Cibus Nexum: Look­ing Back on 2025

As 2025 comes to an end, we’re taking a moment to reflect and celebrate.

This year was about building. We focused on improving our capabilities, deepening relationships, and strengthening our mission: helping food innovators grow with the right manufacturing partners through structure, realism, and speed.

Here are five highlights we’re proud of and what we’re taking with us into 2026.

1) Building FoodFinder: an AI-powered capability database of European producers

In 2025, we started developing FoodFinder, our AI-powered database that maps the key abilities of European food producers. The challenge isn’t just finding a manufacturer; it’s about finding the right one. You need proven skills, a strong technical fit, and the right operational context for your product and growth.

FoodFinder takes years of building networks and working on projects and turns them into a structured, scalable system based on capabilities. It goes beyond being just a directory. It helps teams quickly answer complex questions: what a producer can reliably do, where there is a true fit, and what must be checked before the first industrial run.

We’re excited about what this will enable in 2026 for clients, partners, and the quality of outsourcing decisions. Stay tuned! 

2) A record year in turnover

2025 was a record year for Cibus Nexum's turnover.

We see this as a strong signal of trust. More teams are choosing an independent partner to guide the outsourcing journey, not only to identify potential producers, but to make sure the decision holds up when execution begins.

We’re grateful to every client, partner, and collaborator who trusted us this year. 

3) Celebrating our 5-year anniversary

This year, we also marked a milestone: five years of Cibus Nexum.

Five years of building relationships across European food manufacturing. Five years of learning what works (and what doesn’t). Five years of doing the practical work that turns a promising product into a repeatable, scalable process.

We’re proud of what we’ve built and even more grateful for the people we’ve built it with: clients, manufacturers, and our extended network of experts.

4) Getting on the radar of investors

A particularly rewarding development in 2025: through our valued work for FoodTech innovators, we saw how strong manufacturing readiness doesn’t just unlock production; it can also help a company get on investors' radars.

In today’s market, credibility is built through execution. A solid manufacturing pathway signals that risks are understood, timelines are realistic, and scale-up is more than a PowerPoint plan. When manufacturing and onboarding are well-structured, the overall story becomes stronger, and confidence in it grows.

We wrote more about this topic in a recent article for The Vegeconomist. 

5) Our first-ever stand at a major trade show: Fi Europe

Another milestone we won’t forget: our first-ever stand at a large trade show: Fi Europe.

For us, it was more than a booth; it was a moment of pride. A milestone for our team, connecting with people who have been a part of our journey so far, as well as expanding our network across the broad food innovation ecosystem. 

Looking ahead to 2026

We’re entering 2026 with momentum and focus. We’ll continue to build on 2025's success, strengthen our network, and deliver what we’re known for: making food production deals happen effectively.

If 2025 was a year of building, 2026 will be a year of accelerating. And we’re ready for it!

To everyone who was part of our journey this year: thank you and happy holidays. See you in 2026.