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| 12.08.2026 | German Cultivated Meat Fat Startup Cultimate Foods Winds Down | 3 Mins Read Berlin-based Cultimate Foods has closed down nearly four months after filing for bankruptcy, unable to secure enough funding to stay afloat.
Cultimate Foods, the German startup known for its cell-cultured fat that enhances the t... |
| 04.08.2026 | Aleph Farms Secures Singapore Approval for Cultivated Beef, Targets 2027 Restaurant Launch | 6 Mins Read Israeli cultivated meat startup Aleph Farms has obtained regulatory approval for its beef steak in Singapore, and plans to launch the product in the first half of 2027.
Cultivated beef could land on Singapore’s restaurant menus ... |
| 30.06.2026 | Spring Innovation Fund debuts as first venture philanthropy firm dedicated to animal welfare tech | Are animal welfare and economics fundamentally at odds? Not necessarily, say the founders of Spring Innovation Fund, a new venture studio betting that welfare tech can improve living conditions for billions of farmed animals while also deli... |
| 31.10.2025 | Believer Meats’ Large-Scale Cultivated Meat Facility Cleared for Operation by USDA | Believer Meats has received approval from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for both its cultivated chicken product label and its large-scale production facility in Wilson, North Carolina. The authorization allows the company to begin... |
| 29.10.2025 | Mission Barns Announces “World’s First” Retail Sale of Cultivated Meat in California | Cultivated pork producer Mission Barns has announced that its products will be sold at Berkeley Bowl, an independent grocery store in California, in a few days’ time.
The company’s cultivated meat will be brought to consumers through a limi... |
| 28.07.2025 | Sydney to Host AltProteins 25, Featuring Top Experts on Alternative Proteins and Food Innovation | On October 14, 2025, the AltProteins 25 conference will take place at the Sofitel Wentworth in Sydney. This marks the fourth edition of Australia’s premier event focusing on alternative proteins and the broader future of food systems. The c... |
| 24.07.2025 | Mission Barns secures USDA green light for cultivated fat, plans Q3 launches | Mission Barns, a startup growing animal fat in proprietary bioreactors it claims can dramatically improve the efficiency of the production process, has cleared the final hurdle required by US regulators, securing a grant of inspection from ... |
| 24.07.2025 | Mission Barns Gains USDA Approval for Cultivated Fat, Announces Restaurant & Retail Launches | Mission Barns has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its cultivated pork fat, allowing the ingredient to enter the US market. The approval includes a grant of USDA inspection for the company’s San Francisco... |
| 30.04.2025 | GFI: There are ‘no silver bullets to fill funding gaps in cultivated meat’ | “It is increasingly clear that private funding alone will be insufficient to fully fund first-of-a-kind cultivated meat facilities,” says The Good Food Institute (GFI) in a new report that highlights the industry’s “remarkable strides in re... |
| 09.04.2025 | Vow's Cultivated Quail: A Leap Forward in the Future of Food | In a world hungry for innovation, Vow, an Australian startup, has taken a bold step into the future of food. The company recently received regulatory approval from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) for its cultivated quail. This ... |
| 09.04.2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Ottolenghi’s Beans, Disneyland & Beyond Meat Doc | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Bold Bean Co’s Ottolenghi collaboration, Beyond Meat’s new documentary, and Miyoko Schinner’s upcoming vegan cook... |
| 09.04.2025 | How This Animal-Free ‘Designer’ Fat Maker Is Reshaping Future Food Economics | 6 Mins Read Australian firm Nourish Ingredients has completed an industrial-scale production of its animal-free, meat-like fat while keeping costs low – here’s how it’s doing it.
Six months after forming a partnership with Chinese fermentat... |
| 07.04.2025 | Cultured Quail Startup Vow Gets FSANZ Regulatory Approval in Australia & New Zealand | 6 Mins Read Known for its cultured quail, Sydney-based Vow has received regulatory approval from Food Standards Australia New Zealand, a first for cultivated meat in the region.
