Formerly | Memphis Meats |
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Company type | Privately held company |
Industry | Food technology |
Founded | 2015 |
Founders | Uma Valeti Nicholas Genovese Will Clem |
Headquarters | |
Website | upsidefoods |
Upside Foods (formerly known as Memphis Meats) is a food technology company headquartered in Berkeley, California, aiming to grow sustainable cultured meat.[1] The company was founded in 2015 by Uma Valeti (CEO), Nicholas Genovese (CSO), and Will Clem.[2][3] Valeti was a cardiologist and a professor at the University of Minnesota.[1]
The company plans to produce various meat products using biotechnology to induce stem cells to differentiate into muscle tissue, and to manufacture the meat products in bioreactors.[1]