# Nordic Umami Company

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/nordic-umami-company

- Industry: Food
- Headquarters: Espoo, Finland
- Website: www.nordicumami.fi
- Total disclosed funding: $1.9M
- Latest round: Seed (Dec 1, 2022)
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Based in Espoo, Finland, and founded in 2021 by Outi Makinen, Reetta Kivela, and Tytti-Lotta Ojala, Nordic Umami Company Ltd., a.k.a. Nordic Umami is a food tech company that develops plant-based umami from plant food side products. In December 2022, Nordic Umami Company Oy raised EUR 1.8 million in seed funding led by Nordic FoodTech VC, with participation from Holdix, Vaens, and Heino Group Oy.

The company provides a wide range of umami products for the home kitchen, such as umami meatless bouillon, umami fishless sauce, and umami salt.

Nordic Umami Company plans to use its proceeds from December 2022 funding to scale its umami technology.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Dec 1, 2022, $1.9M — Nordic Foodtech VC, Holdix, Vaens

## Investors

- Nordic Foodtech VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nordic-foodtech-vc) — Seed
- Holdix — Seed
- Vaens (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/vaens) — Seed