Upside Foods

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Developing a way to produce real meat from animal cells, without the need to feed, breed, and slaughter actual animals.

Uma Valeti

CEO + Cofounder at Upside Foods

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memphismeats.com

Employees 51–100

Headquarters Berkeley, California, United States

Our company was founded in 2015 on the belief that we shouldn't have to choose between the meat we love and a thriving planet.

We’ve already produced many of the world’s cultured meat breakthroughs:

World’s first cultured beef meatball in 2016
World’s first cultured chicken & duck in 2017
Largest Series B funding round to date in the category in 2020

But the biggest milestone is still to come: bringing cultivated meat to consumers. Our pilot plant facility is our first step towards commercial-scale production. Working alongside our regulatory partners, we hope to share our first products with consumers by the end of 2021. The US is going to be our first market, but our ambitions are global.

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January 22, 2020

Memphis Meats Raises $161 Million In Funding, Aims To Bring Cell-Based Products To Consumers For The First Time

Memphis Meats is on its way to being the first cell-based meat company to bring their product to market.

Forbes »

October 15, 2018

Would you eat slaughter-free meat?

There's a looming crisis over the world's appetite for meat. This chicken nugget may be the answer.

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December 27, 2021

The 2021 Good Tech Awards

This year, technology companies stepped up on housing and criminal justice — with a dash of whistle-blowers mixed in.

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September 28, 2021

How Unreasonable Is Re-Purposing Capitalism By Championing World Changing Entrepreneurs And Creating An ‘Ecosystem Of Good’ (Part 2)

I have long been fascinated by Unreasonable, an investment house that is building a unique ‘ecosystem for good’ that is nurturing entrepreneurs tackling some of the world’s largest challenges.

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