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  • ABOUT US

    AND WHERE IT ALL STARTED

  • Our origins

    Foundation and Driving Force

    OUR ROOTS

    CALL FOR CHANGE

    WHAT WE STAND FOR

    OUR KEY BENEFITS

  • Meet the team

    Ira van Eelen

    Ira van Eelen​

    CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

    Co-founder of KindEarth.Tech and CellAg Netherlands​. She's the daughter of Willem van Eelen, the godfather of cultured meat.​

    Florentine Zieglowski

    Florentine Zieglowski​

    CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

    Founding member at new feed and food task force at German Farmers Union DLG and former General Manager at Cellular Agriculture Germany. ​

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    Ralf Becks

    Ralf Becks

    CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

    Business Designer & Tech Entrepreneur​. He has a strong commercial background in technology & Business Model Innovation.​

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    Ruud Zanders

    Ruud Zanders​

    CO-FOUNDER

    Co-founder & CEO Kipster​

    He's a pioneer in sustainable and animal friendlier farming. ​

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    Ruud Out

    HEAD OF R&D

    Medical Biologist with 20+ years experience in biotech, with diverse leadership roles from startup phase to scaling up technology successfully.

    Charilaos Korkontzelos

    Nico Oosterhuis

    SENIOR SCIENTIST

    Senior Bioprocess Engineer with 40 years experience in bioreactor design and implementation in businesses.

    Charilaos Korkontzelos

    Charilaos Korkontzelos

    SCIENTIST

    Bioprocess Engineer working on bioreactor design and bioprocess optimization for farm-scale production.​

    Mickael Penvern

    Mickael Penvern

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

    Niche food & beverage marketer and alternative proteins category builder. Project coordinator focusing on farmer engagement and product development.

    Mickael Penvern

    Kaitlyn Kiran

    LEGAL COUNSEL

    European private law counsel supporting on permits, regulatory and legal.

  • Our first cultivated meat farm

    is supported by our consortium members

    CRAFT (Cellular Revolution in Agricultureand Farming Technology) is a European consortium co-funded by EIT Food Impact Funding Framework Collaborative Programs and lead by RespectFarms. Its goal is to design, build, optimize, and commercialize the first cultivated meat farm in the world, empowering farmers to lead the next generation of meat production. Read more in our press release.

  • Other key partners

    Check out more of our key partners, sponsors, and supporters

    Crole

    Beef farmer with the aim to transition to cultivated meat farming and working with us on ethical cell selection.

    Kansen voor west

    Financing and strategic partner.

    GAIA

    Animal rights organization from Belgium and supporter on the ethical considerations for cultivated meat.

    Rabobank

    Partner in business model creation and financing the company.

    European Commission

    Financing partner.

    EIT Food

    Financing partner.

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