Amai Proteins

Sweet Designer Proteins as a Sugar Substitute

Agriculture & Food Technologies
Active
Series A Rehovot Founded 2016
Total raised
$22.8M
Last: Series A 2025-07
Stage
Series A
Founded
2016
Headcount
55
HQ
Rehovot
Sector
Agriculture & Food Technologies

About

Amai Proteins has developed Sweelin, a hyper-sweet protein from the serendipity berry that reduces added sugar in food and beverages by 40-70% without compromising taste, health, cost, or sustainability. With regulatory approvals and a strong portfolio of patents, Amai ("sweet" in Japanese) produces Designer Proteins using its Pro-Cube platform, a three-part process. The platform’s Pro-Design AI-CPD (Computational Protein Design) is led by founder Dr. Ilan Samish, whose work in protein design draws inspiration from the resilience of proteins in extreme environments. Through this platform, Amai developed Sweelin®, a protein that is both highly stable and approximately 3,000 times sweeter than sugar. The Pro-Planet Microbial Precision Fermentation process then produces the Designer Proteins through scalable and cost-efficient aerobic fermentation, utilizing food-grade microorganisms. This approach yields a pure protein powder free of the host organism. Finally, Pro-Taste Food Technology assesses the protein’s functionality, stability, and compatibility with other ingredients in food and beverages, enhanced through feedback from a specialized tasting panel.

Funding history · 8 rounds · $22.8M total

2025-07
Series A Undisclosed
2023-09
SAFE $9.0M
2021-08
Undisclosed Round Undisclosed
2021-03
SAFE $5.0M
2020-04
Undisclosed $6.0M
2020-04
Series A Undisclosed
2019-02
Convertible Debt $600K
2017-07
Seed $850K

Sectors & technology

Primary sector
Agriculture & Food Technologies
Sub-sectors
Climate TechFood & Land UseSustainable ProteinsAgriculture & Food TechnologiesFood TechNovel Food & Ingredients
Technologies
BiologicalsMolecules
Target customers
Agriculture & FoodProcessed FoodsIngredients
Business model
B2B2CB2BB2C

Highlights

Climate Tech1 PatentsVerified

Tags

climate-techsustainable-proteinslow-sugar-foodshealthcarebioinformaticsfoodtechfood-and-beveragenovel-ingredientsfood-ingredientsnutritionalternative-proteincloud-basedbiotechnology