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Exclusive: Seoul Startup DaNAgreen’s Affordable 3D Scaffolds Enables Large-Scale Cultured Meat Production
Seoul-based startup DaNAgreen, who originally developed its proprietary scaffold that helps cells grow into a 3D structure for biomedical applications, is now making cultured meat its mission. Adapting its initial scaffolding dubbed!-->…
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Spain’s BioTech Foods To Lead US$6.3M Government-Backed Cultured Meat Project
Spanish startup BioTech Foods will be leading a new government-backed project that will see ten research institutions and seven organisations come together to make meat directly from animal cells. The aim of the project is to develop!-->…
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BlueNalu Nets US$60M In Record-Breaking Cell-Based Seafood Funding Round
Cell-based food tech BlueNalu has closed US$60 million in convertible note financing, in what is the largest funding round to date for the cultivated seafood industry. The food tech says that the capital will be used to fund its first!-->…
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Eat Just Makes Singapore Its Asia Production Hub For Plant-Based Egg & Cultured Meat
Eat Just, the food tech that pioneered the plant-based egg and won the race to nab the world’s first regulatory approval for cultured meat, says that Singapore will “at minimum” serve as its Asian headquarters. The San Francisco startup’s!-->…
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Singapore Regulators Urge Cell-Based Startups To Apply Early For Approval
Following the issuance of the world’s first regulatory approval of cell-based meat, Singapore authorities are now encouraging cultured meat makers to apply early for regulatory approval. With the priority on ensuring safety, the Singapore!-->…
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Aussie Startup Vow Bags US$6M Seed Funding To Grow Cultured Exotic Meats Library
Australian food tech Vow has announced the closing of an oversubscribed US$6 million seed round, which will go towards expanding its “library” of cultured meats. Unlike other cell-based startups, Vow has cultivated exotic animal meats and!-->…
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TurtleTree Scientific: Singapore Cell-Based Startup To Bring Cost-Effective Growth Factors To Other Market Players
Singapore cell-based startup TurtleTree Labs has announced the launch of a new venture dedicated to the development of food-grade growth factors. Called TurtleTree Scientific, the team will work with other cell-based meat players and bring!-->…
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Israel’s Aleph Farms Partners With Mitsubishi To Bring Cultivated Meat Manufacturing Platform To Japan
Israeli food tech Aleph Farms has announced a new agreement with the food industry arm of Japanese corporate giant Mitsubishi to bring cultivated meat to Japan. Under the newly formed partnership, the Israeli cell-based meat maker will!-->…
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DiverseFarm: Japanese Michelin-Starred Chef Launches New Cell-Based Meat Venture
Renowned chef Shimamura Masaharu of Michelin-starred Osaka restaurant Unkaku has launched DiverseFarm, a partner venture with Tokyo-based cellular agriculture company TissueByNet. The startup will bring together Masaharu’s culinary!-->…
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Cell-Based Protein Scaffold Maker Matrix Meats Secures Seed Investment To Scale Up Production
Matrix Meats, an Ohio-based startup developing nanofibre scaffolds for cultivated meat products, has announced the completion of an oversubscribed seed funding round. The investment will be used to expand the firm’s partnerships and!-->…
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ClearMeat: India’s First Cell-Based Chicken Maker Files Patent For Cultivated Meat Technology
ClearMeat, India’s first cell-based protein startup, has announced that it has filed to patent its proprietary technology used to develop its cultivated minced chicken. The news comes shortly after the food tech completed a pilot trial of!-->…
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Top 13 Alt Protein Trends: Our 2021 Industry Predictions
2020 was a challenging and unexpected year, and most of the world was brought to its knees by the Covid-19 pandemic. It's been almost 12 months of bad, sad news and traumatic moments. But for the alt protein industry, 2020 has been an!-->…
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Chinese Cell-Based Meat Startup Raises US$3M Angel Round To Scale Cultured Minced Pork
Mainland Chinese cultivated meat startup Joes Future Food has raised 20 million RMB (US$3 million) in an angel investment round. The food tech, recently rebranded from Nanjing Zhouzi, will be using the funding to ramp up R&D and!-->…
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Eat Just Serves Cultured Meat To Diners At 1880 Restaurant Singapore In A World First
Just days after announcing that it has made the world's first-ever commercial sale of cell-based meat for human consumption to 1880 restaurant in Singapore, Eat Just recently invited guests taste the brand’s cultured meat, marking a!-->…
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Top 10 Alternative Protein Headlines Of 2020
There’s no doubt that it’s been a record-breaking year for the alternative protein industry, from the world’s first regulatory approval for cell-based meat to enormous rounds of funding despite the economic downturn amidst the pandemic. To!-->…
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Q&A w/ Biomilq Founder Michelle Egger: “I Can’t Wait To Bring Cultured Breast Milk To Mums Who Need It”
One year ago, Michelle Egger and Leila Strickland founded Biomilq, a cell-ag startup farming breast milk outside of the body – a development that could disrupt the enormous profit-driven infant formula industry as we know it. Biomilq’s!-->…
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Cultured Protein: A Guide To Every Cell-Based Meat Startup In The World Right Now
The alternative protein market is on fire right now, estimated to be worth approximately $2.2Bn, and cultivated meat is expected to play an important role in the shift from traditional meat products. Experienced scientists are!-->…
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Cell-Based Meat To Reach Price Parity By 2025 & Grow To US$140B Market By 2030, Says New Report
While plant-based proteins are showing double-digit growth rates and are forecasted to continue to shape the alternative protein industry, so will the rise of cell-based meat. In a new report, experts predict that cell-based proteins could!-->…
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TurtleTree Labs Closes Oversubscribed US$6.2M Pre-A Round For Lab-Grown Breast Milk
TurtleTree Labs, the world’s first startup to develop lab-grown milk with the same composition as real dairy milk without any cows, has just announced the closing of an oversubscribed US$6.2 million Pre-A funding round. The Singapore-based!-->…
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Eat Just Makes First-Ever Commercial Sale Of Cultured Meat In Singapore
Shortly after winning the race to become the first to gain regulatory approval for cultured meat in Singapore, Eat Just has announced that it has now made the world’s first-ever commercial sale of cell-based meat for human consumption to a!-->…
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French Startup Core Biogenesis Secures US$3.1M To Scale Growth Factors For Cell-Based Meat
French startup Core Biogenesis has raised €2.6 million (US$3.16 million) in seed financing, which will go towards accelerating production of its cost-efficient growth factors for applications in both cell therapy and the development of!-->…
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