Yissum, though its investment fund Agrinnovation, has contributed to a seed round for one of its portfolio companies, Future Meat Technologies.
Future Meat Technologies, an Israel-based meat production spinout from Hebrew University, raised $2.2m in a seed round yesterday that featured Agrinnovation, an investment fund owned by the institution’s tech transfer office Yissum.
Tyson Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of food producer Tyson Foods, co-led the round, though Future Meat did not specify who the other co-leading investor was.
Food conglomerate Neto Group also participated in the round, as did S2G Ventures, BitsXBites and HB Ventures.
Future Meat Technologies is developing…