# Savor

> Savor is a San Jose food-tech company making real fats - butter, oils, cocoa-butter analogues - from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen instead of cows, palms or coconuts. Backed by Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures, it commercialised its first carbon-derived butter in 2025.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** San Jose, California, United States
- **Founders:** Kathleen Alexander (Co-founder & CTO), Ian McKay (Co-founder & CSO), Henrik Bennetsen (Co-founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~130
- **Products:** Carbon-Derived Butter, Alternative Cocoa Butter, Palm-Oil Alternative
- **Notable:** Raised $33M total from Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Synthesis Capital, Commercial launch of carbon-derived butter (March 2025), Adopted by Michelin-starred restaurants within months of launch

## Products & services

- **Carbon-Derived Butter** — Animal-and-plant-free butter built from fatty acids synthesised from CO2, hydrogen and oxygen. First commercial product, launched March 2025.
- **Alternative Cocoa Butter** — A drop-in replacement for cocoa butter aimed at confectioners facing cocoa supply shocks.
- **Palm-Oil Alternative** — A sustainable replacement for palm oil designed for food manufacturers.

## Achievements

- Raised $33M total from Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Synthesis Capital
- Commercial launch of carbon-derived butter (March 2025)
- Adopted by Michelin-starred restaurants within months of launch

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Launched first commercial product - butter made without animals or agriculture.
- **2025-10** — Featured on CNBC as a Bill Gates-backed startup reinventing butter.
- **2024-02** — Closed $23M Series A led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://savor.it
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/savor-it
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/savor.foods

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Last updated: 2026-05-18