Tag: cultured meat

Mosa Meat CEO on choosing non-GMO, differentiation & pricing the novelty factor

April 1, 2021

The Netherlands startup is now eight years old. We catch up with CEO Maarten Bosch to find out about its next steps.

Meatable banks $47m from DSM, others to realize the pluri-potential of its cellular pork & beef

March 25, 2021

The Netherlands-based startup is culturing meat in the lab using a technique that can change pluripotent stem cells from a newborn animal into any desired cell type.

Eat Just raises $200m from Qatar sovereign wealth fund, Microsoft co-founder

March 23, 2021

Eat Just made history when it became the first company in the world to get regulatory approval to serve a cell-cultured meat product last November.

Brief: Aleph Farms unveils ribeye steak produced using 3D bio-printing

February 9, 2021

Aleph Farms claims the new technology will allow it to create any type of ‘muscle-cut’ steak and hopes to rapidly expand its product portfolio in the area.

Vietnam’s biggest fish exporter launches venture unit, invests in cultured seafood startup Avant

January 26, 2021

Vinh Hoan’s new Vinh Technology division will “access strategic opportunities in agritech, foodtech, and biotech” as well as alt-protein, it said.

BlueNalu sets sights on Asia after raising cultured seafood’s biggest round yet

January 22, 2021

The US startup will use the convertible note financing to complete its pilot production facility in San Diego. But its next factory could very well be in Asia, says CEO Lou Cooperhouse.

Starting with cultured kangaroo dumplings, Vow is on a mission to diversify the world’s protein sources

January 12, 2021

The Australian startup is building a library of animal cells from across the world, enabling ‘hundreds upon hundreds’ of combinations to create optimized alt-proteins.

TurtleTree Labs launches B2B unit to develop cost-efficient culture media & growth factors

January 6, 2021

The Singapore-based startup is diversifying beyond its own cultured milk products to sell its knowhow to the wider cellular agrifood industry.

Maw & more: Avant nets $3m funding to expand cultured seafood range

December 11, 2020

Hong Kong’s Avant will expand its focus beyond traditional Chinese cuisine with new products tailored to Western markets.

Mitsubishi joins Mosa Meat’s second Series B close at $20m

December 9, 2020

The Japanese conglomerate’s extensive networks could help Mosa Meat make its mark in the food and retail industries – both in Asia, and farther afield.

Singapore grants world’s first regulatory approval for ‘lab-grown’ meat

December 2, 2020

San Francisco’s Eat Just – known for its plant-based egg substitute – got the greenlight from the Singapore Food Agency to sell cultured chicken meat to consumers.

Where are the world’s first ‘lab burger’ growers now? Enlarging their Series B raise

October 14, 2020

Dutch startup Mosa Meat is expecting a second close of its Series B round in “the next few months” following a $55 million first tranche.

Aqua-Spark leads $12.6m Series A round for Singapore alt-seafood startup Shiok Meats

September 30, 2020

Shiok Meats is the first ‘lab-grown seafood’ venture in the aquaculture-focused VC’s portfolio, Aqua-Spark co-founder Amy Novogratz told AFN.

Meet Singapore Food Bowl’s foodtech innovators – SingCell & Smoocht

September 21, 2020

AFN speaks to the innovative foodtech startups taking part in the sustainability-focused program run by AgFunder-backed impact fund and accelerator GROW.

From Burger King to Saudi prince: Bond founder on why cats & dogs could be cultured meat’s first mass consumers

September 14, 2020

Colorado-based Bond Pet Foods just secured bridge financing to take its total funding to date to $2 million.

IntegriCulture and Shiok Meats partner to ramp up cell-based seafood production

July 8, 2020

Two of Asia’s highest-funded alt-protein startups have joined forces to bring cultured, cellular ag-grown seafood to the masses.

Southeast Asia’s food innovation scene bloomed last year with Shiok Meats, Alchemy Foodtech among top funded

July 1, 2020

Shiok Meats has just raised another $3 million in bridge funding as it sets its sights on commercialization of its cultured seafood products.

Here’s a list of the top 100 alternative protein disruptors in Asia

June 22, 2020

The Good Food Institute Asia-Pacific has also named who it believes to be the top 35 alt-protein investors in the region, and calls for more upstream focus on areas like raw materials.