What they do.
Teiny produces oat milk in powder form. Customers add water at home to make a finished oat milk product. The powder format eliminates the water shipping, refrigeration, and packaging costs that liquid plant-based milks carry. The nutritional and sensory profile is engineered to match liquid alternatives.
The technology is built around proprietary processing that preserves oat-derived nutrition and flavour in shelf-stable powder form. Distribution is through grocery retail and food-service channels.
Why it matters.
Plant-based dairy is a category measured in tens of billions of dollars globally, growing at double-digit rates. Liquid oat milk is the fastest-growing sub-category, but the format carries a structural cost penalty. Water is heavy. Refrigerated transport and chilled retail space are expensive. The category leaders compete on price against dairy milk subsidised by long-established cold-chain infrastructure.
A powder format collapses several of those costs simultaneously. Lower shipping weight, ambient storage, and lower packaging waste together can deliver up to 95% emissions reduction compared with liquid alternatives. The commercial case is cost-led; the emissions outcome follows.
Where they are now.
- Product development complete; commercial-scale production in progress.
- Engaging grocery retailers and food-service operators for first commercial channels.
- Capital deployment supports manufacturing scale-up and retail launch preparation.
The CVCF investment.
Climate Fund 1 backed Teiny as the format thesis matured. The investment case: a plant-based dairy product with a structural advantage on shipping, storage, and packaging that wins consumer share by competing on price and on convenience, not on green positioning alone.
Teiny passed the Climate Impact Committee's IRIS+ review. Each unit sold displaces a measurable quantity of liquid plant-based or dairy milk and the embedded emissions of the liquid supply chain.