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§ Private Profile · Palmerston North, New Zealand
Miruku is a company.
Miruku has raised $7.4M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Miruku.
Miruku has raised $7.4M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Miruku develops animal-free dairy ingredients by genetically engineering plants to produce dairy proteins and fats. The company leverages molecular farming techniques, integrating advanced protein development into resilient oilseed crops, allowing these plants to function as bio-factories for milk components. This innovative approach aims to create dairy alternatives that are sustainable, nutritious, and economically viable, bypassing traditional animal agriculture.
The company was founded in 2020 by Ira Bing, Oded Shoseyov, Amos Palfreyman, and Harjinder Singh. Their collective insight centered on the potential of plant-based biotechnology to produce complex dairy proteins, thereby addressing the environmental and ethical challenges of conventional dairy. Based in New Zealand, the founders embarked on this venture to pioneer a new era in food technology.
Miruku targets the expanding market for sustainable food solutions, providing ingredients for various dairy alternative products. Its long-term vision is to fundamentally transform global dairy production by offering a climate-friendly and scalable method for creating essential dairy components. The company envisions a future where delicious and affordable animal-free dairy is accessible to everyone, produced directly from plants.
Key people at Miruku.
Miruku is a New Zealand–based food‑technology company developing *plant-grown dairy* — breeding and engineering crops so the plants themselves produce dairy proteins, fats and other milk components as scalable, animal‑free ingredients for food manufacturers and brands[2][3].
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Quick Take & Future Outlook
Quick take: Miruku is a molecular‑farming food‑tech company aiming to produce true dairy building blocks inside climate‑resilient crops, offering a differentiated route to scalable, lower‑impact dairy ingredients; its near‑term prospects hinge on technical scale‑up, regulatory progress and commercial partnerships that can translate lab proof‑of‑concepts into supply‑chain reality[3][2][4].[3][2][4]
Miruku has raised $7.4M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Miruku's investors include Lachlan Nixon, Movac, NZVC, Mark Stuart, Ahimsa Investments, Aspire Fund, Michal Klar.
Miruku has raised $7.4M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Pre-Series A in February 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2024 | $5M Seed Plus | Lachlan Nixon | Movac, Nzvc | Announced |
| Mar 21, 2022 | $2.4M Seed | Mark Stuart | Ahimsa Investments, Aspire Fund, Michal Klar | Announced |