Australian food tech startup Vow has become the first startup ... |
| 27.03.2025 | Can Hoxton Farms’s Cultivated Fat Satisfy Asia’s Appetite for Pork? | 5 Mins Read British cultivated meat player Hoxton Farms has partnered with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to bring its pork fat ingredient to Asia.
For cultivated meat, fat is all the rage right now.
In Europe, Mosa Meat has filed for regulat... |
| 26.03.2025 | The Rise of Cultivated Meat: A Taste of Tomorrow | The culinary landscape is changing. Cultivated meat is stepping into the spotlight, offering a glimpse into the future of food. Imagine biting into a juicy burger or savoring a slice of salmon, all without the environmental toll of traditio... |
| 24.03.2025 | What Does Cultivated Meat Actually Taste Like? We Asked People Who’ve Tried the Real Thing | 8 Mins Read With a number of cultivated meat startups hosting public tastings of their products, three taste testers take us behind the scenes of what it’s like to bite into the future from cultivated fois gras to cell-cultured salmon.
It w... |
| 20.03.2025 | Breaking: UPSIDE Foods engages in restructuring to stay ‘agile and efficient’ | Cultivated meat pioneer UPSIDE Foods has engaged in a new round of layoffs as part of a restructure, AgFunderNews understands.
In a statement to AgFunderNews sent this afternoon as employees announced they were seeking new roles on LinkedIn... |
| 12.03.2025 | Unanimous Vote: Mississippi Becomes Third US State to Pass Bill to Ban Cultivated Meat | 5 Mins Read House and Senate representatives in Mississippi have unanimously passed a bill to ban the sale of cultivated meat in the state, which is on the way to the governor’s desk now.
Sell cultivated meat, go to jail.
Mississippi has fo... |
| 10.03.2025 | Mission Barns Receives FDA Approval for Cultivated Pork Fat, Announces Restaurant & Retail Launches | Cultivated meat company Mission Barns has received a “No Questions” letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is said to make the company the first in the world to receive regulatory clearance for cultivated pork fat.
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| 07.03.2025 | Breaking: Mission Barns secures FDA approval for cultivated fat, gears up for US launch | Mission Barns, a startup growing animal fat in proprietary bioreactors it claims can dramatically improve the efficiency of the production process, has secured an FDA ‘no questions’ letter regarding the safety of its cultivated pork fat.
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| 17.02.2025 | Aussie Government Invests in Cultivated Meat Startup with A$100K Grant | 4 Mins Read Magic Valley, a Melbourne-based producer of cultivated meat, has received A$100,000 in government funding to scale up production and drive down costs.
Aussie food tech startup Magic Valley has secured A$100,000 ($62,800) from th... |
| 26.12.2024 | The Better Butchers Teams Up With Student-Led Cultivated Fat Startup to Produce Hybrid Meat | 4 Mins Read Meat analogue maker The Better Butchers has signed a letter of intent with Genuine Taste, a student-founded cultivated fat startup, to develop hybrid meat.
Ahead of its impending acquisition by Canadian cellular agriculture grou... |
| 23.08.2024 | Mission Barns Upends the Production Status Quo with Novel, Scalable Bioreactors for Cultivated Pork Fat | 5 Mins Read California’s Mission Barns has developed a novel bioreactor that is easy to scale and can lower the cost of cultivated meat, with regulatory approval imminent ahead of its planned market launch.
Moving away from the conventional... |
| 22.08.2024 | Mission Barns Revamps Single-Cell Suspension Pharma Bioreactors to Scale Cultivated Meat Production | Cultivated fat startup Mission Barns has engineered a new bioreactor to optimize cultivated meat production, aiming to replace the single-cell suspension bioreactors traditionally used in the pharmaceutical industry.
“We’ve invented a novel... |
| 15.08.2024 | Mission Barns unveils ‘novel, scalable, adherent’ bioreactor for cultivated meat, fat | Progress has been made on every aspect of cultivated meat production from media formulations to cell lines. But the economics won’t add up unless the industry develops new bioreactors purpose-built for high-volume, low-value food, as oppose... |
| 15.08.2024 | Cell Essence: Singapore Cultivated Meat Startup Ants Innovate Holds Tasting Event for Hybrid Meat Ingredient | 4 Mins Read Singaporean startup Ants Innovate debuted a cultivated pork ingredient in hybrid meat dishes at a private tasting in the city-state.
