Meatable

Meatable was co-founded by Krijn de Nood, Daan Luining, and Mark Kotter in 2018.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ad.nl/koken-en-eten/delftse-slimmeriken-daan-en-krijn-komen-in-2025-met-kweekvlees-we-willen-voorop-lopen~a266333e/ |title=Delftse slimmeriken Daan en Krijn komen in 2025 met kweekvlees: ‘We willen voorop lopen’ |author=Till Behne |work=Algemeen Dagblad |date=24 April 2021 |access-date=9 December 2021 |language=nl}} It began operating on the campus of Delft University of Technology.{{Cite news |url=https://www.topics.nl/delftse-bedrijven-op-techbeurs-in-las-vegas-a13864534ad/ |title=Delftse bedrijven op techbeurs in Las Vegas |author=Peter Van De Stadt |work=Algemeen Dagblad |date=8 January 2020 |access-date=9 December 2021 |language=nl}} and by 2018 reported it had succeeded growing meat using pluripotent stem cells from animal umbilical cords.{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.nl/lab-grown-meat-startup-solving-barrier-meat-without-slaughter-meatable-2018-9/?international=true&r=US |title=A new lab-grown meat startup may have overcome a key barrier to making meat without slaughter |first=Erin |last=Brodwin |work=Business Insider |date=28 September 2018 |access-date=29 September 2018}} becoming one of the first start-ups to eliminate fetal bovine serum.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/lab-grown-meat-startup-solving-barrier-meat-without-slaughter-meatable-2018-9|title=A new lab-grown meat startup may have overcome a key barrier to making meat without slaughter.|work=UK Business Insider|access-date=28 September 2018|date=28 September 2018}} On 26 September 2018, Luining represented Meatable at a round table discussion on cultured meat in the Dutch House of Representatives.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVEu6TSKhD0 |title=Kweekvlees en vleesvervangers - Rondetafelgesprek 26-9-2018 |work=Arnews |publisher=Dutch House of Representatives |date=26 September 2018 |access-date=23 October 2018 |language=nl}} In early October 2018, Meatable attracted 3.5 million euros in funding from investors.{{Cite news |url=https://www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid-natuur/vleesbedrijven-zien-nu-ook-brood-in-kunstvlees~b92a0d57/ |title=Vleesbedrijven zien nu ook brood in kunstvlees |author=Ilona de Lange |work=Trouw |date=9 October 2018 |access-date=9 December 2021 |language=nl}}

Meatable presented at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2020, stating that it sought to present proof of concept by the end of the year.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoLfjnXa6xU |title=Meatable, la viande qui pousse en laboratoire |author=Krijn de Nood |work=YouTube |publisher=HUB Institute |date=15 Jan 2020 |access-date=26 May 2020 |language=en}} By then, Meatable was working with scientists from Cambridge and Stanford to produce a hamburger within three weeks from a single stem cell via a process the company had patented.

In 2021, Meatable obtained funding from various investors worth 40 million euros (47 million US dollars).{{Cite news |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/nederlands-bedrijf-haalt-40-miljoen-op-voor-de-productie-van-kweekvlees~bfe99158/ |title=Nederlands bedrijf haalt 40 miljoen op voor de productie van kweekvlees |author= |work=de Volkskrant |date=23 March 2021 |access-date=7 December 2021 |language=nl}} Its total capital at the time was approximately 53 million euros (60 million US dollars). By April 2021, the staff of Meatable had grown to over 40 people with 15 different nationalities, representing many different fields and coming from many universities. The same year, Meatable announced that it had entered into an agreement with DSM in order to 'make cultured meat affordable and accessible on a large scale.'{{Cite news |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/dsm-stapt-in-kweekvlees-met-start-up-meatable-groen-diervriendelijk-en-hopelijk-rendabel~bf7d8bdf/ |title=DSM stapt in kweekvlees met start-up Meatable: groen, diervriendelijk en (hopelijk) rendabel |author=Pepijn de Lange |work=de Volkskrant |date=13 September 2021 |access-date=9 December 2021 |language=nl}}

In April 2024, Meatable was the first company in the European Union to receive regulatory approval from the EFSA for a public tasting of cultured meat, in this case sausage, amid much international and national media attention.{{Cite news |title=EU Bites Into Cultivated Meat As Meatable Sets First Sausage Tasting |last=De Lorenzo |first=Daniela |work=Forbes |date=17 April 2024 |access-date=17 April 2024 |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/danieladelorenzo/2024/04/17/eu-bites-into-cultivated-meat-as-meatable-sets-first-sausage-tasting/}}{{Cite news|title=Eerste proeverij kweekvlees in Nederland: 'Het is een doodgewoon worstje' |trans-title=First cultured meat tasting in Netherlands: 'It's just an ordinary sausage' |author=Judith van de Hulsbeek |work=NOS.nl |date=17 April 2024 |access-date=17 April 2024 |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2517168-eerste-proeverij-kweekvlees-in-nederland-het-is-een-doodgewoon-worstje |language=nl}}{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Meatable Hosts EU-First Cultivated Meat Tasting Event |last=Mridul |first=Anay |work=Green Queen |date=17 April 2024 |access-date=17 April 2024 |url=https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/meatable-public-tasting-cultivated-meat-lab-grown-pork-netherlands/}}

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