# Alternative Protein Europe Market Map 2026: 87 Startups in 5 Segments > 87 European alternative protein startups mapped in 5 segments: plant-based meat and foods, fermentation and fungi and seafood alternatives and more. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/alternative-protein-europe-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Plant-based meat and foods 48 - [Nxtfood](https://millionrounds.com/company/nxtfood) - [Simple Feast](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple-feast) - [Strong Roots](https://millionrounds.com/company/strong-roots) - [HappyVore](https://millionrounds.com/company/happyvore) - [Project Eaden](https://millionrounds.com/company/project-eaden) - [Heura Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/heura-foods) - [NOVAMEAT](https://millionrounds.com/company/novameat) - [Edonia](https://millionrounds.com/company/edonia) - [Adamo Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/adamo-foods) - [JULIENNE BRUNO](https://millionrounds.com/company/julienne-bruno) - [Foodiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/foodiq) - [Core Biogenesis](https://millionrounds.com/company/core-biogenesis) - [Meeat Food Tech Oy](https://millionrounds.com/company/meeat-food-tech-oy) - [Mergulo](https://millionrounds.com/company/mergulo) - [XOXO Soda](https://millionrounds.com/company/xoxo-soda) - [Foodhak](https://millionrounds.com/company/foodhak) - [Greenforce](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenforce) - [NutriLeads](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutrileads) - [Bright Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-biotech) - [LenioBio](https://millionrounds.com/company/leniobio) - [Mindfuel](https://millionrounds.com/company/mindfuel) - [Clean Kitchen Club](https://millionrounds.com/company/clean-kitchen-club) - [The Vurger Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-vurger-co) - [Kale United](https://millionrounds.com/company/kale-united) +24 more ## Fermentation and fungi 15 - [21st.BIO](https://millionrounds.com/company/21st-bio) - [Infinite Roots](https://millionrounds.com/company/infinite-roots) - [Onego Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/onego-bio) - [Vivici](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivici) - [Formo](https://millionrounds.com/company/formo) - [Bon Vivant](https://millionrounds.com/company/bon-vivant) - [Better Dairy](https://millionrounds.com/company/better-dairy) - [MATR Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/matr-foods) - [Nutropy](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutropy) - [Biosyntia](https://millionrounds.com/company/biosyntia) - [Those Vegan Cowboys](https://millionrounds.com/company/those-vegan-cowboys) - [*M* MAASH](https://millionrounds.com/company/maash) - [Octarine Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/octarine-bio) - [Curve (Formely - Re:meat)](https://millionrounds.com/company/curve-formely-re-meat) - [Millow.co](https://millionrounds.com/company/millow-co) ## Seafood alternatives 9 - [Rival Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/rival-foods) - [OLALA!](https://millionrounds.com/company/olala) - [Paleo](https://millionrounds.com/company/paleo) - [Revo Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/revo-foods) - [Happy Ocean Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/happy-ocean-foods) - [Esencia Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/esencia-foods) - [Upstream Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/upstream-foods) - [Loki Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/loki-foods) - [Planeat](https://millionrounds.com/company/planeat) ## Cultivated meat 8 - [GOURMEY](https://millionrounds.com/company/gourmey) - [Ivy Farm Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/ivy-farm-technologies) - [Meatly](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatly) - [Meatable](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatable) - [Innocent Meat](https://millionrounds.com/company/innocent-meat) - [Nordic Virtual Pastures](https://millionrounds.com/company/nordic-virtual-pastures) - [Cellcraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellcraft) - [Meat Tomorrow](https://millionrounds.com/company/meat-tomorrow) ## Dairy alternatives 7 - [Minor Figures](https://millionrounds.com/company/minor-figures) - [Yumgo](https://millionrounds.com/company/yumgo) - [Time-Travelling Milkman](https://millionrounds.com/company/time-travelling-milkman) - [Willicroft](https://millionrounds.com/company/willicroft) - [The VERY Food Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-very-food-co) - [Honestly Tasty](https://millionrounds.com/company/honestly-tasty) - [Havredals](https://millionrounds.com/company/havredals) ## Segment by segment ### Plant-based meat and foods 48 startups · $404M raised - [**Nxtfood**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nxtfood) Nxtfood develops plant-based alternatives to meat. France $58M - [**Simple Feast**](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple-feast) Simple Feast is an organic, plant-based food company founded in 2014 in Denmark. Denmark $45M - [**Strong Roots**](https://millionrounds.com/company/strong-roots) Strong Roots provide plant-based, environmentally responsible, positive food choices, for everyone, for now. United Kingdom $40M - [**HappyVore**](https://millionrounds.com/company/happyvore) HappyVore is a French foodtech startup founded in 2019, originally known as Les Nouveaux Fermiers. France $37M - [**Project Eaden**](https://millionrounds.com/company/project-eaden) PROJECT EADEN is a Berlin-based food technology company founded in 2022, specializing in ultra-realistic plant-based meat. Germany $31M - [**Heura Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/heura-foods) Heura Foods is a plant-based startup that produces sustainable and nutritious plant-based meat products. Spain $22M - [**NOVAMEAT**](https://millionrounds.com/company/novameat) Novameat is a Barcelona-based food technology startup founded in 2018, specializing in innovative plant-based meat substitutes. Spain $19M - [**Edonia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/edonia) Edonia offers plant-based protein food production with low processed & micro-algae based ingredients. France $18M ### Fermentation and fungi 15 startups · $424M raised - [**21st.BIO**](https://millionrounds.com/company/21st-bio) 21st.BIO is a biotechnology company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded in 2020. Denmark $97M - [**Infinite Roots**](https://millionrounds.com/company/infinite-roots) Infinite Roots is a biotech company that uses mycelium, or mushroom roots, to create alternative proteins to transform the food system. Germany $61M - [**Onego Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/onego-bio) Onego Bio is a food-based biotechnology company that produces animal-free egg white protein through precision fermentation. Finland $55M - [**Vivici**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivici) Vivici is a B2B ingredient firm that provides animal-free dairy proteins manufactured with precision fermentations. Netherlands $46M - [**Formo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/formo) Formo is a cell-ag company that develops animal-free dairy products using nature-identical milk proteins from precision fermentation. Germany $36M - [**Bon Vivant**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bon-vivant) A French biotechnology company that uses precision fermentation to produce real dairy products, accessible to everyone. France $29M - [**Better Dairy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/better-dairy) Better Dairy is a London-based food technology company founded in 2020. United Kingdom $25M - [**MATR Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/matr-foods) Matr Foods is a Danish food-tech startup based in Copenhagen, founded in 2021. Denmark $23M ### Seafood alternatives 9 startups · $23M raised - [**Rival Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rival-foods) Rival Foods is a Dutch plant-based food company founded in 2019 by Birgit Dekkers and Ernst Breel. Netherlands $12M - [**OLALA!**](https://millionrounds.com/company/olala) OLALA! France $3.4M - [**Paleo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/paleo) Paleo is a food ingredient company that develops ingredients for plant-based foods, making it taste, feel and look like real meat or fish. Belgium $2.3M - [**Revo Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/revo-foods) Revo Foods is an Austrian food-tech startup based in Vienna, founded in 2020. Austria $1.9M - [**Happy Ocean Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/happy-ocean-foods) Happy Ocean Foods is a Munich-based startup founded in 2020 by surfers Julian Hallet and Robin Drummond. Germany $1.6M - [**Esencia Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/esencia-foods) Esencia Foods is a food processing firm that offers seafood alternatives. Germany $1.1M - [**Upstream Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/upstream-foods) Upstream Foods is developing a novel fat ingredient to uplevel seafood alternatives Netherlands $495K - [**Loki Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/loki-foods) Loki Foods is an Icelandic food technology startup founded in 2022, specializing in sustainable, plant-based Arctic seafood. Iceland $200K ### Cultivated meat 8 startups · $117M raised - [**GOURMEY**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gourmey) GOURMEY is a pioneering cultivated meat company based in Paris, France, founded in 2019. France $48M - [**Ivy Farm Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ivy-farm-technologies) Ivy Farm Technologies is a UK-based food technology company founded in 2019 as a spinout from the University of Oxford. United Kingdom $32M - [**Meatly**](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatly) Meatly is a London-based biotechnology startup that specializes in cultivated meat specifically designed for pets. United Kingdom $14M - [**Meatable**](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatable) Meatable is a Dutch biotechnology company founded in 2018, focused on developing cultivated (lab-grown) meat. Netherlands $14M - [**Innocent Meat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/innocent-meat) Innocent Meat is a German biotechnology startup founded in 2020, focused on developing and automating cultivated meat production systems. Germany $7.1M - [**Nordic Virtual Pastures**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nordic-virtual-pastures) Accelerating the cultured meat revolution Denmark $1.4M - [**Cellcraft**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellcraft) Cellcraft LTD. United Kingdom $826K - [**Meat Tomorrow**](https://millionrounds.com/company/meat-tomorrow) Meat Tomorrow is a Danish biotechnology company based in Copenhagen, founded in 2021. Denmark $588K ### Dairy alternatives 7 startups · $37M raised - [**Minor Figures**](https://millionrounds.com/company/minor-figures) Minor Figures is a UK-based startup that specializes in plant-based barista oat milk and coffee products tailored for the coffee industry. United Kingdom $27M - [**Yumgo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/yumgo) Yumgo is a plant-based egg startup developing white and yellow egg alternatives for baking and cooking. France $3.2M - [**Time-Travelling Milkman**](https://millionrounds.com/company/time-travelling-milkman) Time-Travelling Milkman produce a plant-based cream from sunflower seeds, as an ingredient for dairy alternatives. Netherlands $2.4M - [**Willicroft**](https://millionrounds.com/company/willicroft) Willicroft was a plant-based cheese and butter producer based in Amsterdam, founded in 2018 by Brad Vanstone. Netherlands $2.1M - [**The VERY Food Co**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-very-food-co) The VERY Food Co. France $1.1M - [**Honestly Tasty**](https://millionrounds.com/company/honestly-tasty) Honestly Tasty is a London-based food and beverage company that specializes in artisan plant-based cheese alternatives. United Kingdom $717K - [**Havredals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/havredals) Havredals is a producer of plant-based alternatives to dairy products and meat. Sweden $468K **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and is based in Europe. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in alternative protein, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. 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