Gloop

gloop.site ↗ ·Madrid ·Pre-seed

Gloop is a Spanish foodtech that makes edible, vegan and compostable cutlery — spoons ('Gloops'), straws ('Gloojitas') and coffee stirrers — made from ingredients such as rice flour, apple fibre and vegetable oil, designed to replace single-use plastic in the HORECA channel. Founded in 2021 by Marta Maneja and Hernán Hernández (LEINN/Mondragon-TeamLabs students) after a trip to India, it sells in 130+ establishments and has worked with brands including Iberostar and Mahou; it has been supported by Lanzadera, EIT Manufacturing, SeedRocket and Madrid's CIEC Acelera circular-economy programme. It closed a ~€540K first round in March 2023 led by impact fund Decelera plus a €140K ENISA loan, and reported reaching positive EBITDA in 2025.

Founded
2021
Founders
2
Total funds raised
€400K
Rounds
1
Investors
9
Last round
Mar 2023
SectorsFoodtech, Sustainability & Circular Economy, Packaging & Consumer Goods, HORECA Start-up MapFoodtech & Agtech › Food ingredients & manufacturing

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Founders

Hernán Hernández Olaya
Co-founder
Marta Maneja
Co-founder

Global models 5

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$30MComparable
Loliware
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$20MComparable
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$6MComparable
Incredible Eats
United States · incredibleeats.com ↗
Makes edible spoons and straws from grain flours, sold to restaurants, caterers and ice-cream shops to replace plastic cutlery.
$2MComparable

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Investors 9

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Decelera Ventures
www.decelera.ventures
Led Pre-seed 2023 Spain
IESE Business Angels Network
www.iese.edu/entrepreneurship/iese-business-angels-network
Pre-seed 2023 Spain
SeedRocket
www.seedrocket.com
Pre-seed 2023 Spain
Viriditas Ventures
viriditasventures.com
Pre-seed 2023 Spain
David Tomás
Pre-seed 2023 Spain Private investor
José Carlos Cortizo
Pre-seed 2023 Spain
Juan Pablo Tejela
Pre-seed 2023 Spain Private investor
Marc Coloma
Pre-seed 2023 Spain
Yago Arbeloa
Pre-seed 2023 Spain Private investor

Funding rounds 1

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