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| 22.06.2026 | Cultivated meat deep dive: After the crash, who’s still standing? | It’s fair to say that cultivated meat is now well past its honeymoon period after a string of high-profile failures. But is there light at the end of the tunnel, or is one of agrifoodtech’s biggest moonshots destined for the dustbin of hist... |
| 09.01.2026 | BlueNalu Raises $11M in Funding | BlueNalu, a San Diego, CA-based developer of cell-cultured bluefin tuna, raised $11m in funding.
The round was co-led by Agronomics, Siddhi Capital, and Lewis & Clark AgriFood with participation from approx. 40 existing investors. In co... |
| 02.01.2026 | BlueNalu Hooks $11M in Funding to Bring Cultivated Tuna to US Sushi Market | 4 Mins Read Californian food tech startup BlueNalu has raised around $11M to scale up production and support the commercialisation of its cultivated bluefin tuna toro.
As it awaits regulatory approval in the US, cultivated seafood startup B... |
| 06.10.2025 | Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture to Host Cell-Ag-READY Conference as Country Prepares Guidelines for Sale of Cultivated Foods | The Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture (JACA) is set to host a conference called the Cell-Ag-READY Dialogue from November 13 to 14.
The event aims to bring international developments in regulatory science to the attention of Japan’s... |
| 15.09.2025 | Startup Funding: Jim Mellon, Exec Chairman, Agronomics Jim Mellon, Executive Chairman of Agronomics, a leading VC firm that is helping to curate a future wave of biotech's in the UK, reveals what inve... | Jim Mellon, Executive Chairman of Agronomics, reveals what drives investor trust and smart growth.
What are the top three things founders should focus on when preparing to raise their first round of funding?
Firstly, without a doubt, what y... |
| 03.05.2025 | Mitsubishi's Profit Forecast: A Cautionary Tale in Capital Gains | In the world of finance, predictions are like weather forecasts. They can change with the wind. Mitsubishi Corporation, a titan in Japan's trading landscape, recently announced a storm on the horizon. The company expects its net profit for ... |
| 30.04.2025 | BlueNalu Expands Partnership With Nomad Foods, Gains Acceptance Into UK Regulatory Sandbox | US-based cultivated seafood producer BlueNalu has announced an expansion of its partnership with leading European frozen food company Nomad Foods.
The collaboration, which began in 2021, will support the future commercialization of cultivat... |
| 10.03.2025 | Eight Companies Selected for UK’s First Cell-Cultivated Food Safety Programme | The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has selected eight companies to participate in a two-year regulatory programme focused on evaluating the safety of cell-cultivated products (CCPs). The initiative is funded by the Department of Science, In... |
| 10.03.2025 | UK Govt Opens First-of-A-Kind ‘Sandbox’ to Fast-Track Cultivated Meat Approval | 7 Mins Read The UK’s Food Standards Agency has launched a regulatory ‘sandbox’ to accelerate the regulatory approval pathway for cultivated meat, with eight startups participating in the two-year programme.
Weeks after cultivated meat hit p... |
| 06.03.2025 | US Bioindustrial Manufacturing Gains Momentum as BioMADE Surpasses 300 Members | BioMADE, a public-private partnership focused on advancing bioindustrial manufacturing in the United States, has announced that its network has grown to more than 300 members. The network, which spans 38 states, includes large corporations,... |
| 03.02.2025 | Biotech Firm Liberation Labs Snags $50.5M for Precision Fermentation Factories in US & Saudi Arabia | 4 Mins Read US biotech manufacturing company Liberation Labs has raised another $50.5M as part of its funding efforts to build a large-scale facility for precision-fermented foods.
In its newest fundraising round, Indiana-based Liberation L... |
| 22.01.2025 | The Rise of Sustainable Indulgence: Cultivated Caviar and Plant-Based Milk in a Changing Market | In a world where indulgence meets responsibility, two emerging trends are reshaping the culinary landscape: cultivated caviar and plant-based milk. These innovations are not just about taste; they are about sustainability, ethics, and the e... |
| 20.01.2025 | No Comp-roe-mise: Asian Alt-Seafood Leader Swims Into Gen Z TikTok Trend with Cultivated Caviar | 5 Mins Read Singapore-based cellular agriculture pioneer Umami Bioworks has introduced its latest product, cultivated caviar, for high-end restaurants, retailers and consumers.
