16 Best Dairy Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Dairy Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 16 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.9b. The average funding per company in this subset is $121.6m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Perfect Day Foods logo

Perfect Day Foods

Perfect Day Foods (formerly Muufri) engineered yeast capable of producing the proteins found in cows milk. They use these proteins to make their own line of animal-free dairy products.

7

Funding Rounds

$711.5m

Money raised

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Protera Bio

Protera is a biotechnology company that works with protein engineering to address challenges in food, agriculture, the environment, and human health.

2

Funding Rounds

$15.6m

Money raised

Motif FoodWorks logo

Motif FoodWorks

Motif Foodworks is a food ingredients company that uses biotechnology to brew proteins and nutrients, for sustainable foods.

4

Funding Rounds

$344.3m

Money raised

New Culture logo

New Culture

A food and beverage company using cellular agriculture to make cow cheese.

2

Funding Rounds

$28.5m

Money raised

Country Delight logo

Country Delight

Country Delight is an Indian dairy delivery platform.

2

Funding Rounds

$133.0m

Money raised

Ripple Foods logo

Ripple Foods

A food company making dairy-free plant-based milk and dairy products.

13

Funding Rounds

$411.1m

Money raised

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Formo

Formo is a manufacturer of animal-free cheese alternative products founded in 2019 by Raffael Wohlgensinger.

2

Funding Rounds

$65.7m

Money raised

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Labby

Labby is a company founded in 2017.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

Better Dairy logo

Better Dairy

Producing molecularly identical dairy. Same products no animals.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.3m

Money raised

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TurtleTree Labs

TurtleTree Labs is a biotech startup making lab-grown human breast milk founded in 2019.

2

Funding Rounds

$9.4m

Money raised

Change Foods logo

Change Foods

Change Foods is a food company making plant-based dairy alternatives founded in 2020.

1

Funding Rounds

$15.3m

Money raised

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Imagindairy

Imagindairy is a Foodtech company integrating deep tech with system biology to develop a commercial and viable animal-free protein-based dairy product.

2

Funding Rounds

$41.0m

Money raised

ReMilk logo

ReMilk

ReMilk is a food company making plant-based dairy alternatives founded in 2019 by Aviv Wolff.

2

Funding Rounds

$131.3m

Money raised

Straus Family Creamery, Inc. logo

Straus Family Creamery, Inc.

Straus Family Creamery, Inc. is a Petaluma, California-based dairy company.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

Noblegen logo

Noblegen

Noblegen is an advanced ingredients company that produces unique proteins, oils and flours.

1

Funding Rounds

$18.5m

Money raised

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Milk Mantra

Milk Mantra is an Odisha-based food company founded in 2009.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised