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Funding and backers

Total raised
$61M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$61M
Series B · Sep 2024 · 2 yr ago
Hiring now
3
open roles
Backers
1
M Ventures
The money's age
Due for its next round
24 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jan 17, 2025 Took on debt financing $37.8M · Just Food Sep 10, 2024 Raised a round Series B $61M 2019 Founded
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Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Debt Financing Jan 2025 $37.8M — Just Food
Series B Sep 2024 $61M — markets.ft.com
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Legal entity Formo Foods GmbH its site
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Overview

Formo is a Berlin food technology company founded in 2019 that makes dairy proteins by fermentation instead of from cows. Its process produces casein and other milk proteins for cheese products with a much smaller land and emissions footprint. The company operates its own laboratories and pilot production in Germany.

News

News formo.so 9 months ago
Formo Analytics & Attribution for DeFi Apps
Formo helps crypto and DeFi teams drive growth with analytics and attribution designed for onchain apps. Leading DeFi apps use Formo
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News Formo Docs 1 year ago
Start here
Get started with Formo, the data platform for onchain apps.
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News markets.ft.com 1 year ago
Formo Secures a â'35 million loan - Company Announcement - FT.com
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News Just Food 1 year ago
Formo secures loan from EIB to boost animal-free cheese production
Formo has secured a €35m ($36m) loan from the EIB to scale up the production of cheese alternatives free from animal products.
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News markets.ft.com 2 years ago
Portfolio Company Presentation Series â€" Formo Bio - Company Announcement - FT.com
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News YahooFinance 2 years ago
Formo gets investors
A love of food -- and, well, cheese -- has landed German fermentation startup Formo
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News TechCrunch 2 years ago
Formo gets investors' mouths watering with Koji protein-based, animal-free cheese
A love of food -- and, well, cheese -- has landed German fermentation startup Formo's co-founder Roman Plewka and its team a hefty $61 million Series B
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News markets.ft.com 2 years ago
Formo Closes a US$ 61 Million Series B Round - Company Announcement - FT.com
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Fermentierung in Europa: Allianz zur Förderung der Fermentierungsbranche
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
45/100
Stable
Open positions
3
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
40 days
faster than 34% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~21 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
67% ▼
Science & Research
33% ▼

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Frankfurt am Main
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Berlin Germany
HQ
Frankfurt am Main Germany
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 33% engineering
hires for Marketing, Science & Research, Field & Service
seen since Jul 2026 job postings

Financials

Total raised
$98.8M
Latest round
Debt Financing
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Debt Financing 2025 $37.8M Details
Series B 2024 $61M Details