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January 19, 2017
Aquafeed – Uber, Deliveroo investor backs French-Tunisian insect meal startup

French-Tunisian agri-tech startup nextProtein, which produces animal feedstock from insect larvae, has secured €1.3 million in fundraising to scale up its expanded operations in 2017. The company’s bioconversion process produces feedstock protein using significantly less land, water and energy resources, with less greenhouse gas emissions, than traditional agriculture, it said.
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January 19, 2017
Maddyness – nextProtein raises € 1.3 million to feed animals with insects

At a time when the agricultural industry is facing resource depletion, environmental degradation and the imperatives of climate change, new players are emerging in order to offer ever more sustainable and diversified techniques. This is the case of nextProtein , founded in 2015 by the couple Syrine Chaalala and Mohamed Gastli, and which raises larvae of black soldier flies which it transforms into components dedicated to animal feed, but also an organic fertilizer and Natural for agriculture.
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January 18, 2017
Les Echos – NextProtein se lance avec 0,9 M€

Un mois après la série C de 14,2 M€ signée par Ynsect, un autre producteur de composants alimentaires pour animaux à base d’insectes ouvre son capital. Il s’agit de NextProtein, fondé en octobre 2015 à Orsay et déjà aux commandes d’un outil de production de 300 m² situé à 40 km au sud de Tunis. NextProtein vient de récolter 0,9 M€ de fonds propres, dont 0,4 M€ sur la plateforme de crowdfunding Anaxago.
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January 18, 2017
GreenUnivers – nextProtein raises € 1.3m for its insect proteins

After Ynsect or Entomo Farm , a new start-up is a hit in the food sector of the future. NextProtein, a young Franco-Tunisian shoot born in 2015, produces animal feed components from fly larvae. Livestock, based near Tunis, uses and recycles local vegetable waste by bioconversion. It has just obtained 1.3 M €
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January 16, 2017
Dynamique Mag – nextProtein raises 1.3 million euros for its innovation

Founded in October 2015 by two entrepreneurs keen to avoid food waste, nextProtein is a young start-up from Orsay. Created by Mohamed Gastli and Syrine Chaalala, it was during a trip to Madagascar that the two founders met. NextProtein was born of this idea to reduce the waste of food by producing animal protein sources from flies soldiers. The business model of the start-up is based on a resource still massively untapped, namely insects, in order to meet a strong demand on the part of professionals.
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January 16, 2017
Intrafish – Startup nabs $1.4 million for feed project

French-Tunisian agri-tech startup nextProtein said Friday it secured €1.3 million ($1.4 million) in funding for its work producing animal feedstock from insect larvae. It plans to scale up production at its expanded operations this year. Funding came from international investors including Xavier Niel.... "nextProtein’s innovative bioconversion process can produce the same amount of protein as traditional agriculture using significantly smaller farming
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January 16, 2017
NextFinance – nextProtein raises 1.3 million euros for its innovation in the field of insect feed materials for animal feed

NextProtein, a Franco-Tunisian agri-tech startup specializing in the manufacture of insect larvae feed components, announces the expansion of its operations and the increase of its production in 2017, following a Seizure of 1.3 million euros.
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January 16, 2017
My French Startup – NEXTPROTEIN raises 1.3 million euros in funding

The French Startup NEXTPROTEIN - A new sustainable insect based source of protein - - received 1.3 million euros in first funding. Cofounded in 2015 by Mohamed Gastli, Syrine Chaalala, NEXTPROTEIN is a Cleantech, Energie - Développement durable, based in Ile De France. This 1.3 million euros round was led by Crowdfunding (Anaxago), Kima Ventures, Christophe Cervasel, Cyril Grislain, Jerome Lecat, Khaled Helioui, Sylvie Ganter.
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