The VERY Food Co. Closes Funding Round, Bringing Total Capital Raised to Over €1M
The VERY Food Co., a French startup developing functional plant-based food ingredients to replace animal products, has completed an €850,000 funding round. The round saw participation from Apok Invest, public investment bank Bpifrance, and business angels such as Frédérick Bouisset and Pascal Viguié. The VERY Food Co. previously raised funding from Big Idea Ventures, and the new round takes the total sum secured by the startup to over €1 million. VERY will use the funding to accelerate the commercialisation of its products. This includes VERY AQUAFABA, an award-winning natural emulsifier that can replace egg whites in patisserie products and cocktails. The startup has also won a call for projects titled “Innovating for successful agro-ecological and food transitions”, part of the government-funded France 2030 investment plan. …
