# Cult Food Science

> Cult Food Science is a VC fund backing Food and Beverage and Biotechnology. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cult-food-science
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CULTFoodScience
- Website: https://www.cultfoodscience.com/

CULT Food Science is an investment company focused on supporting and advancing the technology behind the future of food. It identifies and makes equity investments in global cultivated meat and dairy companies that are developing and commercializing innovative food technologies that enable a kinder, more secure, and more sustainable food supplychain.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$12M |
| Pre-Seed | $275k–$2.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 10 | 36% |
| Biotechnology | 8 | 29% |
| Food Processing | 5 | 18% |
| Alternative Protein | 4 | 14% |
| Nutrition | 2 | 7% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 11 | 39% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |
| Corporate Round | 1 | 4% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 25% |
| South Africa | 2 | 7% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Israel | 1 | 4% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 4% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brendan Brazier | co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brendan-brazier-df72 |
| Mitchell Scott | CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitchell-scott-4c5d |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Biftek | Biftek is a biotechnology company that produces microorganism-based, natural, and cost-effective growth medium supplements to grow muscle stem cells. It is a solution at the intersection of meat production and climate change mitigation. The company allows customers to produce meat at a reasonable cost by significantly lowering associated costs. | $300K | Seed | Sep 07, 2022 |  |
| Novel Farms | Novel Farms uses microbial fermentation to develop cruelty-free, inexpensive and tunable bioscaffolds for the production of cell-based meat products. Novel Farms mission is to craft the taste and texture of the gourmet meats and transform cell-based meat consumption into a sought-after culinary experience for the next generation of consciouseaters. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 10, 2022 |  |
| Minus | Minus is a beanless coffee company that produces coffee. |  |  | Jun 29, 2022 |  |
| Minus | Minus is a beanless coffee company that produces coffee. |  | Seed | Jun 29, 2022 |  |
| Unicorn Biotechnologies | Unicorn Biotechnologies has built the turing machine for biology that read and writes scientific endeavour in iterative loops automatically by combining state of the art hardware, software and machine learning approaches. | $3.2M | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Steakholder Foods | Steakholder ($STKH) is a publicly traded company on Nasdaq, 3D printing a new frontier in protein manufacturing. Our mission is to provide manufacturing solutions that craft sustainable, delicious alternative meat and fish, reducing environmental impact and promoting health. We aim to revolutionize food production, providing industry-standardmachinery and premix blends for plant-based food. Steakholder’s innovative techniques mimic the taste and texture of traditional foods. We are pioneers in the plant-based and cultivated meat industry, leveraging cutting-edge 3D printing technology to create sustainable, high-quality food solutions that go beyond simple imitation, aiming to capture the essence and nutritional benefits of traditional beef, poultry, and seafood. We are committed to supporting our partners in achieving their goals by providing them with the tools and expertise needed to succeed in a rapidly growing market. Whether you are looking to develop new plant-based products or enhance your existing offerings, Steakholder has the solutions to help you lead in the industry. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Apr 13, 2022 |  |
| Pearlita Foods | The world’s first cell-based mollusk company founded by Nikita Michelsen and marine biologist Joey Peters. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 11, 2022 |  |
| Vevolution | Vevolution is the home of plant-based and cell-tech innovators we provide SaaS solutions to help investors and startups create a better world. | $330K | Seed | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| UMAMI Bioworks | Umami Meats is developing delicious, affordable, sustainable cell-cultured seafood based on a proprietary, low-cost growth serum and novel marine cell lines. | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |
| UMAMI Bioworks | Umami Meats is developing delicious, affordable, sustainable cell-cultured seafood based on a proprietary, low-cost growth serum and novel marine cell lines. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Mar 02, 2022 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Big Idea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-idea-ventures) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Sustainable Food Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sustainable-food-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Better Bite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-bite-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Genedant](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genedant) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Impact Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/impact-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Katapult Ocean](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katapult-ocean) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Cult Food Science invest in?

Cult Food Science invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Biotechnology and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Cult Food Science's check size?

Cult Food Science typically joins rounds of $300k–$12M at Seed and $275k–$2.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Cult Food Science participates in.

### How do I contact Cult Food Science?

Public channels for Cult Food Science include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Cult Food Science?

The team at Cult Food Science includes Brendan Brazier (co-founder) and Mitchell Scott (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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