Joining the cultivated meat companies targeting premium markets... |
| 29.11.2024 | Faced With Regulatory Hurdles, German Mycelium Meat Maker Debuts in South Korea with Pulmuone | 4 Mins Read Hamburg-based Infinite Roots has teamed up with plant-based giant Pulmuone to debut its mycelium protein in a line of meat analogues in South Korea.
Armed with regulatory roadblocks in its home region, German startup Infinite Ro... |
| 04.11.2024 | 8 Things We Learned at the Future of Protein Production Event in Amsterdam | 6 Mins Read “Change starts here,” Ira Van Eelen, co-founder at KindEarth.Tech and RESPECTfarms noted on the opening day of the Future of Protein Production Amsterdam 2024. With over 500 delegates, 45 exhibitors, and two packed days of panel... |
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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 ... |
| 30.05.2024 | Pulmuone Announces New Collab to Streamline Cultivated Seafood Using AI Robotics | South Korean plant-based foods producer Pulmuone has signed a business agreement with ABB Korea Robotics, the local corporation of Switzerland’s ABB, to develop cultivated seafood.
The collaboration aims to automate the cultivation process ... |
| 20.05.2024 | Wanda Fish: “Our Mission is to Supply a Delicious and Healthy Product That Will Also Do Good to Our Planet” | Wanda Fish Technologies is an Israeli food-tech startup producing cultivated fish products. Less than three years after it was founded, the company has just announced the successful development of its first whole-cut cultivated bluefin tuna... |
| 02.05.2024 | Florida Becomes First State to Ban Cultivated Meat as Governor Says “Take Your Fake Lab-Grown Meat Elsewhere” | Florida’s Governor, Ron DeSantis, has signed a law prohibiting the sale and production of lab-grown meat within the state, making Florida the first US state to enact such a ban. The legislation, known as Senate Bill 1084, was enacted during... |
| 02.05.2024 | 10 startups achieving market success, and shaping our future food system (Sponsored) | - |
| 25.03.2024 | FoodTech 500: Plant-Based Companies Lead the Way in Forward Fooding’s Annual List of Food Innovators | 11 Mins Read Described as the “Fortune 500 of agrifood tech”, food tech consultancy Forward Fooding has released its 2023 FoodTech 500 list, with the highest number of companies belonging to the plant-based sector. Other alternative protein... |
| 14.03.2024 | Global Agrifood Tech Funding Down by 50% As Deals Become Smaller and Fewer | 6 Mins Read The global agrifood tech financial landscape remains difficult, with funding in the sector down by 49.2% from 2022-23, reaching $15.6B – the lowest it has been in six years – according to a new report by AgFunder.
A lot has been... |
| 11.03.2024 | TIME’s Top GreenTech Companies of 2024 Recognizes The Better Meat Co., Rebellyous Foods, Prime Roots & More | TIME Magazine together with Statista, a leading statistics portal, recently unveiled America’s Top GreenTech Companies in 2024, recognizing 250 firms leading the charge in sustainability and environmental stewardship.
Among these, FoodTech ... |
| 27.02.2024 | BlueNalu Becomes First Cell-Cultured Seafood Company to Enter National Fisheries Institute | BlueNalu, a California-based cellular aquaculture startup, has become the first cultivated seafood company to join the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), the trade association for the United States seafood industry.
The development demonst... |
| 16.10.2023 | BlueNalu baits $33.5 million in Series B funding round | SAN DIEGO — Cell-cultured seafood manufacturer BlueNalu Inc., a portfolio company of Agronomics, has secured $33.5 million in a Series B funding round. With the funding, BlueNalu will continue to scale growth toward providing sustainable se... |
| 10.10.2023 | Cultivated Tuna Maker Reels in $33.5M Series B, Talks Launch Plans and APAC Strategic Partnerships | 5 Mins Read US-cultivated seafood producer BlueNalu has closed a $33.5M Series B funding round and extended partnerships with legacy seafood leaders in APAC to bring its cell-cultured bluefin tuna to market once it receives regulatory appro... |
| 09.10.2023 | Brief: Cultivated seafood startup BlueNalu bags $33.5m in series B round | San Diego-based cellular aquaculture startup BlueNalu has raised $33.5 million in a series B round from “new and existing investors” according to UK-based venture capital firm Agronomics.
