AgriProtein

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Last activity: 01.03.2024

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AgriProtein is leading a new industry called nutrient recycling: using organic waste to create protein. This protein will supply the increasing demand for animal feed, as current sources are limited. It is a global project focused on fish and meat farming catering to the growing world population

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Overview

Location

United Kingdom, England, Guildford

Employees

51-200

Total raised

$122.5M

Founded date

2008

Funding Rounds 2

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Dec 1, 2016	Funding round	$17.5M

Mentions in press and media 23

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May 12, 2022	Corporate commitments, policy drive record $1.9bn funding for food waste solutions: ReFED	Technology companies tackling food waste raised $1.9 billion in funding in 2021, representing 101% year-on-year growth, according to a new report from US-based nonprofit ReFED. This takes investment in food waste tech and business models mi...
Aug 27, 2020	“No alternative”: India embraces a meat-based future, and other 2030 food trends	If you’re in the US or Europe watching food trends, it probably looks like everyone will be living on an entirely plant-based diet a decade from now, given how much interest (and money) is chasing alternative protein research and products. ...
Jul 29, 2020	Backyard black soldier flies: Grubbly grabs up $2.9m seed round led by Overline	“People are losing their clucking minds over backyard chickens,” reads a recent headline in The Hustle about how the coronavirus pandemic is fueling a resurgence of the US amateur poultry farmer. Will this new chicken run spur a similar cra...
Jul 22, 2020	Protenga nets $1.6m from UK, Singapore investors for novel approach to Black Soldier Fly farming	UK agritech venture builder Roslin Technologies and Enterprise Singapore’s SEEDS Capital, an investment vehicle linked with the city-state’s government, have pumped $1.6 million into insect farming startup Protenga. Roslin Technologies is a...
Jul 6, 2020	Singapore led ASEAN with $177m funding for agrifoodtech startups last year	With a heavily urbanized, densely populated land area of just a few hundred square kilometers, Singapore doesn’t have much in the way of traditional agriculture. Nevertheless, as Southeast Asia’s foremost financial, technological, and comme...
Jul 2, 2020	Distributed mini-farms and carbon-neutral eggs: The next phase of Black Soldier Fly farming	Last summer at a research lab on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, I nervously rolled up my sleeve and tucked my hand deep into a tray of pulsing, writhing maggots. (Yes, keeping in touch with the future of farming is a mandate the AFN newsro...
Apr 16, 2019	More South African animal feed and pet food now contain insect larvae - thanks in part to Bill Gates	AgriProtein founder and CEO Jason Drew (supplied) A number of South African pet food and animal feed products now contain insect larvae - a protein source produced by a Cape Town-based company. AgriProtein processes up to 40 tonnes of food ...
Jun 4, 2018	AgriProtein Raises $105m for Insect Farms	AgriProtein, the insect farming business, has raised $105 million in equity and debt into its UK holding company from a large, overseas listed corporate financial institution that could not be disclosed. This is the largest capital raise on...
Feb 14, 2018	African Agtech Market Map: 99 Technologies Changing the Future of Agriculture in Africa	Editor’s Note: Lina Belmaachi is cofounder of The Seed Project, a non-profit think tank. The team spent time on-the-ground in Africa in order to do a diagnosis and identify pain points across the agricultural value chain before heading to w...
Oct 17, 2017	Who are the Leading Insect Farming Startups?	You can tell that the public is captivated by a particular food, when its mere existence on a menu makes the news. Insects are one such ingredient. Cricket ice cream, cricket granola, cricket meatballs, cricket bars, cricket pasta, cricket ...
Sep 22, 2017	Ag Industry Brief: Anheuser-Busch Partners with Agrible, Fish2.0 Announces Finalists, New Aussie Accelerator Launches, more	Fish 2.0 Announces 40 Finalists Fish 2.0, the business competition for sustainable seafood-focused innovations, announced the 40 companies that will pitch to investors November 7–8 during the Fish 2.0 Innovation Forum at Stanford University...
