Insectius

insectius.com ↗ ·Barcelona ·Seed

Insectius is a Spanish insect-farming biotech that breeds black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae to convert agricultural by-products into insect meal, oil, dehydrated larvae and organic biofertiliser (frass) for pet food, aquaculture and livestock feed. Its model is decentralised: plug-and-play modular container farms installed next to agri-food producers, managed via its own AI/IoT farm-management software (larvai.com) and patented machinery, with a second consumer feed brand (nutrovofeed.com). Based at Sant Iscle de Vallalta / TecnoCampus Mataró in Barcelona, it raised €200K pre-seed (Nov 2023) and a €1M round led by GVC Gaesco (Nov 2024) plus ENISA/CDTI public funding, followed by a Series A of roughly €2.5M announced in August 2025.

Founded

2022

Founders

Total funds raised

€1.7M

SectorsFoodtech & Agtech, Insect protein, Animal feed, Biotech, Circular economy, Agritech software Start-up MapFoodtech & Agtech › Alternative protein & novel ingredients

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Founders

Erik Díez

Co-founder & COO

Marcos Aguayo

Co-founder & CTO

Raúl Reyes Caballero

Co-founder & CEO

Global models 5

InnovaFeed

France · innovafeed.com ↗

Breeds black soldier fly larvae on agri-food by-products and sells insect protein, oil and frass for aquaculture, pet food, livestock and fertiliser, often in plants built next to by-product suppliers.

~$580MComparable

Agronutris

France · www.agronutris.com ↗

Industrial black soldier fly farmer turning organic by-products into insect protein, oil and fertiliser for pet food and aquafeed.

~$110MComparable

Protix

Netherlands · protix.eu ↗

Farms black soldier fly larvae on food by-products to sell insect meal, oil and frass to pet food, aquaculture and livestock feed makers.

~$100M+Comparable

Better Origin

United Kingdom · www.betterorigin.co.uk ↗

Installs modular AI-run black soldier fly container farms on farm sites to turn local waste into insect feed, the closest match to Insectius's decentralised container model.

~$20MComparable

Goterra

Australia · goterra.com.au ↗

Places modular, robot-run black soldier fly units where the waste is produced, turning organic by-products into insect protein and frass on site.

~$15MComparable

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Investors 6

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GVC Gaesco

www.gvcgaesco.es

Led 2 rounds · 2024 Spain

Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación

www.cdti.es

Public Loan 2024 · not counted Spain

ENISA

www.enisa.es

Public Loan 2024 · not counted Spain

Fabio Núñez

3 rounds · 2023–24 Spain

Gus Bertolo

3 rounds · 2023–24 Spain

Alberto Hospital

2 rounds · 2024 Spain

Funding rounds 3

·1 not counted

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2024-11-21	Seed (estimated)	€1M	GVC Gaesco +3 more
2024-11-20	Seed	€500K partial: only one investor's ticket was disclosed	GVC Gaesco +3 more
2023-11	Pre-seed (estimated)	€200K	Lead not disclosed +2 more

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2024-11-20

Public Loan

€400K

Lead not disclosed

+2 more

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2024-11-20	GVC Gaesco lidera una ronda de €1 millón en Insectius para desplegar sus granjas por toda España ↗ Capital-Riesgo.es 2024-11-20