Uncommon (previously Higher Steaks) is a cultivated meat company (meat using cell culture techniques) which addresses some of the biggest health, environmental and animal welfare challenges. It is operating in an almost $1 trillion market and focused on pork as its first product.
Location: United Kingdom, England, Cambridge
Total raised: $30M
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 25.06.2023 | Cambridge ... | camagritec... |
| 17.03.2024 | MK Venture... | mk-vc.com |
| 24.06.2023 | Balderton ... | balderton.... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.06.2023 | Series A | $30M | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.08.2025 | Meatable Acquires Uncommon Bio’s Cultivated Meat Platform | Netherlands-based cultivated meat company Meatable has announced the acquisition of the cultivated meat platform of UK biotech company Uncommon Bio. The deal includes key technology, intellectual property assets, high-performing cell lines,... |
| 07.02.2024 | Preliminary AgFunder data point to 78% decline in cultivated meat funding in 2023; investors blame ‘general risk aversion’ | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts ab... |
| 18.07.2023 | Il mercato del Venture Capital a giugno 2023 | Nel secondo trimestre del 2023, sono stati investiti 81 miliardi di dollari di venture capital a livello globale, in calo dell’11% rispetto al primo trimestre. Delle tre regioni, l’EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) ha mostrato la magg... |
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| 15.06.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: HUNGRY bags $10m, USDA greenlights cultivated chicken labels, making leather from beer | Funding rounds continue to be slow and on the low side. Catering tech startup HUNGRY raised new capital, as did alt-meat startup Higher Steaks, which rebranded as Uncommon. In agtech, agribusiness platform Unnati Agri and alt-leather startu... |
| 09.06.2023 | Uncommon raises $30M to pave the way for scalable cultivated meat utilising RNA technologies | Founded by Benjamina Bollag and Dr. Ruth Faram as Higher Steaks, Uncommon leverages RNA, the molecule that contains the chemical instructions that direct cells’ natural machinery into making a protein, to create delicious cultivated bacon a... |
| 09.06.2023 | The Startup Bringing Home The $400B Bacon…Minus The Pig | Uncommon's burgerUncommon |
| 09.06.2023 | Cultivated meat startup Higher Steaks raises $30 million series A, rebrands as ‘Uncommon’ | UK-based Higher Steaks has rebranded as Uncommon and raised $30 million in a series A round to scale production of cultivated pork using patent-pending technology it claims gives it a competitive edge by speeding up the cell differentiation... |
| 09.06.2023 | UK Cultivated Meat Company Uncommon, Previously Higher Steaks, Raises $30M in Series A | Cultivated meat company Uncommon, formerly known as Higher Steaks, announces it has secured $30 million in Series A, led by Balderton Capital and Lowercarbon Capital. Founded in Cambridge by Benjamina Bollag and Dr. Ruth Faram, Uncommon lev... |
| 09.06.2023 | Steering into the industry skid, this cultivated meat startup raises an Uncommon $30 million | Cambridge-based biotech startup Uncommon has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round. Formerly known as Higher Steaks, the startup will use the investment to further develop its unique approach to lab-grown lunch, ramp up production,... |
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