# GERBER-RAUTH

> GERBER-RAUTH is a VC fund in Milan backing Biotechnology and Sustainability. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Milan, Italy
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gerber-rauth/
- Website: https://www.gerber-rauth.com/

GERBER-RAUTH is a VC fund in Milan focused on Biotechnology and Sustainability. GERBER-RAUTH uses private investment to accelerate the development of novel food technologies for the alternative dairy sector and to create increasingly sustainable business models for traditional dairy. Through its subsidiary companies, L’INTERFORM and MEYLAND ADVISORS, it leverages 50+ years of industry expertise in distribution and consultancyto support the transition of the Dairy Ecosystem© towards a viable future.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 11% |
| Sustainability | 1 | 11% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 11% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Pichler | Managing Driector | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-pichler-04f4 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mongui Organic Foods | Mongui Foods produces organic snacks designed for infants and young children. Their offerings include fruit and vegetable purées in pouch form, featuring combinations such as apple with blueberry, pear with kiwi and spinach, apple with plum, and apple with banana and butternut squash. These products are free from added sugars, preservatives,artificial colors, and flavors, and are vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free. The packaging is made from 100% recyclable, BPA-free materials. Mongui Foods distributes its products through various online platforms and physical retail locations. The company is also a member of the 1% for the Planet initiative, contributing a portion of its sales to environmental causes. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 08, 2024 |  |
| Perfect Day | Perfect Day produces dairy proteins that are nutritionally identical to proteins from cow’s milk. Perfect Day is pioneering a whole new era in animal-free dairy products. One the delivers all of the taste, texture, and nutrition of dairy with none of the food safety, environmental, or animal welfare downsides.The company's animal-freeapproach, based on the safe and proven techniques that give the consumers beer or vegetarian rennet also provides consumers and food manufacturers with the same product they all know and love - through a more sustainable and compassionate process.It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California. | $90M | Series E | Jan 05, 2024 |  |
| Veloz Bio | Veloz Bio is a biotechnology company that uses molecular farming to create and manufacture animal-free and alternative proteins. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Monterrey, Nuevo León. | $4M | Seed | Aug 31, 2023 |  |
| New Culture | New Culture is a food and beverage company that focuses on revolutionizing how cheese is made. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. |  | Corporate Round | Nov 03, 2022 |  |
| Kate Farms | Kate Farms offers nutritionally advanced, plant-based tube feeding, and enteral formulas that are well-tolerated by patients. Free of common allergens, including soy, dairy, and corn, clinicians report patients have experienced decreased symptoms of GI intolerance, improved weight or linear growth, and overall improved nutritional status. KateFarms is now the #1 plant-based enteral formula on the market. They’re gaining a better understanding of the role nutrition has on health, both in the management of care and direct therapeutic impact. Ingredients matter and our formulas are designed to deliver outcomes that matter. They pair leading-edge science and technologies with ingredients from nature in unique formulations that work with the bodies. This combination offers the potential for significant improvements to health and to the practice of healthcare. Today doctors, dietitians, parents, caregivers, and those with medical and dietary needs are empowered with the choice of a new formula. It’s the nourishment that makes them feel good because everyone deserves nothing less. | $75M | Series C | Sep 19, 2022 |  |
| STRAYZ | STRAYZ is the first social pet food brand with a big mission to improve the lives of all 680M street cats & dogs worldwide. By selling premium organic pet food as well as fair fashion for animal lovers the female founded start-up from Berlin collects donations for international animal welfare organizations using the buy one give one model.Thesocial business was founded in November 2020 by former colleagues Madeline Metzsch, Saskia te Kaat and Stefanie Zillessen. The passionate team raised more than 750k donations within the first 2 years. In addition to the social cause STRAYZ wants to disrupt the pet food industry. The founders believe that most pet food is more like junk food & not suitable for pets.STRAYZ is focusing on an omnichannel sales strategy in order to raise the maximum amount of donations. While building a D2C love brand with a strong community STRAYZ is also selling their pet food via retail in +2.400 POS. | $789.8K | Pre-Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| Change Foods | Change Foods is a food-tech company developing animal-free cheese and dairy products. Its products are created by leveraging precision fermentation technology, starting with cheese, by harnessing the power of microbes instead of animals to create bio-identical dairy proteins and ingredients. | $12.1M | Seed | Feb 07, 2022 |  |
| Perfect Day | Perfect Day produces dairy proteins that are nutritionally identical to proteins from cow’s milk. Perfect Day is pioneering a whole new era in animal-free dairy products. One the delivers all of the taste, texture, and nutrition of dairy with none of the food safety, environmental, or animal welfare downsides.The company's animal-freeapproach, based on the safe and proven techniques that give the consumers beer or vegetarian rennet also provides consumers and food manufacturers with the same product they all know and love - through a more sustainable and compassionate process.It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California. | $350M | Series D | Sep 30, 2021 |  |
| Fermentalg | Fermentalg is a new innovative company based in the Gironde region, which aims to become the leader in the production of micro-algae for the agrifood, healthcare and energy markets. | $7M | Secondary Market | Mar 25, 2021 |  |

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## FAQ

### What does GERBER-RAUTH invest in?

GERBER-RAUTH invests primarily in Biotechnology, Sustainability and Food Processing startups, most often at Series E stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at GERBER-RAUTH?

The team at GERBER-RAUTH includes Christian Pichler (Managing Driector). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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