Company · Foodtech & Agtech

Innomy Labs

innomylabs.com ↗ ·Derio ·Seed

Spanish biotech startup (founded 2018, based in Derio/Bilbao, Basque Country) that develops fungi-based meat substitute proteins, using solid-state fermentation of food by-products to create microprotein for meat analogs and soluble protein for beverages in a B2B model. Raised a €1.3M pre-seed/seed round in 2022 and was named one of the F&A Next '12 Next Heroes' in 2022.

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2018

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SectorsFoodtech, Biotech, Alternative Protein Start-up MapFoodtech & Agtech › Alternative protein & novel ingredients

Profile updated 1 Aug 2026

Founders

Francisco Kuhar

Co-Founder & CSO

Juan Pablo De Giacomi

Co-Founder & CEO

Pablo Sánchez Rey

Co-Founder & COO

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Perfect Day

United States · perfectday.com ↗

Precision-fermentation biotech producing animal-free proteins as a scalable alternative to conventional animal protein, mirroring Innomy's fermentation-based protein platform.

$801MComparable

Meati Foods

United States · meati.com ↗

Produces whole-cut meat alternatives directly from mycelium (mushroom root), the closest direct comparable to Innomy's fungi-based meat substitute approach.

$489MComparable

Nature's Fynd

United States · www.naturesfynd.com ↗

Uses fermentation of a fungal strain (Fusarium) to create protein for meat and dairy alternatives, directly analogous to Innomy's fungal-fermentation protein model.

$463MComparable