# ProVeg International

> ProVeg International is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/proveginternational
- Website: https://proveg.com/

ProVeg International is an international non-governmental organisation that works in the field of food system change. ProVeg International works in four continents with eight offices.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $610k–$3.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $600k–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 7 | 64% |
| Food Processing | 5 | 45% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 36% |
| Nutrition | 3 | 27% |
| Alternative Protein | 3 | 27% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Spain | 2 | 18% |
| Germany | 2 | 18% |
| China | 1 | 9% |
| France | 1 | 9% |
| Israel | 1 | 9% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sebastian Joy | Founder, CEO & President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastian-joy |
| Stephanie Jaczniakowska-McGirr | International Head of Food Industry & Retail | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephanie-jaczniakowska-mcgirr-cc20 |
| Chris Bryson | Startup Mentor | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-bryson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Poseidona | Sustainable proteins from algal waste and invasive biomass | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| Quazy Foods | Quazy Foods unleashes the power of microalgae for healthy, sustainable, and competitive functional ingredients. | $878K | Pre-Seed | Sep 08, 2023 |  |
| Cultimate Foods | Cultimate Foods is a cellular agriculture company. It develops cultivated fat for hybrid alt-meat products. It's cultivated fat replicates the structure of animal fat tissue and it uses a "unique technological approach to 3D cultivation that creates the structure of their ingredient and reduces production costs." | $768K | Seed | Nov 11, 2022 |  |
| Cosaic | Cultivated Biosciences is a Food Production Company. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 05, 2022 |  |
| ØZERS NUTRITION | ØZERS is a French foodtech that designs highly functional sports nutrition using only healthy and vegan ingredients. The company is lead by a professional boxer and engineer, working together with biotech engineers and doctors.Our products are made out of plant-based ingredients like plant proteins, microalgaes, vitamins and minerals. | $845.9K | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2022 |  |
| Haofood | The popularity of plant-based meat is rapidly growing in China; in 2020, 39% of the population were attempting to reduce their meat consumption, and 65% of them were willing to try plant-based meat to help them in this. However, many are dissatisfied with the plant-based meat options in China; Haofood’s founders discovered that this was because ofthe tofu-like quality of products currently available in the market. On top of that, often flexitarians and vegetarians struggle with craving comfort foods. Being the most consumed meat in the world, chicken products, such as fried chicken, are a comfort food to and missed by countless first-time vegetarians.Haofood offers a solution to these problems with its realistically textured and healthy plant-based chicken. They are the first company in the world to use peanut protein as their base, taking advantage of its potential for a strong and elastic texture. Led by a founding team of senior professionals from the food industry, who, together, hold a well-rounded skill set ranging from entrepreneurship to food technology, Haofood uses its own proprietary extrusion technology and formulation to create affordable, delicious plant-based chicken made from sustainable, non-GMO peanuts. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 12, 2022 |  |
| Libre Foods | Libre Foods is a biotech startup on a mission to liberate the food system and create a more free future for people, the planet, and animals. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. | $2.5M | Seed | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Omni | Omni is a plant-based pet food company from the UK, that is developing healthy, sustainable food for dogs. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| Fellow Creatures | Fellow Creatures is a distributes of chocolate. | $609.5K | Seed | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Hooked Foods | Hooked Foods is working on a plant-based tuna substitute. By serving delicious plant-based seafood for everyone to enjoy, the company is leading the transition to a healthier seafood ecosystem. The company was established in 2019 and is headquartered in Sweden. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Dec 17, 2020 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ProVeg Incubator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/proveg-incubator) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Big Idea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-idea-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Brinc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brinc-io) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HackCapital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foodhack) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Kale United](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kale-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Veg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/veg-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does ProVeg International invest in?

ProVeg International invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Food Processing and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is ProVeg International's check size?

ProVeg International typically joins rounds of $610k–$3.5M at Seed and $600k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ProVeg International participates in.

### How do I contact ProVeg International?

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### Who are the partners at ProVeg International?

The team at ProVeg International includes Sebastian Joy (Founder, CEO & President), Stephanie Jaczniakowska-McGirr (International Head of Food Industry & Retail) and Chris Bryson (Startup Mentor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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