Sparkalis is a newly created corporate ventures arm of the Puratos Group, the global leader in the B2B bakery, patisserie and chocolate sectors. It was founded in 2021 and has employees worldwide. Sparkalis invests 2.3% of its revenue in research and development.
Its flexible approach means it can offer scalable support to accelerate business growth for food tech innovators. Even start-ups with the most exciting new innovations often lack support in the ‘seed’ or ‘pre-seed’ phase to turn their ideas into scalable products.
Its flexible approach means it can offer scalable support to accelerate business growth for food tech innovators. Even start-ups with the most exciting new innovations often lack support in the ‘seed’ or ‘pre-seed’ phase to turn their ideas into scalable products.
Location: Belgium, Brussels-Capital, City of Brussels
Employees: 51-200
Founded date: 2021
Mentions in press and media 5
| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.10.2024 | The Future of Chocolate: How California Cultured is Revolutionizing Cocoa Production | In a world where the demand for chocolate is skyrocketing, the supply chain is crumbling. Traditional cocoa farming faces a perfect storm of challenges: climate change, deforestation, and ethical concerns. Enter California Cultured, a start... |
| 11.10.2024 | Chocolate Giant Puratos Makes Strategic Investment in California Cultured’s Cell-Based Cacao | California Cultured, a startup pioneering plant cell culture to produce cacao, has received an undisclosed investment from Sparkalis, the food tech venture arm of the Belgian international group Puratos. The new capital will fund the startu... |
| 10.10.2024 | Sparkalis Invests in plant cell culture startup California Cultured to futureproof cocoa supply chain | California Cultured—a startup producing flavanol-rich cocoa and other botanicals via plant cell culture, has secured a “significant” investment from Sparkalis, the corporate venture arm of bakery ingredients and chocolate giant Puratos. The... |
| 29.05.2024 | Bountica harnesses ‘nutritional immunity’ to disrupt food preservatives market | Israeli startup Bountica is seeking to disrupt the food preservation space with tasteless proteins (brand name: ‘ProServatives’) it claims are effective against a broad range of food pathogens and spoilage organisms thanks to a mechanism ca... |
| 09.03.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Chromologics raises $7.5m, Next Gen Foods dabbles in alt-dairy, Amazon shutters Go stores | This week in foodtech, natural food color company Chromologics raised seed funding and Singapore’s Next Gen Foods acquired an alt-dairy startup. Agtech funding was all about ecosystem restoration projects, while down in Australia, a cultiva... |