South Korean seafood cultivation firm secures $13m in Series A fundraise
South Korean firm CellMeat's large-scale-oriented manufacturing plant, in Guri, Gyeonggi, has been under construction but is expected to open this month
Singapore’s Shiok puts alt seafood ambition on ice to focus on beef cells
Singapore-based Shiok Meats, one of the most visible adopters of cultivated seafood, has decided to focus on growing cultivated beef cells as its priority amid an industry-wide finance crunch
Lab-grown salmon revolutionary sees peaceful coexistence with traditional seafood
Wildtype founder Justin Kolbeck received a flood of calls from desperate seafood wholesalers in March asking if he had salmon for sale
Israeli firm reveals ‘world first’ 3D bio-printed cultivated fish fillet
The recently developed prototype was a ready-to-cook grouper fillet, printed with customized bio-inks utilizing grouper cells provided by Umami Meats
Walton-backed S2G Ventures creates new $300m ‘special opportunities’ fund
New fund brings S2G's assets under management to $2 billion
Italy moves to ban lab-grown seafood to protect Mediterranean diet
The proposed bill came hard on the heels of a series of government decrees banning the use of flour derived from insects such as crickets and locusts in pizza or pasta
BlueNalu partners with Nutreco to bring cell-cultured seafood closer to consumers
The two companies have signed a letter of intent to scale up a food-grade supply chain for cell-cultured seafood manufacturing
Investment in alternative seafood ‘grew steadily’ in 2022
More than $178 million was invested into alternative seafood in the first half of 2022
Dutch Nutreco, US BiomEdit team to produce feed additives
At the heart of the biofeed additives is human and animal gut microbiomes, or living points within the gastrointestinal tract
Lab-grown premium seafood trending with deep-pocket consumers
The production of lab-grown meat could offer 96% lower greenhouse-gas emissions