EIT Food
VC Fund
Belgium, United States
EIT Food is a consortium of partners driving consumer confidence and improved global health.
- Total investments:
- 129
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 68%
Last updated:
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Industries EIT Food invests in
Stages EIT Food invests in
Countries EIT Food invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 7 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $252k–$9.7M
- Grant
- $23k–$594k
- Non-Equity Assistance
- $1.2k–$32k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 41 (32%)
- Food and Beverage 37 (29%)
- Food Processing 23 (18%)
- AgTech 22 (17%)
- Agriculture 19 (15%)
Stage
- Grant 70 (54%)
- Non-equity Assistance 15 (12%)
- Seed 14 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (4%)
- Series A 5 (4%)
Country
- United Kingdom 19 (15%)
- Israel 12 (9%)
- Germany 12 (9%)
- Spain 6 (5%)
- France 6 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lina Dilly
Science Communicator
|
Science Communicator | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Diane Roberts
Expert Evaluator (Strand one) EIT Food Accelerator
|
Expert Evaluator (Strand one) EIT Food Accelerator | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Elodie Bouscarat
Project consultant & Business developer Get Wasted
|
Project consultant & Business developer Get Wasted | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Fiona Godsman
SME Strategy Specialist
|
SME Strategy Specialist | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Laurent Kaestli
Coach
|
Coach | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProSeed Ingredients SA develops plant-based ingredients from seed side streams for food and nutrition brands. The portfolio includes protein concentrates, fibers, and functional flours processed from oilseed press cakes and other by-products. These ingredients support applications in bakery, snacks, beverages, dairy alternatives, and meat analogsthrough water binding, emulsification, and texture control. The company offers application trials, prototyping, and co-development to adapt functional performance to specific recipes. Quality and regulatory services include specification sheets, traceability, allergen management, and consistent lot-to-lot performance. Sampling, pilot runs, and scale-up guidance help R&D and procurement teams evaluate and integrate the ingredients into existing production. | $578.9K / Grant / Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| Perfat Technologies is a health-based technology company that develops fat-management applications based on healthy vegetable oils. | Grant / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Kokomodo is a produce cocoa via plant cell culture. Kokomodo cellular agriculture technology produce real, controlled, climate-resilient cacao, everywhere, year-round. | Grant / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Pacifico Biolabs offers fermentation biotechnology for development, production and distribution of sustainable and food alternatives. | Grant / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Melt&Marble, formerly known as Biopetrolia, was founded patent holding firm for co-founder Professor Jens Nielsen’s research group. | Grant / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Meala Foodtech develops functional proteins for multiple meat replacements. Meala uses naturally occurring biocatalysts to treat plant-based proteins. | Grant / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Roslin Tech is on a mission to improve protein production through disruptive technologies. Our core capability is in animal stem cells; we have developed the world’s perpetually self-renewing, pluripotent stem cells for animals (iPS cells) which will accelerate the development of cultivated meat for the consumer market. | Grant / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Notpla is a sustainable packaging start-up that develops a material derived from seaweed and plants. The company's products include a coating for takeaway boxes, film, paper made from seaweed pulp, and a rigid plastic alternative, also made from seaweed. Notpla was founded in 2014 and is based in London, England. | Grant / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Nutropy produces real milk ingredients, identical to those produced by cows, to develop premium cheese alternatives that taste just as good as cow’s cheese but are more sustainable, healthier and better for the animals. No animals involved, full cheese experience. | Grant / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Project Eaden combines pioneering technology with an immense love for life and food. | Grant / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| See all 129 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does EIT Food invest in?
EIT Food invests primarily in Biotechnology, Food and Beverage and Food Processing startups, most often at Grant and Non-equity Assistance stage. Most of the 129 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is EIT Food's check size?
EIT Food typically joins rounds of $252k–$9.7M at Seed, $23k–$594k at Grant and $1.2k–$32k at Non-Equity Assistance. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds EIT Food participates in.
How do I contact EIT Food?
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Who are the partners at EIT Food?
The team at EIT Food includes Lina Dilly (Science Communicator), Diane Roberts (Expert Evaluator (Strand one) EIT Food Accelerator) and Elodie Bouscarat (Project consultant & Business developer Get Wasted), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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