Mermade an Israeli company that grows oysters from cells in a lab, says it can mitigate the sticky shock by using technology.
Mermade Seafoods is a pioneering cellular aquaculture company, bringing a novel approach and mindset for the production of cell based seafood. Our approach enables mass production of cultured seafood using a sustainable and recyclable fermentation-based process that results in clean, healthy, and sustainable protein-rich seafood products, bringing food security for future generations.Technology:Mermade Seafoods aims to be the first company to provide a circular method of production that will revolutionize the cell-based fermentation industry by using side-stream valorisation of growth media. The company's ground breaking technology is based on upcycling biological waste products from spent growth media and turn it into new, nutrient-rich food for the growing cells. This transformative technology enables the resolution of the biggest challenges the cell-based industry is facing - high production costs, and waste accumulation. Mermade Seafoods's™ technology is based on a well-known practice in conventional aquaculture known as aquaponics, adapted to the cellular level to spearhead the next revolution of cellular agriculture by creating a new agrotech field of Cytoponics.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Jun 1, 2022 | Seed | $3.30M | 1 | OurCrowd | — | Detail |