Prior to this round, BlueNalu had raised a $4.5 mill... |
| 09.10.2023 | BlueNalu completes a $33.5M Series B round to continue growing and support their efforts of commercializing healthy and sustainable seafood around the world | - |
| 09.07.2023 | Cultivated meat: Lab-grown meat without killing animals | For thousands of years, humans have slaughtered animals for meat. But Dr. Uma Valeti dreamt of a different way: eating chicken without having to kill a chicken. He figured out how to "grow" meat directly from animal cells.
It's co... |
| 18.10.2022 | 11 of the best food-and-beverage venture capitalists in 2022, according to deal data and other VCs | (left to right) Jordan Gaspar, Tony Conrad, Po Bronson, and Elizabeth Edwards. H Ventures; AF Ventures; True Ventures; IndieBio; Vicky Leta/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start read... |
| 26.08.2022 | From Plant Based Kalbi To Tofu Cheese: A Deep Dive On Japan’s Booming Alt Protein Sector | 10 Mins Read
The alternative protein market is taking-off in the land of the rising sun as consumers become more health and sustainability conscious, climate concerns flare up and the government looks to decarbonize.
Between 2019 and 2022 J... |
| 26.08.2022 | Thai Union partners with plant-based Ish Food Company | Dive Brief:
Thai Union and its subsidiary Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods partnered with plant-based seafood maker The Ish Food Company to increase its manufacturing and distribution. The companies said this partnership will invest in the s... |
| 20.04.2022 | CellMEAT, a South Korean lab-grown shrimp producer, bags $8.1M Series A funding | As consumers’ interest in the environment and nutrition rises, food-tech companies join the race to invent meat alternatives. In 2021, alternative seafood companies received $175 million in investment globally, increasing 92% from 2020. A S... |
| 23.02.2022 | Who Will Asia’s Biggest Cultivated Seafood Players Be? | 5 Mins Read
Cultivated seafood is shaping up to be a serious niche within the cell-based protein sector. This is especially true in Asia, where demand for seafood remains high. In fact, more seafood is consumed per capita in the region than... |
| 19.01.2022 | How I try to make a difference with every meal–and every investment | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
There isn’t much more to be said about greenhouse gasses, the climate crisis, and factory farming that has... |
| 19.01.2022 | How I try to make a difference with every meal–and every investment | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
There isn’t much more to be said about greenhouse gasses, the climate crisis, and factory farming that has... |
| 01.11.2021 | BREAKING: Insect protein company Orgafeed secures Thai Union funding | Insect protein startup Orgafeed has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from seafood giant Thai Union.
Launched in 2018, Orgafeed makes pet food products out of black soldier fly larvae.
The Bangkok-based startup raises its insects in ... |
| 30.09.2021 | Data Snapshot: Alt-protein, functional foods raise record $1.4bn in H1 2021 | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Startups developing innovative food and ingredients, including alt-proteins, raised a total of $1.4 bil... |
| 13.09.2021 | Nomad Foods : and BlueNalu collaborate to introduce cell-cultured seafood in Europe* | New collaboration accelerates market development strategy for cell-cultured seafood in the region
FELTHAM, England - September 13, 2021 - Nomad Foods (NYSE: NOMD), Europe's leading frozen food company and BlueNalu,1 a leading innovative foo... |
| 29.07.2021 | BlueNalu Named Xprize Semifinalist | BlueNalu, a food company producing seafood directly from fish cells, is among 28 semifinalists for the $15 million XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion, organizers of the competition announced.
Caroline Kolta Program Lead XPRIZE
Lou Cooperhouse Pre... |
| 01.07.2021 | BlueNalu Announces Framework for Food Safety and Quality Assurance for Cell-Cultured Seafood | Following its recent $60 million raise, cellular aquaculture specialist BlueNalu today announced a framework designed to achieve a premier standard of food safety, quality, and traceability for its cell-cultured seafood production, stating ... |
| 13.05.2021 | Environmentally Friendly Investment Firm Agronomics Raises £50M for Cultured Meat | Further to the recent study which found that 40% of future meat intake is likely to come from cell cultivated meat; Agronomics Limited (AIM:ANIC), a leading listed investor in the cellular agriculture sector with a focus on cultured meat an... |
| 08.05.2021 | Cell-Cultured Tuna Is Making Its Way to Restaurants, Marking a Sea-Change for the Seafood Industry | In the fall of 2017, Lou Cooperhouse took the stage at the Hawaii Agricultural Foundation conference to talk about what he saw as the trend that would lead to the total transformation of our food supply: alternative proteins.
