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Country: France

  • French start-up producer of plant-based meat
  • Raises €26.5 million in 2022 to finance plant construction

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Meat substitutes: French start-up Umiami raises €32.5 million 03/10/2023

  • Umiami has raised €32.5 million for factory development and expansion in Europe and the United States.
  • Umiami was launched in 2020 by Tristan Maurel and Martin Habfast.
  • They bought the former Knorr site in Duppigheim (Bas-Rhin) at the end of 2022.
  • Planned production capacity is 7,500 tonnes a year.
  • They plan to employ up to 200 people.
  • An office will be opened in Chicago, USA.
  • Umiami's main product is a soy protein-based substitute for chicken fillet.
  • Investors in the latest round include Bpifrance, Astanor Ventures, Redalpine, Newfund and VERSO Capital.
  • Since its creation, Umiami has secured around €100 million in financing (investments, loans and subsidies).

Foodtech: Umiami refinances and sets out to conquer the United States 03/10/2023

  • Umiami has completed a €32.5 million extension to its fundraising.
  • Since its creation in 2020, Umiami has secured over 100 million euros in financing.
  • Umiami has begun marketing a vegetable chicken in several foreign countries (Switzerland, Belgium, Italy)
  • Umiami works with both catering professionals and food manufacturers.
  • The company aims to produce 20,000 tonnes per year.
  • Umiami has signed up for over 45 million pre-sales.

Umiami sets up plant-based meat production in the Bas-Rhin region of France 02/01/2023

  • At the former Knorr site in Duppigheim, the soup production lines will give way to those for plant-based meat substitutes
  • Once all the lines have been installed, 22,000 tonnes of products will be produced annually
  • Europe and the United States are the two main target markets: 3.6 billion euros and 7.4 billion dollars
  • The project is backed by 7.4 million euros from Bpifrance, 3 million euros from the Grand Est region and several banks

Alsace: a vegetable meat factory on the former Knorr site in Alsace 09/12/2022

  • Plant to create 65 jobs by 2023
  • World's first plant capable of large-scale production of all types of meat and fish fillets
  • Knorr operation, which still employs over 250 people, to be closed

Umiami launches production of its first products. 15/06/2022

  • The start-up, capable of reproducing meat and fish fillets, has just inaugurated its 1,000 m2 industrial R&D center in Villebon-sur-Yvette.
  • Main customers: specialty brands, private labels and foodservice.
  • Production capacity: 100 t/year.
  • Following a €26.5 M fund-raising round, they have set their sights on moving up a gear and building a factory.

Studies mentioning this company

The meat substitute market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Olga Groupe (Triballat Noyal)
  • Nutrition & Santé Groupe
  • Tossolia
  • Fleury Michon
  • LDC Groupe
  • Beyond Meat
  • Les Nouveaux Fermiers
  • Accro (Nxtfood)
  • Heura
  • Umiami

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