# Big Idea Ventures Portfolio Map 2026: 51 Startups by Sector

> Big Idea Ventures' portfolio mapped: 51 startups it has backed, in 4 sectors from Foodtech, Agtech and Biotech on.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/big-idea-ventures-portfolio-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Foodtech

30

- [GOURMEY](https://millionrounds.com/company/gourmey)
- [Standing Ovation](https://millionrounds.com/company/standing-ovation)
- [Nutropy](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutropy)
- [Shiok Meats](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiok-meats)
- [Black Sheep Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/black-sheep-foods)
- [Wild Earth](https://millionrounds.com/company/wild-earth)
- [Multus](https://millionrounds.com/company/multus)
- [Actual Veggies](https://millionrounds.com/company/actual-veggies)
- [Perfat Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/perfat-technologies)
- [PlantBaby](https://millionrounds.com/company/plantbaby)
- [Lypid](https://millionrounds.com/company/lypid)
- [Grounded Foods Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/grounded-foods-co)
- [Evolved.Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/evolved-bio)
- [Evo Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/evo-foods)
- [WTH Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/wth-foods)
- [Esencia Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/esencia-foods)
- [The VERY Food Co](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-very-food-co)
- [Novel Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/novel-farms)
- [Yeastime](https://millionrounds.com/company/yeastime)
- [FoodSquared](https://millionrounds.com/company/foodsquared)
- [Thrilling Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/thrilling-foods)
- [Optimized Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/optimized-foods)
- [The Mushroom Meat Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-mushroom-meat-co)
- [Angie's Tempeh](https://millionrounds.com/company/angie-s-tempeh)

+6 more

## Agtech

9

- [Umami United](https://millionrounds.com/company/umami-united)
- [Innocent Meat](https://millionrounds.com/company/innocent-meat)
- [AQUA Cultured Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/aqua-cultured-foods)
- [Opalia](https://millionrounds.com/company/opalia)
- [De Novo Foodlabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/de-novo-foodlabs)
- [Hooked Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/hooked-foods)
- [The Leaf Protein Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-leaf-protein-company)
- [Liven Proteins](https://millionrounds.com/company/liven-proteins)
- [Genuine Taste](https://millionrounds.com/company/genuine-taste)

## Biotech

9

- [Bright Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-biotech)
- [Jellatech](https://millionrounds.com/company/jellatech)
- [Mewery](https://millionrounds.com/company/mewery)
- [Luyef Biotechnologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/luyef-biotechnologies)
- [Phyx44 Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/phyx44-labs)
- [*SM* Smart MCs](https://millionrounds.com/company/smart-mcs)
- [BioClé](https://millionrounds.com/company/biocle)
- [Krokos Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/krokos-bio)
- [Pullulo](https://millionrounds.com/company/pullulo)

## Consumer Goods

3

- [Harmony Baby Nutrition](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmony-baby-nutrition)
- [Peace of Meat](https://millionrounds.com/company/peace-of-meat)
- [*RG* Revolution Gelato](https://millionrounds.com/company/revolution-gelato)

## Segment by segment

### Foodtech

30 startups · $181M raised

- [**GOURMEY**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gourmey) GOURMEY is a pioneering cultivated meat company based in Paris, France, founded in 2019. France $48M
- [**Standing Ovation**](https://millionrounds.com/company/standing-ovation) 「クローゼット」を持ち歩くファッション体験を創る。「手持ち服」を活かす サステナブルな買い物体験をOMOで提供する。 France $34M
- [**Nutropy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nutropy) Nutropy is a French B2B foodtech startup founded in 2021, based in Évry-Courcouronnes, France. France $16M
- [**Shiok Meats**](https://millionrounds.com/company/shiok-meats) Shiok Meats is a cellular aquaculture and cell-based meat company. Singapore $15M
- [**Black Sheep Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/black-sheep-foods) Black Sheep Foods is a protein supplier specializing in DualTextureTM Protein for hybrid and plant-based meat applications. United States $12M
- [**Wild Earth**](https://millionrounds.com/company/wild-earth) Wild Earth leads transformative nature immersion experiences that cultivate character, confidence, passion and perseverance in New United States $11M
- [**Multus**](https://millionrounds.com/company/multus) Multus is an animal free cell production company. United Kingdom $9.5M
- [**Actual Veggies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/actual-veggies) Actual Veggies is a New York-based consumer packaged goods company founded in 2020 by Hailey Swartz and Jason Rosenbaum. United States $7.0M

