Apeel Sciences

Plant-derived coatings — Lipid/cutin-based barrier.

Country: United States

GRAS

Coverage

	CN	EU	IN	US
fill-finish-packaging	✓	✓	✓	✓
wood-construction	✓	✓	—	✓

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Funding	$719.1M to $990M total funding across 10 rounds	indexed.vc · startupintros.com
Founded	2012	indexed.vc
Headquarters	Goleta, California, United States	indexed.vc · sacra.com
Production site	Santa Barbara/Goleta, California (HQ); satellite facilities in Peru, Mexico, and the Netherlands	a.storyblok.com · dspace.mit.edu · foodnavigator.com · freshplaza.com · fruitnet.com
Capacity	approximately 42,000 metric tons annually across the lipid-based fresh produce coating market segment medium confidence	dataintelo.com
Regulatory approval	Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status in the United States; also approved for use in EU, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom	indexed.vc · sacra.com · startupintros.com · apeel.com
Revenue	$64M–$200M annual revenue medium confidence	dataintelo.com

Independent sources: a.storyblok.com · dataintelo.com · dspace.mit.edu · foodnavigator.com · freshplaza.com · fruitnet.com · indexed.vc · sacra.com · startupintros.com

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Bio-glues, bio-lacquers and biopolymer coatings	wood-construction	Medium	→
Edible films & coatings	fill-finish-packaging	Low	→

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