# Kynda: Food production, Jelmstorf, Germany

> Kynda: Kynda Biotech GmbH is a B2B technology company focused on circular value creation in the food industry. Based in Jelmstorf, Germany. Founded 2019.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/kynda-2 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Germany · [Food production startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Kynda

Kynda Biotech GmbH is a B2B technology company focused on circular value creation in the food industry.

Funding reported Last round: Pre-seed

Food production Jelmstorf, Germany

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2019 7 years old
- **Team:** 17 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** 3.1M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Pre-seed Feb 2022

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Kynda has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Kynda

Kynda Biotech GmbH is a B2B technology company focused on circular value creation in the food industry.

Founded in 2019 by Daniel MacGowan von Holstein and Franziskus Schnabel, the company is headquartered in Jelmstorf, Germany. Kynda aims to transform food-industry sidestreams into high-quality nutrition, promoting sustainability and resilience in food systems. The company specializes in sidestream upcycling through advanced fermentation technologies. Kynda offers services that include transforming food waste into valuable nutrition products, optimizing biotechnological processes, and implementing scalable fermentation systems using fungi. Their product portfolio features fermentation-based nutrition products that enhance plant-based proteins and create high-quality ingredients from food-industry waste streams. Kynda serves food manufacturers, plant-based protein companies, and businesses committed to sustainable practices within the food sector.

## What company datasets say Kynda raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **3.1M** in the source's currency

Rounds **1**

Last round **Pre-seed**

Last round size **3.3M**

Last round date **Feb 2022**

Investors listed **9**

## Founders and team

From Kynda's own website: 2 on the team.

- **Franziskus Schnabel** COO
- **Benjamin Schramm-Völkening** Head of Business Development

## On 4 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Better Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/better-ventures-2)
- [FoodLabs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foodlabs)
- [Atlantic Food Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlantic-foodlabs)
- [EnjoyVenture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enjoyventure)

Each firm lists Kynda on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

fungal biomass for pet food biotechnology solutions manufacturing mycelium fermentation fungal protein innovation alternative protein decentralized production upcycling agricultural biomass mycoprotein production biomass upcycling fermentation process alternative proteins fungal fermentation technology food production circulareconomy agricultural waste utilization

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- **Sector:** Food production
- **Industry code:** NAICS 31122, 541714, 311999, SIC 2099
- **Region:** Niedersachsen
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/kynda-ecdcf75cf1)

## Food production in Germany

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- [**ProteinDistillery** Ostfildern · founded 2021](https://millionrounds.com/startup/proteindistillery)
- [**VEGDOG** Munich · founded 2015](https://millionrounds.com/startup/vegdog)

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