TurtleTree Labs, a Singaporean company developing cell-based milk products, has raised $30 million in the first tranche of its Series A funding round. The round was led by VERSO Capital.
TurtleTree Unveils the “World’s First” Animal-Free Lactoferrin
Singaporean biotech TurtleTree today debuts what it claims is the world’s first precision fermentation-produced animal-free lactoferrin, named LF+, at an event in San Francisco before its Q4 2023 market entry. Lactoferrin, known as “pink gold” because of its high value and iron-rich pink hue, is a bioactive milk protein and one of the most powerful ingredients in cow’s milk. It has excellent functional benefits for immunity, iron regulation, and digestive …
The Companies Removing Fetal Bovine Serum to Make Ethical, Slaughter-Free Meat
Last week, GOOD Meat received the first-in-the-world regulatory approval to use fetal bovine serum-free media in its cultivated poultry production process. With this significant milestone in the history of cultivated meat, we discuss the companies paving the way for ethical, slaughter-free meat. Removing fetal bovine serum (FBS) from cultivated meat production has been among the industry’s major challenges. FBS has been the default growth supplement for in vitro cell culture used by …
TurtleTree Hires Cellular Bioprocessing Expert Dr. Aletta Schnitzler as Chief Scientific Officer
TurtleTree hires cellular bioprocessing expert as Chief Scientific Officer to help strategically execute the company’s innovation plans. Biotech company TurtleTree Labs has hired Dr. Aletta Schnitzler, formerly the R&D Director of Merck KGaA’s Cultured Meat division, as its Chief Scientific Officer. She is described as a “world-class expert in cellular bioprocessing”. Dr. Schnitzler has a PhD in Immunology and Neuroscience from the Boston University School of Medicine. After receiving her …
TurtleTree’s New Sacramento R&D Facility Set to Bring Cell-Based Milk & Dairy to Consumers
TurtleTree, the Singapore based producer of the world’s first human breast milk created with cellular technology, has officially announced the opening of a new R&D facility in West Sacramento, which will develop precision fermentation technology, marking a “significant stride towards the production of consumer-ready milk and dairy” according to the company. The company, whose recently launched subsidiary Turtle Tree Science is working to bring cell-based meat and dairy products to …
TurtleTree and Solar Biotech Join Forces to Bring Cell Cultured Milk Closer to Market
Bio food tech startup TurtleTree has entered a new strategic partnership with industrial biomanufacturing specialist Solar Biotech. The deal is an important step in TurtleTree’s scale-up process for the manufacture of its cell-based milk ingredients. Solar Biotech, led by industrial biotech expert Alex Berlin, brings bioproducts from benchtop to industrial bioprocessing commercial scale using proprietary technology and solar energy. This is a key move for TurtleTree as one of the …
TurtleTree Labs Prepares to Commercialise its First Human Cell-Based Milk Product
Singapore’s cell-based milk pioneers TurtleTree Labs has announced it is preparing to commercially launch its first product – lactoferrin – a protein usually derived from cow’s milk which the team has optimised for humans from the blueprint of human breast milk and is making it available to all. “We have seen tremendous interest from global partners in our portfolio of human and cow’s milk products” In addition to its protective …
TurtleTree Partners With JSBiosciences to Commercially Produce Cell Culture Media at Scale
TurtleTree Scientific, an arm of cell-cultured milk company TurtleTree Labs, has entered into a strategic partnership with JSBiosciences. The collaboration will allow TurtleTree to produce cell culture media on a commercial scale.