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There are 8 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $3.0b. The average funding per company in this subset is $369.5m.
Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.
Impossible Foods is a plant-based meat company making meat and dairy products that are made to look and feel like animal products by manufacturing heme, the oxygen binding molecule found in blood, using engineered yeast grown in bioreactors.
11
Funding Rounds
$1.9b
Money raised
Just, Inc. (formerly known as Hampton Creek) is a food technology company developing and selling plant based food products around the world.
8
Funding Rounds
$220.0m
Money raised
Aleph Farms is an Israeli cellular agriculture start-up founded by Didier Toubia and Shulamit Levenberg in 2017 developing technologies for culturing meat products into 3D structures.
4
Funding Rounds
$119.8m
Money raised
Upside Foods is a San Francisco-based company making cultured meat products. The company was founded by Uma Valeti, Nicholas Genovese, and Will Clem.
4
Funding Rounds
$580.8m
Money raised
Mosa Meat is a Dutch start-up company that makes and commercializes clean meat, meat made by growing animal cells directly rather than slaughtering animals.
6
Funding Rounds
$138.2m
Money raised
Hungry Planet is a food technology startup company founded in 2016 by siblings Todd and Jody Boyman. Hungry Planet is located in St.Louis, Missouri, and produces plant-based meats. The company offers beef, Italian sausage, chorizo, chicken, pork, crab and turkey - available in chubs (ground), crumble and patties.
1
Funding Rounds
$25.0m
Money raised
The Herbivorous Butcher is a vegan meat shop creating meat-free meats and cheese-free cheeses. Siblings Aubry and Kale Walch founded The Herbivorous Butcher in 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the mission to promote healthy and ethical eating.
1
Funding Rounds
$61.8k
Money raised
The Abbot's Butcher is a food company founded in 2016 by Kerry Song and headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, making plant-based meat alternatives.
4
Funding Rounds
$1.1m
Money raised