Happy Plant Protein
Patented extrusion process that makes 70–80 % plant protein from legumes and cereals using EXISTING extrusion equipment — no chemicals, minimal water, and about one seventh of the energy of isolate production, cutting cost by up to 90 % against a €100M isolate plant. Licensed to food manufacturers globally rather than built as own capacity. VTT spin-out via VTT LaunchPad; founders Jari Karlsson, Elli Laukkala, Pekka Lehtinen.
The row
- Stage
- Pre-revenue — No sales yet
- Location
- Espoo
- Founded
- 2024
- Research origin
- VTT
- Business ID
- 3464240-7 · Finnish trade register
- Funding
- €1.8M pre-seed (11/2024, Nordic Foodtech VC lead + Butterfly Ventures, BF grant)
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