Food Tech / Alternative Protein · 1 min read

Hooked Foods

Hooked Foods was a Swedish company making plant-based seafood alternatives. It was declared bankrupt in January 2026, according to Breakit.

Closed 2026·Founded 2018·Sweden

The Story

Hooked Foods was founded in Sweden in 2018 to make plant-based alternatives to seafood.

It raised a pre-seed round of about SEK 6 million and a SEK 39 million (about $4.5 million) seed round in 2021, according to FoodTech Weekly and Impact Loop.

The company was declared bankrupt on January 13, 2026, by the Södertörn District Court, according to Breakit. Breakit reported revenue of about SEK 1.4 million and a loss of SEK 6.2 million.

Its CEO told Breakit that the market had not responded to its products. The bankruptcy of a Portuguese producer and the closure of a German distributor were also cited, according to Breakit.

Timeline

2018Founded.
2021Raises a SEK 39M seed round.
January 13, 2026Declared bankrupt.

Funding

Hooked Foods's total funding is not stated in the sources below.

What Happened

Declared bankrupt (Jan 2026); the company said the market had not responded to its products

Sources & Citations

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