Maastricht-based cultivated meat startup Mosa Meat has secured an additional €15 million in funding to fuel its next phase of regulatory market approvals and first significant revenue generation.
This financing round was supported by Invest-NL (backed by a guarantee from InvestEU), LIOF, PHW Group, and Jitse Groen, founder and CEO of Just Eat Takeaway.com.
Victor Meijer, investment principal at InvestNL, said, “Cultivated meat is an important component in the protein transition needed to reduce the impact of livestock farming. As in any emerging sector, investing in cultivated meat is challenging and requires stamina. Mosa Meat has built a strong foundation and is taking clear steps toward commercialisation.”
This extension follows a €40 million round raised in 2024 and a crowdfunding campaign that both exceeded targets. This brings the total capital raised by the company over the past two years to €58 million.
Apart from securing the capital, Mosa Meat mentioned that it has achieved another major milestone.
Back in 2013, the Dutch startup introduced the world’s first cultivated beef burger in London with a hefty price tag of €250k. It was a proof of concept meant to show the world that growing meat from cells was possible. The company claims that it has achieved a 99.999% cost reduction compared to that first burger.
Maarten Bosch, CEO of Mosa Meat, said, “When we introduced the first cultivated burger, it was a €250k proof of concept. Today, through fundamental scientific breakthroughs and scaling efficiencies, we are producing burgers at a price point ready for restaurant menus.
“With the backing of our world-class investors, we have successfully turned a science project into a tasty and affordable product without compromising on our original vision.”
This news comes just a few days after it was announced that Leiden-based Meatable will shut down after failing to secure fresh funding.
Founded in 2016 by Mark Post and Peter Verstrate, Mosa Meat is a FoodTech company working on a cleaner, kinder way of making real beef. The company currently has regulatory dossiers under review in the United Kingdom, the European Union, Switzerland and Singapore. It was also recently selected for the UK’s regulatory “Sandbox” programme, supported by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
“Working alongside the Cellular Agriculture Netherlands (CAN) foundation, Mosa Meat was recently defined as a participating partner in a strategic climate technology project in the influential Dutch ‘Wennink Report.’ Consequently, Mosa Meat’s work is positioned to benefit from national supporting mechanisms that align public-private financing and regulatory reform to accelerate the Netherlands’ transition to sustainable growth,” the company mentioned in the press release.
Mosa Meat is backed by investors, including Lowercarbon Capital, M Ventures, Bell Food Group, Nutreco, PHW Group, Mitsubishi Corporation, Collateral Good Ventures, Leonardo DiCaprio and others. The Academy Award-winning actor joined Mosa Meat as an advisor and investor back in 2021.
Read the orginal article: https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/12/as-meatable-shuts-down-dutch-based-mosa-meat-lands-e15m-and-achieves-99-999-cost-cut-from-its-e250k-first-burger/
