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Deep tech startup·First revenueCellvane Biosystems
Engineered microbes that turn dairy waste into food-grade proteins.
Founded2021
Team24
TRL7 / 9
Raising£6MSeries A
About
Cellvane converts whey permeate — a waste stream dairies pay to dispose of — into functional food proteins using engineered yeast strains. One tonne of permeate yields 40kg of protein isolate with a fraction of the emissions of whey concentrate.
Our first strain is in continuous production at a partner dairy in Somerset. The platform is strain-agnostic: the same fermentation and downstream stack …
£420k ARR from the first production line. Two additional dairies in contracted pilots. Novel-food dossier submitted to the FSA; EFSA pre-submission meeting completed.
Innovate UK Smart Grant · 2023BBSRC Follow-on Fund · 2022