Clever Carnivore is a Chicago biotech startup developing low-cost, top-quality cultivated meat, currently producing cultivated pork sausage and planning a prototype Clever Bratwurst in early 2024. The company uses cell biology, recombinant protein technology and advanced bioreactor design to create sausages, burgers and chicken nuggets that compete on taste, price and convenience. R&D is led by co-founder Paul Burridge, Ph.D., and the team has optimized growth media to reduce cell culture media costs by one to two orders of magnitude versus other cultivated meat companies. Clever Carnivore emphasizes animal component-free media and superior cell growth performance to iterate production and formulation rapidly. The company is mission-driven to deliver cruelty-free, sustainable and cost-competitive meat alternatives to consumers. The business recently closed a $7M seed round that was oversubscribed and will fund expansion and scale-up efforts.

Total raised

$7M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Dec 2023