German Vaccine Scientists Are Now Applying Their Expertise to Scaling Cultivated Meat
One of Germany’s most respected scientific institutions is lending its bioprocess engineering expertise to the cultivated meat sector, in a new collaboration that could help bridge the gap between laboratory-scale cell cultivation and full industrial output. The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems in Magdeburg has entered into a formal research partnership with Rostock-based startup Innocent Meat under a project titled “Cellular Agriculture and Process Intensification” (ZELPI). …
Innocent Meat Raises €6M to Develop Automated Cell-Based Meat Platform
German biotechnology company Innocent Meat has secured €6 million in a new financing round to support the development of its automated production technology for cultivated meat and to begin construction of a demonstration facility. Founded in 2020 by Laura Gertenbach and Patrick Inomoto, Innocent Meat focuses on industrial-scale production systems for cell-based meat. The company’s platform is designed to enable meat processors to produce cultured meat using an integrated system …
Innocent Meat Raises €3M for Automated “Plug-and-Produce” Solution for Cultivated Meat
Innocent Meat, a startup pioneering the production of cultivated meat in Germany, announces that it has secured €3 million in financing despite the “challenging market environment.” Anchor investor Venture Capital Fonds MV supported the startup with €500 thousand, and a new undisclosed private investor invested €2.5 million. In 2020, Laura Gertenbach and Patrick Nonnenmache co-founded Innocent Meat with the goal of transforming meat production through cell-based methods. The company is …