CHANGING THE WAY OF PRODUCING PROTEINS — FOREVER.
To meet the soaring demand for proteins, we need a paradigm shift.
A different solution than the ones we used that caused the problem.
So we decided to brew proteins — the sustainable way.
To meet the soaring demand for proteins, we need a paradigm shift.
A different solution than the ones we used that caused the problem.
So we decided to brew proteins — the sustainable way.
Location: Netherlands
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $61.08M
Founded date: 2019
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 17.10.2025 | Series B | $35.08M | Novo Holdi... |
| 03.11.2020 | Series A | $26M | Novo Holdi... |
Mentions in press and media 23
| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.10.2025 | Mycoprotein Innovator The Protein Brewery Secures €30M, Targets US Market Expansion | The Protein Brewery, a Dutch mycoprotein innovator, secured €30M in Series B funding. This capital fuels global expansion, targeting US and European markets with its proprietary Fermotein ingredient. The company strategically pivoted to act... |
| 17.10.2025 | Investment Climate Podcast: Thijs Bosch of The Protein Brewery, How to Get Funded in 2025 | In this podcast series, Alex Shandrovsky interviews investors about benchmarks for funding Alt Proteins in 2025 and uncovers the investment playbooks of successful Climate Tech CEOs and Leading VCs. Podcast Host Alex Shandrovksy is a strate... |
| 22.09.2025 | The Protein Brewery Secures €30M to Advance Its Proprietary Mycoprotein | The Protein Brewery, a Dutch company producing fungi-based food ingredients, has secured €30 million in Series B funding. The round saw participation from new investors Invest-NL and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM), alongside existing ... |
| 30.05.2025 | GlycoEra AG: Pioneering a New Era in Autoimmune Disease Treatment | In the world of biotechnology, innovation is the lifeblood that fuels progress. GlycoEra AG is a shining example of this principle. Recently, the company secured $130 million in funding to advance its groundbreaking therapies for autoimmune... |
| 28.05.2025 | Former Cosun Executive Thijs Bosch Succeeds Sue Garfitt as CEO of The Protein Brewery | The Protein Brewery announced a leadership change with the appointment of Thijs Bosch as its new CEO, succeeding Sue Garfitt, who will transition into a non-executive role. This shift follows the company’s recent Series A fundraising and ma... |
| 26.11.2024 | 🎥Biomass fermentation in focus at MISTA growth hack: ‘The food of the future is going to be manufactured in a tank’ | Biomass fermentation—which is used to produce everything from mycoprotein to DHA-packed animal feed supplements—is generally cheaper than precision fermentation because firms are harvesting the whole biomass, and skipping costly downstream ... |
| 24.10.2024 | LBB Specialties Partners with The Protein Brewery to Distribute Fermotein® Mycoprotein Across North America | NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LBB Specialties (LBBS), a leading distributor of specialty ingredients in North America, is pleased to announce a new distribution partnership with The Protein Brewery, an innovative developer o... |
| 26.08.2023 | Blooming Innovation: 15 Cutting-Edge Biotechnology Startups in The Netherlands | Table of Contents show 1 Introduction 2 New Amsterdam Pharma: Revolutionizing Cardio-Metabolic Therapies 3 The Protein Brewery: Crafting Sustainable, Animal-Free Proteins 4 Epify: Transforming Healthcare with Collaborative Innovation 5... |
| 14.11.2021 | Sustainable, ‘boring’ protein, made to order: The Protein Brewery looks to US market with fermented fungi protein | While Quorn has been in a field of one for many years when it comes to growing fungi in fermentation tanks (it started selling mycoprotein, a strain of filamentous fungi Fusarium venenatum, in the 1980s) a flurry of startups has recently... |
| 22.10.2021 | The Protein Brewery Announces Massive Upscaling For its Uber Sustainable Fermented Fungi Protein | The Protein Brewery, a Dutch producer of sustainable, fermented protein, is to move into its new headquarters early next year and, concurrently, is to begin construction of an innovative facility of 1,500 m2 with a production capacity of th... |
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