Pet food depends heavily on animal by-products that create emissions, traceability and contamination concerns, while pets still require familiar animal nutrition and palatability.
R&D Focus
Animal cell culture, mouse and chicken cell lines, pet-food nutrition, safety and palatability.
Innovative Solution
Grows animal cells specifically for pet-food ingredients that provide amino acids, fats, vitamins and minerals without conventional livestock production.
Solution Effectiveness
A third-party carbon-footprint analysis cited by the company found 92% lower CO2 emissions than conventional beef by-products used in pet food.
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Seed
Last Funding Date
19-12-2022
Startup Stage
Seed
Lead Investors
Draper Associates, SOSV, Orkla, RebelBio, KEEN Growth Capital
Revenue
$1M to $10M
People
Founders
Joshua Errett
Shannon Falconer
About
BioCraft Pet Nutrition is a small company with a big mission: to create a world of healthy, happy pets without harming other animals the environment. The company makes all-natural, organic pet foods for dogs and cats. Because Animals is currently the only pet food company in the world actively creating cultured meat to feed the world’s pets.
Products
Product
BioCrafted animal cell-cultured ingredients for cat and dog food, initially based on mouse cells.
Star Product
BioCrafted Ingredient – the core cell-cultured pet-food ingredient platform.
Demo Product or Complete Product?
B2B sample and commercialization stage; registered to sell cell-cultured pet-food ingredients in Europe.
Future Plan
Investment Funding
VC-backed by Draper Associates, SOSV and Tilia Impact Ventures, with grant support from Austria’s FFG.
Awards and Recognitions
Certifications
Registration to sell cell-cultured pet-food ingredients in Europe, according to the company newsroom.
M&A and Collabs
Collab
Partnership with Prefera Petfood to develop a pet food containing 99% animal cell-cultured ingredient.
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