Aleph Farms
Aleph Farms®, an Israel-based cellular agriculture company, enhances sustainability, food security and animal welfare by diversifying the supply and decentralizing the production of quality animal proteins and fats as a complement to sustainable methods of conventional animal agriculture. Founded in 2017, the company unveiled the world’s first cultivated thin-cut beef steak in 2018, the world’s …
Profile
- Industry
- Alternative proteins, Cosmetics, Food ingredients
- Topics
- Hyaluronic acid, collagen & cosmetic bio-actives
- Role
- Producer — “…re/platform plus a contract manufacturing model (not greenfield plants), transferring production know-how to C…”
- Why it is bioeconomy
- Aleph Farms is an Israeli cellular agriculture company focused on developing and commercializing cultivated beef steaks.
Bio-solutions it supplies 1
What they offer
Products: Cultivated Thin-Cut Steak; Cultivated Ribeye Steak; Aleph Cuts; cultivated steak; Cultivated Beef Steaks; 3D-bioprinted Ribeye Steak; Cultivated meat products; Cell-cultured collagen; Petit Steak
Certifications: Kosher; LEED Silver; Regulatory approval from Israel's Ministry of Health
- Applications
- Regenerative Medicine · Tissue Engineering · Culinary Opportunities
- Certifications (website)
- Kosher · LEED Silver · Regulatory approval from Israel's Ministry of Health
- Customers & partners
- Migros · Cargill · Mitsubishi Corporation · BRF · Thai Union · CJ CheilJedang · Eridia · Bühler · ZETA
- Production sites
- Rehovot, Israel — Pilot production facility; cultivated meat · Israel — Cultivated meat products
- Products (website)
- Cultivated Thin-Cut Steak — World's first cultivated thin-cut steak unveiled on 11.12.2018. · Cultivated Ribeye Steak — World's first cultivated ribeye steak unveiled on 09.02.2021. · Aleph Cuts — Regulatory approved by Israel's Ministry of Health on 17.1.2024. · cultivated steak — Thin-cut beef steak produced using cellular agriculture. · Cultivated Beef Steaks — High-quality cultivated animal products grown from cow cells. · 3D-bioprinted Ribeye Steak — The world’s first cultivated 3D-bioprinted ribeye steak unveiled in 2021. · Cultivated meat products · Cell-cultured collagen · Aleph Cuts — The world’s first cultivated beef steaks. · Petit Steak — The first Aleph Cut introduced to diners in Israel, made of non-modified, non-immortalized cells of a premium Black Angus cow named Lucy. · Aleph Cuts — Cultivated petit steak
- R&D facilities
- State-of-the-art R&D center
Read from the company's own website: about · products · production · rnd · leadership · sustainability · topic · topic
Subsidiaries: Aleph Frontiers (incubator)
News & status 6
- 2026-06 Latest status: The company has undergone significant restructuring, including multiple rounds of layoffs and a shift from internal production to an outsourcing model with external manufacturing partners. ↗ ↗ ↗
- 2026-06-02 Aleph Farms cuts jobs and shifts to outsourcing as cultivated meat industry stumbles | CtechAleph Farms is cutting staff and shifting to outsourcing to cut costs as the cultivated meat market stalls, seeking new funding while focusing on commercialization and external manufacturing partners.
- 2025-02-24 Aleph Farms raised $140 million—but now it's struggling to survive | CtechAleph Farms is in a precarious financial position, pursuing an emergency $25 million fundraising (likely only about $10 million soon) with a reduced valuation around $80–$100 million, down from $300 million in 2021, and facing liquidity concerns that could …
- 2026-09-04 What comes after the cultivated meat hype? Didier Toubia is finding out | PPTI NewsAleph Farms is shifting from building large, centralized facilities to a regional, partnership-based approach that uses local manufacturing and hybrid cultivated-beef products to sit alongside conventional beef, aiming for capital-efficient scale and broader …
- 2026-08-04 Aleph Farms gets Singapore green light for cultivated steakAleph Farms has received regulatory approval to sell its cultivated thin-cut steak in Singapore and plans a phased launch with select restaurants in H1 2027, using a Singapore-based co-manufacturer to scale efficiently and expand to other markets.
- 2025-09-15 Aleph Farms Didier Toubia: Impact of GLP-1s & consumer trends on cultivated meatAleph Farms has secured regulatory clearance in Israel for its hybrid cultivated “Petit Steak” (cultivated meat blended with plant-based ingredients) but is intentionally delaying market launch to focus on cost reduction, scalability, and production …
- 2025-09-23 Aleph Farms CEO on bid to reach cultivated-meat profitabilityAleph Farms aims to become profitable by 2028 with its cultivated-meat approach, focusing on Petit Steak as a first product and expanding production through partnerships (including Europe via The Cultured Hub). They emphasize not replacing meat but creating a …
Network: owners, partners, peers
Ownership & investors 11
| investor | L Catterton |
| investor | DisruptAD |
| investor | Strauss Group |
| investor | Cargill |
| investor | Thai Union |
| investor | BRF |
| investor | CJ CheilJedang |
| investor | Marcus Samuelsson |
| investor | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| subsidiary | Aleph Frontiers |
| parent | Aleph Farms |
Partners & deals 4
| counterparty | Cell Agritech (manufacturing partner) …The company has undergone significant restructuring, including multiple rounds of layoffs and a shift from internal production to an outsourcing model with external manufacturing partners.… |
| counterparty | Cell Agritech …Aleph Farms received regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency for its Cultivated Thin-Cut Steak in August 2026.… |
| manufacturing partner | Core tech …r its Aleph Cuts™ brand. Core tech is its proprietary cell culture/platform plus a contract manufacturing model (not greenfield plants), transferring production know-how to CDMO partners[4… |
| manufacturing partner | European production base planning …uding European production base planning with The Cultured Hub (Switzerland) and Singapore contract manufacturing with Cell Agritech. Company status: private and active (active jobs reported in… |
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