Believer Meats
Corporate brand
UnclaimedA cultivated-meat biotechnology company formerly known as Future Meat Technologies. Believer Meats is a cultivated-meat company developing meat from animal cells.
Last updated October 30, 2026
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Overview
Believer Meats is a cultivated-meat company whose website describes its product as meat grown from high-quality, non-GMO animal cells. The company presents its offering as real meat intended to deliver the taste and texture of conventionally farmed meat, while being produced without raising and slaughtering an animal. Its website says cells are sourced once, selected, grown in a controlled environment with nutrients, and harvested and prepared to match the flavor and texture of conventional meat. The company describes its meat as cruelty- and slaughter-free, free from antibiotics, artificial preservatives, and artificial colors, and better for the environment. It frames its purpose around making healthy, delicious meat accessible. The supplied material does not identify specific products, retail availability, geographic markets, headquarters, founding date, or ownership, so those details are not specified here. The company was formerly known as Future Meat Technologies, according to the supplied homepage text. The homepage also reports that Believer Meats added three executive leadership team members, but does not name them in the provided excerpt. It mentions a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding with ADM to collaborate on developing and commercializing cultivated-meat products. The available evidence does not establish the agreement’s later status or the company’s current operating condition. Believer Meats, formerly Future Meat Technologies, is a cultivated-meat company that grows meat from high-quality, non-GMO animal cells. Its website describes a process in which cells are sourced once, selected, grown in a controlled environment with nutrients, and then harvested and prepared to match the flavor and texture of conventionally farmed meat. The company presents its product as real meat produced without raising and slaughtering animals, and as free from antibiotics, artificial preservatives, and artificial colors. It frames its purpose around making healthy, delicious meat accessible. The company was founded in Israel in 2018 by Yaakov Nahmias, built a pilot facility in Rehovot, rebranded as Believer Meats in 2022, and broke ground on a production facility in Wilson, North Carolina. It also entered a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding with ADM to collaborate on developing and commercializing cultivated-meat products, and a technology partnership with GEA Group in 2024. Reference material reports that in December 2025 the company's human-resources director stated that Believer Meats had ceased operations, but the claim requires additional verification.
History
Future Meat Technologies was established in Israel in 2018 by Yaakov Nahmias, a biomedical engineering professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Nahmias became the company’s chief scientific officer. The enterprise entered the cultivated-meat field at a time when several biotechnology startups were attempting to move meat production from animal agriculture into controlled cellular and fermentation systems. The company’s approach was based on extracting cells from living animals and growing them in stainless-steel fermenters or bioreactors. Under controlled conditions, the cells reproduce and form edible tissues. Future Meat Technologies emphasized the potential of this method to reduce reliance on livestock production while retaining the sensory and nutritional characteristics associated with meat. It also claimed that its cell-reproduction rates were substantially higher than those of some competitors and promoted lower projected land, water, and emissions requirements than conventional animal husbandry. Future Meat Technologies built a 10,700-square-foot facility in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv. The company presented a cultivated-meat prototype publicly in 2019 and raised $14 million in October of that year to finance pilot-plant construction. It estimated that products might reach the market in 2022. In February 2020, the company announced a cost-reduction target of roughly $10 per pound, illustrating its focus on the economics of scale as well as on laboratory performance. By early 2020, industry observers identified Future Meat Technologies among the more advanced cultivated-meat startups because it was developing a pilot plant rather than operating only at laboratory scale. Construction of the Rehovot pilot plant was completed in June 2021, and the site entered service. By November of that year, reported capacity had reached approximately 500 kilograms per day, equivalent to about 182,625 kilograms annually if maintained continuously. The company also raised a $347 million Series B round in 2021, providing substantial capital for process development and expansion. The company reported significant reductions in production costs during 2021. It stated that the cost of a cultured chicken breast had fallen from $7.50 to $1.70 and that cultured chicken could be produced at about $7.70 per pound. These figures were internal or company-reported production metrics, not evidence of retail availability or profitability. As with other cultivated-meat businesses, the commercial pathway remained dependent on further scale-up, regulatory review, consumer acceptance, reliable supply chains, and the cost and carbon intensity of industrial inputs. In November 2022, Future Meat Technologies rebranded as Believer Meats. The new name accompanied a transition from an Israel-centered pilot operation toward a broader commercial strategy. In December 2022, Believer Meats broke ground on a production facility in Wilson, North Carolina. Its principal office was subsequently described as being in Chicago, while the North Carolina site was identified as its primary production facility. This represented a shift in the company’s operational center of gravity toward the United States, although its Israeli origins and Rehovot facility remained central to its history. In 2024, Believer Meats entered a technology partnership with GEA Group to co-develop cultivated-meat systems. The arrangement connected Believer’s cellular-production expertise with GEA’s industrial process and equipment capabilities. The company’s longer-term ambition was to create a repeatable production platform for cultivated meat, particularly chicken, at volumes and costs suitable for regulated commercial distribution. The supplied reference material reports that, in December 2025, the company’s human-resources director stated that Believer Meats had ceased operations. This reportedly occurred shortly after the company announced completion of its North Carolina facility and FDA and USDA approvals. The cessation report is not sufficiently documented in the available material to establish a definitive corporate status, so the present status is recorded as unknown rather than active or defunct. Believer Meats is a cultivated-meat company that was formerly known as Future Meat Technologies, as stated on its supplied homepage. The available material does not give the company’s founding date, founders, early development history, or the date when it adopted the Believer Meats name. The company’s stated approach is to cultivate meat from animal cells. Its website describes a process that begins with sourcing animal cells once, selecting cells, and placing them in a controlled environment with nutrients to support their growth. It says the developed cells are harvested and prepared to match the flavor and texture of conventionally farmed meat. The company presents this process as avoiding animal raising and slaughter and describes its product as made with non-GMO animal cells. The supplied homepage also reports two company developments without providing dates. It says the company added three executive leadership team members, without naming them in the excerpt. It also refers to an ADM and Believer Meats non-exclusive memorandum of understanding concerning collaboration on the development and commercialization of cultivated-meat products. The material does not establish whether that collaboration proceeded or remains active. The available evidence supports describing Believer Meats as a cultivated-meat company and records the former name Future Meat Technologies. It does not provide enough information to document additional dated milestones, ownership, headquarters, commercial launches, or the company’s present operating status. The company’s homepage also reports that Believer Meats added three executive leadership team members, without naming them in the provided excerpt, and refers to a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding with ADM to collaborate on developing and commercializing cultivated-meat products; the available evidence does not establish the agreement’s later status.
