Wildtype Blog

Mar2021

Like many others, we have often wondered where most of our meat comes from and what’s in it. When was the last time any of us had the chance to visit an industrial farming or mariculture operation to learn the answers? Much has been written about…

Education

Oct2019

We’re thrilled to announce that CRV has led Wildtype’s Series A financing. The $12.5 million round included participation from Maven Ventures and renewed support from our seed investors including Spark Capital and Root Ventures. In particular, we’re…

Announcement

Jun2019

We started Wildtype with a mission to make the most delicious and sustainable fish and meat on the planet. To us, that means creating a product that not only tastes great, but one that we can all feel good about eating. Salmon was a natural place to…

Food

Jan2019

Winter edition part 5 of 5: harnessing food trends Public discourse about cell-based meat is now a nearly daily phenomenon. At the same time, a lively discussion is underway concerning trends that are transforming nearly everything about how we eat.…

Food

Jan2019

Winter edition, part 4 of 5: white space Producing great food at scale requires much more than growing cells. It requires an iterative process of prototyping and refinement, industrial process design and facility development, sound supply chains,…

Food

Jan2019

Winter edition, part 3 of 5: talent Who are the people behind today’s cell-based meat and fish companies? What are their educational backgrounds? How might the talent landscape evolve over the next five years? We dig into these questions and more in…

Food

Dec2018

Winter edition, part 2 of 5: supply and demand The number of companies developing cellular agriculture technology continues to grow. But, are these companies building capacity in the right places? In our last post, we made the business case for a…

Food