Hong Kong: Cultured fish producer Avant Meats announces that VHC, the world’s largest pangasius fish company, will establish a strategic partnership with Avant to accelerate commercialization of cultivated fish protein.
Avant’s Zellulin Cell-Cultured Peptide Becomes First Non-Food Product to Earn C-Label Certification
Avant’s Zellulin® ZelluGEN™ has achieved a milestone in the growing field of cellular agriculture by becoming the first non-food product to receive the C-Label certification. The C-Label, created by V-Label, is a standard that aims to ensure transparency and ethical practices in products derived from cellular agriculture. Zellulin® ZelluGEN™, a multi-peptide complex derived from fish cells, is produced through cell cultivation rather than traditional animal sourcing, positioning it as a …
Avant Raises $10.8M to Commercialise Cultivated Seafood by 2023
Chinese biotech firm Avant has raised $10.8 million in its Series A funding round. The company intends to use the funding to commercialise cultivated seafood. The round was led by S2G Ventures, with other investors including Lever VC, CPT Capital, and Good Startup. It follows a seed round in late 2020, where Avant secured $3.1 million. At the time, the company was hoping to bring its products to market the …
New Production Facility in Singapore for Cell-Cultured Fish Pioneer Avant
After being named as one of the World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers” recently, Hong Kong’s cell-cultured fish pioneer Avant has announced the opening of a new production facility in Singapore. Joining forces with A*STAR’s Bioprocessing Technology Institute, a Joint Research Laboratory for Cultivated Fish Bioprocessing in Biopolis, Singapore will be established. The research collaboration will advance the scale-up of Avant’s proprietary process to enable cost-effective, food-grade production of cell-cultured fish. …
Cell-Cultured Fish Company Avant Named “Technology Pioneer” by World Economic Forum
Avant, a Hong Kong company developing cell-cultured fish, has been named as one of the World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers”. The company was recognised for its contributions in the field of Global Public Goods. “We believe a technology-enabled food industry allows more efficient use of natural resources and lands for the growing population on this planet.” Carrie Chan In total, 100 companies from 26 countries on six continents made the …
Avant Meats Raises US$3.1M to Bring Cultivated Fish to Market in 2021
Hong Kong-based startup Avant Meats, whose slogan is “Gratify without sacrifice”, produces sustainable fish and seafood products, using cell technology. This week Avant closed a seed round of funding with US$3.1 million to support its R&D efforts and is expected to launch its cultured fish meat products to market as soon as 2021.