Memphis Meats becomes UPSIDE Foods, plans to sell alt-chicken as first product this year
May 12, 2021
As part of the announcement, John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods, announced he was an investor in the company.
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In another world first for Eat Just, its cell-cultured meat is now available for takeout
April 20, 2021
Eat Just will sell its cell-cultured chicken meat via takeaway orders in Singapore thanks to a partnership with delivery app Foodpanda.
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.
Swiss cellular meat startup Mirai Foods raises $4.5m with second seed close
March 16, 2021
Zurich’s Mirai is initially working on non-GMO cultured beef and is “laser-focussed on developing a healthy nutritional profile” for the product, says its CEO.
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.
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.
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.
Innovative Food startups raised more in H1 2020 than they did in the whole of 2019
September 7, 2020
Investment into Innovative Food – which includes cultured meat, plant-based and fermented proteins, and novel ingredients – has been bolstered by Covid-19.
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.
IntegriCulture raises $7.4m at Series A from AgFunder, others to ‘democratize’ cell ag
May 26, 2020
CEO Yuki Hanyu’s vision encompasses low-cost DIY protein production in the home, a meat microbrewery on every corner, and cell ag in space stations.
From stem cells to pork chops: Meatable raises $10m seed funding to prototype cultivated pork
December 6, 2019
The raise — which brings Meatable’s total funding to date to $13 million — comes mainly from an existing investor base and The European Commission also contributed funds through its Eurostars Programme.
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