Project

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VITA

VITA aims to make cultivated meat accessible and truly sustainable. Cultivated meat is an ethical, sustainable alternative to traditional animal farming. Still, it relies on old-fashioned bioreactors (designed for microbial fermentation and not tissue cultivation), making the process inefficient and unsustainable. We’re developing a groundbreaking bioreactor tailored for tissue cultivation through the Biotech Booster program and in collaboration with Wageningen University. Our system mimics natural tissue conditions, enabling the growth of structured meat that current technologies canā€™t achieve. This innovation promises 10 times higher productivity while cutting resource use and CO2 emissions in half.

Project team

Francesco Pappalardo,, Pedro Nascimento, Rene Wijffels, Affif Grazette, JoĆ£o Garcia

Project Number

BIOB24059

Year granted

2024

Applicant

Wageningen University & Research

Funding

ā‚¬ 200.000

Sector/Industry

Agri- & Horticulture, Food & Beverages, Health & Pharma

SDG's

Zero hunger (SDG 2)
Good health and well-being (SDG 3)
Industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9)
Responsible consumption and production (SDG 12)
Climate action (SDG 13)

Thematic Cluster

TC2: Agriculture & Food
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2024

Year granted

Wageningen University & Research

Applicant

ā‚¬ 200.000

Project funded

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Citaat

Biotech Booster helps us through funding and by providing us with a network to validate where we can make the best impact with our new analysis device.

Biotechnology netherlands

Carlos de Lannoy

Constellate

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What we look forward to most is leveraging the extraordinary network of Biotech Booster that we need to get foot in the market, get know-how, and understanding the competitive field which is necessary for setting up successful operations.

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Pim Schaasberg & Martin Pabst

ProteoT

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