British investor Agronomics has pulled the plug on Leiden-based laboratory-grown meat company Meatable citing performance and financial issues.
Meatable started work on development lab-grown meat in 2016 using pork cells. In April 2024 the company held the first official testing of its lab-grown pork in Europe, drafting in top chef Ron Blaauw and start-up envoy prince Constantijn to the tasting panel.
Meatable also said at the time it planed to launch its first products in Singapore, but has still not received the green light.
“Throughout 2025, Meatable has been subject to a variety of foreseeable and unforeseeable risks and uncertainties, which have had an impact on the company’s ability to execute its strategy and deliver its expected performance,” Agronomics said in a press statement.
“In particular, the company was unable to obtain continued funding from either existing shareholders or from new investors.”
Earlier this month Israel-based lab meat company Believer Meats also closed its doors, facing both a lack of finance and a court case over unpaid bills. Britain-based CellRev also called it quits this year, as did another Dutch firm, Upstream Foods which focused on cultivated fish oil.
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