Mammalian cells are used to produce a myriad of products, ranging from vaccines and pharmaceuticals to tissue-transplants and disease models. However, the costliness of growing cells has become a bottleneck for companies looking to innovate healthcare and food industries. The status-quo for growing these cells is to use animal-based growth media. This is not only extremely expensive but is varied in quality and unethically sourced. Most cell culture media require young mammals to be slaughtered to extract this precious concoction. We plan to tackle these problems by engineering a new growth medium that is both inexpensive and animal-free.
Location: United Kingdom, England, London
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $2.19M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Plug and P... | plugandpla... |
| - | GROW | gogrow.co |
| - | Zero Carbo... | zerocarbon... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 19.07.2021 | - | $2.19M | - |
Mentions in press and media 10
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| 02.08.2024 | Cultivating the Future: The Rise of Bioproducts and Cultivated Meat | In a world hungry for sustainable solutions, two industries are emerging as front-runners: cultivated meat and bioproducts. These sectors are not just trends; they are lifelines for a planet grappling with overpopulation and environmental d... |
| 01.08.2024 | Nutreco Opens New Facility Dedicated to Food-Grade Cell Feed for Cultivated Meat | Nutreco, a global leader in animal nutrition and aqua feed, has opened a dedicated nutrient facility for cellular agriculture. “This new food-certified production facility is a first for the industry and a first for Nutreco,” announced the ... |
| 16.01.2024 | UK Biotech Multus Unveils World’s First Commercial-Scale Serum-Free Growth Media Facility | British biotech Multus has recently unveiled what it claims is the world’s first commercial-scale production plant for developing affordable, serum-free growth media for the cultivated meat industry. The exact location of the facility has n... |
| 20.10.2021 | GROW & Innovate UK launch bespoke program to take British agrifood startups to Asia | Disclosure: GROW is backed by AgFunder, which is AFN’s parent company. GROW and Innovate UK have selected eight UK-based agrifood companies to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Global Incubator Programme – Gateway to Asia, an inter... |
| 19.07.2021 | Multus Biotechnology Raises £1.6M to Make Cell Cultured Meat “Affordable, Scalable and Profitable” | British company Multus Biotechnology has raised £1.6 million in its latest funding round. Investors included SOSV, Zero Carbon Capital, and MarinyaCapital. Multus is working on animal-free replacements for the growth media used to produce c... |
| 22.12.2020 | Cultured Protein: A Guide To Every Cell-Based Meat Startup In The World Right Now | 3 1 4 Shares 10 Mins Read 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... |
| 28.09.2020 | Alt Protein conference highlights: ‘We’ll see more change in the next 10 years than we’ve seen in the last 10,000’ | The report's apocalyptic predictions “seemed outlandish,” when it first came out, said Ryan Bethencourt, co-founder of petfood brand Wild Earth, partner at Babel Ventures and co-founder at IndieBio, a biology accelerator and early stage ... |
| 03.09.2019 | Стартап придумал дешевую технологию производства искусственного мяса — это снизит стоимость бургера до $15 | Фото: iStock Лондонский стартап Multus Media приближается к крупному научному открытию — ученые и студенты работают над возможностью создавать дешевое искусственное мясо, которое будет доступно для массового потребителя, пишет Inverse. Перв... |
| - | Какие агро-стартапы получили больше всего инвестиций за июль 2021 | Общая сумма финансирования проектов из подборки почти $800 млн. 0 Обсудить 15 просмотров Часто пишу про стартапы из агросектора, поскольку по работе приходится изучать множество проектов из сельского хозяйства. Разного рода информацию публи... |
| - | Multus Media | “Key ingredients for the affordable scale-up of cellular agriculture Animal-free. Food safe. Enabling a sustainable future. Register for news updates Know More About Us We are a team of scientists and engineers who believe that tackling the... |