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§ Private Profile · Paris, France
GOURMEY is a technology company.
GOURMEY has raised $68.2M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at GOURMEY.
GOURMEY has raised $68.2M in total across 4 funding rounds.
GOURMEY is a cultivated meat company developing culinary-grade products through advanced cellular agriculture. It creates sustainable, ethical meat alternatives, initially producing cultivated duck for foie gras. GOURMEY is expanding to include cultivated chicken, providing resource-efficient protein options.
This French startup emerged from a commitment to address the environmental and ethical challenges of traditional meat production. Its inception was driven by the insight that cellular agriculture could yield authentic meat experiences without animal rearing, focusing on high-quality, cruelty-free options.
GOURMEY targets conscious consumers seeking sustainable food choices. The company envisions a future where meat consumption spares land and resources, actively working towards broad regulatory approval for its products. It strives to redefine the global food system with delicious, responsible protein sources.
Key people at GOURMEY.
Gourmey is a Paris-based foodtech startup founded in 2019 that develops cultivated (lab-grown) meat products from animal cells, starting with premium poultry like foie gras to target high-end restaurants and chefs.[1][4][5] It serves fine dining establishments by providing sustainable, slaughter-free alternatives that match the taste, texture, and quality of traditional meat, addressing ethical, environmental, and resource challenges in animal agriculture—such as land use and inefficiency—while planning mass-market expansion.[1][2][4] The company has shown strong growth, raising over €65 million in funding, achieving third-party validated production costs of €7/kg ($3.43/lb) via a scalable 5,000-liter bioreactor platform, filing 50+ patents, and merging with Vital Meat in 2025 to form Parima, combining expertise in duck and chicken cultivated proteins with nine regulatory applications worldwide.[2][3]
Gourmey was co-founded in 2019 by CEO Nicolas Morin-Forest and launched with a $10 million founding round, positioning it as France's first lab-grown meat startup amid a wave of cell-based meat innovators like Eat Just and Mosa Meat.[1][5] The idea stemmed from optimizing meat production: instead of raising animals for 20,000 years, the team uses stem cells in bioreactors with nutrients to grow only edible tissue efficiently.[1] Early focus on cultivated foie gras gained traction through endorsements from world-class chefs like Claude Le Tohic, who praised its color, consistency, texture, and balanced flavor, while pivotal validations—like Arthur D. Little's 2025 techno-economic analysis confirming low-cost scalability—propelled progress despite regulatory hurdles.[2][4]
Gourmey rides the cultivated meat trend, shifting from plant-based (e.g., Beyond Meat) to cell-based proteins that complement traditional farming by slashing land/resource needs and enabling humane production.[1][2] Timing aligns with 2025 consolidation—like its Vital Meat merger into Parima—amid regulatory progress (e.g., Singapore approvals, EU filings) and cost breakthroughs proving viability over promises.[2][3] Market forces favoring it include global demand for sustainable food, bioreactor scalability reducing factory farm reliance, and €65M+ funding fueling species expansion, positioning Europe (via Parima) to lead resilient supply chains and influence the $1T+ meat industry toward hybrid models.[2][3]
Parima (post-Gourmey-Vital merger) is primed for regulatory wins and commercial launches across key markets, scaling duck/chicken pipelines with proven low costs and multi-species tech to disrupt premium dining first, then everyday proteins.[2][3] Trends like food-grade bioprocessing, AI-optimized bioreactors, and policy shifts (e.g., EU approvals) will accelerate adoption, evolving its role from pioneer to ecosystem shaper in sustainable meat. As the first with validated economics and dual-species filings, expect Parima to redefine "delights" where flavor meets planetary limits, turning lab innovation into global plates.[2][3][4]
GOURMEY has raised $68.2M in total across 4 funding rounds.
GOURMEY's investors include Earlybird Venture Capital, Air Street Capital, Atomico, byFounders, Creandum, foobar.vc, Heartcore Capital, Icebreaker.vc, Mosaic Ventures, Partech Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Prosus Ventures.
GOURMEY has raised $68.2M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $48.0M Series A in October 2022.
