Ficosterra — Other

Crunchbase and CB Insights both record a convertible note for Ficosterra dated 12 June 2024 with EIT Food RisingFoodStars as the investor; no amount is disclosed (Crunchbase puts total raised at $1.23M, CB Insights at ~$100K across 4 entries, so the round size is unverifiable) and the company never issued a press announcement for it. Ficosterra's other financing to date has been non-venture: a ~€1,125,908 European Innovation Council grant in 2023 plus an EIC Seal of Excellence, participative loans from the Castilla y Leon public vehicle ADE Capital Sodical (formalised July 2018 and again in late 2020, amounts undisclosed, described by Sodical itself as prestamos participativos), and accelerator/programme participation in EIT Food RisingFoodStars, SVG Ventures THRIVE IX (2023), Plug and Play and EU BlueInvest; as of its 2024-2025 investor materials the company was still seeking roughly €4M in equity, which had not been reported as closed.