UPSIDE Foods Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2015

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 174

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Later Stage VC

  • Investors
  • 58

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

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)
Primary Industry
Food Products
Corporate Office
  • 804 Heinz Avenue
  • Suite 200
  • Berkeley, CA 94710
  • United States
+1 (510)

UPSIDE Foods Timeline

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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 Completed Generating Revenue
9. Later Stage VC (Series C) 21-Apr-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
8. Accelerator/Incubator 19-Jan-2022 Completed Generating Revenue
7. Later Stage VC (Series B1) 10-Apr-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
6. Early Stage VC 01-Jan-2018 Completed Generating Revenue
5. Secondary Transaction - Private Completed Generating Revenue
4. Early Stage VC (Series A2) 23-Aug-2017 Completed Generating Revenue
3. Product Crowdfunding 15-Nov-2016 Completed Generating Revenue
2. Early Stage VC (Series A1) 22-Apr-2016 $4.92M $5.17M 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
Series C-1
Series B2
Series B1
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
Operator of a cultivated meat company intended to help firms produce real meat, poultry, and seafood without slaughterin
Food Products
Berkeley, CA
174 As of 2024

Alameda, CA
 

Redwood City, CA
 
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UPSIDE Foods Competitors (15)

One of UPSIDE Foods’s 15 competitors is Eat Just, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in Alameda, CA.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Eat Just Venture Capital-Backed Alameda, CA
Impossible Foods Venture Capital-Backed Redwood City, CA
Believer Meats Venture Capital-Backed Rehovot, Israel
D'Artagnan Foods Private Equity-Backed Union, NJ
EPIC Provisions Formerly VC-backed Austin, TX
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UPSIDE Foods Patents

UPSIDE Foods Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20250043228-A1 Methods and systems for sterilizing bioreactor systems with superheated water Pending 31-Jul-2023
US-20240400979-A1 Chickpea microcarriers Pending 02-Jun-2023
US-20240225060-A1 Compositions and methods of making comestible cell-based meat fillets Pending 06-Jan-2023
US-20240200033-A1 Compositions and methods for extending the replicative capacity of bovine cells Pending 16-Dec-2022
US-11987778-B2 Methods of using pipe-based bioreactors for producing comestible meat products Active 17-Oct-2022 C12M23/06
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UPSIDE Foods Investors (58)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
DYDX Venture Capital Minority
Losa Group Family Office Minority
Unreasonable Impact Impact Investing Minority
Alwyn Capital Venture Capital Minority
Baillie Gifford Growth/Expansion Minority
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UPSIDE Foods Acquisitions (1)

UPSIDE Foods’s most recent deal was a Merger/Acquisition with Cultured Decadence. The deal was made on 25-Jan-2022.

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

  • When was UPSIDE Foods founded?

    UPSIDE Foods was founded in 2015.

  • Where is UPSIDE Foods headquartered?

    UPSIDE Foods is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

  • What is the size of UPSIDE Foods?

    UPSIDE Foods has 174 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 .

  • How much funding has UPSIDE Foods raised over time?

    UPSIDE Foods has raised $609M.

  • Who are UPSIDE Foods’s investors?

    DYDX, Losa Group, Unreasonable Impact, Alwyn Capital, and Baillie Gifford are 5 of 58 investors who have invested in UPSIDE Foods.

  • Who are UPSIDE Foods’s competitors?

    Eat Just, Impossible Foods, Believer Meats, D'Artagnan Foods, and EPIC Provisions are some of the 15 competitors of UPSIDE Foods.

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