Orbillion Bio [Acquired]

Check out our COO Patricia Bubner, PhD at Anaheim on April 15-16 as she highlights how we help our customers be more resilient to supply chain shocks! #foodproteinsummit #resilience

The cultivated meat community is chugging along a bumpy road these days. As a young industry, it requires financial support, yet the present investment climate is not favorable for startups, particularly outside the artificial intelligence sector. Additionally, political winds are blowing in the wrong direction. So how to navigate these challenges and demonstrate to investors that a bright future is still possible. As a co-founder of Fork & Good (and Modern Meadow, the first commercial entity in this space), I believe one key to success lies in meaningful partnerships, with 1+1>2. I am proud and excited that Fork & Good is executing on such a program. Our recent  merger with Orbillion Bio, another eminent cultivated meat company, exemplifies this approach (https://lnkd.in/emxeejF2). This acquisition combines our strengths—one focused on beef and the other on pork—allowing us to access a broader market with an expanded product portfolio. Furthermore, our partnership with Nutreco (https://www.nutreco.com/), a company with extensive expertise in cell culture medium manufacturing (among others), and Extracellular (https://lnkd.in/e3ucMR9u), a bioprocess CDMO serving the cultivated meat sector, enhances our capabilities (https://lnkd.in/eNi-Psyw). Together, we are leveraging our combined expertise to tackle the complexities of cultivated meat production, which requires a massively interdisciplinary approach that no single company can manage economically. (The adjusted formula here is 1+1+1>3.)        

At Fork & Good, Inc., we’re building a new category of food and biomanufacturing - and we know it can only happen through collaboration.   Today, we’re excited to announce a major step forward: our new strategic collaboration with Nutreco and Extracellular 🚀 . Together, we are laying the groundwork for the infrastructure needed to make scalable, cost-effective cultivated meat at scale. 🌱 👉 Why now? The cultivated meat industry is at a pivotal moment. Talent has consolidated, technology is closer than ever to commercialization, and regulatory approvals are granted globally. The industry is poised to drive food security, create jobs, generate hundreds of millions of revenue, and strengthen national resilience - and it’s only just beginning. Our new partnership brings together the strengths our field needs to grow: 🍽️ Nutreco’s breakthrough in food-grade cell feed  🥩 Fork & Good’s expertise in cultivated meat production  📈 Extracellular’s CDMO-scale R&D capabilities Together, we are building the supply chain and accelerating the path to cultivated meat at commercial scale. But this collaboration is about more than technology - it’s about shared purpose. We are united by a commitment to reducing environmental impact, improving food security, and giving consumers better choices.  A huge thank-you to everyone who made this collaboration possible. We can’t wait to build what comes next - together. 🙌

🌟We’re happy to announce that Orbillion Bio is now part of Fork & Good, Inc.! 🥩🌎Together, we’re creating a global powerhouse for cultivated red meat, uniting two leading companies to provide a cost-effective platform for the production of red meat products under one vision: to make meat tasty, the global supply chain resilient, and provide immediate value to our current and future customers. Orbillion’s presence in Europe and the Middle East, paired with Fork & Good’s footprint in North America and Asia, the combined company now has an expanded global footprint and can provide a wider range of products. 🎯Our focus remains clear: providing food companies with the clean label ingredients they need to enhance taste, functionality, and to provide supply chain resilience - today. Every breakthrough industry sees a few leaders rise to define it. Fork & Good, born out of Modern Meadow, has learned what it takes - and with Orbillion joining forces, we’re ready to deliver. We are grateful to our teams, investors, and partners for the relentless work and support that brought us here - and onward together! Learn more about this exciting step forward in our Press Release 👉 https://lnkd.in/gzwgPERY #Orbillion #ForkAndGood #CultivatedMeat At One Ventures The Venture Collective (TVC) Metaplanet Big Idea Ventures Y Combinator Hub71