# New Alternative Protein Startups Founded Since 2020: Market Map 2026 (100 Companies) > 100 alternative protein startups founded in 2020 or later, mapped in 5 segments, best-funded first: $688M raised. Updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/new-alternative-protein-startups-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Plant-based meat and foods 55 - [Feastables](https://millionrounds.com/company/feastables) - [Project Eaden](https://millionrounds.com/company/project-eaden) - [Edonia](https://millionrounds.com/company/edonia) - [Herbivore](https://millionrounds.com/company/herbivore) - [Adamo Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/adamo-foods) - [JULIENNE BRUNO](https://millionrounds.com/company/julienne-bruno) - [Green Rebel Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/green-rebel-foods) - [Core Biogenesis](https://millionrounds.com/company/core-biogenesis) - [Meeat Food Tech Oy](https://millionrounds.com/company/meeat-food-tech-oy) - [Livekindly collective](https://millionrounds.com/company/livekindly-collective) - [XOXO Soda](https://millionrounds.com/company/xoxo-soda) - [Foodhak](https://millionrounds.com/company/foodhak) - [Greenforce](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenforce) - [PlantBaby](https://millionrounds.com/company/plantbaby) - [Bright Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-biotech) - [Harvest B](https://millionrounds.com/company/harvest-b) - [Lypid](https://millionrounds.com/company/lypid) - [AlgaleX](https://millionrounds.com/company/algalex) - [It's Skinny](https://millionrounds.com/company/it-s-skinny) - [Kanbol, Inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/kanbol-inc) - [Clean Kitchen Club](https://millionrounds.com/company/clean-kitchen-club) - [VitaBowl](https://millionrounds.com/company/vitabowl) - [Mooji Meats](https://millionrounds.com/company/mooji-meats) - [Saveggy](https://millionrounds.com/company/saveggy) +31 more ## Cultivated meat 15 - [Ark](https://millionrounds.com/company/ark) - [Meatly](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatly) - [CellX](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellx) - [SIMPLE planet](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple-planet) - [Meatiply](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatiply) - [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) ## Fermentation and fungi 12 - [21st.BIO](https://millionrounds.com/company/21st-bio) - [Onego Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/onego-bio) - [Vivici](https://millionrounds.com/company/vivici) - [MATR Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/matr-foods) - [Nutropy](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutropy) - [Eden Brew](https://millionrounds.com/company/eden-brew) - [Those Vegan Cowboys](https://millionrounds.com/company/those-vegan-cowboys) - [*M* MAASH](https://millionrounds.com/company/maash) - [Yali Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/yali-bio) - [Millow.co](https://millionrounds.com/company/millow-co) - [UpDairy](https://millionrounds.com/company/updairy) - [Daisy Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/daisy-lab) ## Seafood alternatives 11 - [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) ## Dairy alternatives 7 - [Kinish](https://millionrounds.com/company/kinish) - [Umami United](https://millionrounds.com/company/umami-united) - [Yo Egg](https://millionrounds.com/company/yo-egg) - [Time-Travelling Milkman](https://millionrounds.com/company/time-travelling-milkman) - [Float Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/float-foods) - [The VERY Food Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-very-food-co) - [B-SIDES](https://millionrounds.com/company/b-sides) ## Segment by segment ### Plant-based meat and foods 55 startups · $273M raised - [**Feastables**](https://millionrounds.com/company/feastables) Feastables is a snacking brand founded by YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, in 2021. United States $60M - [**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 - [**Edonia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/edonia) Edonia offers plant-based protein food production with low processed & micro-algae based ingredients. France $18M - [**Herbivore**](https://millionrounds.com/company/herbivore) Herbivore is a food company that offers plant-based fast food items such as meat-free burgers, bangers, and sausages. United States $15M - [**Adamo Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/adamo-foods) Revolutionising our food system by creating sustainable & ultra-realistic alternatives to meat whole-cuts. United Kingdom $14M - [**JULIENNE BRUNO**](https://millionrounds.com/company/julienne-bruno) Julienne Bruno made with naturally plant-based ingredients like fermented legumes & slow roasted vegetables. United Kingdom $14M - [**Green Rebel Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/green-rebel-foods) Green Rebel Foods is a manufacturer of whole-cut plant-based meats. - $11M - [**Core Biogenesis**](https://millionrounds.com/company/core-biogenesis) Core