eat meati™ (Meati Inc.)
The University of Colorado Connection
Within months of beginning to collaboratively research mushroom root (mycelium) together as CU Boulder PhD students, Tyler Huggins (Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering) and Justin Whiteley (Mechanical Engineering) knew they had a nature-based tool for taking on many global issues. They decided to start a company that would guide fungi’s miraculous biotechnological power toward efficiently meeting humanity’s needs. When their deeper investigation of crafting protein from mushroom roots crossed paths with growing public alarm about the food system, they founded Emergy in 2015, now eat meati™, a company that provides delicious, nutritious and Earth-friendly nutrition to everyone. The core technology behind Meati Foods’ products involves mycelium-based fermentation to create meat alternatives. This technology was developed, in part, during their time as researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Funding Status and Investment Opportunities
- Industry: Environmentalism and Sustainability
- Funding Stage: Series C
- Contact for Investment Inquiries: Please refer to eat meatiTM
In the News
- Sustainable Spinouts: Innovation in Action (2025, Colordan Magazine)
- Meati Foods welcomes former Patagonia executive Phil Graves as new CFO (2024)
- Meati Foods now available in Super Target nationwide (2023)
- Meati Foods gains two athlete investors (2023)
- Meati Foods teams up with Whole Foods to launch its plant-based products nationwide (2023)
- MLB Legend Derek Jeter invests in Meati Foods (2023)
- Meati Foods announces its inaugural “Meati Culinary Collective” led by world-renowned celebrity chefs (2023)
- Mushroom protein company Meati Foods opens ‘mega’ facility; closes $22M in new funding (2023)
- Plant-based food developer Meati raises $150M in Series C funding (2022)
- Expect fungi-based steak on your plate by 2022: CU Boulder spinout Meati raises $50 million (2021)
- CU spinout Meati Foods puts roots down with new factory in Thornton (2021)
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