Innovative solutions for the
cultivated meat industry.
Cost-effective, edible, food-safe, animal-component-free products.
Unique products that solve your unique challenges.
With a combined 20 years of experience in the cultivated meat industry, our team has a deep understanding of the challenges faced by both CPG and other enabling technology companies in the space. Our proprietary solutions are developed to solve specific problems and unblock bottlenecks.
Solutions developed by industry innovators.
Teryn Wolfe
Chief Executive Officer
Teryn is the former CEO of Matrix Food Technologies, an enabling technology company specializing in extracellular matrices for the alternative protein industry. She has 15+ years of meaningful experience at the nexus of business, social impact, environmental protection, and academia.
Eric Schulze, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer
Eric is a professional scientist specializing in startup management, enterprise execution, and novel food design. As VP of Global Regulatory and Public Policy at UPSIDE Foods, he developed the approach and led the team that secured the first-ever FDA safety greenlight for a cultivated meat product.
Matthew Leung
VP of R&D
Matthew has 20 years of experience in tissue engineering and biomaterials, and he led the team that developed the bioprocess behind the first commercial cell-cultured meat product in the United States.
Graeme Ross-Munro
Director of Business Development
Graeme has 13 years of experience building companies and brands. He has worked with a range of companies in the alternative protein industry, including cellular agriculture startups, plant-based companies, and VC firms.
Heidi Coia, PhD
Senior Researcher
Heidi has pioneered innovation and advanced scientific research and technology in several cutting-edge fields, including cellular agriculture, complex 3D cell culture, and scale-up of industrial cell culture. She is the former Director of Product Development and Innovation at Matrix Food Technologies and is Nexture Bio’s cell culture SME.
Nexture is in the news.
Generation Food Rural Partners launches Nexture Bio to develop novel technologies transforming cultivated meat
Nexture Bio Enters US Market to Pioneer Scaffoldings for Cultivated Whole-Cuts
Big Idea Ventures launches Nexture Bio
The Generation Food Rural Partners (GFRP) Fund
Generation Food Rural Partners (“GFRP” or the “Fund”) is an RBIC-licensed investment fund designed to drive economic growth and development in rural communities in the US. The Fund invests in the area of Food, Agriculture and Protein technologies to form new companies based on intellectual property, creating living wage jobs at its portfolio companies.
GFRP is backed by members of the Farm Credit System, including Farm Credit Services of America, CoBank, Compeer Financial and Mid-America Farm Credit. GFRP is a part of Big Idea Ventures, the world’s most active investor in FoodTech, investing in the best food technology and AgriTech companies globally.
Big Idea Ventures has offices in New York, Paris and Singapore and has invested in more than 100 companies across 30 countries.