Livestock Labs

About the offering

Livestock Labs is a cultivated meat cell-engineering company based in Wilmington, Delaware, that is currently in a soft-launch fundraising round open exclusively to early investors until October 15. The company focuses on developing and engineering cell lines specifically for the cultivated meat industry, addressing what it describes as a foundational challenge in the space: the cells themselves. The company reports early commercial traction through revenue generated from completed cell-engineering projects, and its cell lines are currently under evaluation in five countries, indicating initial global interest and validation. Livestock Labs has secured pre-seed investment from two notable backers: ProVeg International, a global food-system organization with over 250 employees across 14 countries and a dedicated incubator for alternative protein startups, and the Delaware Economic Development Authority (DEDA), the State of Delaware's official financing authority for high-impact businesses. The company is led by Steen Ooi, a genome engineer and cell biologist with over 25 years of experience, who previously served as cell-engineering lead at New Age Eats and conducted research at UCL, Columbia, and UCLA. He is an ERC grant recipient and has published in Nature, Science, and Cell. Co-founder and COO Andrew Sayles brings operational experience from building two cultivated-meat companies, including Mission Barns, noted as the first company to sell FDA- and USDA-cleared cultivated pork. Sayles has helped Livestock Labs secure grants, state backing, paid projects, and global pilots. The minimum investment in this round is $100, and the round is being hosted on the Wefunder platform.

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