Wanda Fish Technologies

What Wanda Fish Technologies does

Wanda Fish Technologies Ltd. is an Israeli food-tech company founded in 2021 and headquartered in Rehovot that develops cell-cultivated seafood, with its flagship product being whole-cut bluefin tuna toro fillets. The company's technology platform uses fish cells cultured in bioreactors through a four-stage process of cell collection, cell expansion, tissue maturation, and fillet formation, with proprietary features including a patent-pending fat formation technology that enables authentic toro-grade fat tissue and an efficient whole-cut manufacturing process that distinguishes its output from competitors producing minced or structured cell-based proteins. Production uses animal-free growing media, yielding fish free from microplastics, mercury, and toxins found in wild catch and aquaculture. The company is led by CEO James Amihood alongside VP R&D Malkiel Cohen (PhD, Whitehead Institute/MIT postdoc) and co-founder Daphna Heffetz, and is supported by partnerships with Tufts University's cellular agriculture group (David Kaplan) and The Kitchen FoodTech Hub from the Strauss Group.

Wanda Fish is pre-revenue and is pursuing a planned regulatory filing in 2025 with target market entry between 2025 and 2026. Its go-to-market strategy is enterprise field sales initially targeting premium sushi and sashimi restaurants as a beachhead, with the intent to expand into broader consumer markets once regulatory approval and market validation are achieved. The company has raised $10 million in total funding across two rounds: a $3 million round in March 2022 led by The Kitchen FoodTech Hub and a $7 million seed round in October 2023 led by Aqua-Spark, with participation from CPT Capital, MoreVC, Peregrine Ventures, PICO Venture Partners, and Strauss Group.

The revenue model is presently undefined at the pricing level since the company has no commercial sales, but the planned monetization is sale of cultivated whole-cut bluefin tuna fillets to premium food-service customers and, subsequently, consumer retail. Strategic positioning emphasizes the sustainability narrative (addressing overfishing of bluefin tuna) and clean-label production attributes, supported by earned media coverage in TechCrunch, Vegconomist, Green Queen, NoCamels, and Tufts University channels. The company holds no granted patents but has a pending patent application covering its fat formation technology.

Name

Wanda Fish Technologies

Legal name

Wanda Fish Technologies Ltd.

Website

https://wandafish.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wanda Fish Technologies is an Israeli food-tech startup founded in 2021 that develops cell-cultivated whole-cut bluefin tuna fillets using proprietary fat-formation technology, targeting premium sushi and sashimi restaurants ahead of broader consumer market entry pending 2025 regulatory approval.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultivated Seafood

NAICS

Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging (311710)

SIC

Prepared Fresh Or Frozen Fish & Seafoods (2092)

akta.pro primary industry

Plant-Based Seafood Alternatives (Analog Fish & Shellfish) (AFANAKAK)

Keywords

• Cell-cultivated seafood
• Cultivated fish
• Bluefin tuna
• Cellular agriculture
• Sustainable seafood

Headquarters

HQ city

Tel Aviv

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Cultivated Bluefin Tuna Products: Pre-revenue company planning to commercialize cultivated whole-cut bluefin tuna fillets, initially targeting premium restaurant market before broader consumer expansion.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Wanda Fish Technologies produces cultivated bluefin tuna whole-cut fillets using a proprietary cell-cultivation platform that grows fish meat in bioreactors from the fish's own cells. The flagship product is the toro (fatty belly) cut, made via patent-pending fat formation technology and animal-free growing media, targeting premium restaurants as initial customers before broader consumer expansion.

Product overview

Wanda Fish Technologies is a foodtech startup that produces cultivated seafood using innovative cell-cultivation platforms. The company's core product is cultivated bluefin tuna (toro), a whole-cut fillet created from the fish's own cells using proprietary cell culture, biotechnology, and tissue maturation processes. Their production process involves cell collection, cell expansion, tissue maturation, and final fish fillet production as an alternative to traditional wild-caught fishing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cultivated Bluefin Tuna (Toro) Whole-Cut Fillets Cell-cultivated whole-cut bluefin tuna fillets produced from the fish's own cells using a patent-pending fat formation technology and animal-free growing media, featuring the prized toro cut known for high fat content and buttery flavor. Targeted at premium sushi and sashimi restaurants seeking sustainable bluefin tuna alternatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of fish stocks are overfished or fully exploited - cultivated seafood addresses this global fisheries crisis

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Tufts UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2022Strategic research collaboration with David Kaplan, PhD at Tufts University's cellular agriculture group. Includes exclusive collaborative working agreement for developing cell-cultivated fish production technology.
• The Kitchen FoodTech Hub (Strauss Group)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founded in 2021 with The Kitchen FoodTech Hub from the Strauss Group, providing foundational support for the company's establishment and early development in the food tech ecosystem.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Eat Just: Cultivated meat pioneer behind GOOD Meat (cell-cultivated chicken, first to receive regulatory approval in Singapore and the US). Broad incumbent in cellular agriculture whose commercial launch experience provides a reference point for Wanda Fish's premium channel strategy.
• Upside Foods: Leading cultivated meat company (formerly Memphis Meats) producing cell-cultivated chicken, with FDA approval and commercial-scale facility. Broader incumbent in cellular agriculture whose regulatory pathway and foodservice commercialization playbook are directly relevant to Wanda Fish's go-to-market strategy.
• Mosa Meat: Dutch cultivated beef company (first to present a cultivated meatball in 2013). Broad incumbent in cellular agriculture whose mature B2B commercialization approach and European regulatory navigation offer strategic reference points for Wanda Fish's global expansion plans.

Direct peers

• Wildtype: San Francisco-based cultivated seafood startup producing cell-cultivated salmon. Most directly comparable to Wanda Fish as a cultivated finfish company targeting premium sushi/sashimi and foodservice channels with whole-cut products.
• BlueNalu: San Diego-based cultivated seafood company developing cell-cultivated yellowtail, mahi-mahi, and other finfish. Direct peer in cultivated seafood with similar premium-restaurant go-to-market and regulatory pathway.
• Shiok Meats: Singapore-based cultivated seafood company developing cell-cultivated shrimp, crab, and lobster. Direct peer in the cultivated seafood category with comparable regulatory positioning in Asia and premium foodservice targeting.
• Avant Meats: Hong Kong-based cultivated seafood company producing cell-cultivated fish maw, seabream, and other premium species. Direct peer in cultivated finfish with similar focus on high-value Asian seafood cuts and premium positioning.
• Finless Foods: Cultivated seafood startup developing cell-based bluefin tuna and other finfish. The only direct cultivated bluefin tuna competitor to Wanda Fish, with highly comparable product strategy and premium market focus.

Emerging players

• CellX: China-based cultivated meat company developing cell-cultivated pork, chicken, and seafood. Emerging player in cultivated seafood with comparable technology platform and competing for the same Asian premium foodservice customer base.
• Aleph Farms: Israeli cultivated beef company producing cell-cultivated steak cuts. Geographic and cultural peer (both Israeli alt-protein startups) with adjacent whole-cut cultivated meat technology applicable to Wanda Fish's fillet manufacturing approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments

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