People
Founders
Elli Laukkala
Jari Karlsson
Pekka Lehtinen
About
Happy Plant Protein develops a plant protein technology.
Products
Product
Patented dry-extrusion process and resulting textured plant-protein ingredients.
Star Product
One-step dry-extrusion platform, because it is the company’s protected technology and core route to market.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
Technology scale-up and commercial licensing stage.
Future Plan
Market Expansion
A Latvian installation was announced with planned capacity of about 5,000 tonnes per year and production targeted for early 2027.
Investment Funding
Raised €1.8 million in pre-seed financing in 2024.
M&A and Collabs
Collab
Crespel & Deiters, partnership to bring the technology to commercial scale.
Collab
Agrofirma Lobe in Latvia, implementation of the technology for local protein production.
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