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TerraVia Holdings, Inc.
http://terravia.com/Last activity: 21.03.2019
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TerraVia™ is a next-generation food, nutrition and specialty ingredients company that harnesses the power of algae, the mother of all plants and earth's original superfood, to deliver much needed innovation and sustainable solutions to the food industry. TerraVia's algae-based platform is transforming our food system by bringing together better nutrition and great taste, along with economic and environmental sustainability. The company has spent over a decade unlocking the power of algae to find and develop vital food, nutrition, and specialty ingredients: healthy oils and fats, proteins, fibers and micronutrients. TerraVia is well positioned to help meet the growing need of consumer packaged goods, and established and emerging food manufacturers to improve the nutritional profile of foods, without sacrificing taste. TerraVia also manufactures a range of specialty personal care ingredients for key strategic partners. Headquartered in South San Francisco, the Company's mission is to create products that are truly better for people and better for the planet.
Overview
Location
United States, California, South San Francisco
Employees
201-500
Total raised
$28.8M
Founded date
2003
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 13
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| Feb 27, 2019 | Ex TerraVia execs seek to disrupt kids yogurt segment with Brainiac Kids: ‘We’re the first food-based brain nutrition brand’ | The brainchild of Jonathan Wolfson, founder of microalgae-fueled business TerraVia (now owned by Corbion), and former TerraVia SVP food and ingredients Mark Brooks - who have raised a significant (undisclosed) sum to get their new ventu... |
| Sep 27, 2018 | Thrive algae oil to roll out at Walmart as Corbion celebrates anniversary of TerraVia acquisition | The first culinary algae oil on the market, Thrive has 75% less saturated fat than olive oil, unprecedented levels of monounsaturated fat, and zero trans fat. It also has a clean taste and an unusually high smoke point, making it suitable f... |
| Dec 12, 2017 | Algae is Poised to Become a Mainstream Food Ingredient if Supply Can Keep Up With Demand | Editor’s Note: Andrew A. Dahl is President and CEO of ZIVO Bioscience, a ag biotech R&D company engaged in the commercialization of nutritional and medicinal products derived from proprietary algal strains. The competition among large U... |
| Oct 10, 2017 | Cultured Meat Will Cost Startups $150m-$370m (and Take At Least 4 More Years) to Bring to Market | There is a reason that high profile investors and entrepreneurs — and therefore media outlets globally — are getting increasingly excited about alternative protein-based food sources. The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates tha... |
| Sep 12, 2017 | TerraVia selects Corbion’s $20m stalking horse bid in auction | In a filing you can read HERE, attorneys for San Francisco-based TerraVia - which filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 on August 2 - said it had evaluated each bid made at an auction in New York on Monday, and selected Corbi... |
| Aug 22, 2017 | TerraVia auction set for September 11 | If the auction goes ahead for the San Francisco-based firm – which filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 on August 2 - a sale hearing will be held on September 15, according to documents approved by the bankruptcy court on Tues... |
| Apr 27, 2017 | Nutriati Raises $8m Series A from PowerPlant, Tate & Lyle for Plant-Based Ingredients | Plant-based ingredients foodtech startup Nutriati has raised $8 million in Series A funding led by Tate & Lyle Ventures, a London-based firm focusing on food science startups. PowerPlant Ventures, the relatively new, vegetarian food fun... |
| Nov 15, 2016 | Horizons Ventures Leads Algama Round as Uses for Algae Diversify | There are a variety of new food sources making their way into the supermarket mainstream, including Exo’s cricket-based protein bars, Perfect Day’s yeast-derived, animal-free milk, and Impossible Foods’ burgers derived from coconut oil, pot... |
| Aug 10, 2016 | Farmers Business Network Raises $20m Series B-2 from Campbell Soup’s New Investment Fund | Farmers Business Network has raised $20 million in venture funding in a round led by food company Campbell Soup’s new $125 million food and agriculture investment fund Acre Venture Partners. The round is an extension to the startup’s $15 mi... |
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FAQ about TerraVia Holdings, Inc.
When was TerraVia Holdings, Inc. founded?
TerraVia Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2003.
How much funding has TerraVia Holdings, Inc. raised?
TerraVia Holdings, Inc. has raised $28.8M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about TerraVia Holdings, Inc.?
Parsers VC has collected 13 articles mentioning TerraVia Holdings, Inc., among them “Ex TerraVia execs seek to disrupt kids yogurt segment with Brainiac Kids: ‘We’re the first food-based brain nutrition brand’” (Feb 27, 2019) and “Thrive algae oil to roll out at Walmart as Corbion celebrates anniversary of TerraVia acquisition” (Sep 27, 2018).
Is TerraVia Holdings, Inc. still active?
Yes, TerraVia Holdings, Inc. is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 21, 2019.