FoodTech in Europe – 2025
Investments, innovation and trends report on the state of the European FoodTech in 2025
After two years of decrease, investments are finally stabilising
In 2024, European Food Tech startups raised €4.1B, only 2% less than the €4.2B raised a year before. Investments finally stabilised after a 57% drop from 2021’s highs.
Let’s be clear: that’s still a decrease and without any rebound in sight. However, if we compare Europe’s FoodTech situation to that of the rest of the world, we should note that investments are much less than what we observed elsewhere. Compared to 2021 levels, European FoodTech investments dropped only by 57% compared to 72% globally. Europe has hence strengthened its position as a leading hub, with 28% of the global funding going to startups established there.
On a less positive note, we observed a decline in the number of deals, notably in early-stage startups.
While funding for new proteins (from plant-based to cellular agriculture) is plummeting globally, we observed an almost 20% increase in Europe. Many of Europe’s alternative protein startups are indeed extremely well-positioned in trends like cacao, sugar, and fat alternatives.
In this report
This report studies investments in FoodTech startups in Europe from 2014 to 2025 and contents:
- an analysis of the number of investments and the total amount invested
- a breakdown country by country of major deals and funding rounds
- a comparison between the six major categories of FoodTech
- M&A and notable corporate involvement as investors in European FoodTech in 2024
Compared to last year’s edition, even if we added new trends that emerged during the year, the global evolution is less dramatic than it was previously. This is a visible consequence of the current lack of appetite of investors (and somewhat of large companies) to invest in long-term and unproven trends.
