Company · Foodtech & Agtech

Phoenix Foods

phoenixfoods.eu ↗ ·Olesa de Montserrat ·Seed

Phoenix Foods (legal entity Finmanflies, S.L.) is a Catalan insect-biotech startup that uses black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) bioconversion to turn agri-food organic by-products and waste into animal-feed and agriculture inputs: insect protein (LarvaFresh, LarvaDry), functional insect oil (Phoenix Oil) and FRASS biofertiliser (Phoenix Roots). Founded around 2022 and seed-stage, it raised a ~€347K–€374K round led by business-angel network EconomistesBAN with support from ACCIÓ, and has received CDTI Innovación backing through the NEOTEC Mujeres Emprendedoras programme. It is based in the Barcelona area, with a contact address in Olesa de Montserrat, registered in Molins de Rei and a site in Olot, Girona.

Founded

2022

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SectorsFoodtech & Agtech, Insect protein, Animal feed, Biotechnology, Circular economy, Sustainability Start-up MapFoodtech & Agtech › Alternative protein & novel ingredients

Profile updated 7 Sep 2026

Founders

Gonzalo Paliza

Co-Founder

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Àngela Mancho Rams

Co-Founder & CEO

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Investors 3

BFFood

Investor Spain

EconomistesBAN

www.economistesban.com ↗

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Funding rounds 1

Seed · €347K

Catalan insect-farming (black soldier fly) biotech Phoenix Foods, founded in 2023 as Finmanflies, closed a €347,000 round led by Economistes…

2024-12-31

News & media 3

Published	Article
2026-07-17	Angela Mancho, CEO of Phoenix Foods: "We convert organic waste into sustainable proteins to boost the bioeconomy with the support of CDTI Innovation" ↗ CDTI Innovación
2026-04-02	Grillos, moscas o gusanos impulsan la industria de insectos en Cataluña: "Es el futuro" ↗ Telecinco
2024-12-31	Phoenix Foods cierra 347.000 euros en una ronda liderada por EconomistesBAN ↗ El Referente