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05/21/2026

Big news from our portfolio company SuperMeat 🎉

The Israeli cultivated chicken startup has raised $6M in fresh funding — part of a targeted $10M Series A4 round — and has filed for regulatory approval in Switzerland, with plans to launch its cultivated chicken there through a distribution partnership with Micarna Group, a subsidiary of Swiss retail giant Migros.

What makes SuperMeat's progress especially notable is the technical ground they've covered on cost. Their product is 100% cultivated chicken — no plant-based filler — and they've brought production costs down to $11.80 per lb at commercial scale. A 2024 lifecycle analysis also found their chicken produces roughly 50% fewer carbon emissions than conventionally raised chicken.

With over $24.5M raised to date and a clear path to a European launch market, SuperMeat is one of the companies demonstrating what a credible route to market looks like for cultivated meat — even in a tough funding environment.

We're proud to back this team. 🐔

🔗 Full story: https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/supermeat-funding-lab-grown-meat-cultivated-chicken-switzerland/

Cultivated meat startup SuperMeat has raised $6M in fresh financing, as part of a targeted $10M Series A4 round, and filed for regulatory approval in Switzerland.

05/15/2026

Here's something worth knowing: the global chocolate supply is in trouble — and one of our portfolio companies is working on the solution.

California Cultured, a Sacramento-based food-tech company, just announced a research partnership with UC Davis, funded by the National Science Foundation and BioMADE, to bring cultured cocoa closer to commercial reality.

Instead of harvesting cacao from trees threatened by climate change, California Cultured grows cacao cells directly in bioreactors — no farmland, no weather risk, no deforestation. The resulting cocoa is chemically identical to conventionally grown cocoa.

The partnership is focused on making the technology affordable at scale. They've already proven the concept works in 1,600-liter bioreactors, and they're targeting the start of commercial cocoa powder production in early 2027 to fulfill an existing purchase order from a chocolate company.

In a world where cocoa prices have spiked dramatically due to crop failures, this kind of innovation isn't just exciting — it's necessary.

So proud of the California Cultured team. 🍫

🔗 Full story: https://engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/could-cultured-chocolate-unlock-next-food-revolution

With cocoa crops increasingly threatened by climate change, UC Davis engineers are helping develop cultured chocolate grown directly from plant cells. The burgeoning technology could transform how chocolate is produced while making the treat more sustainable and resilient.

05/07/2026

We love a story where a founder says something bold — and then actually does it. 🙌

In 2021, Chunk Foods CEO Amos Golan predicted that within five years, Chunk would be on the shelves at Whole Foods.

This week, five years later, Chunk Foods officially launched at Whole Foods Market locations across the Northeast US — with a nationwide rollout coming in June.

Chunk makes fermentation-based whole-cut meat alternatives: steaks, pulled, and now a new Moroccan Cubes variety with 19g of protein per serving. This isn't a reformulated burger — it's a genuinely different approach to plant-based protein, built to satisfy in ways the first generation of alt-meat products often couldn't.

We're incredibly proud of Amos and the Chunk Foods team. This is what the long game looks like.

🔗 Full story: https://vegconomist.com/retail-e-commerce/chunk-foods-lands-whole-foods-listing-northeast-us-nationwide-rollout-set-june/

Chunk Foods has secured shelf space at Whole Foods Market locations across the Northeast United States, with a nationwide expansion planned for June, founder

04/23/2026

What does the future of food actually look like right now — from the perspective of an investor on the ground?

Our Managing Partner, Lisa Feria, just shared her takeaways from Future Food Tech in San Francisco, and it's a great read for anyone following where food innovation is heading.

The short version: "better-for-you" is no longer enough. The companies winning today are the ones delivering clear, measurable health benefits — and doing it at a price point real people can afford. With GLP-1 medications reshaping how millions of Americans eat, and food costs up ~30% over five years, the pressure to make every bite count has never been higher.

Lisa also highlights what a few of our portfolio companies — NuCicer, 4AG Robotics, and California Cultured — are doing to address these challenges from the ingredient and infrastructure side.

