InnovaFeed creation

InnovaFeed installs its first laboratories in the research center of the Génopole in Evry to define its main strategic axes and carry out its first R&D tests and optimize the production cycle of insects.

Opening of the first pilot site, in Gouzeaucourt (France)

Gouzeaucourt is an industrial showcase for InnovaFeed meeting the highest quality standards (GMP+). This modular production site allows InnovaFeed to design its unique technology, to refine its processes & tools, and to optimize the quality of its products – allowing InnovaFeed to offer premium products with proven performance in farms.

InnovaFeed secures 15M€ to deploy its technology at large scale

InnovaFeed completes a fund raising securing €15 million from AlterEquity3P, Finovam Gestion, Nord Création (IRD Group), Nord France Amorçage (fund managed by SIPAREX) and several entrepreneurs, for its commercial acceleration and the deployment of a second production unit offering a 10 times higher capacity.

InnovaFeed secures an additional 40M€

With more than 55 M€ of financing secured over 2018, including a series A fundraising round in February, InnovaFeed confirms its ambition to turn the production of insects for farmed fish feed into an promising agro-industrial sector. The support of these world-class investment funds allows InnovaFeed to accelerate its development.

Launch of the world’s first commercial “insect-fed” trout value chain

InnovaFeed and Auchan federate a whole value chain – Skretting, Trout Service and Mister GoodFish – to launch together the first “insect-fed” trout in the world, available in Auchan stores in Northern France.

50% of fishmeal present in the trout feed is replaced by InnovaFeed’s insect protein for a tasty and responsible trout.

InnovaFeed and Cargill join forces to offer sustainable, high-performance aquaculture feed

Cargill and InnovaFeed form a strategic partnership to provide new ingredients to the animal nutrition industry. Cargill and InnovaFeed will propose new fish feed offerings that include insect protein, providing a solution to support the growth of aquaculture in a sustainable manner.

InnovaFeed and Italpollina join forces for the marketing of fertilizers and biostimulants from insects

This partnership results in the implementation of an ambitious joint R&D program and the marketing of a 100% natural and sustainable fertilizer developed from insect frass produced on InnovaFeed’s production sites. Through this partnership, InnovaFeed and Italpollina work together to build one of the pillars of tomorrow’s plant nutrition.

Launch of the first “insect-fed” chicken value chain in the world

Insect-derived ingredients continue to flourish as customers continue to favor more natural and sustainable animal nutrition. Thanks to the ambition of an entire value chain, a new step is taken: for the first time, consumers will be able to enjoy a chicken whose feed is enriched with insect oil. Available in Auchan stores in Northern France, the marketing of these poultry products represent the commitment of the industry and once again demonstrates the potential of insects.

InnovaFeed puts its expertise at the service of the World Mosquito Program (WMP) to contain dengue

InnovaFeed uses its expertise in insect rearing to help the World Mosquito Program (WMP) design their large-scale mosquito production facilities, as part of a scientific program to combat dengue fever. A world premiere that brings together a non-profit organization and the world leader in insect rearing around a crucial public health issue.

Opening of the largest insect farm in the world, in Nesle (France)

InnovaFeed starts up its industrial production unit in Nesle, the largest production unit in operation in the world, with an unprecedented capacity of 15,000T of insect protein per year and which will eventually feed every year 400,000 tons of fish, poultry and pigs. On this site, more than 20,000 eggs are injected per second with a total rearing surface of 200,000m².

InnovaFeed exports its technology in the United-States

InnovaFeed announces the signature of a partnership with ADM (Archer-Daniels-Midland Company), a leader in agribusiness, to deploy its industrial model on the largest American agricultural site, Decatur (Illinois, USA). The construction of the site will begin strating 2021, with a target capacity of 60,000 tons of insect protein per year.

InnovaFeed secures an additional 140M€ 

A new fund raising of 140 million euros bringing the total financing of InnovaFeed to 200 million euros to accelerate its development in France and abroad.

This fund raising reflects the industrial successes achieved since 2018 and the renewed trust of InnovaFeed’s shareholders, Creadev and Temasek, who have supported InnovaFeed’s project and ambition for the industry from the beginning.