Laying the rails between the science and the plate
Cultivated meat will redefine how the world eats – but it takes more than scientific innovation to unlock its potential. It takes execution, public trust, and practical systems that make it visible, accessible, and desirable.
Cultigen Group builds focused ventures at every stage of the industry's development – research, intelligence, production and market – each one placed where the sector will need it next. Together they turn real meat grown without animals from a scientific achievement into a working industry.
Founder-led, with deep roots in digital commerce, consumer experience, and ethical entrepreneurship, the group builds scalable ventures where impact and profit pull in the same direction.
Research
A specialist B2B marketplace serving the cultivated meat sector with essential hardware, lab equipment, cell lines, and growth media. Designed for speed and relevance, Cellbase streamlines procurement for startups, researchers, and producers across the ecosystem.
A B2B intelligence platform structuring cultivated meat research into decision-ready records for R&D teams. It aggregates peer-reviewed experiments, failure modes, and process benchmarks into a searchable database, helping scientists move faster and avoid known pitfalls.
A neutral price-reporting and standards layer for the cultivated meat industry. Assay Markets records and publishes reference prices for production inputs - growth media, cell lines, scaffolds, reagents, and reactor time - building the archived index the sector currently lacks.
Intelligence
An intelligence and supplier directory for the cultivated meat industry. Cultideck aggregates data on regulatory progress, funding activity, and supplier capabilities - the discovery engine for companies seeking partners and investors tracking the market.
A public-facing newsroom tracking announcements, funding rounds, and milestones from every company in the cultivated meat industry. The Growth Medium aggregates official press releases into one searchable hub, with a weekly digest for industry professionals.
Production
Infrastructure for the stage that comes after the lab – when the science is settled and production has to scale. cell.farm is in development and not yet announced. Details by request.
Market
A pan-European network of cultivated meat platforms connecting consumers and trade buyers with real meat made without animals. Each site builds regional presence and serves as a commercial channel for the emerging industry.
A public advocacy body introducing 'Cultivarian' as a new dietary identity for those who eat cultivated meat. As a registered Community Interest Company, it champions clarity in food labelling, builds cultural relevance for the category, and fosters a growing community committed to ethical, science-backed eating.
The studio
The studio behind every platform on this page. Coculture designs and ships digital platforms for the cultivated meat, alternative protein, and life-science economy - marketplaces, data dashboards with AI query layers, data pipelines, and social automation - for funded organisations, commercial companies, and venture studios.
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Thirty years building technology businesses. Fourteen years vegan. In 2024, with the science maturing, David Bell started building what the industry would need next – one venture at a time.
He writes about it on LinkedIn.