Formo

foodtech · Berlin, DE

Develops animal-free (fermentation-based) cheese alternatives.

Founders

Raffael Wohlgensinger (Switzerland · ♂) — A Swiss-Brazilian St. Gallen management grad who, after VC internships in Berlin, set out to recreate real cheese like Gruyere without cows, founding Formo (originally LegenDairy Foods) in 2019 to build animal-free dairy via precision fermentation.
Britta Winterberg (Germany · ♀) — A microbiologist with a doctorate who co-founded Formo to bring the scientific and fermentation expertise behind animal-free dairy proteins.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Sep 2024	Funding round Formo raised $61M for its fermentation-based cheese alternatives.	$61M
Sep 2021	Series A Berlin foodtech Formo (animal-free cheese, formerly Legendairy) raised USD50M from EQT Ventures, Elevat3 Capital and Lowercarbon Capital.	$50M

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