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Breakthrough Energy Ventures Backs $90 Million Launch of Motif FoodWorks from Ginkgo Bioworks for Precision Fermentation Meat Proteins
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Breakthrough Energy Ventures joined Fonterra and Louis Dreyfus Company in a $90 million Series A to spin Motif Ingredients (later Motif FoodWorks) out of Ginkgo Bioworks. The company uses precision fermentation to produce proteins replicating dairy, egg, and meat properties for plant-based foods. BEV also participated in Motif's $226 million Series B in June 2021. Motif's HEMAMI — an FDA-approved plant heme iron protein — imparts authentic meaty flavour to plant-based products, addressing the sensory gap limiting mass adoption of animal-free proteins.
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