Phytolon
Production of Natural Food Colorants
Startup A Agriculture & Food Technologies Est. 2018
🌐 WebsiteLinkedInTwitterCareers
Total Raised
$20.25M
A
Last Round
Undisclosed
8 rounds
Investors
17
17 public
Team
3
11-50 employees
Confidence
92/100
News
11
articles
Patents
1
About
Phytolon offers a technology for producing natural food colorants through fermentation, using bakers yeast cells as biofactories. This technology enables Phytolon to produce pure, low-cost, stable plant-based pigments in a variety of colors and applicable to a wide range of food products.
Classification
Sector
Climate TechClean Industry Tech Sustainable Materials & CircularityFood & Land UseSustainable FarmingAgriculture & Food TechnologiesFood TechFood ProcessingFood Trade & Services
Core Technology
BiologicalsMicroorganisms
Target Customer
Agriculture & FoodProcessed FoodsPreserves & PreparedSnacksBeveragesIngredients
Business Model
B2B
Tags
climate-techbiotechnologyfoodtechnovel-ingredientsfood-additivesnon-gmo
Funding & Events
Sep 2020
Convertible Debt $4M
Millennium Food-Tech (Lead), Mori Arkin, Agriline, Yossi Ackerman, EIT Food Accelerator Network, The Trendlines Group, Consensus Business Group (CBG)
Sep 2020
Non-equity $630K
Israel Innovation Authority
Oct 2023
Undisclosed Round Undisclosed
EIT Food Accelerator Network, Nextgen Nutrition Investment Partners
Nov 2024
Undisclosed Round Undisclosed
Rich Products Ventures (Lead)
Jul 2022
A Round $14.5M
DSM Venturing (Lead), Ginkgo Bioworks, Cibus Fund (ADM Capital), The Trendlines Group, Millennium Food-Tech
Jul 2018
Seed $1.13M
Israel Innovation Authority, The Trendlines Group
Jan 2019
Undisclosed Round Undisclosed
SIRIUS GLOBAL VC
Aug 2025
Undisclosed Round Undisclosed
The Trendlines Group, EIT Food Accelerator Network, Nextgen Nutrition Investment Partners, Yossi Ackerman, Colorcon Ventures, Arkin Bio, Steve Dubin
News (11)
Aug 14, 2025 · www.ingredients-insight.com
growth-positive
Colorcon Ventures invests in natural colourants provider Phytolon
InvestmentPartners
Nov 20, 2024 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Millennium Foodtech Partnership Announces Strategic Investment in Portfolio Company Phytolon from Rich Products Ventures to Help Bring Innovative Natural Replacement for Synthetic Food Dyes to Market
InvestmentPartners
Jan 31, 2024 · agfundernews.com
growth-positive
Phytolon plans US debut of 'cost competitive' natural food colors via precision fermentation
PartnersInvestmentExpand
Oct 5, 2023 · www.prnewswire.com
Phytolon Secures Substantial Funding Toward Launching Innovative Natural Food Colors
Jul 6, 2022 · en.globes.co.il
growth-positive
Israeli natural food color co Phytolon raises $14.5m
Investment
Feb 28, 2022 · www.geektime.com
growth-positive
The fermentation station that's making your food more colourful
Partners
Oct 20, 2020 · www.sponser.co.il
growth-positive
מורי ארקין מצטרף לסבב ההשקעה של מילניום פודטק וישקיע בפיטולון חצי מיליון דולר
Investment
Oct 13, 2020 · www.timesofisrael.com
growth-positive
In living color: Israel's Phytolon uses fermented yeast to make natural food dye
InvestmentExpand
Sep 16, 2020 · www.prnewswire.com
growth-positive
Phytolon Secures $4.1 Million in Funding for Natural Food Color Tech
Investment
Jul 15, 2019 · wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il
growth-positive
All Natural Color - Weizmann Wonder Wander - News, Features and Discoveries
PartnersInvestment
Feb 28, 2019 · www.foodnavigator-usa.com
growth-positive
Startup Phytolon is fine-tuning novel technology that could make natural colors more cost effective
CustomersPartners
Details
Product Stage
R&D
Employees
11-50
Exact Count
24
District
North District
Founded
2018
Registrar
515878940
Crunchbase
phytolon
Locations
Ha-Tsmikha St, Yokne'am Illit, Israel
Links
Website
www.phytolon.com
LinkedIn
Profile
Twitter
Profile
Facebook
Page
Careers
Open positions
Admin
Last Update
Sep 25, 2025
Verified by
Ortal Wein
Claimed
Yes
Missing
markets, not claimed
Team (3)
Halim Jubran
Co-founder & CEO
Founder
Tal Zeltzer
Co-founder & CTO
Guy Polturak
Co-founder & Scientific Consultant
Founder
Internal
Created by
Jenny Sotnik-Talisman (genys30@yahoo.com)
Created
2018-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
Last editor
Ortal Wein (ortalw@sncentral.org)
Finder · Phytolon · 2026