Oobli amakweza $ 18m mu ndalama, ogwirizana ndi Ingredion kuti apititse patsogolo mapuloteni okoma

Woyambitsa mapuloteni okoma aku US Oobli adagwirizana ndi kampani yapadziko lonse ya Ingredion, komanso kukweza $18m mu ndalama za Series B1.

Onse pamodzi, Oobli ndi Ingredion akufuna kufulumizitsa kuti makampani azitha kupeza njira zathanzi, zokoma komanso zotsika mtengo. Kudzera mumgwirizanowu, abweretsa zotsekemera zachilengedwe monga stevia pamodzi ndi zosakaniza zotsekemera za Oobli.

Mapuloteni okoma amapereka njira yathanzi yogwiritsira ntchito shuga ndi zotsekemera zopangira, zoyenera kugwiritsidwa ntchito pazakudya ndi zakumwa zosiyanasiyana kuphatikiza zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi, zowotcha, ma yoghurt, ma confectionery ndi zina zambiri.

Atha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito pophatikiza zotsekemera zina zachilengedwe, kuthandiza makampani azakudya kuti awonjezere kukoma kwinaku akukwaniritsa zolinga zazakudya ndikuwongolera mtengo wake.

Makampani awiriwa posachedwa adapanga zinthu limodzi kuti amvetsetse bwino mwayi wamafuta okoma ndi stevia. Mgwirizanowu unayambika potsatira ndemanga zabwino zomwe zinasonkhanitsidwa pambuyo pa mayeserowa. Mwezi wamawa, Ingredion ndi Oobli adzawulula zina mwazotsatira zomwe zachitika pamwambo wa Future Food Tech ku San Francisco, US, kuyambira 13-14 Marichi 2025.

Ndalama za Oobli za $ 18 miliyoni za Series B1 zozungulira zidakhala ndi thandizo kuchokera kwa omwe akugulitsa zakudya zatsopano komanso azaulimi, kuphatikiza Ingredion Ventures, Lever VC ndi Sucden Ventures. Ogulitsa atsopanowa alowa nawo othandizira omwe alipo, Khosla Ventures, Piva Capital ndi B37 Ventures pakati pa ena.

Ali Wing, CEO ku Oobli, adati: "Mapuloteni okoma ndiwowonjezera kwanthawi yayitali ku zida zokometsera zabwino kwa inu. Kugwira ntchito ndi magulu apamwamba kwambiri a Ingredion kuti tiphatikize zotsekemera zachilengedwe ndi mapuloteni athu okoma atsopano adzapereka mayankho osintha masewera m'gulu lofunikirali, lomwe likukula komanso lapanthawi yake."

Ingredion's Nate Yates, VP ndi GM wa kuchepetsa shuga ndi fiber fortification, ndi CEO wa kampani Pure Circle sweetener bizinesi, anati: "Ife kwa nthawi yaitali takhala patsogolo pa luso njira kuchepetsa shuga, ndipo ntchito yathu ndi mapuloteni okoma ndi gawo latsopano losangalatsa paulendo umenewo".

Ananenanso kuti: "Kaya tikukulitsa makina otsekemera omwe alipo ndi mapuloteni okoma kapena kugwiritsa ntchito zotsekemera zomwe takhazikitsa kuti titsegule zina zatsopano, tikuwona mgwirizano wodabwitsa pamapulatifomu awa".

Mgwirizanowu ukutsatira zilengezo zaposachedwa za Oobli kuti adalandira makalata a US FDA GRAS 'palibe mafunso' a mapuloteni okoma awiri (monellin ndi brazzein), kutsimikizira chitetezo cha mapuloteni okoma ogwiritsidwa ntchito pazakudya ndi zakumwa.