Singapore is once again at the forefront of food tech innovation. Residents can already buy cul... |
| 25.07.2024 | The Creamy Future: Nourish Ingredients and Fonterra’s Fermentation Revolution**
** | ** In a world where food innovation meets sustainability, a new partnership is stirring the pot. Australian startup Nourish Ingredients is teaming up with New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra to create a new wave of dairy and non-dairy products... |
| 23.07.2024 | Designer lipids startup Nourish Ingredients collaborates with dairy giant Fonterra on fats from fermentation | Australian startup Nourish Ingredients has announced a collaboration with dairy giant Fonterra to accelerate the development of dairy products with fats produced via fermentation.
Nourish, which is developing a range of high-impact, low-inc... |
| 08.05.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Cultivated Pepperoni, Odd Burger & A Vegan Pub | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Mission Barns’ newest cultivated meat, Waitrose’s whole-food ... |
| 11.03.2024 | TIME’s Top GreenTech Companies of 2024 Recognizes The Better Meat Co., Rebellyous Foods, Prime Roots & More | TIME Magazine together with Statista, a leading statistics portal, recently unveiled America’s Top GreenTech Companies in 2024, recognizing 250 firms leading the charge in sustainability and environmental stewardship.
Among these, FoodTech ... |
| 16.05.2023 | Lever VC: How do we avoid a Theranos for cultivated meat? | Alternative protein investor Lever VC has released internal benchmarks for assessing the scientific progress of early-stage cultivated meat companies to help investors place more informed bets in a “complex and nascent industry” and help av... |
| 30.03.2023 | 🎥 Cultivated meat startup Myodenovo emerges from stealth, focuses on whole cuts to reach ‘diehard meat lovers’ | “To get really diehard meat lovers to transition to cultivated meat, it’s going to need to be really close to the real thing,” says the founder and CEO of Myodenovo, a US-based startup emerging from stealth with a mission to create thick, w... |
| 01.02.2023 | Who were the most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms in 2022? | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder, a food and agriculture technology venture capital firm.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and ... |
| 01.07.2022 | Meet These 7 Food Techs Making Pig-Free Bacon A Reality | 5 Mins Read
When it comes to the foods that plant-based folk miss, bacon never fails to make it on the list. Let’s face it: who doesn’t love bacon? From topping maple syrup-covered pancakes, to making the perfect breakfast fry-up and simply... |
| 16.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Little Leaf Farms bags $300m, Wonder lands $340m to cook meals curbside | Mega-rounds this week went to controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company Little Leaf Farms and food delivery concept Wonder. Magic Spoon, best known for its “high-protein, low carb” cereal, finally landed in retail (and raised more fu... |
| 15.06.2022 | Mission Barns: Cultivated Meat Products Ready for Market Launch Pending Regulatory Approval | US food tech Mission Barns has unveiled its new headquarters and cultivated fat production plant, claiming to be fully prepared to hit the market with its cultivated fat products. However, the San Francisco-based company must first wait for... |
| 28.01.2022 | The Business Of Fat: Meet The 5 Global Startups Working To Replace Animal Derived Fat | 1
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The search of animal fat alternatives is taking off. Demand for flavourful cultivated meats, realistic plant-based options, and palm oil-free products is increasing, and in parallel, a variety of fats are being develop... |
| 22.10.2021 | Mission Barns to Release Hybrid Chorizo Sausages With Cultivated Fat | Following its recent partnership with Chinese plant-based producer HEROTEIN, cell cultivated fat producer Mission Barns has announced a similar partnership in the US. Berkeley-based Mission Barns will team up with fellow Californian brand S... |
| 20.10.2021 | Mission Barns, and Silva Sausage test-drive hybrid sausages blending cell-cultured animal fat and plant-based protein | While some established vegan or vegetarian brands may be reluctant to jeopardize their 100% plant-based credentials by adding animal fat (albeit produced in bioreactors, not animals) to their wares, many brands targeting mainstream meat-eat... |
| 30.09.2021 | HEROTEIN Partners With Mission Barns to Bring First Hybrid Cultivated / Plant-Based Meat Products to China | HEROTEIN, formerly HERO Protein, announces it has entered into a strategic partnership with Berkeley-based cell cultivated fat producer Mission Barns to launch hybrid cultivated meat/plant-based meat products. The company states its intenti... |
| 16.06.2021 | Motif FoodWorks raises $226m to tackle plant-based’s challenges with texture & taste | Alt-protein company Motif FoodWorks has raised $226 million in Series B funding. The round was jointly led by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board — through its Teachers’ Innovation Platform — and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock.
