# Ivy Farm Technologies

a 2019 University of Oxford spinout producing cultivated beef on a three-tonne-per-year pilot bioreactor and partnering with Finland's Synbio Powerlabs to scale toward 10,000-litre and 27,000-litre fermenters for first commercial sales.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/ivy-farm-technologies/
Updated: 2026-06-28

- Country: United Kingdom

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding | $40 million total funding raised | https://benchscope.com/uk/company/ivy-farm-technologies |
| Capacity | 2.8 tonnes of cultivated meat per year at Oxford pilot plant | https://www.arcgroup.io/stories/ivy-farm-technologies/, https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2022/08/24/unveiling-europe-s-largest-cultivated-meat-pilot-plant/ |
| Regulatory approval | filed dossiers for regulatory approval, awaiting results | https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/ivy-farm-cultivated-beef-lab-grown-meat-tasting-synbio-facility/ |
| Production site | Oxford, United Kingdom (pilot plant) | https://www.arcgroup.io/stories/ivy-farm-technologies/, https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2022/08/24/unveiling-europe-s-largest-cultivated-meat-pilot-plant/ |
| Production site | Helsinki, Finland (partnership with Synbio Powerlabs) | https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2024/05/16/ivy-farm-forms-partnership-with-synbio-powerlabs/, https://www.proteinproductiontechnology.com/post/ivy-farm-and-synbio-powerlabs-sign-agreement-to-scale-and-produce-cultivated-meat-in-finland, https://www.synbiopowerlabs.com/post/ivy-farm-synbio-powerlabs-sign-agreement-to-scale-and-produce-cultivated-meat-in-finland-at-the-w |
| Headcount | 50+ employees [medium confidence] | https://ivy.farm/about/, https://www.arcgroup.io/stories/ivy-farm-technologies/ |
| Revenue | £977.6K estimated turnover | https://explore.datagardener.com/company/ivy-farm-technologies-limited-12251013 |

Independent sources: arcgroup.io, benchscope.com, explore.datagardener.com, foodmanufacture.co.uk, foodnavigator.com, greenqueen.com.hk, ivy.farm, proteinproductiontechnology.com, synbiopowerlabs.com

## Technologies

- [Cultivated meat](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/cultivated-meat/)