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Cases / Finance, funds and markets · France · 2025

Insect-farming firm Ynsect enters judicial liquidation

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 none on record · 1 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

Ynsect, a French insect-farming company that had raised about $600 million, entered judicial liquidation in December 2025 after financing efforts fell through, according to Vertical Farm Daily. The sources reviewed give no measured environmental outcome for the company's operations.

What?
Ynsect, a French insect-farming company, was put into judicial liquidation. Vertical Farm Daily
Where?
France. Vertical Farm Daily
When?
December 2025, according to the report. Vertical Farm Daily
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Financing efforts fell through, according to Vertical Farm Daily. Vertical Farm Daily
How?
The company entered judicial liquidation. The sources reviewed do not describe the process further. Vertical Farm Daily
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

Vertical Farm Daily reported that Ynsect entered judicial liquidation after its financing efforts fell through.

The report said Ynsect had raised about $600 million before the liquidation.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: the EU bars using food waste and manure to feed farmed insects (no date or link in the sources reviewed).
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say how much of the capital raised was lost, or what happened to the plant.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Press and investigations

    Terms used on this page

    Bonds and banking

    Liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy
    Legal processes that apply when a company cannot pay its debts; its assets are sold and claims against it may go unpaid.
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