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Swiss-Italian startup Ferm Labs secures €3 million to scale its bioprocessing-based B2B ingredient platform - EU
Swiss-Italian ingredient startup Ferm Labs has secured €3 million in a funding round led by CDP Venture Capital, with participation from Fund F, Redstone
Key takeaways
- Ferm Labs secured €3 million to scale its bioprocessing platform across the global clean-label ingredient market.
- The funding round was led by CDP Venture Capital through its Green Transition Fund.
- Ferm Labs' platform accelerates fermentation from weeks to hours by guiding non-GMO microbes through custom parameters.
- Flagship flavour builder Kokumesan targets the US and European industrial cheese market, which is worth €68 billion.
- Kokumesan provides 75% Cost-in-Use savings for manufacturers by reducing expensive raw cheese inclusion from 20% to under 1%.
Swiss-Italian ingredient startup Ferm Labs has secured €3 million in a funding round led by CDP Venture Capital, with participation from Fund F, Redstone, and food industry leader Loacker. Founded in 2025 by Stephanie Lüpold and Mattia Baroni, the Zug-headquartered company develops high-yield, clean-label B2B flavour systems. The capital will be used to expand bioprocessing capacity in South Tyrol, grow its European sales force, and increase R&D headcount. Its flagship product, Kokumesan, targets the €68 billion US and European industrial cheese market by upcycling liquid whey into an authentic aged-cheese profile.
The funding enables Ferm Labs to scale manufacturing and expand its clean-label ingredients in Europe.
How it unfolded
- Ferm Labs was founded by Stephanie Lüpold and Mattia Baroni.
- Ferm Labs announced a €3 million funding round led by CDP Venture Capital.
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