Mosa Meat secures US$1 million Dutch government loan to support global expansion
The company plans to expand beyond Europe into markets including Singapore, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
NETHERLANDS – Dutch cultivated meat producer Mosa Meat has secured an €875,000 (US$1.0 million) repayable loan from Invest International to support regulatory approvals and commercial expansion into key international markets.
The funding was provided through Invest International’s Development Accelerator, a programme operated by the Dutch state-owned impact investor, which is jointly owned by the Netherlands Ministry of Finance and development bank FMO.
The investment comes about seven months after Mosa Meat raised €15 million (US$17.6 million) to accelerate its route to market and will support the company’s efforts to identify strategic markets, build production and supply chain partnerships and prepare for commercial launches outside Europe.
Target markets include Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, where regulatory frameworks for cultivated meat are at different stages of development.
Invest International said commercialising cultivated meat requires companies to overcome regulatory approval processes, production scale-up and market entry challenges before products can reach consumers.
Chief Investment Officer Jeroen Plag said the company has demonstrated that cultivated meat technology works, adding that the next phase involves gaining market access, navigating regulations, reaching consumers and increasing production capacity.
Mosa Meat is currently commercialising cultivated beef fat, which can be blended with plant-based ingredients to produce hybrid products such as hamburgers, meatballs and empanadas.
The company submitted regulatory applications last year to the European Food Safety Authority, Switzerland’s Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office and the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency as it seeks approval for its products.
While the European Union’s novel food approval process has faced criticism for its lengthy timelines, several international markets have moved ahead with cultivated meat approvals, including Singapore, the United States and the joint Australia and New Zealand food regulator.
Plag said supporting innovative Dutch food technology companies helps strengthen the country’s international competitiveness while ensuring research, innovation and economic activity remain based in the Netherlands.
Mosa Meat has raised more than US$157 million since its founding, including investment from actor Leonardo DiCaprio and a €3.7 million (US$3.9 million) crowdfunding campaign completed in 2025.
The company has reduced the production cost of its cultivated beef significantly since unveiling its first cultivated burger prototype, which cost about US$330,000 to produce in 2013, and expects further cost reductions as it moves towards commercial production.
Mosa Meat operates four facilities in Maastricht, including what it describes as the world’s largest cultivated meat production plant, equipped with a 1,000 litre bioreactor capable of producing tens of thousands of cultivated beef burgers.
Chief executive officer Maarten Bosch said the latest funding will help bridge the gap between scientific development and commercial production as the company works towards bringing cultivated beef products to consumers.
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