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Cell-based Crustacean Meat Company Shiok Meats acquires Singapore-based Cell-based Red Meat Start-up Gaia Foods

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12 August 2021

Gaia Foods was founded in 2019 by Dr. Vinayaka Srinivas (Dr. Vin) and Dr. Hung Nguyen, both scientists by training and with decades of experience in stem cell, scaffold and biotechnology research. In October 2020, Gaia Foods created their first structured meat product using their patent pending cell-based meat technology – thin pieces of pan-cooked beef slices served with rice noodles. The company is backed by Big Idea Ventures and angel investors. Big Idea Ventures is the first institutional investor in Gaia Foods, and is an investor in Shiok Meats as well.