Aardaia, a Wageningen-based startup developing a nitrogen-fixing protein tuber, has raised an oversubscribed €5 million seed round led by Point Nine.
The oversubscribed round came together just six months after Aardaia’s pre-seed, following strong early field results.
The startup has grown to 14 people across 10 nationalities since its pre-seed, with half the team holding PhDs.
Aardaia, a Wageningen startup breeding a new protein-rich crop, has raised a €5 million seed round led by Point Nine. The company is working to domesticate the aardaker, a wild tuber it hopes can reduce Europe’s reliance on imported protein.
The round, which included Astanor, Grey Silo Ventures, and returning investor FoodLabs, and a group of angels, follows an earlier pre-seed backed by FoodLabs and, according to PitchBook, Wageningen-based accelerator StartLife, together raising roughly €770,000 before this round.
