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Investment Climate Podcast: George Zheleznyi of Cultimate Foods – How to get funded in 2024

In this podcast series, co-produced by vegconomist, Alex Shandrovsky interviews investors about benchmarks for funding Alt Proteins in 2024 and uncovers the investment playbooks of successful Climate Tech CEOs and Leading VCs. Podcast Host Alex Shandrovksy is a strategic advisor to numerous global food tech accelerators and companies, including alternative proteins and cellular agriculture leaders. His focus is on investor relations and post-raise scale for agrifood tech companies. Episode 12: George Zheleznyi of Cultimate In this episode, Alex talks to George, co-founder and CEO of Cultimate Foods, a Berlin based biotechnology startup developing a cultivated fat ingredient for plant based meat aiming to replicate the taste and texture of traditional animal meat. George discusses the importance of having strong Letters of Intent (LOIs), supported by …

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Why Fat is Key in Plant-Based Products

Back in April of this year, Cultimate raised a substantial 2.3 million euros in seed funding. Four months later, the cultivated fat brand is well on its way to becoming a significant player in the alternative protein industry. In its latest New Food Hub interview, ProVeg International sat down with Cultimate’s co-founder and CEO, George Zhelezyni, to learn more about the potential of cultivated fat. Not only does Zhelezyni share expert insights about the innovative cultivated fat market, but he also gives some honest advice for founders and start-ups looking to thrive in the alternative protein space. The low-down on fat In today’s market for plant-based foods, it’s meat-eaters that need unlocking. According to Zhelezyni, fat will be the key ingredient to achieving this. “We’ve …

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Cultimate Foods: “Cultured Fat Can Immensely Improve the Quality and Flavour Experience of a Meat Alternative”

Founded in 2022, the Berlin startup Cultimate Foods specialises in the cultivation of animal fat. As an ingredient, the fat is intended to give plant-based meat products an authentic meat flavour and texture. The result is a hybrid product, i.e. a combination of plant-based protein and cell-based ingredients. At the end of April 2024, the company received   from leading biotech and foodtech investors. Eugenia Sagué, co-founder and MD, and Senior Scientist Dr Marline Kirsch explain why the company decided to cultivate fat cells, which nutrient solution is used for this and what the biggest challenges currently are for the startup. Cultimate Foods focuses on hybrid products in which plant-based products are combined with cultured animal cells. Why are you focussing on this hybrid form …

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Cultimate Foods showcased its CultiFat at a tasted event held at ProVeg Incubator in Germany

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Cultimate Foods Secures €2.3M to “Deliver the Meaty Flavors Consumers Crave” Via Cultivated Fats

Despite the difficult fundraising environment, German startup Cultimate Foods, a B2B cultivated fat supplier for the alt protein industry, has secured €2.3 million in seed funding to scale the production of its functional ingredient, CultiFat, and expand its operations and commercial collaborations. High-Tech Gründerfonds, one of Europe’s leading seed investors, led the round, which also included participation from the Life Science Valley Wachstumsfonds, b.value AG, and Kale United. Food tech investor Big Idea Ventures also joined the round. Made from beef and pork fat cells using cell ag technology, CultiFat contains the essential fatty acids responsible for the distinctive flavor and aroma of meat. According to Cultimate Foods, its fat is a game-changing ingredient that elevates the taste and texture of plant-based meat. The German startup has developed two …

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Cultimate Foods showcased its CultiFat at a tasted event held at ProVeg Incubator in Germany

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Cultimate Foods Showcases Hybrid Burgers Enriched with “Game-Changing” Cultivated Fat

Germany’s Cultimate Foods, a biotech specialist in cultivated fat, recently presented a product called CultiFat, featured in hybrid burgers, during a demo tasting event hosted by the startup accelerator ProVeg Incubator. CultiFat is a functional ingredient for hybrid products that replaces flavorings, coconut oil, and methylcellulose in plant-based meat. The product is cell-cultivated from intramuscular beef or pork fat, appreciated for containing the fatty acids that give meat its unique taste and aroma. Albrecht Wolfmeyer, director of the ProVeg Incubator, said: “This is a game-changing functional ingredient that can help transform the plant-based meat category. We’re excited to see what the team has achieved already and what’s next in terms of research, product development and commercialisation. We’re here to support them all the way.” Next-level …

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