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Celleste Bio

Israel

Celleste Bio develops biotechnology solutions for the food industry, specializing in the production of cocoa ingredients such as cocoa butter and powder using proprietary plant cell culture technology. The company utilizes a combination of biotechnology, agtech, and AI to create bio-identical cocoa ingredients in bioreactors without the need for traditional cocoa farming.

verified 17 July 2026

↗ Celleste Bio™ Announces Major Milestone for Cocoa Industry↗ Celleste Bio: Funding, Team & Investors↗ Celleste Bio Ltd - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets

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Recent developments

  • Mondelēz / Cadbury invested $4.6 million into Celleste Bio and has already unveiled prototype milk chocolate bars made with the company's cell-cultivated cocoa butter.

    Read more ↗lilsipper.com4 Aug

  • Conflicting information: we hold "Total funding approximately $4.5M - $5.6M" (5 sources) but a new report says "Total funding approximately $4.6M (Mondelēz / Cadbury investment)".

    Read more ↗lilsipper.com4 Aug

  • Linked to Mondelēz International: Mondelēz International is a corporate partner with Celleste Bio, collaborating to produce the world's first milk chocolate bars made with cell-cultivated cocoa butter.

    Read more ↗startupintros.com12 Jul

  • Celleste Bio is listed on Startup Intros as a Tel Aviv-based food technology company, confirming its use of AI computational models alongside biotechnology and agtech in its cell-cultured cocoa butter platform.

    Read more ↗startupintros.com12 Jul

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