UPSIDE Foods Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2015

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 200

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Later Stage VC

  • Investors
  • 57

UPSIDE Foods General Information

Description

Operator of a cultivated meat company intended to help firms produce real meat, poultry, and seafood without slaughtering animals. The company's products are made from poultry technology to produce real meat like beef meatballs, chicken, and duck grown in a controlled environment by farming animal cells instead of animals, providing consumers with healthy sustainable food.

Contact Information

Website
www.upsidefoods.com
Formerly Known As
Memphis Meats
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 804 Heinz Avenue
  • Suite 200
  • Berkeley, CA 94710
  • United States
+1 (510) 000-0000
Primary Industry
Food Products
Vertical(s)
FoodTech, LOHAS & Wellness, Climate Tech
Corporate Office
  • 804 Heinz Avenue
  • Suite 200
  • Berkeley, CA 94710
  • United States
+1 (510) 000-0000

UPSIDE Foods Timeline

2021202220232024
Financing RoundCaptured Employee CountEstimated Employee Growth

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UPSIDE Foods Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
10. Later Stage VC 24-Feb-2023 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
9. Later Stage VC (Series C) 21-Apr-2022 00000 00000 00.00 Completed Generating Revenue
8. Accelerator/Incubator 19-Jan-2022 00000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Later Stage VC (Series B1) 10-Apr-2020 00000 00000 00000 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Early Stage VC 01-Jan-2018 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Secondary Transaction - Private 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
4. Early Stage VC (Series A2) 23-Aug-2017 0000 000.00 0000 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Product Crowdfunding 15-Nov-2016 00000 00.000 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Early Stage VC (Series A1) 22-Apr-2016 $4.92M $5.17M 000.00 Completed Startup
1. Accelerator/Incubator 01-Jan-2016 $250K $250K Completed Startup
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UPSIDE Foods Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate (%) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series C-2 0,000,000 00.000000 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 0.000
Series C-1 00,000,000 00.000000 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 00.000
Series B2 0,000,000 00.000000 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 0.000
Series B1 00,000,000 00.000000 00.00 00.00 00 00.00 00.000
Series A-2 19,934,865 $0.000100 $0.25 $0.25 1x $0.25 7.02%
Series A-1 32,769,416 $0.000100 $0.52 $0.52 1x $0.52 11.54%
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UPSIDE Foods Comparisons

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Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
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UPSIDE Foods Competitors (16)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
JUST Egg Private Equity-Backed Alameda, CA 000 00000 00 000000 00000
Finless Foods Venture Capital-Backed Emeryville, CA 00 0000 0000000000 0 0000
Believer Venture Capital-Backed Rehovot, Israel 000 00000 000000 - 000 00000
D'Artagnan Foods Private Equity-Backed Union, NJ 000 000000000000
Beyond Meat Formerly VC-backed El Segundo, CA 000 00000 0000 00000
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UPSIDE Foods Patents

  • 176

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 86

    Granted

  • 82

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

UPSIDE Foods Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20240225060-A1 Compositions and methods of making comestible cell-based meat fillets Pending 06-Jan-2023 000000000
US-20240200033-A1 Compositions and methods for extending the replicative capacity of bovine cells Pending 16-Dec-2022 000000000
US-20240124817-A1 Methods of using pipe-based bioreactors for producing comestible meat products Active 17-Oct-2022 000000000 0
US-20240124816-A1 Pipe-based bioreactors for producing comestible meat products and methods of using the same Active 17-Oct-2022 000000000 0
US-11981884-B2 Pipe-based bioreactors for producing comestible meat products and methods of using the same Active 17-Oct-2022 C12M23/06 00
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UPSIDE Foods Executive Team (13)

Name Title Board Seat
Jeremy Hux Chief Financial Officer
Amy Chen Chief Operating Officer
Michelle Kwait Chief Human Resources Officer
Sean Edgett JD Chief Legal Officer
Kevin Kayser Ph.D Chief Scientific Officer
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UPSIDE Foods Board Members (7)

Name Representing Role Since
Heidi Roizen Threshold Ventures Board Member 000 0000
Jeffrey Housenbold SoftBank Investment Advisers Board Member 000 0000
Kyle Vogt Self Board Member 000 0000
Sebastien Pascual Self Board Member 000 0000
Stephen Jurvetson Future Ventures (San Francisco) Board Member 000 0000
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UPSIDE Foods Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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UPSIDE Foods Investors (57)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Losa Group Family Office Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Unreasonable Impact Impact Investing Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Abu Dhabi Growth Fund Sovereign Wealth Fund Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Alwyn Capital Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Baillie Gifford Growth/Expansion Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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UPSIDE Foods Acquisitions (1)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Cultured Decadence 25-Jan-2022 0000000000 Aquaculture
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UPSIDE Foods FAQs

  • When was UPSIDE Foods founded?

    UPSIDE Foods was founded in 2015.

  • Who is the founder of UPSIDE Foods?

    Nicholas Genovese Ph.D, William Clem Ph.D, and Uma Valeti MD are the founders of UPSIDE Foods.

  • Who is the CEO of UPSIDE Foods?

    Uma Valeti MD is the CEO of UPSIDE Foods.

  • Where is UPSIDE Foods headquartered?

    UPSIDE Foods is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

  • What is the size of UPSIDE Foods?

    UPSIDE Foods has 200 total employees.

  • What industry is UPSIDE Foods in?

    UPSIDE Foods’s primary industry is Food Products.

  • Is UPSIDE Foods a private or public company?

    UPSIDE Foods is a Private company.

  • What is UPSIDE Foods’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for UPSIDE Foods is 000000.

  • How much funding has UPSIDE Foods raised over time?

    UPSIDE Foods has raised $609M.

  • Who are UPSIDE Foods’s investors?

    Losa Group, Unreasonable Impact, Abu Dhabi Growth Fund, Alwyn Capital, and Baillie Gifford are 5 of 57 investors who have invested in UPSIDE Foods.

  • Who are UPSIDE Foods’s competitors?

    JUST Egg, Finless Foods, Believer, D'Artagnan Foods, and Beyond Meat are some of the 16 competitors of UPSIDE Foods.

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