At the time, C... |
| 30.04.2021 | BlueNalu Signs Deals to Bring Cell Cultured Seafood to Asia With Thai Union and Mitsubishi Corporation | As global seafood consumption continues to rise, particularly in Asia where it is outpacing population growth, cellular aquaculture specialist BlueNalu announces it has signed Memorandums of Understanding with global seafood producer Thai U... |
| 09.02.2021 | BlueNalu Gets $60 Million, Plans to Build Out Factory | BlueNalu’s signage installation at their nearly 40,000 square foot pilot production facility in San Diego.
BlueNalu, a food company producing seafood directly from fish cells, has raised $60 million in convertible debt financing to build ou... |
| 01.02.2021 | Innovative Food Company BlueNalu Raises $60 Million | BlueNalu — a leading innovative food company producing a variety of seafood products directly from fish cells — announced the closing of $60 million in debt financing
BlueNalu — a leading innovative food company producing a variety of seafo... |
| 26.01.2021 | Vietnam’s biggest fish exporter launches venture unit, invests in cultured seafood startup Avant | Vinh Hoan, one of the world’s largest exporters of fish, has made a strategic investment in cultured seafood startup Avant Meats.
The Vietnamese company will become a shareholder in Hong Kong-based Avant after agreeing to acquire Vinh Techn... |
| 23.01.2021 | Cellular Aquaculture Startup BlueNalu Raises US$ 60M | San-Diego, US-based BlueNalu, a cellular aquaculture startup producing a variety of seafood products directly from fish cells raised US$ 60 million in debt financing from new and existing investors on 20 January 2021. |
| 22.01.2021 | BlueNalu sets sights on Asia after raising cultured seafood’s biggest round yet | San Diego-based BlueNalu just raised $60 million in a convertible note financing, which the startup claims is the biggest funding round yet in the ‘lab-grown’ seafood space.
Rage Capital led the funding, with a host of new and existing inve... |
| 20.01.2021 | Cell-based fish startup BlueNalu lands $60 million to build out San Diego factory | San Diego startup BlueNalu, which is growing fish fillets directly from real fish cells, has raised $60 million in convertible debt financing to build out a pilot factory, continue to pursue regulatory approval and launch its seafood in res... |
| 20.01.2021 | BlueNalu raises USD 60 million, with Thai Union and Rich Products investing | BlueNalu, a cellular aquaculture producer start-up based in San Diego, California, U.S.A., announced the closing of USD 60 million (EUR 49.6 million) in debt financing from new and existing investors this week ...
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| 20.01.2021 | BlueNalu raises $60m, gears up for commercial launch of cell-based seafood this year | BlueNalu, which raised $4.5m in seed funding in 2018 and a $20m series A round in early 2020, has just closed a $60m round* in debt financing that will enable it to move to a facility capable of producing around 500lbs of finished product... |
| 20.01.2021 | BlueNalu Receives $60M Convertible Note Financing | Lou Cooperhouse, BlueNalu’s President & CEO
BlueNalu, a San Diego, CA-based food company producing a variety of seafood products directly from fish cells, closed a $60m debt financing.
The convertible note financing round was led by Rag... |
| 20.01.2021 | BlueNalu Secures $60M, Cell-Based Seafood’s Largest Ever Funding Round | BlueNalu, producer a variety of seafood products directly from fish cells, today announced the closing of $60 million in debt financing from new and existing investors, which is the largest financing to date in the cell-based seafood indust... |
| 20.01.2021 | BlueNalu Secures $60M, Cell-Based Seafood’s Largest Ever Funding Round | ©BlueNalu
BlueNalu, producer a variety of seafood products directly from fish cells, today announced the closing of $60 million in debt financing from new and existing investors, which is the largest financing to date in the cell-based seaf... |
| 20.01.2021 | BlueNalu Nets US$60M In Record-Breaking Cell-Based Seafood Funding Round | 2 1
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Cell-based food tech BlueNalu has closed US$60 million in convertible note financing, in what is the largest funding round to date for the cultivated seafood industry. The food tech says that the capital will be use... |
| 19.01.2021 | Cell-based seafood producer BlueNalu raises $60 million as it preps for market launch | San Diego-based food start-up BlueNalu raised $60 million in debt financing from investors.
