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Project Eaden’s Textile-Inspired Tech Raises €15M to Scale Next-Gen Whole Cuts

Berlin-based climate tech startup Project Eaden has closed a €15 million oversubscribed Series A funding round to accelerate the European retail launch of its plant-based meat alternatives. Using proprietary fiber spinning technology inspired by the textile industry, the company aims to produce ultra-realistic plant-based whole cuts, starting with ham, for mainstream consumers. The Series A round was led by Planet A and REWE Group, with additional support from DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF), Happiness Capital, and AgriFoodTech Venture Alliance. Existing investors FoodLabs and Creandum also participated in the funding round, which brings the company’s total capital raised to €27 million since its founding in 2022. Commenting on the investment, Christoph Gras, general partner at Planet A, stated: “Research suggests that plant-based products could replace 11–22% …

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Meat- and Fish Alternatives

Project Eaden Unveils Highly Realistic Alt Meat Tech, Extends Seed Round to €10.1M

Berlin-based food tech startup Project Eaden has revealed an innovative fibre technology that it claims can exactly replicate the texture and appearance of animal meat. The scalable technology is similar to that used to produce synthetic fibres, but Project Eaden has adapted it to use pea protein and other organic materials. The technology allows the properties of the fibres, such as elasticity, water binding ability, and strength, to be precisely designed. The resulting fibres, which are just 100 micrometres thick, can be bundled to replicate muscle strands. They can then be combined with vegetable fats to produce highly realistic marbled plant-based meat. Currently the startup is focusing on a steak alternative as its debut product launch. “Our ultimate goal is to offer consumers a product …

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Meat- and Fish Alternatives

Newly Formed Project Eaden Raises €8M For Alt Beef Products With “Unseen” Texture and Taste

Newly formed German foodtech Project Eaden announces an €8 million seed round led by Sweden-based venture capital firm Creandum. Project Eaden is looking to create a wide range of never-seen-before food products with a focus on the alt beef category. Jan Wilmking, Project Eaden Co-founder & Managing Director, spoke with vegconomist today regarding the project’s foundation. “The more I learned about about climate change, the more worried I got. But over time it became clear to me how to do my bit: meat, especially beef is such a huge and growing problem.  And it is a field where David, Hubertus, and I found a promising, tech-driven and scalable solution.”   With early backers including Godo Röben, ex-Managing Director of famous German sausage-maker Rügenwalder Mühle, and …

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