Bluu Seafood Presents First Cultivated Seafood Products in Europe – Ready to Enter Regulatory Approval Process in Asia, the U.S., the UK, and the EU

August 10, 2022 Bluu Seafood

Bluu Seafood, leading European Foodtech to produce cultivated fish and seafood, has presented the first market-ready products made from cultivated fish cells. Their fish fingers and fish balls contain cultivated fish cells as the main ingredient and have been enriched with plant proteins to optimize cooking behavior and mouthfeel.

Wanda Fish Technologies Enters Collaboration with Tufts University

March 29, 2022 Wanda Fish Technologies

FoodTech start-up Wanda Fish Technologies, Ltd. has signed two agreements with Tufts University to advance the company’s goals in the emerging field of cultivated fish. Under a licensing agreement, Wanda Fish gains exclusive rights to certain intellectual property in fish cell cultivation developed by Tufts researcher David Kaplan, a leader in the field of cellular agriculture. Additionally, a two-year sponsored research agreement with the university supports Kaplan’s research into cellular agriculture-based production of fish tissue.

Wildtype Sets Course to Bring Cultivated Seafood to Market with $100M Series B Funding Round

February 24, 2022 Wildtype

Wildtype, a startup creating sushi-grade cultivated salmon, today announced the completion of a $100 million Series B funding round, the largest for a cultivated seafood company. The round was led by L Catterton, and includes investments from Leonardo DiCaprio, Bezos Expeditions, Temasek, S2G Ventures Oceans and Seafood Fund, Robert Downey Jr.’s FootPrint Coalition, Cargill, and several prominent chefs and professional athletes.

UPSIDE Foods Acquires Cultivated Seafood Company Cultured Decadence

February 4, 2022 UPSIDE Foods

UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats), the leading company in the cultivated meat, poultry, and seafood industry, announced the acquisition of Cultured Decadence, a Madison, Wisconsin-based cultivated seafood company.

Lab-Grown Shrimp’s Price Tag Shows Long Way Ahead to Mass Market

Singapore-based Shiok Meats Pte plans to launch its flagship cell-based shrimp in 18 months at about S$50 ($37) a kilogram, Chief Executive Officer Sandhya Sriram said in an interview. That’s roughly double the price of real prawns.