Green Frontier Capital, GVFL, and Pi Ventures contribute $4 million in a seed fundraising round to Zero Cow Factory. The investment arm of Spanish diary company Calidad Pascual, Pascual Innoventures, also participated in the deal. The bioengineered milk business plans to use the funds, among other things, to speed up research and development and increase production before receiving regulatory clearances to enter the market.

In a news statement, Parini Kapadia, co-founder and chief scientific officer (CSO), Zero Cow Factory, stated: "We are creating a technique to duplicate milk proteins to craft true dairy products that are ethical, safe, delicious, and identical to cow milk but without any animal involved."

Zero Cow Factory, founded in 2021 by Parini and Sohil Kapadia, uses biotechnology to create milk. The firm uses a proprietary, patented technique to mimic the texture, nutrient profile, taste, and look of cow's milk.

The Surat-based company asserts that their A2 Beta-casein-containing initial product is healthier since it lacks the indigestion-causing A1 milk protein. Zero Cow Factory intends to create further milk-based goods, such as ice cream, cheese, and yoghurt, after acquiring international regulatory permissions.

Precision fermentation firms could upend the global dairy business because cattle are the largest agricultural producer of carbon gases. A swift shift to sustainable alternatives is required if the world (and India) are to meet their net zero targets. Plant-based ingredients have not yet been able to adequately overcome this shortcoming, which Zero Cow Factory's own proprietary A2 casein-based approach addresses, according to Sandiip Bhammer, Co-Managing Partner and Founder of Green Frontier Capital.