The funding round had support from DSM-Firmenich Venturing and Fonterra.

Programs that boost startups offer a cost-effective way to tap into the industry’s most likely future trends.

A business must use 30% or more of cow’s dairy milk in its ingredient base to enter the contest.

Big Idea Ventures invested in the Brazil-based startup, which produces animal-free milk.

Organizers said the Real California Milk Excelerator highlights dairy’s versatility across categories.

The Dairy Runway program focuses on product concept and consumer discovery.

Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition chose 10 food entrepreneurs.

The company holds patent applications and an approved patent on laboratory production processes replicating the milk-producing cells of mammals.

The startup closed a seed round, led by Next Gen Foods, early last year.

The Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition focuses on value-added products.