LCA Studio Legale advised Riello Investimenti SGR on a new investment round in NEOH, an Austrian foodtech company developing innovative solutions to reduce sugar in food products.
The transaction was carried out through Linfa, an impact investing fund focused on agrifoodtech, together with a pool of institutional and private investors, including Rewe Ventures GmbH, Zintinus Fund I GmbH & Co. KG and FJH Group GmbH.
Linfa was advised by LCA with a multi-jurisdictional team led by Stefano Giannone Codiglione and including Angelika Mascotti and Tommaso Fatone on corporate matters, as well as Nicola Lucifero, Martina Terenzi and Michela Ton on food law regulatory matters, in collaboration with Schoenherr Attorneys at Law, with Thomas Kulnigg, Niklas Kerschbaumer and Alexander Giehser from the Vienna office advising on Austrian law aspects.
For tax and financial due diligence, Linfa relied on LTA Studio, with Cristiano Agogliati and Alessandra Maggioni.
NEOH was advised by Herbst Kinsky Rechtsanwälte GmbH with a team comprising Johannes Frank and Christoph Renner.
Founded in Austria, NEOH aims to address one of the key challenges in today’s food industry: reducing sugar content without compromising taste and functional properties. To this end, the company has developed a proprietary ingredient capable of replicating the sensory and technological characteristics of sugar. NEOH’s business model operates across both B2C and B2B channels: on the one hand, the company markets its own brand of no-added-sugar snacks and bars; on the other, it provides its proprietary ingredient to manufacturers and retailers for product reformulation, with broad application potential.
With this investment, Linfa continues to support companies that are driving the transformation of the agrifood value chain from an early stage, confirming the growing market interest in impact-driven and technology-enabled food investments.
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