Bon Vivant is a biotechnology company that produces real dairy products using precision fermentation to produce milk proteins and cultivates them in a vegetable culture medium so that they ferment. They aim to create delicious dairy products without animals while maintaining their incomparable quality and taste. Their products are accessible to all and sustainable. They combine French know-how with the principle of fermentation to recreate the delicious dairy products we all love, without animals.
Location: France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Lyon
Total raised: $20.13M
Investors 7
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Cell VC | cell.vc |
| - | AFI: Allia... | alliancefo... |
| - | Sparkfood | sparkfood.... |
| - | Ventech | ventechvc.... |
| - | Picus Capi... | picuscap.c... |
| - | High Flyer... | highflyers... |
| - | Exceptiona... | exceptiona... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 13.10.2023 | Seed | $15.8M | - |
| 19.04.2022 | - | $4.32M | - |
Mentions in press and media 13
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 15.03.2024 | Meet the founder: Bon Vivant’s Stéphane Mac Millan… ‘In the ... | Once upon a time, dairy proteins were made exclusively by lactating mammals. These days, you can pro... | agfunderne... |
| 13.03.2024 | Bon Vivant Appoints Antoine Baule as Chairman of its Board o... | Bon Vivant, a French startup in the animal-free dairy sector, announces the appointment of Antoine B... | vegconomis... |
| 22.02.2024 | Unilever enters ‘animal-free dairy’ arena via Breyers brand ... | CPG giant Unilever has teamed up with Perfect Day to launch a lactose-free chocolate frozen dairy de... | agfunderne... |
| 19.02.2024 | Fonterra/DSM JV Vivici unveils whey protein from fermentatio... | Vivici—a joint venture formed by Fonterra and DSM to disrupt the emerging ‘animal-free dairy’ catego... | agfunderne... |
| 13.10.2023 | Bon Vivant Raises $15.8M in Seed Funding | Bon Vivant, a Lyon, France-based company that uses precision fermentation to produce real dairy prod... | finsmes.co... |
| 12.10.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Investors fund agri-waste to energ... | The largest round this week went to India’s SAEL, a company converting agricultural waste into renew... | agfunderne... |
| 12.10.2023 | French Animal-Free Dairy Startup Bon Vivant Raises €15M Seed... | 5 Mins Read French precision fermentation company Bon Vivant, which is working on animal-free whey a... | greenqueen... |
| 11.10.2023 | Bon Vivant toasts taking $15.9M to brew up versatile animal-... | Lyon, France-based precision fermentation startup Bon Vivant, which is using biotech techniques to r... | techcrunch... |
| 31.05.2023 | Data snapshot: France bucks global trend as agrifoodtech inv... | Data snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our... | agfunderne... |
| 09.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Brevel’s microalgae protein bags $... | This past week, alternative protein raised more funding including Brevel’s seed round to further dev... | agfunderne... |
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