BioBetter aims to become a world leader in complex protein manufacturing and address the fast-growing demand for Growth factors. Working behind the scenes of the emerging cultivated meat industry, BioBetter is repurposing tobacco plants to create the Growth Factors necessary for the cellular development of cultivated meat. This disruptive technology, based on plant-based protein expression platform, enables unlimited capacity, ultra-low cost (<1$/gram) and flexible solution that makes cultivated meat industry commercially viable.
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $10M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Net Capita... | netcapital... |
| 08.11.2023 | Jerusalem ... | jvpvc.com |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 07.09.2022 | - | $10M | - |
Mentions in press and media 14
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| 16.04.2024 | Molecular farming startup Nobell Foods rebrands as Alpine Bi... | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Alpine Bio.] Nobell Foods—a mol... | agfunderne... |
| 12.04.2024 | Op Ed: Maya Sapir-Mir, PhD, CEO and Co-Founder of PoLoPo, on... | Maya Sapir-Mir is CEO and co-founder of PoLoPo, a molecular farming pioneer producing proteins direc... | vegconomis... |
| 02.04.2024 | Casein… from potatoes? Molecular farming startup Finally Foo... | Finally Foods—an Israeli molecular farming startup producing dairy proteins in potatoes—has emerged ... | agfunderne... |
| 16.01.2024 | UK Biotech Multus Unveils World’s First Commercial-Scale Ser... | British biotech Multus has recently unveiled what it claims is the world’s first commercial-scale pr... | vegconomis... |
| 16.10.2023 | Israel’s food and ag ecosystem focuses on business continuit... | Israel’s food and agriculture ecosystem is focusing on business continuity as companies deal with st... | agfunderne... |
| 14.09.2023 | EIT Food grants €1.8M to three companies for or scaling cult... | Today, three companies have received €1.8 million from EIT Food to solve the biggest barriers to cul... | tech.eu/20... |
| 14.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: J.M. Smucker buys Hostess for $5bn... | This week, J.M. Smucker scooped up fellow CPG giant Hostess, and while foodtech funding was somewhat... | agfunderne... |
| 06.10.2022 | Foodtech in focus: BioBetter bets on tobacco to bring down c... | Scientists and startups acknowledge that one of the great challenges for cultivated meat is reaching... | agfunderne... |
| 08.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: $40m for crop intelligence, using ... | This week, crop intelligence platform Taranis secured more capital for its aerial imagery and AI tec... | agfunderne... |
| 07.09.2022 | BioBetter Raises USD10M in Funding | BioBetter Lands USD10M Funding to Relieve Cultivated Meat’s Bottleneck Using Tobacco Plants (Credit:... | finsmes.co... |
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