Swedish Biotech Melt&Marble Secures €7M For Food And Beauty Fat Innovation

The company’s ingredients are designed to enhance functionality, taste, and health outcomes, offering sustainable, high-performance alternatives to conventional oils and fats for food and personal care applications.

The Series A round was led by Industrifonden, with participation from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund and strategic partners Beiersdorf and Valio. Additional support came from Chalmers Ventures and Catalyze Capital. Last year, Melt&Marble also received a €2.5 million EIC Accelerator grant, bringing total funding over the past year to €10 million.

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Founded in 2014 in Gothenburg, Melt&Marble’s latest funding underscores cross-sector validation of its technology and commercial strategy. The round unites venture capital, industry, and European innovation expertise, providing the networks and resources needed to scale its precision fermentation solutions.

“This investment marks a major milestone for Melt&Marble as we 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. Our vision has always been to deliver more sustainable, high-performance ingredients, and this round brings us significantly closer to that goal,” said Anastasia Krivoruchko CEO of Melt&Marble.

Tobias Elmquist, Senior Investment Director at Industrifonden, commented: “Melt&Marble has achieved an impressive level of technical and commercial readiness for a company at this stage. Their ability to engineer functional fats through precision fermentation addresses a clear and growing demand across industries. We’re proud to lead this round and support a team combining scientific depth with strong execution to bring sustainable, high-performance ingredients to market.”

Melt&Marble targets a $100+ billion market spanning personal care, beauty, meat and dairy alternatives, chocolate, bakery, and specialised nutrition.

Its fermentation based platform creates animal-free custom fats that enhance texture, functionality and bioactivity while tackling sustainability and supply challenges. Strategic support from Beiersdorf and Valio underscores strong product-market fit in high performance sectors.

Ascan Voswinckel, Head of Venture Capital at Beiersdorf stated: “Melt&Marble is addressing an important challenge in the personal care industry, with its advanced innovative precision-fermentation technology. With consumer interest in more sustainable and responsible skincare products growing, Beiersdorf is pleased to invest in Melt&Marble, and support their highly committed, science-driven team as they aim to advance sustainability across multiple industries.”

Melt&Marble’s product pipeline includes tailored fats for alternative meat and dairy, bakery, chocolate, skincare, and haircare. The new funding will advance the company from demonstration to market-ready with its first ingredients slated for commercial launch in personal care in 2026. Production will leverage an existing commercial manufacturing partner, enabling capex-light scalability.

While initially focusing on Europe Melt&Marble is also preparing for entry into the US food market where regulatory pathways allow faster deployment and evaluating other geographies for expansion. Commercial collaborations and co-development projects with partners are underway in anticipation of the upcoming product launch.

Svetoslava Georgieva, Chair of the EIC Fund Board added: “Melt&Marble’s precision-fermentation approach to designer fats offers sustainable, high-performance alternatives for food and personal care. This Series A round is a strong endorsement of their technology. The EIC Fund is proud to support their scale-up and market entry.”

The funding arrives as Melt&Marble strengthens collaborations with industry partners across several regions backed by successful application results and notable improvements in bioprocess efficiency. These achievements set the stage for the company’s next growth phase, advancing the commercialisation of precision designed fats and lipids and supporting a more sustainable future for food and personal care.

About Melt&Marble

Melt&Marble is pioneering a sustainable approach to fat production, creating tailor-made fats from simple feedstocks without relying on animal or unsustainable plant sources. Its precision fermentation technology delivers innovative, high-performance fat solutions with enhanced functionality, taste, and health benefits for the food industry, personal care and other applications worldwide.