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State of the Industry Report: Cultivated Meat

This report will get you up to speed on the global cultivated meat industry. GFI experts detail the competitive landscape, investments, consumer insights, and scientific progress in this rapidly accelerating field that is making meat directly from animal cells, without the animal.

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$189mwas raised by cultivated meat companies in the first quarter of 2020—more than the amount invested in the cultivated meat industry’s entire prior history.
55total cultivated meat and seafood industry startups publicly announced themselves by the end of 2019, up from 35 total in 2018.
15+types of cultivated meat are being pursued by startups, including beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, duck, white fish, mouse, salmon, tuna, foie gras, fish maw, lamb, kangaroo, horse, and sturgeon.

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Dive into the most complete report on the cultivated meat industry, with details on the competitive landscape, investments, consumer insights, scientific progress, and other key developments.

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Cultivated meat industry investment overview (2016–2019)
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