Ynsect
Ÿnsect is the world leader in the production of insect protein and natural insect fertilizers.
Founded in 2011 in Paris, France, by both scientists and environmental activists, Next40 and B Corp-certified, the company processes insects into high-end, high-value ingredients the entire food chain: plants, fish, farmed animals, pets and humans.
From its purpose-built state-of-the-art farms, Ÿnsect offers a long-term, sustainable, organic solution to accelerate protein and plant consumption.
Ÿnsect uses disruptive technology protected by 350 patents from 41 families, to raise its Buffalo and Molitor mealworms in highly automated vertical farms, creating value chains fully aligned with the Paris COP21 Agreement +1,5°C scenario, and then with the EU Fit for 55 target.
Ÿnsect runs three production sites, one in Dole, France (commissioned 2016), one in the Netherlands in Ermelo (2017), and a third in the USA, in the Nebraska, and a new one, the world's largest vertical farm, in Amiens in France, is currently under construction.
The company, which employs more than 260 people, has raised around $450million from major investment funds, banks and public entities and exports its products around the world.