Chicago’s first cultivated meat company. Real Meat, Happier Planet.
Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $11.2M
Founders name: Paul Burridge; Virginia Rangos
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| 26.11.2023 | Stray Dog ... | straydogca... |
| - | Thia Ventu... | thiaventur... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 06.12.2023 | Seed | $7M | - |
| 15.08.2023 | - | $4.2M | - |
Persons 2
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Paul | Burridge | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | P**l@cleve... | - |
| - | Virginia | Rangos | Founder an... | linkedin.c... | - | v******a@c... | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.08.2025 | Clever Carnivore Hosts Cultivated Meat Tastings in California | U.S. cultivated meat producer Clever Carnivore recently hosted tastings of its products in two Californian cities — Palo Alto and San Francisco. These are the first tastings the Chicago-based company has held on the West Coast. The rooms we... |
| 01.07.2025 | The Future of Protein: Innovations in Plant-Based and Cultivated Meat | The world of protein production is undergoing a seismic shift. Traditional methods are being challenged by innovative technologies that promise sustainability, efficiency, and a smaller environmental footprint. Two companies, Moolec Science... |
| 26.06.2025 | Clever Carnivore Announces Breakthroughs in Scalable, Low-Cost Cultivated Pork Production | U.S.-based cultivated meat producer Clever Carnivore has announced new milestones in its production of scalable, low-cost cultivated pork. The company says it has made three crucial scientific advancements — low-cost, limited-ingredient cel... |
| 06.12.2023 | Cell-Cultured Bratwurst: Clever Carnivore Raises $7M to Scale Up Production of ‘Low-Cost’ Cultivated Pork | 6 Mins Read Chicago-based food tech startup Clever Carnivore has raised $7M in an oversubscribed seed funding round to expand operations and commercialise its cultivated meat products, starting with a pork bratwurst. Clever Carnivore has se... |
| 05.12.2023 | Clever Carnivore Secures $7M to Expand its “Astoundingly” Low-Cost Cultivated Pork Production | Chicago’s first cultivated meat company, Clever Carnivore, has raised $7 million in seed round funding to expand and scale its operations. The company has developed a platform to cultivate pork at low costs. Led by former Tyson Foods execut... |
| 04.12.2023 | Meat-making biotech startup Clever Carnivore secures $7 million | - |
| 04.12.2023 | Clever Carnivore Raises $7M in Seed Funding | Clever Carnivore, a Chicago, IL-based cultivated meat company, raised $7M in Seed funding. The round was led by Lever VC. Other backers included McWin Capital Partners; Thia Ventures, Valo Ventures, Newfund Capital; and Stray Dog Capital. T... |
| 20.11.2023 | Crunch time for cultivated meat: ‘Probably 70-90% of players will fail in the next year’ | On paper, cultivated meat might seem like a no-brainer. Unlike plant-based options, which still don’t quite hit the spot for many consumers, it promises the allure of ‘real’ meat without the ethical and environmental baggage that comes with... |
| 13.09.2023 | 🎥 AgFunderNews round table: Foodtech investing in focus, from ‘tourist capital’ to a ‘return to fundamentals’ | Two or three years ago, investors were throwing bucket-loads of cash at foodtech companies, particularly those in so-called “alternative proteins.” Since then, funding has started to dry up, sales of meat alternatives have moved into negati... |
| - | Clever Carnivore | “Clever Carnivore” |
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