Upside Foods, founded in 2015 in Berkeley, California, grows chicken from animal cells. It raised a $400 million Series C in April 2022 at a valuation above $1 billion.
At a glance
| Price from | Not public |
| Best for | Restaurants and chefs trialling cultivated meat |
From Upside Foods's own website.
What stands out
- Full FDA and USDA clearance
- One of the best-funded cultivated meat companies
Worth knowing
- Several rounds of layoffs
- Cultivated meat is banned in some US states
How it ranks
Upside Foods is ranked 4th of 10 in Best Alternative Protein Startups (Lister Score 93.1).
#4 in Best Alternative Protein Startups · Lister Score 93.1
USDA issued Upside a grant of inspection in June 2023, completing US approval to sell its cultivated chicken..
| Rank | Best Alternative Protein Startups | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Impossible Foods | 96.8 |
| 2 | Perfect Day | 95.6 |
| 3 | The EVERY Company | 94.3 |
| 4 | Upside Foods | 93.1 |
| 5 | Wildtype | 91.8 |
| 6 | Formo | 90.5 |
| 7 | Mission Barns | 89.2 |
| 8 | Vow | 87.9 |
| 9 | Planted | 86.5 |
| 10 | Onego Bio | 85.2 |
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Upside Foods is ranked 4th of 10 in Best Alternative Protein Startups (Lister Score 93.1).
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