Nutrient-Rich Mycelium Steaks & Cutlets!

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Nothing Fake About Real Food

Ultra-processed? Nah. That’s not our style. We think it’s time for something better. Something real.

Meet Mycelium. The Real Deal.

meati™ is all about real food, made from real ingredients, with real benefits. Our mycelium-based protein is packed with everything you want—complete protein, fiber, and essential nutrients—without the stuff you don’t. No binders, fillers, or unnecessary processing. Just simple, whole-food goodness that tastes amazing and fuels your body.

And the best part? It’s better for the planet too.

• Sustainability with purpose: meati™ mycelium uses 73% less water and produces 89% fewer greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional animal beef.
• Scaling nutrition, not resources: We can create the equivalent protein of 200 cows in one week—without the environmental cost.
• Less land, more possibility: Our mycelium requires 10x less land than soy, making it a smarter, more efficient way to feed the world.

No Compromises. Just Better Food.

Great food shouldn’t make you choose between taste, nutrition, and sustainability—it should give you all three. That’s what we’re here to do.

Mycelium is naturally functional, meaning it cooks, chews, and satisfies like the real thing without needing a chemistry experiment to make it happen. Plus, it’s naturally a powerhouse of protein and fiber, supporting gut health while delivering that hearty bite you crave.

Join the Real Food Movement

This isn’t just about meati™—it’s about rethinking the way we eat. It’s about raising the bar and choosing food that actually makes a difference. Because when you start with something real, you don’t need to fake it.

Let’s eat better. Let’s demand more. Let’s make real food the new standard.

Let’s change the protein paradigm. Are you in?

Our timeline

A look at the backstory of our founders and milestones on the company's path to what it is today.

Though Tyler Huggins and Justin Whiteley grew up in different parts of the country, they shared a passion for science, the environment, and addressing humanity’s most pressing challenges that would bring them together in 2015 as Ph.D. students in Colorado. Within months of beginning to collaboratively research mycelium, they knew they had a nature-based tool for taking on many global issues. Over beers at a Boulder brewery in April 2016, 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 mycelium crossed paths with growing public alarm about the food system, their big ambitions had finally found a home: Eat Meati™, a company that would provide delicious, nutritious, and Earth-friendly nutrition to everyone.

2023

January

• Mega Ranch Opening and $22 Million Additional Investment: The Mega Ranch, meati™'s first large-scale facility that will produce tens of millions of pounds of mycelium, is unveiled. Articles from Fast Company and TechCrunch led the coverage.

2022

January

• Mega Ranch Opening

November

• Carne Asada Steaks Are Released: The newest meati™ product joins the line-up via direct-to-consumer drops with plans to land on retail shelves.

November

• Time's Best Inventions of 2022: The meati™ Crispy and Classic Cutlets make Time’s Best Inventions of 2022 list. The annual roundup looks at hundreds of innovations changing the way we live when it comes to transportation, nutrition, energy, and more. “Both cutlets, one breaded and one not, look and taste remarkably like actual chicken,” wrote the author.

July

• $150 Million Series C Investment: The $150 million investment round was led by Revolution Growth, with participation from existing and new investors, including Grosvenor Food & AgTech, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), Wellington Management, and Cultivate Next, Chipotle Mexican Grill’s new venture fund which included meati™ Foods in its first cohort of investments.

May

• "Steaking a Claim" as an Industry Leader: meati™ Classic Steak, one of the first and few whole-cut animal-free steaks to go to market, is released as part of the company’s DTC sale on May 23.

April

• 1,200 Seconds: It takes 20 minutes for meati™ to sell every cutlet in its product drop on April 20.

March

• Official Launch of DTC Store and David Chang Partnership: The company goes official with its DTC store on March 21 and announces its partnership with David Chang, chef and founder of Momofuku and Majordomo Media. Inventory sells out in 2.5 hours.

February

• meati™ First QSR Partnership: Birdcall: One of Colorado’s best fried chicken eateries and quick service restaurants (QSR), Birdcall, includes meati™ in its offerings, which aim to “make natural foods more accessible and affordable.”

2021

July

• $50 Million Series B Funding: The oversubscribed round was co-led by new investor BOND and long-time Meati investor Acre Venture Partners and included Prelude Ventures, Congruent Ventures, and Tao Capital. Numerous global leaders in the movement to create sustainable food systems also participated with new or upsized investments: Walter Robb (former Whole Foods Market CEO); Rose Marcario (former Patagonia CEO); John Foraker (Once Upon a Farm CEO and former Annie’s Organic CEO); Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman (co-founders of Sweetgreen); Sam Kass (former White House senior policy advisor for nutrition and partner at Acre Venture Partners); David Barber (co-owner of Blue Hill Restaurants and founder of Almanac Investments); and the Alinea Group (including one of the most awarded and recognized chefs in the world, Grant Achatz).

May

• Space Secured for the Mega Ranch: The company secures a site in Colorado for its Mega Ranch, a facility slated to launch in late 2022, that will produce millions of pounds of Meati.

2020

September

• $28 Million Series A Funding: The company raises $28 million in a Series A investment round.

2019

October

• Say Hello to meati™: When Tyler & Justin’s deeper investigation of crafting protein from mycelium crossed paths with growing public alarm about the food system, their big ambitions finally found a home: meati™, a company that would provide delicious, nutritious, and Earth-friendly nutrition to everyone.

2016

April

• Spores of the Company: Our founders, Tyler Huggins & Justin Whiteley, were two Ph.D. students from CU Boulder who bonded over their shared passions for science, the environment, and addressing humanity’s most pressing challenges. Within months of beginning to collaboratively research mycelium, they knew they had a nature-based tool for taking on many global issues. Over beers at a Boulder brewery, they decided to start a company that would guide fungi’s miraculous biotechnological power toward efficiently meeting the needs of humanity.