Cellular Agriculture: Top Funded Food Companies (2020)

#1: Perfect Day

Founders: Ryan Pandya, Perumal Gandhi, and Isha Datar

Focus: Dairy proteins

Founded: 2014

Launched Products: Perfect Day Ice Cream (2019); Smitten Ice Cream (2020); Urgent Company’s Brave Robot Ice Cream (2020)

Funding to Date: $361.5M

Year of Last Funding: 2020

Last Funding Round: Series C

#2: Memphis Meats

Founders: Uma Valeti and Nicholas Genovese

Focus: Cell-based beef and poultry

Founded: 2015

Strategic Partners: Tyson Foods, Cargill

Funding to Date: $208M

Year of Last Funding: 2020

Last Funding Round: Series B

#3: Motif FoodWorks

Founders: Dr. Jason Kelly

Focus: Animal proteins

Founded: 2019

Strategic Partners: Ginkgo Bioworks

Funding to Date: $117.5M

Year of Last Funding: 2019

Last Funding Round: Series A

#4: Geltor

Founders: Alexander Lorestani and Nick Ouzounov

Focus: Collagen (food, cosmetics, leather)

Founded: 2015

Launched Products: Collume (2018), HumaColl21 (2019), Elastapure (2020)

Funding to Date: $116.3M

Year of Last Funding: 2020

Last Funding Round: Series B

#5: Clara Foods

Founders: Arturo Elizondo, David Anchel, and Isha Datar

Focus: Egg white proteins

Founded: 2014

Strategic Partners: Ingredion

Funding to Date: $46.8M

Year of Last Funding: 2019

Last Funding Round: Series B