ImpacFat
ImpacFat is a Singapore biotechnology company engineering the future of healthy longevity with stem-cell derived omega-3 fish fat. As the world’s first and only company developing this technology, we are creating next-generation ingredients that support longer, healthier lives through stem-cell innovation. Spun off from Singapore’s A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), ImpacFat …
Profile
ImpacFat is a Singapore private biotech startup that develops cultivated (cell-based) omega-3 fish fat to enhance nutrition and taste for food and related uses, using proprietary stem-cell technology and a global international patent covering core technology, cell lines, and processes. Core products/technology include cultivated omega-3-rich fish fat functional ingredients (for foods, supplements, cosmetics) and downstream cell-conditioned/exosome-based skincare actives (SCCM/exosome-based). Founded in March 2022; headquarters/head office in Singapore. Ownership/investors/funding: Toyo Seikan Group Holdings invested and collaborated as a strategic partner; other disclosed investors include 144 Ventures (Leave a Nest Group) and Esco Aster (via CEO Lin Xiangliang). Scale: company is a live private entity in Singapore; no revenue/employee/capacity figures are provided in the results. Key partners/customers: JR East (service contract to set up a shared office/lab via LiSH Hub in Tokyo). Latest 2025–2026 developments: Oct 1, 2025 launch/expansion into Japan with a Tokyo R&D hub at LiSH and close of strategic investments; July 2026 collaboration with Malaysian AI biotech M3TRIQ to lower cultivated fish-fat production costs via ingredient discovery workflow. The results indicate it is still active/live.
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- Singapore Food-Tech Pioneer ImpacFat Secures Strategic Investment from Japanese Giants to Launch Omega-3 Fish Fat R&D Hub in Tokyo — 2025-10-02
- [Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Invests in Singapore’s ImpacFat, to Develop Omega-3 Functional Ingredients from Cell-Based Fish Fat
- Towards Expansion into Foods, Supplements, and Cosmetics -｜News｜Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.](https://www.tskg-hd.com/en/news/detail/20251001_newsrelease_e.html) — 2025-10-01
- IMPACFAT PTE. LTD. (N) - Singapore Company
- Leave a Nest Group’s 144 Ventures and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. Invests in Singapore Cultivated Fish Fat Startup ImpacFat — Launching the BioGarage Initiative to Bridge the Biotech Ecosystem Between Japan and Singapore— | Leave a Nest — 2025-10-03
- Sashimi from a lab? S’pore’s ImpacFat, a global pioneer in cultivated fish fat, launches in Japan | The Straits Times — 2025-10-01
- Singapore food tech startup opens Japan R&D center after fundraising - Nikkei Asia — 2025-10-09
- ImpacFat Turns to AI Ingredient Discovery to Lower the Cost of Cultivated Fish Fat - Cultivated X — 2026-07-29
- Cultivated Fat | Impacfat
- Industry
- Alternative proteins, Cosmetics, Industrial chemistry
- Topics
- Cultivated meat & seafood, Synthetic biology platforms & biomanufacturing
- Role
- Producer — “…fat research, food science, manufacturing, and sustainability. - Partners: Strategic collaborations not listed…”
Bio-solutions it supplies 0
Not yet cited as a supplier in a graded solution.
What they offer
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News & status 6
- 2026-09 Latest status: ImpacFat entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with IntegriCulture in September 2026 to develop and commercialize cosmetic ingredients. ↗ ↗ ↗
- 2025-10-01 Sashimi from a lab? S’pore’s ImpacFat, a global pioneer in cultivated fish fat, launches in Japan | The Straits TimesImpacFat is a Singaporean biotech start-up that has cultivated Omega-3–rich fish fat using stem cell technology and launched in Japan, aiming to enhance taste and texture in lab-grown and plant-based foods while expanding into cosmetics, skincare, and premium …
- 2025-10-09 Singapore food tech startup opens Japan R&D center after fundraising - Nikkei AsiaImpacFat, a Singapore-based food-tech startup developing lab-cultured fish fat for cosmetics and food, has opened an R&D hub in Tokyo and secured Japanese funding ahead of its first product launch. This signals strong investor interest from Japan and a …
- 2026-09-29 From Fish Stem Cell Culture Technology to Next-Generation Cosmetic Ingredients — ImpacFat and IntegriCulture Establish Joint Development FrameworkImpacFat is a Singapore-based biotech startup, spun off from A*STAR, that develops stem cell–derived fish adipose tissue and omega-3–rich fat (DHA/EPA) for use as next-generation cosmetic ingredients and nutritional materials.
- 2025-10-02 Singapore Food-Tech Pioneer ImpacFat Secures Strategic Investment from Japanese Giants to Launch Omega-3 Fish Fat R&D Hub in TokyoImpacFat is a Singaporean A*STAR spin-off and the world’s first to cultivate omega-3 fish fat from stem cells, now expanding into Japan with strategic investment and a Tokyo R&D hub to accelerate cross-border biotech collaborations, production scale, and …
- 2025-10-01 Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Invests in Singapore’s ImpacFat,
to Develop Omega-3 Functional Ingredients from Cell-Based Fish Fat
- Towards Expansion into Foods, Supplements, and Cosmetics -｜News｜Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.ImpacFat is a Singapore-based startup that develops stem-cell–derived cultured fish fat rich in omega-3 (DHA and EPA) for use as functional ingredients in foods, supplements, and cosmetics; Toyo Seikan Group Holdings has invested as a strategic partner to help …
- 2026-08-01 🐟 ImpacFat taps M3TRIQ’s agentic AI to cut costs and improve yields for its cultivated omega-3 fish fat | Better BioeconomyImpacFat is using M3TRIQ’s agentic AI to optimize its cell-cultured fish fat production, aiming to cut costs and boost yields in producing omega-3-rich fat from cultured fish cells for skincare, supplements, and alternative proteins. The collaboration targets …
Network: owners, partners, peers
Ownership & investors 1
| investor | Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd |
Partners & deals 2
| counterparty | IntegriCulture Inc. (partner) …ImpacFat entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with IntegriCulture in September 2026 to develop and commercialize cosmetic ingredients.… |
| collaboration | ImpacFat Company focuses on cultivated fish fat made f …leadership in fat research, food science, manufacturing, and sustainability.
- Partners: Strategic collaborations not listed on the page.
- ** ** — ImpacFat Company focuses on cultivated fish fat made …… |
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