Mosa Meat secures €15M funding, slashes costs by 99.999% after As Meatable shutdown

Mosa Meat Secures €15 Million in Funding for Cultivated Meat Production

Mosa Meat, a cultivated meat startup based in Maastricht, has recently announced the successful acquisition of an additional €15 million in funding. This funding will be instrumental in driving the company’s next phase of regulatory market approvals and the initiation of significant revenue generation.

The financing round was backed by prominent investors such as Invest-NL (with a guarantee from InvestEU), LIOF, PHW Group, and Jitse Groen, the founder and CEO of Just Eat Takeaway.com.

InvestNL’s investment principal, Victor Meijer, emphasized the importance of cultivated meat in the protein transition to reduce the environmental impact of livestock farming. He commended Mosa Meat for its progress towards commercialization and the strong foundation it has built in the emerging sector.

This latest funding round follows a previous round of €40 million raised in 2024, as well as a successful crowdfunding campaign. With this new funding, Mosa Meat has raised a total of €58 million over the past two years.

Aside from securing the capital, Mosa Meat also announced a significant milestone. In 2013, the company introduced the world’s first cultivated beef burger in London, priced at €250k as a proof of concept. Since then, Mosa Meat claims to have achieved a 99.999% cost reduction compared to the initial burger.

CEO Maarten Bosch expressed the company’s progress, stating, “Through fundamental scientific breakthroughs and scaling efficiencies, we are now producing burgers at a price point suitable for restaurant menus, demonstrating our commitment to affordable and sustainable meat production.”

Notably, the news of Mosa Meat’s success comes shortly after the closure of Leiden-based Meatable due to a lack of fresh funding.

Founded in 2016 by Mark Post and Peter Verstrate, Mosa Meat is a FoodTech company focused on developing a cleaner and more ethical method of producing real beef. The company currently has regulatory dossiers under review in various regions, including the United Kingdom, the European Union, Switzerland, and Singapore.

Mosa Meat’s collaboration with the Cellular Agriculture Netherlands (CAN) foundation has positioned the company as a key partner in strategic climate technology projects, as highlighted in the influential Dutch ‘Wennink Report.’ This alignment with national initiatives aims to accelerate the Netherlands’ transition to sustainable growth through public-private financing and regulatory reform.

Supported by investors such as Lowercarbon Capital, M Ventures, Bell Food Group, and Leonardo DiCaprio, Mosa Meat is also endorsed by the Academy Award-winning actor as an advisor and investor since 2021.