Vienna-based Revo Foods is raising €2 million ($2.3m) to add machines to its six-printer line for plant-based fish and chicken alternatives, with CEO David Petuzzi targeting profitability by Q3 2027. The company has previously raised money from business angels, crowdfunding and Austrian public grants.
The pitch is unit economics, not novelty. Each printer carries 16 nozzles and can turn out eight fillets at once, with the company claiming one finished item every three seconds across the fleet. Components for a single machine run about €25,000 ($29,000), and Petuzzi says additional units pay back in under two months.
| Metric | Figure |
|---|---|
| Printers running | 6 |
| Nozzles per printer | 16 |
| Cost per printer | ~€25,000 ($29,000) |
| Claimed output rate | 1 item / 3 seconds |
| H1 2026 revenue growth | +70% YoY |
| 2026 full-year sales growth target | 80-90% |
| Annual revenue estimate | ~€1.5 million ($1.7m) |
Revo’s approach is to scale by adding printers and nozzles rather than buying larger industrial machines. The same hardware switches between whitefish, salmon and chicken-style products, the chicken alternative using third-party mycoprotein under the El Pollo line. Germany and Austria account for about 80% of revenue, and Petuzzi says store-level performance varies significantly even within that base. In the US, Revo sells under Slovenian company Juicy Marbles’ own brand rather than its own.
Petuzzi said the other €1 million would be enough to reach break-even, and that the company is leaning on family offices and angels because venture investors are chasing plant-based startups aiming for much larger valuations.