### Agtech

9 startups · $40M raised

- [**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
- [**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
- [**AQUA Cultured Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aqua-cultured-foods) AQUA Cultured Foods is a food technology startup based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2020. United States $5.5M
- [**Opalia**](https://millionrounds.com/company/opalia) Opalia is a pioneering Canadian company based in Montreal, founded in 2020 by Jennifer Côté and Lucas House. Canada $3.8M
- [**De Novo Foodlabs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/de-novo-foodlabs) De Novo Foodlabs is a biotechnology startup founded in 2021, focused on developing animal-free, precision-fermented nutritional solutions. United States $1.5M
- [**Hooked Foods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hooked-foods) Leading the transition to a harmless seafood system by serving healthy vegan seafood for everybody to truly enjoy. Sweden $829K
- [**The Leaf Protein Company**](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-leaf-protein-company) The Leaf Protein Company is an Australian agritech and biotechnology startup founded in 2020, based in Camberwell, Victoria. Australia $566K
- [**Liven Proteins**](https://millionrounds.com/company/liven-proteins) Liven makes functional protein ingredients by fermentation of agriculture and food industry byproducts. Canada $150K

### Biotech

9 startups · $15M raised

- [**Bright Biotech**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bright-biotech) Bright Biotech is a Manchester-based biotechnology company founded in 2019, specializing in plant-based molecular farming using pr United Kingdom $4.4M
- [**Jellatech**](https://millionrounds.com/company/jellatech) Jellatech is a biotechnology company founded in 2020 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a significant R&D presence in Wage United States $3.5M
- [**Mewery**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mewery) Czech-based Mewery harvests cultivated pork meat by growing pork cells in its proprietary “cultivator” bioreactors. Czechia $3.3M
- [**Luyef Biotechnologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/luyef-biotechnologies) Luyef is a mission-driven startup accelerating the transition towards a sustainable and ethical meat industry. Chile $1.4M
- [**Phyx44 Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/phyx44-labs) Phyx44 Labs develops cell-derived replacements to popular dairy products that are nature-identical. India $1.2M
- [*SM* **Smart MCs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/smart-mcs) Australia $900K
- [**BioClé**](https://millionrounds.com/company/biocle) BioClé develops the ClépsulesTM platform using bacterial extracellular vesicles to enable precise, stable delivery of bioactive compounds. Argentina $450K
- [**Krokos Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/krokos-bio) Krokos Bio is an agricultural biotechnology company based in Davis, California, founded in 2024. United States $75K

### Consumer Goods

3 startups · $7.5M raised

- [**Harmony Baby Nutrition**](https://millionrounds.com/company/harmony-baby-nutrition) Harmony Baby Nutrition is a biotech and food science company founded in 2018 and based in Massachusetts. United States $5.8M
- [**Peace of Meat**](https://millionrounds.com/company/peace-of-meat) Peace of Meat is a Belgian food technology startup founded in 2019, located in Destelbergen, Antwerpen. Belgium $1.2M
- [*RG* **Revolution Gelato**](https://millionrounds.com/company/revolution-gelato) Revolution Gelato produces organic gelato that delivers the decadent taste and creamy texture of dairy ice cream without the dairy. United States $499K

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in a round we track that names Big Idea Ventures as an investor, the first in 2019. Each sits under its main sector, read from its rounds, and each shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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