Maas\u00adtricht (NL) \u2014 Mosa Meat, the Euro\u00adpean food tech\u00adno\u00adlogy company that laun\u00adched the worl\u00add\u2019s first hambur\u00adger made from farmed beef in 2013, announ\u00adced the third and final closing of its Series B finan\u00adcing. This third closing of $10 million brings the total amount of the finan\u00adcing round to $85 million. New inves\u00adtors include Blue Hori\u00adzon Ventures and Nutreco.<\/p>\n
Inves\u00adtors in this latest deal include new and exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors such as Nutreco, a global leader in pet food and aqua feed, and Jitse Groen, CEO of Just Eat Takeaway.com. The funding brings toge\u00adther leading global inves\u00adtors with a wealth of know\u00adledge that will help Mosa Meat grow its produc\u00adtion of real beef in a sustainable and safe way.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are exci\u00adted to expand our colla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtion with exis\u00adting part\u00adners and welcome new part\u00adners to this round,\u201d said Maar\u00adten Bosch, CEO of Mosa Meat. \u201cThe comple\u00adtion of the Series B funding brings us one step closer to our mission of deve\u00adlo\u00adping a clea\u00adner and gent\u00adler way to produce real beef. Our part\u00adners bring immense stra\u00adte\u00adgic capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and exper\u00adtise and share our strong commit\u00adment to incre\u00adasing the sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity of our global food system.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mosa Meat will use the funds to expand the current pilot produc\u00adtion faci\u00adlity at the Maas\u00adtricht site, deve\u00adlop an indus\u00adtrial-scale produc\u00adtion line, grow the team and intro\u00adduce tasty cultu\u00adred beef to consumers.<\/p>\n
Rob Korem\u00adans, CEO of Nutreco, says: \u201cI am deligh\u00adted that Mosa Meat has reached the next mile\u00adstone on the road to large-scale produc\u00adtion of real meat. Nutreco is inves\u00adt\u00ading in its \u2018Feeding the Future\u2019 mission, which requi\u00adres protein produc\u00adtion from tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal and alter\u00adna\u00adtive protein produc\u00adtion methods. Our part\u00adner\u00adship with Mosa Meat is an important part of our stra\u00adtegy to meet the growing demand for high-quality protein.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Series B funding round is led by Luxem\u00adbourg-based Blue Hori\u00adzon Ventures, a food tech\u00adno\u00adlogy fund that aims to support and promote a posi\u00adtive global impact on the envi\u00adron\u00adment, human health and animal welfare. Mosa Meat welco\u00admes this strong group of mission-driven inves\u00adtors follo\u00adwing successful Series A funding in 2018 led by M Ventures and Bell Food Group.<\/p>\n
About MOSA MEAT<\/strong><\/p>\n Mosa Meat is a Nether\u00adlands-based food tech\u00adno\u00adlogy company pionee\u00adring a clea\u00adner, gent\u00adler way to produce real beef. The team intro\u00addu\u00adced the worl\u00add\u2019s first cultu\u00adred beef hambur\u00adger in 2013 by growing it directly from cow cells. Foun\u00added in 2016, Mosa Meat is now ramping up produc\u00adtion of the same beef people love, but it\u2019s more animal-friendly, envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally friendly and safer to eat. They are a diverse and growing team of nutri\u00adtion-conscious problem solvers united in their mission to funda\u00admen\u00adtally trans\u00adform the global food system. www.mosameat.com.<\/p>\n About BLUE HORIZON VENTURES<\/p>\n Blue Hori\u00adzon Ventures was foun\u00added in 2018 by serial entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and inves\u00adtors Roger Lien\u00adhard and Michael Kleindl and mana\u00adges assets of \u20ac183 million. The funds are inten\u00added to support the move\u00adment toward a more sustainable food system through inno\u00adva\u00adtion, tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and entre\u00adpre\u00adneur\u00adship. Special empha\u00adsis is placed on plant-based meat, cultu\u00adred meat, synthe\u00adtic biology and sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity. The Fund\u2019s under\u00adly\u00ading mission is to promote a posi\u00adtive global impact on the envi\u00adron\u00adment, human health and animal welfare. One of its requi\u00adre\u00adments is that all its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies contri\u00adbute to the 2030 Sustainable Deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment Goals set by the UN Gene\u00adral Assem\u00adbly. www.bluehorizonventures.com.<\/p>\n About NUTRECO<\/p>\n Every day, Nutre\u00adco\u2019s 12,100 dedi\u00adca\u00adted employees in more than 37 count\u00adries around the world tire\u00adlessly pursue our mission to feed the future in a way that ensu\u00adres sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity is at the fore\u00adfront of ever\u00ady\u00adthing we do. Our solu\u00adti\u00adons go beyond nutri\u00adtion \u2014 we provide world-class advice and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy to help our custo\u00admers produce more food in a sustainable way to feed our growing popu\u00adla\u00adtion. With more than 100 years of expe\u00adri\u00adence, Nutreco is a world leader in animal nutri\u00adtion with its Trouw Nutri\u00adtion divi\u00adsion and in aqua feed with its Skret\u00adting divi\u00adsion. Our NuFron\u00adtiers team works to iden\u00adtify, deve\u00adlop and invest in next-gene\u00adra\u00adtion breakth\u00adrough inno\u00adva\u00adtions across the value chain. In 2019, Nutreco achie\u00adved net sales of EUR 6.4 billion. The company is a subsi\u00addiary of SHV Holdings N.V., a family-owned multi\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal company with net sales of \u20ac19.2 billion in 2019. Maas\u00adtricht (NL) \u2014 Mosa Meat, the Euro\u00adpean food tech\u00adno\u00adlogy company that laun\u00adched the worl\u00add\u2019s first hambur\u00adger made from farmed beef in 2013, announ\u00adced the third and final closing of its Series B finan\u00adcing. This third closing of $10 million brings the total amount of the finan\u00adcing round to $85 million. New inves\u00adtors include Blue Horizon [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1369,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-investors","category-venture-capital-en","news-category-venture-capital-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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