GFI highlights chicken-and-egg conundrum facing cultivated meat industry
March 14, 2024
How will cultivated meat transition from a loss-making novelty served at a handful of restaurants to a viable alternative to animal ag?
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Brief: Orbillion raises new capital for predictive modeling platform to de-risk cultivated meat scaleup
March 14, 2024
Berkeley-based Orbillion reckons it can achieve economic production for cell-cultured Wagyu beef “at around 2,000 liters in scale,” says cofounder and CEO Dr. Patricia Bubner.
Cultivated meat consolidation begins as UMAMI Bioworks to merge with Shiok Meats
March 12, 2024
Shiok Meats, which had raised more than $30m since 2018, couldn’t see a clear path forward under its own steam.
Eat Just CEO: Large-scale cultivated meat production requires a new operating model
March 6, 2024
“It is more likely than not that a CRISPR-enabled cell line will ultimately be necessary [for profitable production at scale],” says Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick.
Aleph Farms partners with BBGI, Fermbox Bio in Thailand as part of ‘step-by-step de-risking process’ for cultivated meat
February 21, 2024
“This strategy aligns with our commitment to scaling up responsibly,” says CEO Didier Toubia.
UPSIDE Foods’ large-scale cultivated meat plant on hold until it delivers ‘key proof points” at smaller site
February 15, 2024
Less than five months after announcing its first commercial-scale cultivated meat plant in Glenview, Illinois, UPSIDE Foods has hit pause…
Preliminary AgFunder data point to 78% decline in cultivated meat funding in 2023; investors blame ‘general risk aversion’
February 7, 2024
Funding for cultivated meat peaked at $989m in 2021, dipped slightly to $807m in 2022, then dropped sharply to just $177m in 2023.
More meat, more quickly: ProFuse Technology unveils non-GM cell lines for cultivated meat
February 6, 2024
The ‘PROFUSE-B8’ bovine myoblasts—muscle progenitor cells—are spontaneously immortalized without the use of genetic engineering.
Cultivated seafood co Finless Foods reduces headcount
February 5, 2024
Finless Foods is not commenting on rumors that it is reducing headcount to extend runway, raise capital, and rebuild at a later time.
Real coffee… without the beans? Pluri deploys plant cell culture to futureproof coffee supply chain
January 31, 2024
But does it make sense to grow a commodity ingredient such as coffee in a bioreactor, or does plant cell culture only make sense for ultra-high-value botanicals such as saffron?
Phytolon plans US debut of ‘cost competitive’ natural food colors via precision fermentation
January 31, 2024
Phytolon aims to launch natural colors produced by genetically engineered baker’s yeast in the US this year, pending regulatory approvals.
GOOD Meat files counterclaims in legal dispute with bioreactor supplier ABEC
January 30, 2024
Cultivated meat startup GOOD Meat has upped the ante in its increasingly ugly legal dispute with bioreactor specialist ABEC over alleged nonpayment of bills by filing a series of counterclaims.
Ayana Bio signs JDA to develop saffron via plant cell culture, taps into interest in natural appetite suppressants
January 25, 2024
Ayana Bio has signed a deal with Wooree Green Science to develop saffron and other bioactives made via plant cell culture.
Cultivated meat in the spotlight at Tufts cellular ag day: ‘Focusing on science experiments that cannot scale is misleading people’
January 22, 2024
We’re kidding ourselves if we think we can make the unit economics add up for cultivated meat without deploying ‘much much larger’ bioreactors, says Ark Biotech.
Breaking: Aleph Farms nabs ‘world’s first’ pre-market approval for cultivated beef
January 17, 2024
Israel’s Ministry of Health has issued a “no questions” letter granting the company pre-approval for its cultivated beef steaks.
What business model makes sense for cultivated meat? ‘Startups cannot be in the capex business,’ says UMAMI Bioworks
January 9, 2024
Who will fund cultivated meat facilities if VC funds are no longer willing to stump up cash for capex projects?
What’s next in the legal spat between ABEC and GOOD Meat (Eat Just) over unpaid bills?
January 2, 2024
Bioreactor specialist ABEC claims it is owed $100m in cash and stock for work done on Eat Just’s GOOD Meat cultivated meat business.
Festive agrifoodtech vox pop part 1: From fundraising to hiring challenges, what keeps startups awake at night as we head into 2024?
December 20, 2023
To find out, foodtech editor Elaine Watson fired off a few emails to startups she’s covered on AgFunderNews this year to get a sense of what is disrupting their sleep, with a particular emphasis on the alt protein space.
Cultivated meat: UMAMI Bioworks, Cell AgriTech announce plant in Malaysia; SCiFi Foods opens pilot plant; Vow gets initial nod from regulators
December 12, 2023
The UMAMI/Cell AgriTech facility in Malaysia—the first phase of which is set to come online in Q1, 2025—has a projected annual output of 3,000+ tons (6 million pounds) of cultivated meat/seafood.
Singapore-based startup Meatiply raises $3.75m to expand cultivated meat, functional ingredients platform
December 6, 2023
Meatiply’s focus on the production of complex value-added compounds using animal cells will allow it to create cultivated meat products with added health benefits, claims the startup.
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