Jay & Joy
French tech company | Builders Republic
About
DTC maker of organic plant-based cheese alternatives crafted from almond milk and cashews using traditional cheesemaking and ageing techniques — with a range named after classic cheeses (Joséphine for camembert, Jil for goat cheese, Jeanne for blue, Jean-Jacques for maroilles), made in France and sold online.
Key facts
- Status
- Active
- Sectors
- Agrifood
- Latest stage
- Seed
- Founded
- 2014
- City
- LACROIX-SAINT-OUEN
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Tracked rounds
- 3
- Amount raised
- 6.0 M€ raised since 2020
Funding rounds
- Seed — 2026
- Venture Round — 2025
- Seed — 2023
Investors
- Beyond Impact
- Demea Invest
- High Flyers Capital
- Make Sense
- Mindstone
- Vivegan
Notes
Difficultés / redressement judiciaire — placée en redressement le 08/03/2023 après crise listéria (cessation production janv. 2023). Reprise validée par le Tribunal de commerce de Paris (César Augier + fondateurs Happyvore), entreprise sauvée et a racheté son concurrent Les Nouveaux Affineurs fin 2024.