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Nature's Fynd
Nature’s Fynd is a Chicago-based food company creating versatile alternative proteins to nourish the world’s growing population while nurturing the planet. Born out of research conducted for NASA on microbes in Yellowstone National Park, the company’s breakthrough technology produces Fy™. Fy is a new-to-the-world, nutritional fungi protein that only uses a fraction …
Profile
- Industry
- Alternative proteins, Food ingredients, Textiles & leather
- Topics
- Yeast, fermentation & food ingredients, Precision fermentation (proteins, dairy, egg)
- Role
- Producer — “…enable scalable, real-world manufacturing solutions. Originating from a NASA-funded Yellowstone mission that i…”
- Parent / group
- The Fynder Group, Inc.
- Why it is bioeconomy
- Nature's Fynd is a biotechnology company that produces a fungal-based protein (Fy) using a proprietary fermentation process for food applications.
Bio-solutions it supplies 0
Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.
What they offer
Subsidiaries: The Fynder Group
News & status 6
- 2025 Latest status: The company continues to operate and launch new products, such as Fy Bites and Fy Culinary Base, as of 2025. ↗ ↗ ↗
- 2026-03-05 Plant-based meats could see second wave with B2B manufacturingNature’s Fynd, originally championed as a standout alt-meat brand, is pivoting from consumer-facing branding to business-to-business ingredient manufacturing, selling its fungal-protein ingredients to other companies for hybrid and expanded-use applications.
- 2025-03-10 Nature’s Fynd Wins Prestigious NEXTY Award for Dairy-Free Fy™ YogurtNature’s Fynd is being recognized as an innovator in fungi-powered nutrition, winning the 2025 NEXTY Award for its Dairy-Free Fy Yogurt (strawberry flavor) as the first fungi-based yogurt on the market, with 8g protein and 6g fiber per serving, live cultures, …
- 2025-04-10 Nature’s Fynd Launches New Spicy Indian Fy™ Bites at Plantega Locations Across New York CityNature’s Fynd is expanding its Fy protein lineup by launching Spicy Indian Fy Bites—falafel-style, vegan, gluten-free bites with 14g protein per serving—through Plantega locations in NYC, highlighting its innovative, plant-based Fy protein born from …
- 2025-04-21 Nature’s Fynd to Debut Fy Bites and Fy Culinary Base at theNature’s Fynd is launching new Fy-powered foodservice products—Fy Bites and Fy Culinary Base—along with its Dairy-Free Fy Yogurt, highlighting a versatile, allergen-friendly, vegan protein system (Fy) derived from fermented fungi with 14g protein per serving …
- 2025-03-12 Nature’s Fynd fashions fungi into delectable dairy-free yogurtNature’s Fynd harnesses a unique Yellowstone-found microbe to produce the whole-food, dairy-free Fy yogurt, marketed as a protein-dense, sustainable alternative (not a precision-fermentation ingredient). The company emphasizes that Fy itself is the ingredient, …
- 2025-09-22 Nature’s Fynd: "Innovation is Never Linear, But The Mission of Rethinking Protein For People and The Planet Remains" - vegconomist - the vegan business magazineNature’s Fynd positions itself as a science-driven, fermentation-based protein company focused on delivering a complete protein with fiber—offering “smarter”, craveworthy foods that fit daily life while emphasizing its nature-origin, not lab-grown hype, and …
Network: owners, partners, peers
Ownership & investors 17
| investor | SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 |
| investor | Blackstone Strategic Partners |
| investor | Balyasny Asset Management |
| investor | Hillhouse Investment |
| investor | EDBI |
| investor | SK Inc |
| investor | Hongkou |
| investor | Breakthrough Energy Ventures |
| investor | ADM Ventures |
| investor | Danone Manifesto Ventures |
| investor | Generation Investment Management LLP |
| investor | Jeff Bezos |
| investor | Bill Gates |
| investor | Al Gore |
| investor | Michael Bloomberg |
| investor | Richard Branson |
| subsidiary | The Fynder Group |
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