Esencia Foods: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
Reshaping our food system with mycelium. Winner of German Foodtech Newcomer Award, Hello Tomorrow FoodTech Agritech Top7, SLUSH Top100, EU Top50 founders battle. We are the alternative protein 3.0 startup revolutionizing food using mycelium solid-state fermentation. We take inspiration from nature and base our processes on it. Are you a food industry player or a gastronomy? We are your partner for products with shorter labels at lower costs - without compromises!
Esencia Foods has raised $1.2M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Seed of $1.1M announced in Apr 2025.
That round is below the $5.2M median round size for Data and Analytics companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Esencia Foods Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Apr 2025.
Esencia Foods Funding Rounds
Esencia Foods raised $50k in an undisclosed round announced in Oct 2024.
6 months later, a Seed of $1.1M was announced in Apr 2025.
Esencia Foods Founders and Leadership Team
No contact details are on record for this team yet.
Esencia Foods Funding Compared to Other Data and Analytics Startups
Esencia Foods' latest round of $1.1M is below the median round in Data and Analytics. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Esencia Foods Funding FAQs
What does Esencia Foods do?
Reshaping our food system with mycelium. Winner of German Foodtech Newcomer Award, Hello Tomorrow FoodTech Agritech Top7, SLUSH Top100, EU Top50 founders battle. We are the alternative protein 3.0 startup revolutionizing food using mycelium solid-state fermentation. We take inspiration from nature and base our processes on it. Are you a food industry player or a gastronomy? We are your partner for products with shorter labels at lower costs - without compromises!
How much funding has Esencia Foods raised?
Esencia Foods has raised $1.2M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Seed of $1.1M announced in Apr 2025.
When did Esencia Foods last raise funding?
Esencia Foods' most recent funding round on record is a Seed of $1.1M, announced in Apr 2025.
Who founded Esencia Foods?
FundedIQ lists Bruno Scocozza (Founder), Hendrik Kaye (Founder) at Esencia Foods.
Where is Esencia Foods headquartered?
Esencia Foods is based in Berlin, Germany.
How many employees does Esencia Foods have?
Esencia Foods is in the 1-10 employee band.
How does Esencia Foods' funding compare to other Data and Analytics startups?
Esencia Foods' latest round of $1.1M is below the $5.2M median round size for Data and Analytics companies on FundedIQ across 1,842 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Esencia Foods Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Esencia Foods is left off this page rather than filled in.
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