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Zero Cow Factory

Zero Cow Factory is a biotechnology company that concentrates on the research and development of animal-free dairy products.
2021
Nov-50
11-50
Surat, Gujarat, India

Innovation

Industry Problem

India needs affordable dairy proteins that reduce dependence on cattle, land, feed and water while retaining milk-protein functionality.

R&D Focus

Precision-fermented A2 casein, whey proteins and microbial strain engineering.

Innovative Solution

Zero Cow Factory bioengineers microorganisms to produce nature-identical milk proteins, including animal-free A2 protein, through precision fermentation.

Investment Funding

Last Funding Stage

Seed

Total Funding Amount

4.13M

Last Funding Amount

4.M

Last Funding Date

13-03-2023

Startup Stage

Seed

Lead Investors

Pi Ventures, Brinc, GVFL, Artesian VC, Green Frontier Capital

Revenue

$1M to $10M

People

Founders

About

Zero Cow Factory is reinventing the meaning of traditional dairy and food industry by producing India’s first animal-free milk protein and dairy products (certainly a world’s first A2 milk protein) using bioengineering the microbes & precision fermentation. Our patented technology is to reproduce nature identical milk proteins to craft real dairy products that are ethical, safe, delicious, and identical to cow milk without any animal involved. Our products are free of lactose, antibiotics, hormone, cholesterol and saturated fat. Our technology is also environmentally friendly and there is 99% less land consumption, 98% less water consumption, 84% less CO2e consumption and 65% less energy consumption compared to traditional dairy industry.

Products

Product

Animal-free A2 milk protein and dairy ingredients for food manufacturers.

Star Product

Animal-free A2 casein, because it is the company’s stated flagship technical differentiator.

Demo Product or Complete Product?

Pre-commercial scale-up and regulatory stage; the 2023 seed round was intended for R&D, manufacturing scale-up and approvals.

Future Plan

Market Expansion

The company has stated an ambition to serve global B2B dairy and nutrition markets after regulatory clearance.

Investment Funding

Raised $4 million in seed funding in April 2023, co-led by Green Frontier Capital and GVFL with participation from pi Ventures and Pascual Innoventures.

M&A and Collabs

Collab

Pascual Innoventures: strategic investor in the 2023 seed round.

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