Aug 30, 2017	Aquaponics Operation Raises $6.5m in Series A and USDA-backed Debt	Organic Nutrition (ONI), a budding aquaponics operation in south Florida has raised a $1.48 million Series A round from private individual investors while also securing a $5 million USDA-guaranteed loan through the Bank of Florida. The comp...
Apr 3, 2017	Ag Industry Brief: SEC Closes Hampton Creek Investigation, Walmart Launching Tech Incubator, Danone Sells Stonyfield, more	SEC Closes Hampton Creek Buyback Scandal Investigation, No Finding of Wrongdoing After Bloomberg reported that Hampton Creek had instructed employees to buy portions of its product from supermarkets, the company faced a wave of media scruti...
Mar 22, 2017	His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco closes CleanEquity® Monaco 2017 - The 10th Anniversary	LONDON, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CleanEquity® Monaco 2017, hosted by Innovator Capital, the London based specialist investment bank and the Monaco Economic Board, closed on Friday 10th March with its traditional awards ceremony and ad...
Mar 21, 2017	His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco closes CleanEquity(R) Monaco 2017 - The 10th Anniversary	LONDON, Mar. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- CleanEquity® Monaco 2017, hosted by Innovator Capital, the London based specialist investment bank and the Monaco Economic Board, closed on Friday 10th March with its traditional awards ceremony and add...
Jan 30, 2017	The Opportunities and Challenges of Insect Farming for Feed	Editor’s Note: Sarah Nolet is the founder and CEO of AgThentic, a boutique consultancy for startups, investors, and government focused on food system innovation. Nolet is also an advisor to Australian insect-for-feed startup, GoTerra, and h...
Dec 1, 2016	AgriProtein Raises $17.5m to Build Second Waste-to-Insect Protein Factory and License Tech	AgriProtein, a South African startup growing insects for animal feed using waste, has raised $17.5 million in growth stage funding from strategic investors in Europe, North America, and Asia. This values the company at $117 million making A...
Nov 10, 2015	Twynam: From Australian Agricultural Producer to Agtech Venture Capital Investor	Twynam Agricultural Group is a family-owned cropping and livestock producer in New South Wales, Australia. The company, which has been owned and operated by the family since the 1970s, farms across approximately 50,000 hectares of land in t...
Jul 9, 2015	AgriProtein: the company using flies, our waste to keep the planet from eating itself	The fly makes the world go round. While many find these critters repulsive, they actually play a very important role in how we get our food we eat. For starters, by eating decaying materials, the fly helps speed up the nutrient cycling whic...
Jul 9, 2015	AgriProtein: the company using flies, our waste to keep the planet from eating itself	The fly makes the world go round. While many find these critters repulsive, they actually play a very important role in how we get our food we eat. For starters, by eating decaying materials, the fly helps speed up the nutrient cycling whi...
Oct 10, 2013	Small town, many startups: 6 ventures Stellenbosch should be very proud of	Mountains, wine and more wine. These are the three things the small Western Cape student town Stellenbosch is probably most well-known for. Those, and the university of course, are responsible for creating an environment that inspires and s...
Oct 10, 2013	Small town, many startups: 6 ventures Stellenbosch should be very proud of	Mountains, wine and more wine. These are the three things the small Western Cape student town Stellenbosch is probably most well-known for. Those, and the university of course, are responsible for creating an environment that inspires and s...

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FAQ about AgriProtein

When was AgriProtein founded?

AgriProtein was founded in 2008.

How much funding has AgriProtein raised?

AgriProtein has raised $122.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has AgriProtein raised?

Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of AgriProtein, among them a funding round of $17.5M on Dec 1, 2016.

What has the press written about AgriProtein?

Parsers VC has collected 23 articles mentioning AgriProtein, among them “Corporate commitments, policy drive record $1.9bn funding for food waste solutions: ReFED” (May 12, 2022) and ““No alternative”: India embraces a meat-based future, and other 2030 food trends” (Aug 27, 2020).

Is AgriProtein still active?

AgriProtein is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 1, 2024.