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Maia Farms

887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, BC, V5T 4T5, Canada

Overview

Maia Farms is a Vancouver-based food-tech company that engineers mushroom and mycelium ingredients through liquid-state fermentation, extrusion processing, and a proprietary "fungal intelligence" platform. Its products target food manufacturers that want sustainable, nutrient-dense alternatives to conventional animal or plant proteins. The startup already collaborates with more than 70 global service companies and maintains an impact partnership with The Greater Vancouver Food Bank. With a focus on scaling, Maia plans to accelerate commercial production, broaden its ingredient portfolio, and deepen partnerships across the food industry. The firm will also expand its fermentation and extrusion capacity to meet anticipated demand. Including non-dilutive capital, the company has secured more than $6.5 million in funding to date, underscoring strong early investor and grant support for its technology and mission.

Total raised
$8M
Funding rounds
3
Latest round
Seed
Latest activity
Jan 2026

Industries

  • Agriculture
  • Alternative Protein
  • Food and Beverage
  • Food Processing
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Recent funding

  1. Seed

    Jan 2026

    $4M

  2. Equity

    Oct 2025

    $2M

  3. Seed

    May 2024

    $2M

Team

  • Jennifer Stojkovic

    Board Member and Investor

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  • Gavin Schneider

    Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

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  • Ashton Ostrander

    Co-Founder

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  • Sean Lacoursiere

    Chief Science Officer

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