Virginia Rangos PhD
Founder and CEO
Dr. Rangos is a sociologist with expertise in social behavior and identity.
Creating Profitable Cultivated Meat at Scale
How it Works…
Clever Carnivore meat isn’t an imitation.
It isn’t just similar to farm-raised meat, it’s identical — cell for cell.
Our meat is beef, pork, or chicken, minus the considerable environmental impact of industrial agriculture and the potential for contamination with agricultural byproducts.
Production begins with a tiny tissue sample from a cow, pig, or chicken. From there, Clever Carnivore meat is grown in a food production facility, similar to a brewery. As the cells grow, they are fed with carefully formulated combinations of perfectly pure nutrients, scientifically tailored to produce high quality, delicious meat.
Clever Carnivore is meat…
Our meat isn’t a meat “alternative”-it’s 100% beef, pork, and chicken! No animals are ever harmed in the making of our meat.
Clever Carnivore is clean…
While farmed meat can be tainted by antibiotics, pathogens, disinfectants, and other artifacts of the industrial farming process, our meat is cultivated in a safe, highly-controlled environment.
Clever Carnivore is healthy…
Our beef, pork, and chicken has no nitrates or highly processed substitutes.
Who We Are
Paul Burridge PhD
Founder and CSO
Dr. Burridge heads our scientific research team, specializes in chemically defined media formulations, and holds patents for optimized, low-cost cell culture media.
Russell Thomas MSc
Chief Product Officer
Russell is an experienced food scientist, with expertise in food safety, product development, and operations management. Russell is working on the Clever Carnivore Bratwurst.
We’re Hiring!
Join Our Team
Working for Clever Carnivore means working with elite academic researchers, in a rewarding, collaborative setting.
Our team is passionate about our mission, and we’re looking for scientists who are equally committed to the proposition that scientific advancement can help solve some of the world’s most pernicious problems.
Clever Carnivore is on an aggressive trajectory to break through the technical barriers to low-cost, scalable cultivated meat production. Come be part of the team that will bring a 21st century burger to the consumer market!
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Investors
Lever VC is a leading sector specialist in the food and ag-tech sectors, backing early-stage startups around the world creating the future of protein.
McWin Capital seeks to revolutionize the world’s food ecosystem. Its Food Tech Fund invests in technologies that will transform the value chain of food. McWin also owns 1700+ restaurants globally, giving the fund a unique ability to act as a strategic partner to food tech companies.
Thia Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the health, nutrition, and biotech industries.
Valo Ventures is a research-driven, early stage venture capital firm focused on Climate Solutions.
Newfund is an entrepreneurial venture capital firm dedicated to financing seed-stage startups that are driving global change. Newfund supports entrepreneurs and invests in what’s good for the people and for the planet.
Stray Dog Capital is a venture capital fund investing in innovative, early stage companies across the food, beverage, and biotechnology sectors that are driving a healthier, humane, and more sustainable future.