Dr. Steve Kattman has been working on cardiac cell therapy for humans, but he's got some amazing cross-disciplinary insight into the work that clean meat researchers are doing to apply this same technology to fix the food system.
New Crop Capital led the round with a diverse coalition of 25 venture organizations and individuals from around the world. This is one of the largest seed round investments in a clean meat company to date.
UPSIDE Foods Founder and Chief Visionary Dr. Uma Valeti is radically devoted to inviting consumers into the process to see how their meat is created. Dr. Valeti speaks about his path to clean meat entrepreneurship and about Memphis Meat's development and strategy.
At GFI, we're focused on using markets to build a better food system. So naturally, we're fangirling (and fanboying) over Lisa Feria, who is accelerating the plant-based and clean meat sectors as CEO of Stray Dog Capital. Lisa gave us the inside perspective on how to land funding from a mission-driven VC.
Plant-based seafood company Good Catch closed a series A funding round of $8.7 million. Founded by New Crop Capital, conscious agency BeyondBrands, and The Good Food Institute, Good Catch will bring fish-free tuna and crab-free cakes to market by December 2018.
Mosa Meat Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Mark Post (who also happens to be a GFI advisor since our founding and co-host of our Good Food Conference) spoke with us about the exponential potential of and the limits on clean meat production.
Clean meat startups, traditional meat producers, investors, NGOs, and innovative food professionals gathered in Tel Aviv to discuss advancing clean meat product development in the Israeli innovation ecosystem.
We caught up with GFI Senior Marketing Manager Caroline Bushnell for a crash course on how to sell plant-based products—and eventually clean meat—to the mainstream consumer.
Lav Varshney spearheaded IBM's Chef Watson initiative to create new recipes using artificial intelligence. He'll be discussing cross-disciplinary R&D and plant-based meat at our Good Food Conference in September.
One of Europe's largest poultry producers, the PHW Group, is appointing a board member for alternative proteins. The industry leader is giving "special emphasis to the field of alternative sources of protein both in-house and externally."
