FÆRM

Founders Andrea Donau (CEO) and Mikkel Dupont. (COO)

Founders Andrea Donau (L) and Mikkel Dupont. Image courtesy of FÆRM
Interviews

FÆRM: “Like Oat Drinks Today, We Want High-Quality Plant-Based Cheese to Become Available Everywhere”

FÆRM is a Danish B2B food tech startup using food science, traditional fermentation techniques, and legumes to craft plant-based cheese “just like dairy cheese.” Andrea Donau (CEO) and Mikkel Dupont (COO), started out in a kitchen, moving to a rented basement-turned-lab in 2020 to achieve a difficult feat: making soy milk coagulate like cow’s milk. Today, FÆRM licenses food manufacturers a patented method that mimics dairy fermentation to produce high-quality plant-based cheese without coconut oil, starches, or additives. The startup recently received €1.3 million in funding from BioInnovation Institute’s Venture House program to further commercialize its technology. We spoke with Andrea and Mikkel about this game-changing cheesemaking method for plant proteins that promises to democratise plant-based cheese. Can you tell us the inspiration behind founding FÆRM …

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Investments & Finance

FÆRM Receives €1.3M to “Democratize” Plant-Based Cheese with Fermentation Method

Danish plant-based cheese startup FÆRM has received follow-on funding through a founder-friendly convertible loan of €1.3 million from BioInnovation Institute‘s Venture House program. FÆRM is a B2B company licensing a patented method that mimics dairy fermentation to produce what it describes as flavorful, high-quality, and clean-label plant-based cheese. Food producers or both dairy and plant-based cheese companies can integrate FÆRM‘s process without significant investments to make products and tap into the growing vegan cheese market.  “Every day, Andrea Donau and the rest of our amazing team at FÆRM are working hard to democratize plant-based cheese. And this new collaboration with BioInnovation Institue Venture House is a big step forward,” co-founder Mikkel Dupont shared on social media. What makes cheese great? Andrea Donau and Dupont established FÆRM in 2020 to revolutionize plant-based cheese using …

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Cheese Alternatives

FÆRM: Mimicking Dairy Fermentation to Craft the Next Generation of Plant-Based Cheese

FÆRM is a Danish food tech startup using food science and traditional cheesemaking techniques to craft the next generation of plant-based cheese. The company claims its animal-free cheese is made with clean-label ingredients and boasts an authentic cheese flavor. Founded in 2020 by Andrea Donau, Mikkel Dupont, and Anna Gundorph, FÆRM has designed a new patented technology that mimics traditional dairy fermentation using rennet and cultures such as lactic acid bacteria. The technology ferments legume-based plant matrices to transform them into cheese without using additives, colorants, or flavorings.  Achieving the impossible According to FÆRM, its R&D team has accomplished a feat not many companies have been able to achieve: making soy milk coagulate like cow’s milk. “Through research, stubbornness, and countless tests, we achieved the …

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