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.
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.
The Good Food Institute partnered with research organization Faunalytics to create a poll that would gauge public opinion regarding clean meat. Two-thirds of respondents were willing to try it, and a majority were willing to swap conventional meat out for clean meat.
GFI’s Bruce Friedrich talks about the policy considerations for cultivated meat, consumer awareness for alt proteins, and reaching price parity.
The Good Food Institute supports a clear and efficient pathway to market for clean meat. Regulators have an important role to play in encouraging innovation and ensuring consumer safety and confidence. The Good Food Institute and the companies in this space stand ready to work with whichever regulatory agency ultimately regulates clean meat.
GFI's Bruce Friedrich explores the history of society’s opposition and then adoption of new technologies, as well as reasons to expect many consumers to embrace cultivated meat.
Farming cells is better than slaughtering animals - safer, more sustainable, and humane. The FDA has issued a "no questions" letter to Impossible Foods, recognizing the safety of the Impossible Burger's heme (the source of the burgers "bloody" taste).
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.
Mosa Meat has raised $8.8 million, which will allow them to bring clean meat to market by 2021.
