# Alternative Protein Market Map 2026: 246 Startups in 6 Segments > Market map of 246 alternative protein startups worldwide in 6 segments, from plant-based meat and foods, fermentation and fungi and dairy alternatives on. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/alternative-protein-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Plant-based meat and foods 150 - [NotCO](https://millionrounds.com/company/notco) - [OZiva](https://millionrounds.com/company/oziva) - [Kate Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/kate-farms) - [ALOHA](https://millionrounds.com/company/aloha) - [Beyond Meat](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-meat) - [Green Monday](https://millionrounds.com/company/green-monday) - [Daring Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/daring-foods) - [Feastables](https://millionrounds.com/company/feastables) - [Future Farm](https://millionrounds.com/company/future-farm) - [Nxtfood](https://millionrounds.com/company/nxtfood) - [v2food](https://millionrounds.com/company/v2food) - [VOW](https://millionrounds.com/company/vow) - [Simple Feast](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple-feast) - [BioPak](https://millionrounds.com/company/biopak) - [Veggie Grill](https://millionrounds.com/company/veggie-grill) - [Urban Remedy](https://millionrounds.com/company/urban-remedy) - [Strong Roots](https://millionrounds.com/company/strong-roots) - [HappyVore](https://millionrounds.com/company/happyvore) - [Project Eaden](https://millionrounds.com/company/project-eaden) - [Slutty Vegan](https://millionrounds.com/company/slutty-vegan) - [Sundia Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/company/sundia-corporation) - [Heura Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/heura-foods) - [Nutriati](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutriati) - [Next Level Burger](https://millionrounds.com/company/next-level-burger) +126 more ## Fermentation and fungi 29 - [Nature's Fynd](https://millionrounds.com/company/nature-s-fynd) - [Meati](https://millionrounds.com/company/meati) - [21st.BIO](https://millionrounds.com/company/21st-bio) - [Infinite Roots](https://millionrounds.com/company/infinite-roots) - [Onego Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/onego-bio) - [The EVERY Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-every-company) - [Vivici](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivici) - [Formo](https://millionrounds.com/company/formo) - [The Better Meat Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-better-meat-co) - [Bon Vivant](https://millionrounds.com/company/bon-vivant) - [Better Dairy](https://millionrounds.com/company/better-dairy) - [MATR Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/matr-foods) - [Oobli](https://millionrounds.com/company/oobli) - [The Mediterranean Food Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-mediterranean-food-lab) - [Nutropy](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutropy) - [Eden Brew](https://millionrounds.com/company/eden-brew) - [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) - [Eclipse Ingredients](https://millionrounds.com/company/eclipse-ingredients) - [AuX Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/aux-labs) - [Yali Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/yali-bio) - [New Culture](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-culture) +5 more ## Dairy alternatives 26 - [Impossible Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/impossible-foods) - [Califia Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/califia-farms) - [Ripple Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple-foods) - [Kite Hill](https://millionrounds.com/company/kite-hill) - [Kinish](https://millionrounds.com/company/kinish) - [Epigamia](https://millionrounds.com/company/epigamia) - [Minor Figures](https://millionrounds.com/company/minor-figures) - [Umami United](https://millionrounds.com/company/umami-united) - [Mooala](https://millionrounds.com/company/mooala) - [Nuts For Cheese](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuts-for-cheese) - [Good PLANeT Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/good-planet-foods) - [Yo Egg](https://millionrounds.com/company/yo-egg) - [Yumgo](https://millionrounds.com/company/yumgo) - [Grounded Foods Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/grounded-foods-co) - [Time-Travelling Milkman](https://millionrounds.com/company/time-travelling-milkman) - [Willicroft](https://millionrounds.com/company/willicroft) - [NoMoo Plant-Based](https://millionrounds.com/company/nomoo-plant-based) - [Float Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/float-foods) - [Evo Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/evo-foods) - [Parmela Creamery](https://millionrounds.com/company/parmela-creamery) - [The VERY Food Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-very-food-co) - [Honestly Tasty](https://millionrounds.com/company/honestly-tasty) - [Fellow Creatures](https://millionrounds.com/company/fellow-creatures) - [B-SIDES](https://millionrounds.com/company/b-sides) +2 more ## Cultivated meat 24 - [Avant](https://millionrounds.com/company/avant) - [GOURMEY](https://millionrounds.com/company/gourmey) - [Ivy Farm Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/ivy-farm-technologies) - [Mission Barns](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission-barns) - [Ark](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark) - [Shiok Meats](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiok-meats) - [Meatly](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatly) - [Meatable](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatable) - [CellMEAT](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellmeat) - [Innocent Meat](https://millionrounds.com/company/innocent-meat) - [CellX](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellx) - [SIMPLE planet](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple-planet) - [Meatiply](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatiply) - [Finless Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/finless-foods) - [Clever Carnivore](https://millionrounds.com/company/clever-carnivore) - [Nordic Virtual Pastures](https://millionrounds.com/company/nordic-virtual-pastures) - [Re:meat](https://millionrounds.com/company/re-meat) - [Novel Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/novel-farms) - [Cellcraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellcraft) - [Meat Tomorrow](https://millionrounds.com/company/meat-tomorrow) - [Micro Meat](https://millionrounds.com/company/micro-meat) - [Livestock Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/livestock-labs) - [Biftek](https://millionrounds.com/company/biftek) - [Magic Valley](https://millionrounds.com/company/magic-valley) ## Seafood alternatives 14 - [Current Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/current-foods) - [New Wave Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-wave-foods) - [Rival Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/rival-foods) - [The ISH Food Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-ish-food-company) - [*KF* Konscious Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/konscious-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) - [Impact Food](https://millionrounds.com/company/impact-food) - [Upstream Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/upstream-foods) - [Loki Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/loki-foods) - [Planeat](https://millionrounds.com/company/planeat) ## Insect protein 3 - [Inseco](https://millionrounds.com/company/inseco) - [Wilder Harrier](https://millionrounds.com/company/wilder-harrier) - [Yum Bug](https://millionrounds.com/company/yum-bug) ## Segment by segment ### Plant-based meat and foods 150 startups · $1.7B raised - [**NotCO**](https://millionrounds.com/company/notco) NotCo, founded in 2015 in Santiago, Chile, is a leading food-technology company specializing in plant-based products. Chile $100M - [**OZiva**](https://millionrounds.com/company/oziva) OZiva is India’s first certified clean nutrition brand, established in 2016. India $91M - [**Kate Farms**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kate-farms) Kate Farms offers plant-based shakes and formulas for tube-fed adults and children. United States $75M - [**ALOHA**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aloha) Aloha is a USDA organic, clean, plant-based, sustainable food & beverage B-corporation United States $73M - [**Beyond Meat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-meat) Beyond Meat is a food processing company that specializes in providing plant-based meat. United States $72M - [**Green Monday**](https://millionrounds.com/company/green-monday) Green Monday is a Hong Kong-based social venture group founded in 2012, dedicated to promoting sustainable, plant-based living. Hong Kong SAR China $70M - [**Daring Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/daring-foods) Daring Foods provides plant-based chicken products as a food alternative. United States $65M - [**Feastables**](https://millionrounds.com/company/feastables) Feastables is a snacking brand founded by YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, in 2021. United States $60M ### Fermentation and fungi 29 startups · $1.0B raised - [**Nature's Fynd**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nature-s-fynd) Nature's Fynd is a Chicago-based food-tech company that specializes in creating animal-free meat and dairy alternatives. United States $350M - [**Meati**](https://millionrounds.com/company/meati) Meati Foods is a consumer goods company that provides fungi-based meat alternatives to everyone. United States $100M - [**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 - [**The EVERY Company**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-every-company) The EVERY Company is a biotechnology and food technology firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area. United States $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 ### Dairy alternatives 26 startups · $1.8B raised - [**Impossible Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/impossible-foods) Impossible Foods is a science-driven company founded in 2011 by Patrick O. United States $1.2B - [**Califia Farms**](https://millionrounds.com/company/califia-farms) Califia Farms is a prominent plant-based beverage company founded in 2010 by Greg Steltenpohl and a farmer’s co-op from California United States $325M - [**Ripple Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ripple-foods) Ripple Foods is a plant-based dairy-alternative company founded in 2015, focusing on creating sustainable, high-protein products f United States $112M - [**Kite Hill**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kite-hill) Kite Hill is a plant-based food company founded in 2010 by vegan chef Tal Ronnen, cheesemaker Monte Casino, and biochemist Dr. United States $40M - [**Kinish**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kinish) Kinish Inc. Japan $35M - [**Epigamia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/epigamia) Epigamia is a prominent Indian consumer food brand and FMCG startup that specializes in fresh dairy and plant-based products. India $28M - [**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 - [**Umami United**](https://millionrounds.com/company/umami-united) UMAMI UNITED is a Japanese food-tech company founded in 2022, with a focus on sustainable, plant-based egg alternatives. Singapore $20M ### Cultivated meat 24 startups · $2.2B raised - [**Avant**](https://millionrounds.com/company/avant) Avant Meats Company Limited is a pioneering cultivated meat company based in Hong Kong, recognized as the first of its kind in Chi United States $2.0B - [**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 - [**Mission Barns**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mission-barns) Mission Barns is a food technology company based in San Francisco, founded in 2018. United States $24M - [**Ark**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark) Ark Biotech, founded in 2021 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a technology company focused on the cultivated meat sector United States $18M - [**Shiok Meats**](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiok-meats) Shiok Meats is a cellular aquaculture and cell-based meat company. Singapore $15M - [**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 ### Seafood alternatives 14 startups · $69M raised - [**Current Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/current-foods) Current Foods creates plant-based alternatives for people's seafood favorites. United States $18M - [**New Wave Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/new-wave-foods) New Wave Foods was a plant-based seafood company founded in 2015 and based in Nyack, New York. United States $18M - [**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 - [**The ISH Food Company**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-ish-food-company) The ISH Food Company is a certified B-Corporation plant-based food startup founded in 2020 and based in Rockland, Delaware. United States $5.0M - [*KF* **Konscious Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/konscious-foods) Konscious Foods offers a range of plant-based seafood for restaurants, caterers, cafeterias, and other commercial kitchens. Canada $5.0M - [**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 ### Insect protein 3 startups · $7.2M raised - [**Inseco**](https://millionrounds.com/company/inseco) Inseco is a biotechnology company based in Cape Town, South Africa, founded in 2017. South Africa $5.3M - [**Wilder Harrier**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wilder-harrier) Wilder Harrier is a Montreal-based pet food company, certified as a B Corporation, that focuses on creating sustainable and hypoal Canada $1.6M - [**Yum Bug**](https://millionrounds.com/company/yum-bug) Yum Bug is a London-based sustainable food startup founded in 2017 or 2018, specializing in cricket-based meat alternatives and in United Kingdom $319K **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. 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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