Better Origin

At Better Origin, our mission is to fix the broken food chain by converting waste into high-value insect products.

Commerce and retail

Latest funding

$16M Series A · April 1, 2022

Source: startupintros.com

Latest round on record: Series A, July 2026, amount undisclosed.

Total raised: $19M across 2 sourced rounds

All 4 rounds ↓

Website: betterorigin.co.uk.

X: @betterorigin · 905 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Category: Commerce and retail.

Sectors: Agriculture, Animal Feed, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biotechnology, Farming.

Stage: Series A.

Based in: Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Total raised: $19M in 2 sourced rounds.

Last round: Jul 13, 2026 · 122 days ago.

On Recent Funding since: Nov 6, 2026.

Signals

X account@betterorigin · created Oct 13, 2015 (11 years old) · 905 followers

Website registeredAug 28, 2019 (7 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Better Origin | 1938 days from X account to first raise on record

@betterorigin·Raised $19M in 2 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

July 13, 2026
Series A · amount undisclosed
Source: fundraisingfox.com
May 20, 2022
Series A · amount undisclosed
Source: fundraisingfox.com
April 1, 2022
Series A · $16M
Source: startupintros.com
February 1, 2021
Seed · $3M
FFly Ventures (lead), NNicholas Boyle (lead), MMetavallon VC
Source: startupintros.com
August 28, 2019
Website created
October 13, 2015
X account created

Founders and team

FF
Fotis Fotiadis Founder
MP
Miha Pipan Founder

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Sources and API

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