nextProtein: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)
nextProtein develops a new large-scale technology that produces a sustainable source of protein. Founded in 2015 by couple Syrine Chaalala and Mohamed Gastli, nextProtein was launched to help tackle land and resource scarcity using insect protein as feedstock. Like most start-ups, nextProtein began in a garage back in 2014. It was born from the personal and professional ambitions of its founders, who were searching for solutions to change agricultural food production while being able to work and live together. Syrine, an Emergency Operations Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, and Mohamed, a Grammy-nominated chemical engineer, identified that they could combine organic cycles of nature with the scalable efficiency of technology, to produce an alternative to wasteful and unsustainable agricultural systems.
nextProtein has raised $30.9M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series B of $20.8M announced in Nov 2025.
That round is above the $3.3M median round size for Agriculture and Farming companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
nextProtein Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: Nov 2025.
nextProtein Funding Rounds
nextProtein raised $10.2M in an undisclosed round announced in May 2020.
5.5 years later, a Series B of $20.8M was announced in Nov 2025.
nextProtein Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the nextProtein team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.
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nextProtein's latest round of $20.8M is above the median round in Agriculture and Farming. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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nextProtein Funding FAQs
What does nextProtein do?
nextProtein develops a new large-scale technology that produces a sustainable source of protein. Founded in 2015 by couple Syrine Chaalala and Mohamed Gastli, nextProtein was launched to help tackle land and resource scarcity using insect protein as feedstock. Like most start-ups, nextProtein began in a garage back in 2014. It was born from the personal and professional ambitions of its founders, who were searching for solutions to change agricultural food production while being able to work and live together. Syrine, an Emergency Operations Specialist at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, and Mohamed, a Grammy-nominated chemical engineer, identified that they could combine organic cycles of nature with the scalable efficiency of technology, to produce an alternative to wasteful and unsustainable agricultural systems.
How much funding has nextProtein raised?
nextProtein has raised $30.9M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series B of $20.8M announced in Nov 2025.
When did nextProtein last raise funding?
nextProtein's most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $20.8M, announced in Nov 2025.
Who is the CEO of nextProtein?
Mohamed Gastli is listed as CEO at nextProtein.
Where is nextProtein headquartered?
nextProtein is based in Paris, Ile-De-France, France.
How many employees does nextProtein have?
nextProtein is in the 11-50 employee band.
How does nextProtein's funding compare to other Agriculture and Farming startups?
nextProtein's latest round of $20.8M is above the $3.3M median round size for Agriculture and Farming companies on FundedIQ across 1,320 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's nextProtein 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 nextProtein is left off this page rather than filled in.
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