Check out the full post on our blog:
https://straydogcapital.com/future-food-tech-takeaways-function-wins-and-affordability-decides/

Our Managing Partner, Lisa Feria, recently attended Future Food Tech in San Francisco. She shares her thoughts below on the shifts in food innovation, the changing landscape due to the rise of GLP-1s, and impacts from affordability. The Food System Is Shifting Toward Health Outcomes One theme kept c...

04/01/2026

Big news for the future of food 🌱

The Dutch government just invested $4.7M in three cutting-edge cellular agriculture projects focused on scaling cultivated meat and precision fermentation — and our portfolio company Mosa Meat is part of it.

Mosa Meat — the pioneering company behind the world’s very first cultivated beef burger back in 2013 — is a partner on the Up-Cell project, which is tackling one of the biggest bottlenecks in the industry: engineering animal cells that can thrive at industrial scale in bioreactors.

The Netherlands has quietly become one of the most important countries in the world for this space. With over €127M invested in cellular agriculture research, open-access scale-up facilities, and a population that broadly supports these technologies, it’s showing what a real national strategy looks like.

At Stray Dog Capital, we invest in companies building a more humane and sustainable food system. Mosa Meat has been doing that work for over a decade, and seeing that work recognized and supported at the government level is a meaningful signal for the whole sector.

Read the full story: https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/cellular-agriculture-netherlands-cultivated-meat-fermentation-funding/

The Dutch Research Council has awarded €4.1M ($4.7M) to three cellular agriculture research projects looking to scale up cultivated meat and precision-fermented foods.

03/27/2026

Exciting to see Aleph Farms bringing cultivated meat one step closer to the dinner table 🥩🌱

The team recently showcased a taste test of its cultivated beef steak — an important moment as the industry continues to focus on taste, texture, and real consumer experience.

Because at the end of the day, it’s not just about how food is made — it’s about how it tastes.

Read more here:
https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/aleph-farms-cultivated-meat-lab-grown-beef-steak-taste-test/

In a blind taste test, consumers rated Aleph Farms's cultivated meat just as good as beef on the flavour and texture scale, with half saying they'd order it in a restaurant.

03/18/2026

The UK is taking steps toward approving cultivated meat and seafood 🍽️🌱

The Food Standards Agency is working on how these products will be reviewed and regulated — an important step in making sure new food technologies are safe, transparent, and ready for consumers.

Developments like this help move the future of food closer to reality.

Read more here:
https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/lab-grown-meat-uk-fsa-cell-cultivated-products-approved-future-food/

Brits could be eating cultivated meat as soon as next year, with the UK Food Standards Agency hoping to approve two proteins by early 2027.

02/18/2026

One of the biggest questions around cultivated meat is cost.

Aleph Farms and Roslin Technologies are working together to make production more efficient and affordable — a crucial step toward bringing cultivated meat closer to everyday consumers.

Lowering costs is key to scaling new food technologies, and it’s encouraging to see companies focusing on that foundation.

Read more here:
https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/aleph-farms-roslin-technologies-lab-grown-cultivated-meat-cost/

Aleph Farms CEO Didier Toubia explains how the cultured meat startup used its growth medium to cultivate cells created externally by Roslin Technologies.

02/03/2026

Upside Foods is expanding its impact beyond food 🌱🔬

The company has launched Lucius Labs, a new spinoff dedicated to developing and commercializing cell culture media — a key building block used in cultivated meat and many areas of biotechnology.

It’s a reminder that innovation in food tech often creates tools with much broader potential, reaching into research, medicine, and life sciences.

Read the full story here:

01/29/2026

Could YouTube be the next big stage for food innovation? 🍗📺

MrBeast recently shared a video tasting cultivated chicken — reaching tens of millions of viewers and bringing alternative protein into mainstream conversation.

Moments like this show how awareness and curiosity around new food technologies are increasingly shaped by culture and creators, not just industry insiders.

Read the full story here: https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/is-mrbeasts-cultivated-chicken-tasting-alt-proteins-cultural-breakout-moment/

MrBeast, the world’s most-followed influencer, tasted cultivated meat on camera,and it could reshape how millions of young consumers think about the future of protein.