News digest #268 – Mammuty’s $100M Series A and the future of food

Congratulations to Mammuty on its $100M Series A round announced today to scale and produce cell-based meats from extinct animals. Synthetic biology’s latest unicorn, Mammuty combines cellular agriculture, sustainability, and de-extinction to bring consumers exotic new food choices.

To feed more people on an already straining planet, agriculture must become greener, more innovative, and more bountiful. Biotechnology is already boosting crop yields, cell-based meat and genetically engineered fish will further reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and gene editing can help agriculturalists modify traits without adding foreign DNA. But will the public embrace new food tech, and what regulatory challenges lie ahead? Agtech, food, and consumer goods will be a key theme of SynBioBeta 2019, October 1-3 in San Francisco. Get your ticket now — early bird pricing ends April 26th.