2022年10月6日

Gourmey是一家總部位於巴黎的新興企業，是培育肉類的先驅。該公司已獲得超額認購的a輪融資4800萬歐元，領投方是Earlybird Venture Capital。其他參與投資者包括阿姆斯特丹的Keen Venture Partners和Instacart首席執行官Fidji Simo，以及現有投資者，包括Heartcore Capital、Point Nine Capital、Air Street Capital、Partech和Beyond Investing。新一輪融資還包括總部位於巴黎的Omnes Capital和Eutopia、總部位於柏林的Discovery、總部位於新加坡的Thia Ventures，以及包括Bpifrance(法國公共投資銀行)在內的公共機構的支持。資金將如何使用?這筆資金將使Gourmey能夠在巴黎開設一個46000平方英尺的商業生產設施和研發中心，這是歐洲最大的養殖肉類生產中心，可快速實現全球商業化。該公司還將增加其40多名世界級團隊的三倍，並通過與廚師、烹飪合作夥伴和食品分銷商的合作，擴大其產品組合。該公司迄今已融資5600萬歐元。“食物是我們作為個人可以采取行動減緩氣候變化的最有力的杠杆。所以今天，我們很高興地看到，隨著我們從研發轉向生產和商業化，建立了最大的養殖肉類工廠之一，我們對更可持續的食品係統的願景成為現實。”Gourmey聯合創始人兼首席執行官Nicolas Morin-Forest說。Gourmey於2019年由Nicolas Morin-Forest、Victor Sayous和Antoine Davydoff創立，其使命是加速世界向更道德、可持續和健康的肉類轉型。 The French company creates sustainable culinary-grade meats from real animal cells with an initial focus on premium meats. Gourmey operates similar to Evolved Meats , Beyond Meat , Planted , Upside Foods and more. According to the company, cultivated meat production consumes significantly less land and water and could cut the climate impact of meat production by up to 92%. Gourmey’s first-of-its-kind cultivated meat hub and commercial production facility are set to welcome 120 engineers, culinary experts, and operators by 2024. It will have a planned annual production capacity of tens of thousands of pounds of high-quality cultivated meats, starting with its flagship product: slaughter-free foie gras. Gourmey’s products have already convinced Michelin-starred chefs and leading meat distributors globally. “The next few months and years are going to be immensely pivotal and exciting not only for Gourmey but more broadly for cultivated meat and sustainable foods,” says Nicolas Morin-Forest. This is the first deal in France since Earlybird opened its physical office in Paris – demonstrating a strong interest in investing there. “Gourmey is well positioned to become a global winner and lead the paradigm shift towards a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient food supply chain. The company’s exceptional team has demonstrated how so-called frontier technology’s bottlenecks can be overcome at record speed”, says Christian Nagel, Partner & Co-Founder at Earlybird Venture Capital. “As early supporters, we have been consistently impressed with Gourmey’s achievements in a short time. We are excited to double down and support their world-class team as they take meat alternatives to culinary heights”, says Yacine Ghalim, Partner at Heartcore Capital. “Gourmey has developed its breakthrough products rapidly and with greater capital efficiency than its peers’ thanks to the team’s immense ingenuity in stem cell, bioprocess engineering, and food sciences. Their approach is generalisable to diverse mammalian tissues and huge scales, which charts a clear path to becoming a platform food company”, says Nathan Benaich, General Partner at Air Street Capital.