# Volare

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

- Industry: Environmental Services
- Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland
- Website: www.volare.fi/
- Total disclosed funding: $8.8M
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Based in Uusimaa, Finland, and founded in 2021 by Matti Tähtinen (CTO) and Tuure Parviainen (CEO), and Jarna Hyvönen (COO), Volare, a spinoff of VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, refines food waste into protein and lipids for the fish feed and pet food sectors. In 2025, Volare Ltd raised EUR 26 million in venture funding. The company converts agricultural waste and waste from breweries and mills into high-value, usable protein and lipids for the fish feed and pet food industries using its proprietary black soldier fly technology. The company will use the 2025 funding to build an insect protein production plant in Pori, Finland.

## Funding rounds

- Round, Oct 26, 2026, $7.9M — Springvest, Maki.vc
- Seed, Jun 16, 2021, $0.8M — VTT Ventures, Maki.vc

## Investors

- VTT Ventures — Seed
- Maki.vc (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/maki-vc) — Seed
- Springvest (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/springvest)