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| 08.04.2021 | Silicon Valley’s Mission Barns, Producer of World’s First Cultivated Bacon, Secures $24M to Upscale | Mission Barns, Founded in Berkeley, CA in 2018, announces it has raised $24 million in a Series A round to upscale its cell-cultured fat technology and build a pilot factory in the Bay Area. High profile investors in this round included Lev... |
| 08.04.2021 | A game-changer for the alternative meat sector…’ Mission Barns raises $24m to scale up cell-cultured fat tech, build pilot plant | "The pilot plant in the Bay area is to enable initial launches and to manufacture our own products in certain categories," Sachin Ajith, director of commercialization told FoodNavigator-USA.
Longer term, however, Mission Barns ... |
| 07.04.2021 | Company on a quest for ‘kosher bacon’ raises $24 million for its lab-grown fat | Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
In the pantheon of quixotic scientific pursuits, it is right up there with the search for extraterrestrial life... |
| 07.04.2021 | Mission Barns Raises $24M in Series A Funding | Mission Barns, a Berkeley, CA-based cellular agriculture company, raised $24M in Series A funding.
Backers included Lever VC, Gullspang Re:Food, Humboldt Fund, Green Monday Ventures, Enfini Ventures, a European meat company, Blue Ledge Capi... |
| 07.04.2021 | Mission Barns Grabs $24M Series A Round |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Mission Barns today announced a $24 million Series A financing round.
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| 07.04.2021 | Mission Barns : Raises $24M Series A to Scale Up its Cultivated Fat Technology and Build Pilot Production Facility | Silicon Valley-based cellular agriculture company Mission Barns today announced a $24M Series A to scale up its cultivated fat technology and build a pilot manufacturing plant in the Bay Area.
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| 22.12.2020 | Cultured Protein: A Guide To Every Cell-Based Meat Startup In The World Right Now | 3 1
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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 sc... |
| 03.08.2020 | Mission Barns tests cell-cultured pork fat with leading pork producer; gears up for hybrid plant/animal bacon tasting | The company, which is planning to run curbside taste tests of its ‘Mission Bacon’ combining cell-cultured pork fat and plant-based proteins outside restaurants in San Francisco and Oakland this month, can make cell-cultured fat from multipl... |
| 30.07.2020 | Clarification for Earlier Article on Cultivated Bacon and More on Cultivated Meat Market | In an earlier article about Higher Steaks, a leading UK food tech company, we said the company had revealed “the world’s first cultivated bacon and pork belly”. We have since been contacted by Mission Barns, another food technology company,... |
| 01.08.2019 | New Harvest 2019: Envisioning a food system built around cells, not animals | Brittany Solano is a vice president at JDI, a marketing consultancy in Austin, TX that brings early-stage science and technology companies to market. She leads JDI’s future food practice and focuses her time on helping companies communicate... |
| 13.09.2018 | JUST gears up for late 2018 cell-based meat launch, but says more meaningful quantities are 2-3 years out | The products - made from cells grown outside an animal in a plant-based growth medium - will debut in a yet-to-be-announced overseas market owing to the lack of regulatory clarity over selling cell-based meat in the US right now, said Tet... |
| 01.08.2018 | Clean meat: How do US consumers feel about cell cultured meat? | While early research on consumers’ reactions to clean meat has been mixed, it has generally focused on understanding ‘baseline’ attitudes — “asking people who know little about it whether they’d be willing to eat it,” said Faunalytics - ... |