BlueNalu said it intends to use the funds to complete its regulatory review with the Food and Drug Administration and begin testing its cell-based p... |
| 19.01.2021 | BlueNalu Secures $60 Million in Convertible Note Financing | SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlueNalu, a leading innovative food company producing a variety of seafood products directly from fish cells, today announced the closing of $60 million in debt financing from new and existing investors. This mar... |
| 20.11.2020 | Alt Protein Startups MycoTechnology & BlueNalu Take Home Top Prizes In Radicle Protein Challenge | 1
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MycoTechnology and BlueNalu have been named winner and runner-up of the Radicle Protein Challenge by Syngenta, bagging home US$1 million and US$250,000 in investment respectively. The challenge was launched by Californ... |
| 19.11.2020 | Agronomics Invests $5m in Cell-Based Seafood Producer BlueNalu | BlueNalu's whole-muscle, cell-based yellowtail fish tacos, image supplied
Agronomics, a leading investor in cultivated meat and alternative protein, based in the UK’s Isle of Man, announces a $5 million subscription with cellular aquacultur... |
| 19.11.2020 | Cultivated Meat Investor Agronomics Raises US$13.2M In Oversubscribed Equity Round | 1
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Agronomics, a U.K.-based investment company focused on cultivated meat and alternative proteins, has completed an oversubscribed equity fundraise of £10.0 million (US$13.2 million). The capital will go towards supporti... |
| 19.11.2020 | Agronomics Invests $5m in Cell-Based Seafood Producer BlueNalu | Agronomics, a leading investor in cultivated meat and alternative protein, based in the UK’s Isle of Man, announces a $5 million subscription with cellular aquaculture specialist BlueNalu, stating it will be paid using cash from its own res... |
| 06.11.2020 | MycoTechnology and BlueNalu Announced Winners of Radicle Protein Challenge, Receive $1.25M Investment | Radicle Growth has announced MycoTechnology and BlueNalu as the winners of Syngenta’s Radicle Protein Challenge. The Challenge was initiated to uncover innovation and invest a total of $1.25 million in two leading players in the transformat... |
| 06.11.2020 | MycoTechnology and BlueNalu Announced Winners of Radicle Protein Challenge, Receive $1.25M Investment | BlueNalu's whole-muscle, cell-based yellowtail fish tacos, image supplied
Radicle Growth has announced MycoTechnology and BlueNalu as the winners of Syngenta’s Radicle Protein Challenge. The Challenge was initiated to uncover innovation and... |
| 04.11.2020 | Pushing for US & Middle East to eat organic, Saudi prince joins Back To The Roots round | KBW Ventures, the early-stage investment firm run by Saudi Arabian prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, has joined an investment round into Oakland, California’s organic gardening company Back to the Roots.
The round, of undisclose... |
| 03.11.2020 | Syngenta Group invests $1.25m in new protein technologies | |
| 27.10.2020 | The Most Exciting Alt Seafood Startups According To A Food Tech Investor | 12 3
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Editor’s Note: It’s the worst time in history for our oceans. They are filled with plastic, covered in dead zones caused by human pollution, dominated by hugely unethical fishing supply chains… Sealife doesn’t sta... |
| 22.07.2020 | Hybrid products could drive first wave of cell-based meat launches, predicts Higher Steaks as it unveils pork belly, bacon prototypes | By weight, the pork belly prototypes contain 50% muscle cells grown in a bioreactor (without the use of bovine serum) and 50% plant-based proteins and fats; while the bacon contains 70% muscle cells and 30% plant-based materials.
