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Upside Foods is one of the companies at the forefront of the cell-cultured meat industry (i.e., real meat grown in a lab rather than taken from livestock). By doing so, Upside Food aims to reduce the burden that the meat industry puts on the environment. The company already has a slew of famous investors, from Bill Gates to Kimbal Musk, advocating for its success in the food industry.
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About the Company
Uma Valeti, CEO and founder of Upside Foods, is a cardiologist by training. Though not a typical background for an innovator in the food industry, Valeti started something spectacular when he founded the company Upside Foods in 2015. Using his research and expertise in the medical field, Valeti spent a decade researching cell-cured meat. Not only can the innovation be better for the environment, with funding and support it can address issues of food scarcity across the globe. According to the company’s research, there will be “10 billion mouths to feed” by 2050. By combining culinary excellence with leading biotechnology, Upside Foods wants to help address that issue by providing a new way to get high-quality food.
Upside Foods has already made great strides in the cell-cured meat field. In 2016, it was the first company to develop...
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