{"id":176247,"date":"2026-04-30T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=176247"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:36:17","slug":"planetary-secures-28m-to-expand-sustainable-protein-fermentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/planetary-secures-28m-to-expand-sustainable-protein-fermentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Planetary secures $28M to expand sustainable protein fermentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Swiss biomanufacturing startup Planetary<\/a> has raised $28 million in new funding. The goal is to grow its fermentation infrastructure and licensing platform. The company also aims to diversify its alternative protein products and expand globally.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a9 Planetary<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The Series A round brought in 16 million Swiss francs ($20.4M). An additional six million francs ($7.6M) in credit was also secured. Total funding now stands at around 32 million francs ($41M). Lead investors included Radikal Capital and Oetker Ventures. Other participants were Royal Cosun, Arc Investors, Green Generation Fund, AgriFoodTech Venture Alliance, and existing backers like Astanor Ventures and XAnge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this funding, Planetary plans to reach several milestones in 18-24 months. These include expanding its international licensing business, achieving core profitability, and developing new products, says CEO David Brandes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planetary\u2019s BioBlocks platform supports biomass and precision fermentation. It helps develop sustainable food and material solutions. The company converts agricultural byproducts into high-value proteins, fibers, and enzymes. Its licensing model partners with agro-industrial companies, especially sugar producers, to promote a circular bioeconomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, the company focuses on mycoprotein<\/a>. It aims to produce protein at ultra-low costs through partnerships in sugar-rich regions. The company already runs large-scale production in Switzerland. It has partnered with Schweizer Zucker, Cosun, and DBO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Planetary also explores applications in meat alternatives, dairy substitutes, and pet food. The strains used may require regional certification, but regulatory hurdles are manageable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite a tough funding environment, Planetary\u2019s full-stack approach has proven its resilience. It covers bioprocessing, infrastructure, and distribution. The company plans a second funding round later this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Swiss biomanufacturing startup Planetary has raised $28 million in new funding. The goal is to grow its fermentation infrastructure and licensing platform. The company also aims to diversify its alternative protein products and expand globally. The Series A round brought in 16 million Swiss francs ($20.4M). An additional six million francs ($7.6M) in credit was also secured. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":176269,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"The company converts agricultural byproducts into high-value proteins, fibers, and enzymes to promote a circular bioeconomy","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[17299,5842,10416,16171,25273],"supplier":[17510,23784,18475,985,27877],"class_list":["post-176247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biomanufacturing","tag-biomass","tag-circulareconomy","tag-fermentation","tag-plantproteins","supplier-cosun-beet-company","supplier-green-generation-fund","supplier-planetary-hydrogen","supplier-royal-cosun","supplier-schweizer-zucker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176279,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176247\/revisions\/176279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176247"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=176247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}