Synbio, Food & Bio-industrial companies in Finland

This sector covers companies that use biology as a production technology. Finnish companies make protein from air and electricity, egg-white protein by precision fermentation, mycoprotein from industrial side streams, and industrial enzymes.

In market 4

Product is being sold.

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  MetGen

  Kaarina · founded 2006

  METNIN™ / MetZyme® industrial enzymes and protein engineering for lignocellulosic biomass: lignin-based composites, foams, resins and adhesives, wood-fibre composites and sugar-based bioplastics for…

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  Perfat Technologies

  Helsinki · founded 2023

  Oleogel technology (Perfat Soft): liquid vegetable oils structured into solid, fibre-rich fats that replace butter, palm and coconut oil with the same functionality but far less saturated fat. Univ. of…

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  Solar Foods

  Vantaa · founded 2017 · 📈 Listed

  Solein — single-cell protein from air/electricity/CO₂, no farmland. Produced by gas fermentation (hydrogen + CO₂) at Factory 01 in Vantaa, the first commercial-scale plant of its kind, opened 2024.

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  Volare

  Helsinki · founded 2021

  Black-soldier-fly bioreactor turning industrial food side streams into protein powder, oil and fertiliser for aquaculture, pet food and agriculture. First industrial-scale plant (Volare 01) under construction…

Pre-revenue 6

No sales yet.

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  Aircohol

  Helsinki · founded 2021

  Patented bioreactor converting fermentation CO₂ into potable alcohol, cutting the carbon footprint of alcoholic drinks; piloted at Brukett/Ägräs Distillery in Fiskars with Business Finland R&D loan support.…

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  Enifer

  Espoo · founded 2020

  PEKILO® mycoprotein: fungal biomass grown on food- and forest-industry side streams, for feed and food ingredients. First factory in Kantvik, Kirkkonummi (€33M, completion end 2025), reported as fully funded.…

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  Happy Plant Protein

  Espoo · founded 2024

  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…

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  Lauka Biotech

  Savonlinna · founded 2026

  AI + robotics + biotech for scalable production of forest seedlings: automates labour-intensive somatic embryogenesis (elite seedlings) — up to 3× capacity, integrates into existing facilities. Luke spin-out…

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  Onego Bio

  Helsinki · founded 2022

  Precision fermentation using the fungus Trichoderma reesei to produce Bioalbumen — animal-free egg-white protein (ovalbumin) without hens, for food manufacturers. VTT spin-out.

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  Origin by Ocean

  Espoo · founded 2019

  Nauvu® biorefining: patented multi-fraction extraction of alginate, fucoidan and other bio-based ingredients from INVASIVE sargassum and farmed seaweed, for cosmetics, food, nutraceuticals, detergents and…

Research projects (pre-company) 3

University and VTT commercialisation projects — no legal entity or funding round yet. Not a complete national list.

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  BIOCOLL

  VTT

  Fungal platform for cost-competitive animal-free collagen production. VTT LaunchPad team.

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  CellMate

  Aalto · Espoo

  3D cell cultures for preclinical testing of cancer drugs (solid tumours). Aalto.

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  Solunor

  VTT

  Cell culture for scalable food and cosmetics ingredients. VTT LaunchPad team.

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How this list was made

Every company is checked by hand against the trade register and its own material, and placed in the one sector that best describes its business or technology. Service firms and consultancies are left out. The full rules are on the landscape ↗