Biogenesis is a biotechnology company based in Paris, founded in 2020. France $11M ### Cultivated meat 15 startups · $56M raised - [**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 - [**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 - [**CellX**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cellx) CellX is a Shanghai-based cellular agriculture company specializing in cultivated meat and innovative protein products. United States $6.5M - [**SIMPLE planet**](https://millionrounds.com/company/simple-planet) Simple Planet Co., Ltd. South Korea $6.0M - [**Meatiply**](https://millionrounds.com/company/meatiply) Meatiply is a Singapore-based cultivated meat company founded in 2021. Singapore $3.8M - [**Clever Carnivore**](https://millionrounds.com/company/clever-carnivore) Clever Carnivore is a Chicago-based cultivated meat company founded in 2021. United States $2.4M - [**Nordic Virtual Pastures**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nordic-virtual-pastures) Accelerating the cultured meat revolution Denmark $1.4M - [**Re:meat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/re-meat) Re:meat develops cultivated meats with a focus on industrial scale production - $1.1M ### Fermentation and fungi 12 startups · $272M raised - [**21st.BIO**](https://millionrounds.com/company/21st-bio) 21st.BIO is a biotechnology company based in Copenhagen, Denmark, founded in 2020. Denmark $97M - [**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 - [**MATR Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/matr-foods) Matr Foods is a Danish food-tech startup based in Copenhagen, founded in 2021. Denmark $23M - [**Nutropy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutropy) Nutropy is a French B2B foodtech startup founded in 2021, based in Évry-Courcouronnes, France. France $16M - [**Eden Brew**](https://millionrounds.com/company/eden-brew) Eden Brew is a Melbourne-based precision fermentation company founded in 2021. Australia $15M - [**Those Vegan Cowboys**](https://millionrounds.com/company/those-vegan-cowboys) Those Vegan Cowboys is a Dutch-Belgian foodtech startup founded in 2008, focusing on producing animal-free dairy proteins through Belgium $7.3M - [*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 ### Seafood alternatives 11 startups · $22M raised - [**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 - [**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 - [**Impact Food**](https://millionrounds.com/company/impact-food) Impact Food is a food technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2021 by UC Berkeley alumni. United States $650K ### Dairy alternatives 7 startups · $66M raised - [**Kinish**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kinish) Kinish Inc. Japan $35M - [**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 - [**Yo Egg**](https://millionrounds.com/company/yo-egg) Yo Egg is a food technology company based in Los Angeles, founded in 2019 and launching commercial operations in 2021. United States $5.0M - [**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 - [**Float Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/float-foods) Float Foods is a Singapore-based food technology startup that has developed Asia's first 100% plant-based whole egg substitute, kn Singapore $1.7M - [**The VERY Food Co**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-very-food-co) The VERY Food Co. France $1.1M - [**B-SIDES**](https://millionrounds.com/company/b-sides) Hey, we're B-Sides, a sustainable food company that's raising the bar for every other snack brand out there. United States $500K **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and was founded in 2020 or later. 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. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026. ## More market maps [All maps](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps) [Market map **Alternative protein market map** 246 startups · 6 segments · $6.9B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/alternative-protein-market-map)[Investors map **Who invests in alternative protein** 69 investors · 4 segments](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/alternative-protein-investors-map)[Raised in 2026 **Alternative protein startups that raised in 2026** 20 startups · 3 segments · $569M](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/alternative-protein-raised-2026-market-map)[Market map · United States **Alternative protein market map: United States** 103 startups · 5 segments · $5.2B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/alternative-protein-united-states-market-map)[Market map · Europe **Alternative protein market map: Europe** 87 startups · 5 segments · $1.0B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/alternative-protein-europe-market-map)[Market map **Marketing tech market map** 1,963 startups · 7 segments · $41B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/marketing-tech-market-map) ## Who backs alternative protein? 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