Israel’s ProFuse Technology has launched ProFuse -S1 – a supplement that accelerates muscle cell development in the cultivated meat industry. In the future it could also benefit the rehabilitation of human muscle cells. https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/profuse-technology-revolutionizes-skeletal-muscle-research-with-groundbreaking-media-supplement-profuse-s1-302035743.html

Israel’s ProFuse Technology (see here previously) has partnered with Estonia’s Geletax to advance cultivated meat production. Using ProFuse’s media supplement and Geletax’s plant-based scaffolds, they produced 5 times more lab-grown protein than with regular methods. https://vegconomist.com/cultivated-cell-cultured-biotechnology/profuse-technology-gelatex-expedite-cultivated-meat-enhance-muscle-growth/

Israeli startups BlueTree, Bountica, Eggmented Reality, Pigmentum, ProFuse Technology, Sea2Cell, and others, starred in the recent Demo Day held by Israeli food-tech incubator Fresh Start. Alteco.ai (energy efficiency) and Sweet Balance (natural sugar substitute) are new to this newsletter. https://israelactive.com/?s=Sea2Cell … Continue reading →

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute stumbled onto a fast process for growing lab-grown meat. They found that cultivated meat grows much faster when the enzyme ERK is blocked. They have formed the Israeli startup ProFuse to take this further. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/318886 … Continue reading →

Israel’s ProFuse Technology won FoodTech 2021 using Israel’s Weizmann Institute’s technology to accelerate the growth of cultured meat cells. ProFuse will receive up to $100,000 for commercial integration with Tnuva, or as an investment, and up to NIS 50,000 for … Continue reading →