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MOA Foodtech

moafoodtech.com ↗ ·Noáin ·Series A

MOA Foodtech is a Spanish B2B biotech company that combines fermentation with a proprietary AI tool (Albatros) to convert agri-food industry by-products and side streams into next-generation functional ingredients and highly nutritious microbial/yeast proteins, sold as MOA YEAST, MOA Q5 and the turnkey MOA Box valorisation system. Headquartered in Noáin (Navarra) with a team of ~20-25, it closed a €3M Series A in June 2024 led by Dutch fund ICOS Capital, and in February 2025 was one of 71 companies selected by the European Innovation Council for a package of up to €14.8M (€2.3M grant plus a €12.5M equity investment commitment).

Founded
2021
Founders
3
News
15
Rounds
4
Investors
10
SectorsFoodtech, Biotech, Alternative Proteins, Fermentation, AI, Sustainability, Ingredients, B2B Start-up MapFoodtech & Agtech › Alternative protein & novel ingredients

Profile updated 22 Aug 2026

Founders

Bosco Emparanza García
CEO & Co-Founder
José María Elorza Barreda
CFO & Co-Founder
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Susana Sánchez Gómez
CSO & Co-Founder

Global models

No comparables on record yet.

Investors 10

Funding rounds 4

Series A · €3.3M
MOA Foodtech closed a €3.3M ($3.8M) round co-led by Swanlaab Innvierte Agri Food Tech and the EIC Fund, with CDTI-Innvierte participating. T…
2026-09-03
Other · €674K
CDTI Innovación, through its Innvierte vehicle, injected €674,000 into MOA Foodtech alongside the Swanlaab Innvierte Agrifood Tech fund, ext…
2026-04-28
Series A · €3M
Navarre-based MOA Foodtech closed a €3M Series A led by Dutch fund ICOS Capital to scale its AI-plus-precision-fermentation platform (Albatr…
2024-06-25
Seed · €1.5M
Less than a year after being founded, MOA Foodtech closed a €1.5M seed round led by Clave Capital through three vehicles (UN I+D+i Transfere…
2021-10-18

News & media 15

PublishedArticle
2026-09-21 MOA Foodtech cierra una ronda de €3,3M liderada por EIC ↗
Webcapitalriesgo
2026-09-18 Swanlaab: De la proteína alternativa al ingrediente funcional ↗
Webcapitalriesgo
2026-09-17 Innvierte destina más de €11M en julio y agosto a 9 nuevas coinversiones en capital riesgo ↗
Webcapitalriesgo
2026-09-07 Dealflow #525: iPronics raised $125M from Nvidia. Factorial acquires German startup. Perk nears $400M in revenue. ↗
Dealflow.es Newsletter
2026-09-07 Las rondas de financiación que marcaron la semana ↗
Forbes España
2026-09-04 MOA Foodtech cierra una ronda de 3,3 millones de euros liderada por Swanlaab y el EIC Fund para acelerar su expansión comercial ↗
El Referente
2026-09-03 Yeast Ingredient From Agrifood Waste Enters Commercial Pet Food as MOA Foodtech Closes €3.3M Round ↗
vegconomist
2026-09-03 MOA Foodtech nets $3.8m to scale AI-powered biomass fermentation platform ↗
AgFunderNews
2025-11-18 Exclusive: MOA Foodtech's AI Fermentation Service Turns Food Waste Into Sustainable Ingredients ↗
Green Queen
2025-05-07 MOA Foodtech launches fermentation AI ↗
FoodNavigator
2025-04-25 MOA Foodtech: “AI is Transforming the Way We Approach Fermentation and Ingredient Development” ↗
vegconomist
2025-02-18 MOA Foodtech secures €14.8m to make ingredients using AI ↗
FoodNavigator
2024-12-24 🎥 MOA Foodtech CEO on biomanufacturing: 'Sustainability isn't enough. We have to lower costs' ↗
AgFunderNews
2024-06-26 MOA Foodtech Raises Funds to Scale AI-Driven Production of Highly Nutritious Microbial Proteins ↗
vegconomist
2024-04-15 Moa Foodtech's AI-powered platform creates sustainable ingredients ↗
Fi Global Insights
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