Key takeaways on new investments in sustainable fats producer
- Melt&Marble secures €7.3m Series A funding, bringing total recent investment to €10m.
- The company uses precision fermentation to create sustainable designer fats for beauty and personal care.
- Strategic investors include Industrifonden, Beiersdorf, Valio, and the EIC Fund.
- Melt&Marble aims to transition from R&D to commercialisation, targeting both beauty and food markets.
- Precision fats promise improved functionality, sustainability, and cost-competitiveness.
Swedish biotech company Melt&Marble has raised €7.3m in Series A funding to scale production and bring its first ingredients to market.
The company uses precision fermentation to produce designer fats that can be used in beauty and personal care products as a sustainable alternative.
CEO of Melt&Marble, Anastasia Krivoruchko, said the investment will help the company transition from R&D to commercialisation.
“With key scalability milestones already achieved and strategic partners onboard, we’re entering the market with the capabilities and confidence to deliver real impact,” she explained. “Our vision has always been to deliver more sustainable, high-performance ingredients, and this round brings us significantly closer to that goal.”
The €7m Series A round was led by Swedish deeptech investor Industrifonden, along with the European Commission’s European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, personal care company Beiersdorf, and Finnish dairy manufacturer Valio, with additional backing from Chalmers Ventures and Catalyze Capital.
The EIC Accelerator had already provided a €2.5m grant last year, bringing the latest funding to a total of €10m within the past year.
The investment marks a pivotal moment for Melt&Marble, signalling strong cross-sector validation of its technology platform and commercial strategy. With investors spanning venture capital, industry, and European innovation policy, the round brings together deep expertise and networks critical for scaling precision fermentation solutions.
Tobias Elmquist, Senior Investment Director at Industrifonden, said the company’s ability to engineer functional fats through precision fermentation “addresses a clear and growing demand across industries.”
The market opportunity for oils, fats and lipids is a multi-billion-dollar industry. Traditional fats like palm, coconut, and animal-based sources often struggle with performance and supply volatility, along with the obvious environmental issues.
Precision fermentation & the cosmetics industry
Melt&Marble said its precision fermentation platform offers animal-free, tailored fat structures that unlock superior functionality, from texture to enhanced skin-feel and bioactivity in cosmetics.
Head of Venture Capital at Beiersdorf, Ascan Voswinckel, said Melt&Marble is “addressing an important challenge in the personal care industry” and that consumer interest in more sustainable and responsible skincare products is growing.
Meanwhile, Melt&Marble’s CBO Thomas Cresswell believes we’re entering a new era where fats and lipids are no longer seen as commodities alone, but also as precision ingredients that can drive performance, improve health, and support sustainability. “The message from our partners has been consistent: the future belongs to ingredients that deliver on functionality, impact and cost,” he said.
By engineering fats from the molecule up, the company said it can deliver cost-competitive, locally produced ingredients that meet both technical demands and sustainability goals.
