Kern Tec: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
Kern Tec is an Austria based Upcycling company. With tech- and supply chain innovation Kern Tec is able to turn industrial byproducts into high value ingredients for the food&beverage industry but also for cosmetic and industrial applications. Kern Tec is committed to bring unique plant based ingredients and products to the global food market created from pits from apricots, cherries and plums. These raw materials were previously seen as a side product in the global production, but with Kern Tec's technologies they can be processed into tasty, sustainable, nutritious and safe products like food & cosmetic oils, protein powders, "nut" spreads and even dairy alternatives. The seeds can be called as the most sustainable nuts that ever existed with plenty of applications and opportunities to come. With a team of +10 Kern Tec has been able to successfully upcycle over 1.000.000 kg of fruit pits and is heavily investing in scaling the processes and bringing the technologies to whole Europe and beyond. But this is just the beginning.
Kern Tec has raised $12.8M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series A of $12.8M announced in Sep 2023.
That round is above the $2.2M median round size for Food and Beverage Manufacturing companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Kern Tec Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Sep 2023.
Kern Tec Funding Rounds
1 of 2 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.
Kern Tec announced a Pre-Seed in Dec 2022; the amount was not disclosed.
9 months later, a Series A of $12.8M was announced in Sep 2023.
Kern Tec Founders and Leadership Team
No contact details are on record for this team yet.
Kern Tec Funding Compared to Other Food and Beverage Manufacturing Startups
Kern Tec's latest round of $12.8M is above the median round in Food and Beverage Manufacturing. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Kern Tec Funding FAQs
What does Kern Tec do?
Kern Tec is an Austria based Upcycling company. With tech- and supply chain innovation Kern Tec is able to turn industrial byproducts into high value ingredients for the food&beverage industry but also for cosmetic and industrial applications. Kern Tec is committed to bring unique plant based ingredients and products to the global food market created from pits from apricots, cherries and plums. These raw materials were previously seen as a side product in the global production, but with Kern Tec's technologies they can be processed into tasty, sustainable, nutritious and safe products like food & cosmetic oils, protein powders, "nut" spreads and even dairy alternatives. The seeds can be called as the most sustainable nuts that ever existed with plenty of applications and opportunities to come. With a team of +10 Kern Tec has been able to successfully upcycle over 1.000.000 kg of fruit pits and is heavily investing in scaling the processes and bringing the technologies to whole Europe and beyond. But this is just the beginning.
How much funding has Kern Tec raised?
Kern Tec has raised $12.8M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series A of $12.8M announced in Sep 2023.
When did Kern Tec last raise funding?
Kern Tec's most recent funding round on record is a Series A of $12.8M, announced in Sep 2023.
Who founded Kern Tec?
FundedIQ lists Luca Fichtinger (Founder), Sebastian Jeschko (Founder) at Kern Tec.
Where is Kern Tec headquartered?
Kern Tec is based in Herzogenburg, Niederosterreich, Austria.
How many employees does Kern Tec have?
Kern Tec is in the 11-50 employee band.
How does Kern Tec's funding compare to other Food and Beverage Manufacturing startups?
Kern Tec's latest round of $12.8M is above the $2.2M median round size for Food and Beverage Manufacturing companies on FundedIQ across 14 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Kern Tec 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 Kern Tec is left off this page rather than filled in.
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