- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Employees
- 51–200
- Founded
- 2018
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- believermeats.com
- Total Funding
- $390.3M
- Last Round
- $347.0M Series BDec 2021
- Rounds
- 4
About
Believer Meats (formerly Future Meat Technologies) was a cultivated meat company that grew real animal meat directly from cells, without slaughter. Founded in 2018 by Professor Yaakov Nahmias, the company developed proprietary bioreactor technology enabling cost-efficient production at scale, and broke ground on the world's largest cultivated meat production facility in 2022. Believer Meats received FDA and USDA regulatory approvals for its cultivated chicken before ceasing operations in December 2025.
Summary
Believer Meats is a Biotech company based in Chicago, United States, founded in 2018. It has raised $390.3M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $347.0M Series B round in Dec 2021. Investors include S2G Ventures, Tyson Ventures and Emerald Technology Ventures.
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Dec 2021
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