Transforming the food industry in Asia with cell-based meat and seafood
Notable Achievements
- Partnered up with one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to develop the world's first shrimp stem cell media
- In November 2020, Shiok Meats launched it's second product line the world’s first cell-based lobster meat
- Raised $20M+ including their latest Series A. Notable investors include Monde Nissin and AiiM Partners
Currently Operating in One Region
Press Mentions

August 31, 2021
World First: Cell-Based Crab Meat Unveiled At Shiok Meats Tasting
Shiok Meats just debuted the world's first cell-based crab in a private testing event, which also featured cultivated lobster and shrimp.
Read on Green Queen »
September 21, 2023
Navigating the "valley of death": Struggles of S'pore deep tech startups in commercialisation
Commercialisation generally tends to be more complex for deep tech startups, but what makes the journey from lab to market so challenging?
Read on Vulcan Post »
June 26, 2023
Singapore-based alternative food producer pauses seafood development
Singapore-based Shiok Meats has paused its seafood development to focus on producing cell-based meat. The company aims to launch its first product, cell-based shrimp, in 2022.
Read on IntraFish.com | Latest seafood, aquaculture and fisheries news »
June 6, 2023
Shiok Meat’s Sandhya Sriram Gets Personal: ‘As A Pioneer, You Have To Break A Lot More Barriers And A Lot More Glass Ceilings’ - Green Queen
Sandhya Sriram is co-founder and CEO at Shiok Meats, a Singapore-headquartered cultivated meat and seafood company founded in 2018 that has raised over $30 million in funding. Below, she talks to...
Read on Green Queen »
May 9, 2023
Foodtech darling Shiok Meats faces scale-up issues, employee allegations
Shiok Meats CEO shares challenges faced as a foodtech startup, including employee allegations and losing 50 team members in a month due to COVID-19. The company also faces scaling issues.
Read on The Business Times »
November 26, 2022
Stem cell meat from Singapore: How we will eat in the future
Eggs, chicken and fish from the laboratory: Singapore is the first country in the world where meat from stem cells can be marketed. Will the world be fed with it in the future – and how does it...
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