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Mission Barns

Food · Berkeley, United States · Founded 2018

Focused on developing cruelty-free animal fats and meat MoreLess

Mission Barns is a startup that operates in the food technology sector, specifically in the cultivated meat market. The company's primary product is real meat, grown from a small sample of animal cells in a lab setting, eliminating the need for animal slaughter. This process, often referred to as "cell-based" or "cultivated" meat production, is designed to mimic the natural growth of animal muscle tissue, resulting in a product that is virtually indistinguishable from traditional meat.

The company's target market includes consumers who are concerned about the environmental impact of traditional meat production, as well as those who have ethical concerns about animal welfare. Mission Barns' products are also designed to appeal to health-conscious consumers, as they are low in cholesterol, free from antibiotics, and not genetically modified.

The business model of Mission Barns is based on selling its cultivated meat products directly to consumers and potentially to restaurants and grocery stores in the future. The company generates revenue through the sale of these products, which currently include meatballs and bacon, with plans for more products in the pipeline.

Mission Barns' products are unique in that they combine cultivated pork fat with plant protein, resulting in a product that is both succulent and sustainable. The company prides itself on its "Mission Fat™" technology, which it claims delivers the flavor and texture of traditional meat without the associated environmental and ethical concerns.

Keywords: Cultivated Meat, Sustainable Food, Cell-Based Meat, Animal Welfare, Environmental Impact, Health-Conscious Consumers, Direct-to-Consumer, Plant Protein, Mission Fat™, Food Technology.

Company overview

Mission Barns company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Berkeley, United States
Employees
30
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
30.7
client focusb2bclient focusb2ctechnologyDeep Techsub industryInnovative Foodbusiness modelManufacturingsectorBiotechnologysectorTissue EngineeringsectorNutritionsectorBioreactorssectorSynthetic BiologysectorAlternative ProteinsectorMeat SubstitutesectorSustainable Development GoalssectorNutrition Solution

Valuation & funding

Mission Barns funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
EARLY VCEquity / VC Aug 2025 $0 Grupo Lusiaves · Green Monday · Humboldt Fund
SERIES AEquity / VC Apr 2021 $24M $96M Point Nine · Global Founders Capital · Gullspang Invest · Green Monday
SEEDEquity / VC Oct 2019 Lever VC · Air Street Capital
SEEDEquity / VC Jun 2019 Capital V
SEEDEquity / VC Nov 2018 $3M $12M Better Ventures · Cantos Ventures · Purple Orange Ventures · Point Nine
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Financials

Workforce over time

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YearEmployees
2026 30
2025 35
2024 42
2023 60
2022 59
2021 25
2020 13
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Growth signals

Mission Barns website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Mission Barns is 2.8K monthly website visits, up 27.3% over the last three months. Mission Barns's team declined 14.3% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits2.8K 3-month web change+27.3% 1-year team growth-14.3%
Monthly website visits87 observations · Dec 2018–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

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Talent graph

Mission Barns's talent

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Team profiled 13 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 1 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

25 investors on Mission Barns's cap table

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Seed 8 investors entered at this stage
Point Nine
Better Ventures
Cantos Ventures
Purple Orange Ventures
Air Street Capital
Tectonic Capital
Capital V
Lever VC
Series A 8 investors entered at this stage
Global Founders Capital
Gullspang Invest
Green Monday
Blue Ledge Capital
Joyance Partners
Prithvi Ventures
Humboldt Fund
Grupo Lusiaves
Other known 9 additional known investors
Bloom8
Envisioning Partners
Fabian J. Fischer
FutureFoodCo
Gullspång Re:food
Jonathan Swerdlin.
Michiel van Deursen
Reverb Capital
Trellis Road

Global footprint

Where Mission Barns has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
3 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States88.9%
🇩🇪 Germany5.6%
🇸🇪 Sweden5.6%
3 countries shown

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Mission Barns

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