Cultivated meat researchers get €1.8 million to solve commercialisation barriers
Specifically, the research will target bringing down the cost of cell culture media, one of the key barriers to making…
Raleigh biotech startup making protein not sourced from animals raises $3.5M
Jellatech, a Raleigh-based biotech company, has announced an oversubscribed Seed round with $3.5 million raised. According to the SEC filing,…
UK biotech Clean Food Group lands £2.3M funding to halt palm oil-linked deforestation with lab-grown breakthrough
The UK startup known for its innovative sustainable oils and fats technology, has secured an additional £2.3 million in funding…
Beyond Impossible Meat: Governments invested $1 billion toward making better meat alternatives
The upshot: Governments around the world are more ready to fund alternative proteins in the wake of unstable food prices…
Joyful VC: Accelerating the Future of Humane and Sustainable Alternative Proteins
The team at Joyful VC is composed of experienced leaders in the alternative protein and vegan space, including Milo Runkle,…
Bluu Seafood reels in $17.5M to bring cultivated fish products to market
Bluu Seafood, a German company creating cultivated (i.e. “lab-grown”) fish products, today announced it has raised €16 million ($17.5 million)…
CellX Secures $6.5M to Launch China’s First Cultivated Meat Pilot Facility & Tasting Space
To date (including this round), the company has raised $20 million. Its flagship product, a cultivated chicken breast, passed to…
Cambridge-based Uncommon raises €28 million to scale cultivated pork to mainstream
To support its development, Uncommon, a startup leveraging cell technologies for the health of humanity, starting with cultivated pork, has…
Fungus Meat? Lab-Grown Halibut? Meet the Scientists Growing Your Next Meal
The startups that have “graduated” from IndieBio’s accelerator program are working on a number of areas, from leather made of…
Fish 2.0? EU funds wave of algae-based fish substitutes
Kicking off in 2021, the Seafood Alg-ternative project is leveraging Algama’s processing and food engineering skills to develop four algae-based…