# EIT Food

> EIT Food is a VC fund in Belgium backing Biotechnology and Food and Beverage. See 128 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belgium, United States
- Total investments: 128
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 68%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eit-food/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/intent/follow?source=followbutton&variant=1.0&screen_name=eitfood&_ga=2.100258269.237187742.1639742312-596323466.1639742312
- Website: https://www.eitfood.eu/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EITFood.eu?_ga=2.100258269.237187742.1639742312-596323466.1639742312

EIT Food is a consortium of partners driving consumer confidence and improved global health.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $226k–$9.7M |
| Grant | $23k–$531k |
| Non-Equity Assistance | $1.2k–$32k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 41 | 32% |
| Food and Beverage | 36 | 28% |
| Food Processing | 23 | 18% |
| AgTech | 22 | 17% |
| Agriculture | 19 | 15% |

84 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 69 | 54% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 15 | 12% |
| Seed | 14 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 4% |
| Series A | 5 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 19 | 15% |
| Israel | 12 | 9% |
| Germany | 12 | 9% |
| Spain | 6 | 5% |
| France | 6 | 5% |

26 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lina Dilly | Science Communicator | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lina-dilly-828f |
| Diane Roberts | Expert Evaluator (Strand one) EIT Food Accelerator | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/diane-roberts |
| Elodie Bouscarat | Project consultant & Business developer Get Wasted | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elodie-bouscarat |
| Fiona Godsman | SME Strategy Specialist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fiona-godsman |
| Laurent Kaestli | Coach | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurent-kaestli |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Perfat Technologies | Perfat Technologies is a health-based technology company that develops fat-management applications based on healthy vegetable oils. |  | Grant | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Kokomodo | 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 | Pacifico Biolabs offers fermentation biotechnology for development, production and distribution of sustainable and food alternatives. |  | Grant | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Melt&Marble | 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 | Meala Foodtech develops functional proteins for multiple meat replacements. Meala uses naturally occurring biocatalysts to treat plant-based proteins. |  | Grant | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Roslin Technologies | 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 | 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 | 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 | Project Eaden combines pioneering technology with an immense love for life and food. |  | Grant | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Adamo Foods | Adamo Food is a UK-based food tech company developing plant-based whole-cut meats using proprietary fermentation technology combined with mycelium. |  | Grant | Jul 14, 2026 |  |

10 of 128 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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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 128 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 $226k–$9.7M at Seed, $23k–$531k 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?

Public channels for EIT Food include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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