“We’re alr... |
| 21.07.2020 | New Study Concludes ‘Cell-Based’ Labelling On Cellular Ag Seafood ‘Best Term’ For Labeling | 5 Mins Read
A new consumer study finds that the term “cell-based” is the best way to label seafood made from cells grown in labs. Crucially, the study’s data would appear to illustrate that the term ‘did a good job at signaling’ that the pr... |
| 09.07.2020 | BlueNalu Announces Partnership With Pulmuone to Bring Cellbased Seafood to South Korea | BlueNalu's whole-muscle, cell-based yellowtail medallions, image supplied
BlueNalu announced yesterday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Pulmuone Co. Ltd, a Seoul-based producer of traditional perishable foods such as tofu a... |
| 09.07.2020 | BlueNalu Announces Partnership With Pulmuone to Bring Cellbased Seafood to South Korea | BlueNalu announced yesterday the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Pulmuone Co. Ltd, a Seoul-based producer of traditional perishable foods such as tofu and bean sprouts. This move marks BlueNalu’s first collaboration in South K... |
| 22.06.2020 | BlueNalu Announces its Cellbased Seafood Products Will be on Shelves Next Year | BlueNalu's whole-muscle, cell-based yellowtail fish tacos, image supplied
BlueNalu, the California-based producer of cell-based seafood products, recently announced it will launch its products during the second half of 2021, as well as a ne... |
| 22.06.2020 | BlueNalu Announces its Cellbased Seafood Products Will be on Shelves Next Year | BlueNalu, the California-based producer of cell-based seafood products, recently announced it will launch its products during the second half of 2021, as well as a new facility and team following the completion of its $20 million Series A r... |
| 27.05.2020 | Japanese cell cultured meat co IntegriCulture raises $7.4m, aims to commercialize foie gras in 2021 | The round – backed by Beyond Next Ventures, multinational food company NH Foods, AgFunder and other investors – follows a US$2.7m seed round raised in 2018, and will be used to fund R&D work, build the production facility for foie gras,... |
| 23.04.2020 | Elysabeth Alfano’s Plant-Based Business Hour With Lou Cooperhouse of BlueNalu | Lou Cooperhouse, CEO and President of BlueNalu, joins Elysabeth Alfano on The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss the waste, inefficiency, cruelty and environmental biproduct of fishing and fish farms alongside its rising worldwide rising d... |
| 26.02.2020 | BlueNalu Secures $20 Million to Accelerate Cell-Based Seafood | In what is reportedly the largest Series A raise in cell-based history, cellular aquaculture producer BlueNalu receives $20 million from strategic investors, including Griffith Foods, Nutreco, Pulmuone, Rich Product Ventures. New investors ... |
| 26.02.2020 | BlueNalu Secures $20 Million in Series A Financing | SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BlueNalu, a leading innovative food company producing seafood directly from fish cells, today announced the successful completion of its $20 million Series A round of funding. This financing will enable BlueNalu ... |
| 26.02.2020 | Food startup BlueNalu raises $20M Series A funding to produce seafood directly from fish cells | BlueNalu, a food production startup company focused on cellular aquaculture, has closed $20 million Series A round of funding to develop a good manufacturing practices (GMP) pilot production facility in San Diego, expand its world-class tea... |
| 26.02.2020 | BlueNalu has raised a $20M Series A to produce seafood directly from fish cells | - |
| 26.02.2020 | BlueNalu raises $20m, gears up for small-scale launch of cell-based seafood in late 2021 | The Series A round was led by Stray Dog Capital, CPT Capital, New Crop Capital, and Clear Current Capital, each of which participated in BlueNalu’s $4.5m seed round.
Additional strategic investors include animal nutrition and aquafeed firm ... |
| 26.02.2020 | BlueNalu Secures $20M in Series A |
SAN DIEGO, CA, BlueNalu announced the successful completion of its $20 million Series A round of funding.
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| 26.02.2020 | BlueNalu Secures $20 Million in Series A Financing | Leading company in cell-based seafood receives funding from five strategic investors, including Griffith Foods, Nutreco, Pulmuone, Rich Product Ventures, and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
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| 26.02.2020 | BlueNalu Raises $20M in Series A Financing | BlueNalu, a San Diego, CA-based innovative food company producing seafood directly from fish cells, closed its $20m Series A round of funding.
