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Investments & Finance

Investment Climate Podcast: Jose Maria Elorza of MOA Foodtech – How to Get Funded in 2024

In this podcast series, co-produced by vegconomist, Alex Shandrovsky interviews investors about benchmarks for funding Alt Proteins in 2024 and uncovers the investment playbooks of successful Climate Tech CEOs and Leading VCs. Podcast Host Alex Shandrovksy is a strategic advisor to numerous global food tech accelerators and companies, including alternative proteins and cellular agriculture leaders. His focus is on investor relations and post-raise scale for agrifood tech companies. Episode 10: Jose Maria Elorza of MOA Foodtech In this episode, Alex talks to Jose Maria, co-founder of MOA Foodtech which upcycles byproducts from the food industry to elaborate high-value ingredients and sell back to food producers for different types of products, helping society to eat more healthily and to move forward into a more sustainable world. …

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Spain’s MOA Foodtech, a B2B platform for alternative proteins and sustainable ingredients, announces the closure of a series A funding round led by the Dutch venture capital firm ICOS Capital.

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Cultivated, Cell-Cultured & Biotechnology

MOA Foodtech Raises Funds to Scale AI-Driven Production of Highly Nutritious Microbial Proteins

Spain’s MOA Foodtech, a B2B platform for alternative proteins and sustainable ingredients, announces the closure of a Series A funding round led by the Dutch venture capital firm ICOS Capital. Notable investors ClaveMayor, Viscofan, SODENA, and Banco Sabadell also participated. Founded in 2021 in Pamplona, Navarra by Susana Sánchez (CSO), José María Elorza (CFO), and Bosco Emparanza (CEO), MOA Foodtech leverages precision fermentation, agrifood side streams, and AI to discover and deliver carbon-efficient microbial proteins and functional ingredients for the F&B industry. The financial boost aims to facilitate a comprehensive market launch targeting international customers. To do so, the company will expand its operations, including developing a commercialization strategy, production scale-up, and enhancing its AI platform, aiming to position itself at the forefront of sustainable …

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