64 Best Meat Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Meat Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 64 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $5.3b. The average funding per company in this subset is $83.0m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Impossible Foods logo

Impossible Foods

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

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Future Meat Technologies

An Israeli startup company that is working to make sustainable "animal-free" cell-based meat products available at the local level by adapting the distributed manufacturing model

4

Funding Rounds

$390.0m

Money raised

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Aleph Farms

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

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FreshToHome

FreshToHome is an India-based company that delivers fresh meat and fish to consumers across India and the Middle East.

5

Funding Rounds

$256.0m

Money raised

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Mosa Meat

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

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Wild Earth (company)

Wild Earth is a biotechnology company using cellular agriculture to produce high-protein pet food.

7

Funding Rounds

$21.2m

Money raised

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SCiFi Foods

SCiFi Foods (formerly Artemys Foods) is a company that makes and provides meat that is animal-free

4

Funding Rounds

$84.5m

Money raised

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Shiok Meats

Shiok Meats is a Singapore-based cellular agriculture company focusing on making cultured seafood.

5

Funding Rounds

$20.4m

Money raised

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Alpha Foods

Alpha Foods is a plant-based food company operating out of Glendale, California, that was founded in by Cole Orobetz and Loren Wallis in 2015.

4

Funding Rounds

$47.4m

Money raised

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Wild Type (company)

Wild Type is a San Francisco based company producing meat products like salmon using cellular agriculture lab techniques.

4

Funding Rounds

$119.5m

Money raised

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Motif FoodWorks

Motif Foodworks is a food ingredients company that uses biotechnology to brew proteins and nutrients, for sustainable foods.

4

Funding Rounds

$344.3m

Money raised

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Creator

Creator is the developer of a robotic burger maker.

4

Funding Rounds

$18.7m

Money raised

Meati Foods logo

Meati Foods

Meati Foods is a Colorado-based alternative meat company.

5

Funding Rounds

$81.1m

Money raised

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Prime Roots

Prime Roots (formerly Terramino Foods) is a food company located in San Leandro, California, founded by Kimberlie Le and Joshua Nixon in 2017 producing a salmon meat substitute made from fungi.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.6m

Money raised

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The Good Food Institute

An organization promoting clean meat, plant-based meat, and clean eggs and dairy as alternatives to traditional animal-based products.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.1m

Money raised

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Sunfed Meats

Sunfed Meats is a company located in New Zealand making plant-based meat substitutes primarily out of pea proteins. Sunfed's Chicken Free Chicken was the companies first pea protein based product to be sold on the market; with double the protein of chicken and triple the iron of beef.

2

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Foods for Tomorrow

Foods for Tomorrow is a plant-based food technology company located in Barcelona, Spain that was founded by Marc Coloma in 2017. Foods for Tomorrow makes a plant-based protein ingredient called Heura that mimics the texture of meat.

2

Funding Rounds

$270.0k

Money raised

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Sol Cuisine

Sol Cuisine is a food company manufacturing vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, organic, non-GMO, and fresh meat alternatives. The company was founded by Dror Balshine in 1980 and is located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Tofurky

Tofurky is a brand name of an alternative turkey alternative. Tofurky is a trademark of a company called Turtle Islands Foods that was founded by Seth Tibbot in 1980 operating out of Hood River, Oregon.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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The Very Good Butchers

The Very Good Butchers are a food company running a restaurant and vegan butcher shop making plant-based meat-alternatives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, that was founded by James Davidson and Tania Friesen in 2016.

1

Funding Rounds

$64.3k

Money raised

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New Age Meats

A cellular agriculture company creating meat cultured from animal cells.

7

Funding Rounds

$34.7m

Money raised

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Redefine Meat

Redefine Meat is a food technology company that is making a 3D printer capable of printing plant-based alternative meat products.

4

Funding Rounds

$41.0m

Money raised

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Munchery

Munchery is the operator of a recipe website where users can search recipes, find cooking tutorials, and a glossary of cooking terms. Based in San Francisco, Munchery originally opened in 2011 as a pre-made meal delivery company that closed in 2019.

6

Funding Rounds

$125.4m

Money raised

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Karana

Karana is a Singapore-based company that optimizes natural SE Asian ingredients like jackfruit and banana blossoms for use in food service and other applications.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.9m

Money raised

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NovaMeat

NovaMeat produces 3D printed plant-based meat substitutes through food printing and tissue engineering technologies.

3

Funding Rounds

$25.2m

Money raised

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Porter Road

Porter Road is an online butcher service headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee selling pasture-raised beef, pork, lamb, and chicken, delivered. Free of antibiotics, hormones, and GMOs.

