# Miruku

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/miruku

- Industry: Food
- Headquarters: New Zealand
- Website: www.miruku.io
- Total disclosed funding: $2.4M
- Latest round: Seed (Mar 22, 2022)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, and founded in 2020 by CEO Amos Palfreyman, Ira Bing, Harjinder Singh, and Oded Shoseyov, Miruku Limited is a molecular farming dairy company that develops advanced dairy proteins through plant technologies. In March 2022, Miruku Ltd raised USD 2.4 million in seed funding led by Movac, with participation from Ahimsa Foundation, Better Bite Ventures, and NZ Growth Capital Partners.

Miruku provides animal-free dairy proteins made from plants through the molecular farming process, which includes breeding and engineering plant crops.

The company plans to use its proceeds from March 2022 funding to add more technology staff, speed up its development programs, and develop partnerships.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Mar 22, 2022, $2.4M — Movac, NZ Growth Capital Partners, Better Bite Ventures, Ahimsa Foundation

## Investors

- Movac (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/movac) — Seed
- NZ Growth Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nz-growth-capital-partners) — Seed
- Better Bite Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/better-bite-ventures) — Seed
- Ahimsa Foundation — Seed