Protix

Tyson Foods and Protix halted investment in a planned joint US insect-production facility in 2026, prompting Protix to redirect its international expansion focus toward Asia instead, where the company says it can be cost-competitive from day one.

Country: Netherlands

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Coverage

	CN	EU	IN	US
food-alt-protein	—	✓	✓	✓
livestock-aqua	✓	✓	—	✓

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Funding	€55 million ($58.2 million) investment from Tyson Foods (2023-10-17)	globalpetindustry.com · raboinvestments.com · seafoodsource.com
Funding	€19 million convertible loan from existing shareholders (2025-08-01)	protein-trends.com · questionsforprotix.com
Funding	€1 million ($1.1 million) from Invest International for feasibility study (2025-01-01)	globalpetindustry.com · questionsforprotix.com
Funding	€50 million ($57.2 million) in equity (2022-01-01)	protix.com · seafoodsource.com
Capacity	14,000 metric tons of live-larvae equivalent annually at Bergen op Zoom facility (2019-01-01)	protix.com · seafoodsource.com
Revenue	€11.8 million (2024-12-31)	protein-trends.com · questionsforprotix.com
Headcount	150 full-time equivalents (2024-12-31)	protein-trends.com · questionsforprotix.com
Production site	Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands (operational since 2019)	agfundernews.com · protein-trends.com · raboinvestments.com · demolenaar.nl

Independent sources: agfundernews.com · demolenaar.nl · globalpetindustry.com · protein-trends.com · raboinvestments.com · seafoodsource.com

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Alternative feeds for livestock	livestock-aqua	Medium	→
Industrial insect farming	food-alt-protein	High	→

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