- 2025
Reported cessation of operations
[1]Reference material reports a statement that the company had ceased operations; the claim requires additional verification.
- 2024
GEA Group technology partnership
[1]Believer Meats partnered with GEA Group to co-develop cultivated-meat technologies.
- 2022
Rebrand to Believer Meats
[1]Future Meat Technologies adopted the Believer Meats name.
- 2022
North Carolina facility begins construction
[1]Believer Meats broke ground on a new production facility in Wilson, North Carolina.
- 2021
Rehovot pilot facility enters service
[1]The company completed its Rehovot pilot plant and reported capacity of approximately 500 kilograms per day.
- 2021
Series B financing
[1]The company raised a reported $347 million Series B round.
- 2020
Production-cost reduction target announced
[1]Future Meat Technologies stated that it aimed to reduce cultivated-meat production costs to approximately $10 per pound by 2022.
- 2019
Cultivated-meat prototype presented publicly
[1]The company presented a cultured-meat prototype and raised $14 million to support pilot-plant construction.
- 2018
Company founded in Israel
[1]Future Meat Technologies was founded by Yaakov Nahmias, who later served as chief scientific officer.
Formerly known as Future Meat Technologies
Products and positioning
A biotechnology and food-technology company positioned around scalable, resource-efficient cultivated meat produced from animal cells. Cultivated meat positioned as real meat with the taste and texture of conventional meat, produced without raising and slaughtering animals. A biotechnology and food-technology company positioned around scalable, resource-efficient cultivated meat produced from animal cells, presented as real meat with the taste and texture of conventional meat and made without raising and slaughtering animals.
Cultivated meat
Cultivated chicken
Believer Meats’ principal reported product focus was cultivated chicken produced from animal cells. The company described a process in which cells obtained from living animals were expanded in stainless-steel bioreactors and developed into edible tissue. Its reported cost reductions for cultured chicken were intended to demonstrate progress toward scalable production, although the available material does not establish broad retail commercialization.
Food biotechnology
Cultivated-meat production platform
The company developed cellular-cultivation and bioprocessing capabilities rather than only a single packaged food product. Its platform included animal-cell propagation, stainless-steel fermentation or bioreactor systems, and pilot-scale manufacturing infrastructure. The stated objective was to make cultivated meat reproducible and economical at industrial volumes.
Cultivated meat
Meat grown from high-quality, non-GMO animal cells and prepared to match the flavor and texture of conventionally farmed meat, according to the company website.
Brand decisions
2024
Partner with GEA Group on cultivated-meat technologyOtherBackground
Commercial cultivated-meat production requires integration of cell biology with industrial process equipment and manufacturing systems.
Action taken
Believer Meats and GEA Group agreed to co-develop cultivated-meat technologies.
Aftermath
The partnership linked Believer’s cultivated-meat development with GEA’s process-engineering capabilities; further outcomes are not specified in the supplied material.
2022
Rebrand as Believer MeatsStrategyBackground
After developing its Israeli pilot operation, the company sought a broader commercial identity for cultivated meat and international expansion.
Action taken
Future Meat Technologies changed its public name to Believer Meats.
Aftermath
The Believer Meats name became associated with the company’s United States expansion and North Carolina production project.
2022
Expand United States manufacturing capacityStrategyBackground
A larger facility was intended to support the transition from pilot production to commercial-scale cultivated-meat manufacturing.
Action taken
Believer Meats broke ground on a production facility in Wilson, North Carolina.
Aftermath
The North Carolina project became a central element of the company’s United States expansion, although its eventual operating status is unclear.
2021
Scale pilot production in RehovotStrategyBackground
The company needed a pilot facility to move beyond laboratory work and test larger-scale cultivated-meat manufacturing.
Action taken
Future Meat Technologies completed and commissioned a 10,700-square-foot Rehovot facility, reporting capacity of approximately 500 kilograms per day.
Aftermath
The facility became the company’s principal Israeli pilot-production site and supported its claims about progress toward industrial scale.
2020
Set a cultivated-meat cost targetStrategyBackground
High production costs were a major barrier to the cultivated-meat industry’s transition from laboratory prototypes to commercial food manufacturing.
Action taken
Future Meat Technologies stated that it aimed to reduce production costs to approximately $10 per pound by 2022.
Aftermath
The company later reported additional reductions in the cost of cultured chicken, but the available material does not establish whether the target translated into commercial pricing.
Target cultivated-meat production cost. $10 per pound target (Announced February 2020, target for 2022)
Recent events
Reported
Future Meat Technologies raises $347 million in Series B funding[4]
Future Meat Technologies announced that it raised $347 million in a Series B financing round, co-led by ADM Ventures.
Reported
Future Meat Technologies opens cultured-meat production facility[5]
Future Meat Technologies opened an industrial cultured-meat production facility in Rehovot, Israel, with stated capacity to produce 500 kilograms of cultured products per day.
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