{
  "id": 7293397,
  "title": "Swiss-Italian startup Ferm Labs secures €3 million to scale its bioprocessing-based B2B ingredient platform",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/swiss-italian-startup-ferm-labs-secures-3-million-to-scale-its",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-14T10:20:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "EU-Startups",
    "slug": "eu-startups",
    "url": "https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/09/swiss-italian-startup-ferm-labs-secures-e3-million-to-scale-its-bioprocessing-based-b2b-ingredient-platform/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Swiss-Italian biotech startup Ferm Labs has secured €3 million in funding to expand its bioprocessing-based ingredient platform for the global clean-label market. The investment, led by CDP Venture Capital through its Green Transition Fund/NextGenerationEU and a group of European investors, will support the company's scaling efforts in manufacturing and European expansion. Founded in 2025 by Stephanie Lüpold and Mattia Baroni, Ferm Labs focuses on developing high-yield, clean-label B2B flavour systems for the food industry. Their proprietary platform accelerates fermentation time, upcycles low-value sidestreams into kokumi peptide profiles, and eliminates the trade-off between synthetic additives and costly natural ingredients. The company's flagship product, Kokumesan, a kokumi peptide profile made from liquid whey, targets the US/European industrial cheese market and offers 75% Cost-in-Use savings for manufacturers. Ferm Labs plans to use the funding to increase bioprocessing capacity in South Tyrol, grow its European B2B sales force, and expand its R&D team for new product categories.",
  "summary": "Ferm Labs, a Zug-based ingredient startup specialising in proprietary, high-yield bioprocessing platforms, has secured €3 million to scale its bioprocessing platform across the global clean-label ingredient market. The round was led by CDP Venture Capital (through its Green Transition Fund/NextGenerationEU), alongside a syndicate of European investors including Fund F, Redstone (in collaboration…",
  "key_points": [
    "Swiss-Italian startup Ferm Labs raises €3 million",
    "Investment led by CDP Venture Capital for scaling",
    "Platform accelerates fermentation, upcycles sidestreams"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}