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New Age Meats bites into $25M for cultured meat product line development

TechCrunch

Berkeley-based cultured meat company New Age Meats announced Monday it raised $25 million in Series A funding that will enable the company to begin production of its first product offering, a variety of pork sausages, next year. The cultured meat landscape is gaining new entrants as the technology has evolved.

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How one founder aims to bring researchers and food producers together around cultured meat

TechCrunch

She’s now a co-founder at Animal Alternative Technologies, a startup aiming to expedite the commercialization of cultured — aka “lab-grown” — meat. Clarisse joined us for this week’s episode of Found , our interview podcast where we speak to a different founder every week.

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Putting People First: The Promise of Human Centered Capitalism

Let's Grow Leaders

She emphasizes the need for leaders to be authentic and honest about their own experiences and to create a culture that values and supports the growth of individuals. 19:53 She discusses how she builds a culture that focuses on the potential of her employees rather than their pasts. 36:56 Megan stresses the importance of self-care.

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Mushroom-based meat alternative startup Fable Food raises $6.5M AUD, will launch in the US

TechCrunch

million USD) in a seed round led by Blackbird Ventures, the Australian venture capital firm whose portfolio also includes Canva, Culture Amp and SafetyCulture. The company, which uses mushrooms in its meat alternatives, has raised $6.5 million AUD (about $4.8 Fable’s ready-made meals. Image Credits: Fable.

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A Guide to Creating a Safety Culture in Manufacturing

Strategy Driven

Read this guide to creating a safety culture in manufacturing. Also, the company could receive legal investigations and huge fines from a regulatory agency. Don’t ignore the importance of on-site safety at your plant.

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Announcing the Startup Battlefield companies pitching at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

TechCrunch

From lithium battery chemical recycling to smart media, blockchain infrastructure to student-centric educational software, and Sub-Saharan African fintech to cultured-meat production, this batch of companies is sure to wow the investors and the audience. With just over a 1.5%

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Lab-grown meat to save the eels — and your sushi

The Hustle

tissue cultures originally developed for medical research) made up of embryonic stem cells of fertilized eel eggs. As the cells grow, they copy the structure of real meat without requiring the chemicals or structures that other cultivated meat techniques use. The company is the first to use organoids (i.e.,