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Hybrid products to optimize nutrition, taste, cost, and sustainability
Hybrid products are a promising means to improve the cost and sustainability of animal-derived meat while improving the taste of plant proteins. Promoting the health benefits of hybrids may facilitate…
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Cultivated
Fermentation
Plant-Based
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Demand Generation
End Products
Production
R&D
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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End product formulation & manufacturing
Ingredient optimization
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Species-agnostic
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Academics
Industry
Investors
Startups
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Commercial
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Industry
Science
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B2B media development company
The cultivated meat industry needs dedicated suppliers of low-cost, food-grade cell culture media to reduce cultivated meat production costs. Close collaboration between the customer and supplier will be required in…
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Cultivated
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R&D
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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Cell culture media
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Seafood-relevant
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Industry
Investors
Startups
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Commercial
Research
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Animal-free, non-recombinant albumin and transferrin for cultivated meat
The identification of non-animal, non-recombinant proteins with similar functionality to serum albumin and transferrin will lead to major cost reductions in cell culture media development, facilitating progress toward achieving price…
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Cultivated
Plant-Based
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Production
R&D
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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Cell culture media
Crop development
Target molecule selection
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Species-agnostic
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Academics
Industry
Investors
Startups
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Commercial
Research
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Industry
Science
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Animal ingredient substitution
Enabling easy animal ingredient substitutions in a wide range of food products.
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Cultivated
Fermentation
Plant-Based
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End Products
R&D
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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End product formulation & manufacturing
Ingredient optimization
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Species-agnostic
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Academics
Industry
Investors
NGO’s
Startups
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Commercial
Research
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Industry
Science
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Metabolic modeling for cultivated meat
Academic researchers or consortia consisting of several cultivated meat companies should undertake research aimed at understanding metabolic pathways and fluxes within cultivated meat-relevant cell types. The outputs of this research…
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Cultivated
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R&D
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Bioprocess design
Cell culture media
Cell line development
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Seafood-relevant
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Academics
Industry
Investors
Startups
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Research
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Science
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Affordable animal-free omega-3 ingredients for alternative seafood and other alternative protein applications
In order to appeal to health-conscious consumers, alternative seafood products should contain similar omega-3 fatty acids, especially DHA and EPA, content to conventional seafood. Animal-free omega-3 ingredients can be expensive…
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Fermentation
Plant-Based
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Investment
Production
R&D
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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Bioprocess design
Crop development
Host strain development
Ingredient optimization
Target molecule selection
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Seafood
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Industry
Investors
Startups
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Commercial
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Industry
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Preventing oxidation of omega-3 fatty acids before and after addition to alternative seafood products
Deeper fundamental knowledge of the causes and prevention of oxidation of omega-3 fatty acids before, during, and after addition to alternative seafood products is needed to improve their nutritional and…
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Cultivated
Fermentation
Plant-Based
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End Products
Investment
Production
R&D
Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
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Bioprocess design
Crop development
End product formulation & manufacturing
Host strain development
Ingredient optimization
Target molecule selection
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Seafood
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Academics
Industry
Investors
Startups
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Research
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Industry
Science
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Coordination among investors with alternative protein industry-specific expertise
Investors specializing in alternative proteins should be leveraged to educate the broader investment community through coalitions, syndicated deals, and co-investments with industry-agnostic investors, and spearhead efforts to facilitate later-stage funding…
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Cultivated
Fermentation
Plant-Based
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Investment
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Species-agnostic
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GFI
Investors
Startups
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2 – Early adoption
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Commercial
Ecosystem
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Industry
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Next-generation plant-based turkey products
There has been little in the way of publicly-announced R&D or commercial efforts to develop the next generation of tasty and affordable plant-based turkey products. There is room for innovation…
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Plant-Based
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End Products
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End product formulation & manufacturing
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Terrestrial-specific
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Industry
Investors
Startups
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1 – Inception
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Commercial
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Industry
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Platform for facilitating matchmaking between funders and funding-seekers
It can be challenging and time-intensive for startups and researchers to find funders that are interested in their technology area, technological maturity level, fundraising stage, location, type of funding sought,…
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Cultivated
Fermentation
Plant-Based
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Investment
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Species-agnostic
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GFI
Investors
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Ecosystem
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Industry
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