Upside Foods, Inc.
Cultivated chicken meat grown from animal cells
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- BERKELEY, CA
- Founded
- 2015
- Latest Form D
- $400M, May 2022
- Total capital
- $586M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $586M
- 4 Form D · last May 2022
- 54 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 20
- 20 pending · first 2024
- Rank in peer group#3 of 80
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$400M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$21.9M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$161M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$3.1M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 80 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Material
- Granted patents#3 · top 4%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Nicholas GenoveseDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Jeff HousenboldDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Sebastien PascualDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Heidi RoizenDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Uma ValetiDirector, Executive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kyle VogtDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
Show all 7 people
- Tim WelshDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 20 granted of 40- PendingCompositions And Methods Of Making Comestible Cell-based Meat FilletsUSPTOApplication 19679155
- PendingEngineering Cell Lines Capable Of Proliferation In Growth Factor Free Media FormulationsUSPTOApplication 19549587
- PendingSystems And Methods For Continuous Cultivation And Recovery Of Comestible Non-human Animal CellsUSPTOApplication 19535930
Show all 40 patent records
- Compositions And Methods Of Making Comestible Cell-based Meat FilletsSep 17, 2026 · Application 19679155Pending
- Engineering Cell Lines Capable Of Proliferation In Growth Factor Free Media FormulationsJun 25, 2026 · Application 19549587Pending
- Systems And Methods For Continuous Cultivation And Recovery Of Comestible Non-human Animal CellsJun 18, 2026 · Application 19535930Pending
- Compositions And Methods Of Making Comestible Cell-based Meat FilletsJun 16, 2026 · US 12,653,214Granted
- Methods Of Using Pipe-based Bioreactors For Producing Comestible Meat ProductsMay 19, 2026 · US 12,630,793Granted
- Systems And Methods For Continuous Cultivation And Recovery Of Comestible Non-human Animal CellsApr 14, 2026 · US 12,600,951Granted
- Engineering Cell Lines Capable Of Proliferation In Growth Factor Free Media FormulationsMar 24, 2026 · US 12,584,109Granted
- Transposon System And Methods Of Using The SameMar 19, 2026 · Application 19400115Pending
- Plant Fat-based Scaffolds For The Growth Of Cell-based Meats And Methods Of Making Such ProductsMar 19, 2026 · Application 19393297Pending
- Heat Shock Inducible Cells And Their Manufacture And UseFeb 19, 2026 · Application 19300583Pending
- Plant Fat-based Scaffolds For The Growth Of Cell-based Meats And Methods Of Making Such ProductsDec 23, 2025 · US 12,503,677Granted
- High-moisture-extruded Comestible Cell-based Food ProductsDec 18, 2025 · Application 18742966Pending
- Methods Of Forming Comestible Cell-based Food Products Utilizing High-moisture ExtrusionDec 18, 2025 · Application 18744309Pending
- Methods And Compositions For Support Of Myogenicity Using Co-cultureNov 6, 2025 · Application 18870204Pending
- Engineered Bovine Cell Lines For Suspension CultureAug 21, 2025 · Application 18857791Pending
- Methods For Cultivating Tissue On Porous SubstratesJul 15, 2025 · US 12,359,154Granted
- Comestible Cell-based Meat Products Comprising Dry Cell Powder And Methods Of Making Such ProductsJul 10, 2025 · Application 19034305Pending
- Cell-based Meat Products And Cell Biomasses With Cells Cultivated In A Filter CakeJul 1, 2025 · US 12,344,828Granted
- Method For Forming A Porous Cell SubstrateMay 29, 2025 · Application 19039611Pending
- Apparatuses And Systems For Preparing A Meat ProductMar 25, 2025 · US 12,256,761Granted
- Systems, Devices, And Methods For Sterilizing Bioreactors And Culture MediaMar 18, 2025 · US 12,252,681Granted
- Method For Forming A Porous Cell SubstrateMar 4, 2025 · US 12,241,051Granted
- Methods And Systems For Sterilizing Bioreactor Systems With Superheated WaterFeb 6, 2025 · Application 18741412Pending
- Chickpea MicrocarriersDec 5, 2024 · Application 18732280Pending
- Nutrient Media For The Production Of Slaughter-free MeatSep 26, 2024 · Application 18731343Pending
- Harvesting Cell-based MeatJul 16, 2024 · US 12,037,569Granted
- Nutrient Media For The Production Of Slaughter-free MeatJul 9, 2024 · US 12,031,152Granted
- Compositions And Methods For Extending The Replicative Capacity Of Bovine CellsJun 20, 2024 · Application 18544063Pending
- Method For Forming Cell-based-meat FibersMay 28, 2024 · US 11,992,029Granted
- Methods Of Using Pipe-based Bioreactors For Producing Comestible Meat ProductsMay 21, 2024 · US 11,987,778Granted
- Pipe-based Bioreactors For Producing Comestible Meat Products And Methods Of Using The SameMay 14, 2024 · US 11,981,884Granted
- Suspension Based Chicken Product FormulationMay 9, 2024 · Application 18414439Pending
- Compositions And Methods For Increasing The Culture Density Of A Cellular Biomass Within A Cultivation InfrastructureMay 7, 2024 · US 11,976,302Granted
- Substrate Apparatus With Multi-layer Substrate For Cell-based Meat CultivatorsApr 16, 2024 · US 11,959,054Granted
- Systems And Methods For Cultivating Tissue On Porous SubstratesFeb 27, 2024 · US 11,912,967Granted
- Harvesting Cell-based MeatFeb 13, 2024 · US 11,898,127Granted
- Methods For The Cultivation Of Cells And Cell Biomass In A Filter CakeFeb 6, 2024 · US 11,891,596Granted
- Suspension Based Chicken Product FormulationDec 14, 2023 · Application 18334250Pending
- Non-skeletal Muscle-derived Cells As A Source Of Suspension Capable Myogenic Cells For Cultured FoodsDec 14, 2023 · Application 18334266Pending
- Method For Shaping A Cell-mass Mixture By Vacuum SealingOct 19, 2023 · Application 17659807Pending
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Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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