VCs bet on UK startup to build 'Europe's largest' cultivated meat facility – but humans aren't the customers
7 maj 2026
13:08
Despite a tough period for cultivated protein startups, some VCs are still betting that the meat of the future will, at least in part, be grown in a lab.
"I think working and tackling the pet food market first makes perfect sense," Beverley Gower-Jones, managing partner at Clean Growth Fund, tells Impact Loop following the fund's investment in Meatly.
"I think working and tackling the pet food market first makes perfect sense," Beverley Gower-Jones, managing partner at Clean Growth Fund, tells Impact Loop following the fund's investment in Meatly.
A trio of European VCs have backed a UK startup to build Europe's largest facility for cultivated meat.
Oyster Bay Venture Capital, Clean Growth Fund, and JamJar Investments have jointly led a £10.4m Series A investment in London-based cultivated meat company Meatly. Founding backer Agronomics also chipped in.