The round was co-led by Stray Dog Capital, CPT Capital, New Crop Capital, and Clear Current Capit... |
| 26.02.2020 | Cultivated Food Tech Startups Unite To Create Industry Alliance & Lobby For New Regulatory Framework | 0
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A new Alliance for Meat, Poultry & Seafood Innovation comprised of 5 cultivated food tech companies has been established to work with governmental bodies to determine regulation and labelling policies for cell-based produc... |
| 26.02.2020 | BlueNalu Secures $20 Million to Accelerate Cell-Based Seafood | ©BlueNalu
In what is reportedly the largest Series A raise in cell-based history, cellular aquaculture producer BlueNalu receives $20 million from strategic investors, including Griffith Foods, Nutreco, Pulmuone, Rich Product Ventures. New ... |
| 26.02.2020 | Cell-based seafood maker BlueNalu raises $20 million | SAN DIEGO — Cell-based seafood start-up BlueNalu secured $20 million in Series A funding.
Funds from the round, which was co-led by Stray Dog Capital, CPT Capital, New Crop Capital and Clear Current Capital, will go toward developing a pilo... |
| 11.02.2020 | Cell-based meat in focus: In conversation with Meatable, Finless Foods, New Age Meats | Despite all the hype, most startups in the space are still working in a laboratory (as opposed to a factory), although several have recently raised more substantial sums (Memphis Meats: $161m, Future Meat Technologies: $14m, Wild Type... |
| 07.07.2019 | Fish replacement may be the next big wave in alternative protein development | Brian Kateman Contributor
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| 11.02.2019 | The ‘world is watching’ the cell-based meat industry, says Memphis Meats VP: ‘Subpar early products can stigmatize an entire category for decades to come’ | “One thing has never been more clear,” Eric Schulze, PhD, VP product and regulation at cell-based meat startup Memphis Meats told delegates at the Industrializing Cell Based Meat Conference in San Francisco last week.
“The eyes of the w... |
| 11.02.2019 | From edible scaffolding to bio-printing: What would an industrial-scale cell-based meat plant look like? | While some start-ups such as Israeli firm Aleph Farms are focusing on growing 3D tissue on edible scaffolding upon which they are seeding multiple cell types to create thin strips of ‘steak,’ others are exploring techniques such as 3D bio... |
| 24.01.2019 | BlueNalu Announces World-Class Advisory Board | BlueNalu is a clean seafood company based in San Diego, established in 2018 with the mission to disrupt the seafood industry and to create and provide clean seafood to the world. To date, BlueNalu has attracted $4.5 million in funding, that... |
| 24.01.2019 | BlueNalu Announces World-Class Advisory Board | © BluNalu Inc.
BlueNalu is a clean seafood company based in San Diego, established in 2018 with the mission to disrupt the seafood industry and to create and provide clean seafood to the world. To date, BlueNalu has attracted $4.5 million i... |
| 11.12.2018 | JUST strikes deal in Japan to bring cell-cultured Wagyu beef to market | Under the deal, JUST will develop cultured Wagyu beef from Toriyama cell lines, and Awano (Toriyama's export agent with clients around the globe) will market and sell the meat.
While Wagyu beef is known for its high levels of intra-muscular... |
| 28.08.2018 | Daily funding roundup - August 28, 2018 | Andreessen Horowitz leads VGS's funding; Canvass Analytics raised $5M to explore AI applications
Very Good Security: Very Good Security (VGS) is a data security company founded in 2015 by established and driven entrepeneurial engineers, Mah... |
| 27.08.2018 | Clean Seafood: BlueNalu Receives $4.5 Million USD Investment | © BluNalu Inc.
The young startup company BlueNalu is active in the clean meat industry and specialises in the synthetic production of seafood. Now the San Diego-based company has raised a total of $4.5 million to realise its plan to conquer... |
| 27.08.2018 | Clean Seafood: BlueNalu Receives $4.5 Million USD Investment | The young startup company BlueNalu is active in the clean meat industry and specialises in the synthetic production of seafood. Now the San Diego-based company has raised a total of $4.5 million to realise its plan to conquer the market for... |
| 17.08.2018 | Last Week In Venture: August 17th 2018 | 13 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Investors are funneling staggering amounts of capital into startups these days. It’s easy to overlook the work that companies outside of the supergiant spotlight are contributing to startup ecosyste... |
| 17.08.2018 | Two Months After Launch, BlueNalu Secures $4.5m in Seed Funding | Startups in seafood and aquaculture technology are rapidly growing. Some 32 startups in the sector raised $122 million in funding in 2017, a 180% dollar increase on 2014 when AgFunder data records began and half the number of startups close... |
