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Novameat Gains New Funds to Take Its 3D Printed Plant-based Steak to Market

Novameat Gains New Funds to Take Its 3D Printed Plant-based Steak to Market

Written by David

September 10, 2019

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Novameat, a Spanish startup developing meat alternatives through 3D printing, announced it had raised an undisclosed amount of funding from New Crop Capital. Novameat uses patented 3D-printing technology to “print” plant-based meat with the same fibrous texture of the real thing.

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According to founder Giuseppe Scionti, whom I talked to, the company’s special 3D printer uses syringes filled with plant protein to extrude cuts of meat that mimic the muscles of animal tissue.

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He said the company will use the new funding to do more demonstrations of his 3D printed steak, scale up the technology, grow his team of four, and expand beyond Europe. Extrusion is how most plant-based meat companies make vegan protein look like real chicken nuggets, tuna chunks, etc. But Scionti told me that his machine is unique since it can make whole cuts […]

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