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

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Uma Valeti

CEO + Cofounder at Upside Foods

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Employees 101–200
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.

Press Mentions

October 21, 2026

Goldman Sachs Names UPSIDE Foods CEO Uma Valeti an Exceptional Entrepreneur of 2026 - vegconomist - the

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October 14, 2026

UPSIDE Foods Honored by Goldman Sachs for Entrepreneurship

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April 3, 2026

Bruce Friedrich on the Future of Meat: Plant-Based, Cultivated, and the Race to Feed the World

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January 27, 2026

"The Future Of Food"? MrBeast's Viral Video Of Lab-Grown Chicken Meat Stirs Online Debate

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