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Shiok Meats
Food · Singapore, Singapore · Founded 2018
A cell-based meat and seafood company – the first of its kind in Singapore and South-East Asia MoreLess
Shiok Meats is a pioneering cell-based clean meat company, the first of its kind in Singapore and Southeast Asia. The company focuses on producing delicious, clean, and healthy seafood by harvesting meat from cells instead of animals. Shiok Meats specializes in cell-based crustacean meats, including shrimp, crab, and lobster, aiming to provide an alternative to traditional seafood that is animal-friendly, health-conscious, and environmentally sustainable. The company is currently in the research and development phase, with plans to commercialize its products in the coming years. Shiok Meats operates in the alternative protein market, targeting consumers who are looking for sustainable and cruelty-free seafood options. The business model revolves around developing proprietary cell-culturing technology to produce seafood, which will be sold directly to consumers and through partnerships with food service providers. Revenue will be generated through the sale of these cell-based seafood products. Keywords: cell-based, seafood, sustainable, shrimp, crab, lobster, alternative protein, clean meat, Southeast Asia, cruelty-free.
Company overview
Shiok Meats company information
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- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2018
- Headquarters
- Singapore, Singapore
- Employees
- 8
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 70.9
- Investment activity
- 1 companies · latest Aug 2021
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
Valuation & funding
Shiok Meats funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITION✓Exit | Mar 2024 | $0 | — | Umami Bioworks | ↗ |
| GRANT✓Other financing | Jul 2021 | — | — | Enterprise Singapore | — |
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | Jul 2021 | $10M | $63M | CJ CheilJedang · Woowa Brothers · Big Idea Ventures · Toyo Seikan | ↗ |
| Other✓Other financing | Jan 2021 | $0 | — | Creative Destruction Lab | — |
| SUPPORT PROGRAM✓Other financing | Sep 2020 | $0 | — | CDL-Paris | — |
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | Sep 2020 | Yellow Dog · Ilshin Investment Co., Ltd. · Kelvin Chan Siang Lin · Alex Payne | ↗ | ||
| EARLY VC✓Equity / VC | Jun 2020 | Impact Ventures · Mindshift Capital · VegInvest · Agronomics | ↗ | ||
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Apr 2019 | Simon Newstead · Jim Mellon · Monde Nissin · Twynam Investments | — | ||
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Mar 2019 | AIM Partners · Y Combinator · Ryan Bethencourt · Boom Capital Ventures | — | ||
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Mar 2019 | Y Combinator | — |
Financials
Workforce over time
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| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 |
| 2025 | 15 |
| 2024 | 15 |
| 2023 | 19 |
| 2022 | 48 |
| 2021 | 33 |
| 2020 | 16 |
Growth signals
Shiok Meats website traffic
Latest recorded traffic for Shiok Meats is 60 monthly website visits, down 96.5% over the last three months. Shiok Meats's team declined 46.7% over the past year.
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Investors
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