2

Funding Rounds

$7.4m

Money raised

Planted Foods logo

Planted Foods

We bring delicious plant-based proteins with a perfect texture and fibre to the table - without any additives.

5

Funding Rounds

$85.0m

Money raised

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Licious

Licious is an India-based consumer fresh meat and seafood brand.

9

Funding Rounds

$488.5m

Money raised

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v2food

v2food is an Australian company making plant-based meat.

4

Funding Rounds

$220.2m

Money raised

Daring Foods logo

Daring Foods

Daring Foods is a company making plant-based chicken products founded in 2018 by Ross Mackay.

2

Funding Rounds

$48.0m

Money raised

Outstanding Foods logo

Outstanding Foods

Plant-based food company that makes products that are good for YOU and the planet. Empowering you to #BeOutstanding

5

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

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Simple Feast

Simple Feast is a Denmark-based company founded in 2015.

5

Funding Rounds

$135.0m

Money raised

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Akua

A company producing plant-based jerky and pasta made from sugar kelp and mushrooms.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.2m

Money raised

Hooray Foods logo

Hooray Foods

A company making plant-based meat products that are gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free.

1

Funding Rounds

$524.0k

Money raised

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The Meatless Farm Company

A company making plant-based meat alternatives made to imitate the taste and texture of animal meats.

3

Funding Rounds

$63.2m

Money raised

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Cauldron Foods

A specialty food company specializing in vegetable-based sausages and tofu products.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.4m

Money raised

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Juicy Marbles

Reverse meat grinder. We take plant protein and make steaks out of it.

2

Funding Rounds

$9.0m

Money raised

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Ollie (company)

Ollie is a company founded in 2016.

2

Funding Rounds

$17.0m

Money raised

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Kettle & Fire

Kettle & Fire is an Austin, Texas-based company founded in 2016 by Nick Mares.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

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Per Diem

Per Diem is a subscriptions for local businesses founded in 2021 by Tomer Molovinsky.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

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Jack & Bry

Food tech company creating delicious, jackfruit-based meat alternatives.

2

Funding Rounds

$3.4m

Money raised

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The Fit Body Company

A company offering an online e-commerce platform for sport supplements and nutrition.

1

Funding Rounds

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PetPlate

PetPlate is a company founded in 2016.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

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Meatme.ca

Meatme.ca is a Vancouver-based company founded in 2015.

2

Funding Rounds

$16.0k

Money raised

Open Farm logo

Open Farm

Open Farm is a company founded in 2014.

1

Funding Rounds

$65.0m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$170.0m

Money raised

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The New Primal

The New Primal is a North Charleston, South Carolina-based jerky company.

1

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

Biena Foods logo

Biena Foods

Biena Foods is a Boston-based meat company founded in 2012.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

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4505 Meats

4505 Meats makes all natural, meaty snacks

1

Funding Rounds

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Hamburguesas El Corral

Hamburguesas El Corral is a colombian restaurant chain founded in 2007.

1

Funding Rounds

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Realeats Meals

Realeats Meals is a Geneva, New York-based company founded in 2016.

1

Funding Rounds

$16.0m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$6.1m

Money raised

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Country Archer Beef Jerky

A company making jerky products in San Bernardino, California.

1

Funding Rounds

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Fresh Kitchen

Fresh Kitchen is a company founded in 2014.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.0m

Money raised

Bobo's logo

Bobo's

Bobo's is a Boulder, Colorado-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.5m

Money raised

Crowd Cow logo

Crowd Cow

Crowd Cow is a Seattle-based meat company.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

Country Archer Jerky Co. logo

Country Archer Jerky Co.

Country Archer Jerky Co. is a San Bernardino, California-based company founded in 1977 by Eugene Kang.

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Crowd Cow, Inc. logo

Crowd Cow, Inc.

Crowd Cow, Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2016.

2

Funding Rounds

$17.6m

Money raised

Muscle Food logo

Muscle Food

Muscle Food is a Nottingham-based meat company founded in 2013 by Darren Beale.

1

Funding Rounds

$13.5m

Money raised

Mason Dixie Foods logo

Mason Dixie Foods

Mason Dixie Foods is a Baltimore-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.3m

Money raised

Future Farm logo

Future Farm

Future Farm is a meat company.

1

Funding Rounds

$58.0m

Money raised

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Stryve Bilton

Stryve Bilton is a Texas-based meat company.

1

Funding Rounds

$16.5m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised