# Alternative Protein Startups That Raised in 2026: Market Map of 20 Companies > The 20 alternative protein startups that raised money in 2026, mapped in 3 segments and ranked by this year's rounds: $569M between them. Updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/alternative-protein-raised-2026-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Plant-based meat and foods 10 - [OZiva](https://millionrounds.com/company/oziva) - [Edonia](https://millionrounds.com/company/edonia) - [Project Eaden](https://millionrounds.com/company/project-eaden) - [Adamo Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/adamo-foods) - [Green Rebel Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/green-rebel-foods) - [Ace Blend](https://millionrounds.com/company/ace-blend) - [Mezcla](https://millionrounds.com/company/mezcla) - [Aplantex](https://millionrounds.com/company/aplantex) - [Plant Power Fast Food](https://millionrounds.com/company/plant-power-fast-food) - [AlgaleX](https://millionrounds.com/company/algalex) ## Fermentation and fungi 6 - [Bon Vivant](https://millionrounds.com/company/bon-vivant) - [Vivici](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivici) - [Nutropy](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutropy) - [*M* MAASH](https://millionrounds.com/company/maash) - [Octarine Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/octarine-bio) - [AuX Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/aux-labs) ## Cultivated meat 4 - [Avant](https://millionrounds.com/company/avant) - [Meatly](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatly) - [Ark](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark) - [Innocent Meat](https://millionrounds.com/company/innocent-meat) ## Segment by segment ### Plant-based meat and foods 10 startups · $174M raised - [**OZiva**](https://millionrounds.com/company/oziva) OZiva is India’s first certified clean nutrition brand, established in 2016. India $91M - [**Edonia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/edonia) Edonia offers plant-based protein food production with low processed & micro-algae based ingredients. France $17M - [**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 $16M - [**Adamo Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/adamo-foods) Revolutionising our food system by creating sustainable & ultra-realistic alternatives to meat whole-cuts. United Kingdom $12M - [**Green Rebel Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/green-rebel-foods) Green Rebel Foods is a manufacturer of whole-cut plant-based meats. - $11M - [**Ace Blend**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ace-blend) Ace Blend is a modern nutrition company based in Mumbai, India, founded in 2018 by Shivam Hingorani and Saif Mekhri. India $9.9M - [**Mezcla**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mezcla) Mezcla is a New York-based plant-based snack brand founded in 2019. United States $9.5M - [**Aplantex**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aplantex) Aplantex produces plant-based active compounds for application in the pharma, cosmetics, and agri-food industries. Canada $3.7M ### Fermentation and fungi 6 startups · $66M raised - [**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 - [**Vivici**](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivici) Vivici is a B2B ingredient firm that provides animal-free dairy proteins manufactured with precision fermentations. Netherlands $12M - [**Nutropy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutropy) Nutropy is a French B2B foodtech startup founded in 2021, based in Évry-Courcouronnes, France. France $8.1M - [*M* **MAASH**](https://millionrounds.com/company/maash) MAASH is a biotech mycoprotein producing company that supply a nutritious and health feed and food protein ingredient to its B2B partners. Belgium $6.8M - [**Octarine Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/octarine-bio) Octarine Bio is a Danish biotechnology company founded in 2018 and based in Copenhagen. Denmark $5.9M - [**AuX Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aux-labs) AuX Labs is a food technology company that uses precision fermentation methods to manufacture real dairy proteins. Canada $4.0M ### Cultivated meat 4 startups · $330M 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 $300M - [**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 - [**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 $8.3M - [**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 **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and raised in 2026. 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 biggest raisers this year first. 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