Orbillion Bio

What Orbillion Bio does

Orbillion Bio was a privately held cultivated meat company founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco (Berkeley), California, focused on producing cell-cultured premium heritage meats including Wagyu beef, elk, and bison. Its product strategy deliberately targeted supply-constrained, high-margin protein niches rather than commodity chicken or beef, positioning the company to serve health-conscious and environmentally aware consumers seeking ethical, sustainable meat alternatives without compromising on taste or quality.

The company's core technical asset was a proprietary algorithmic platform designed to optimise and scale up cultivated meat bioprocesses, with the stated goal of driving cultivated beef toward price parity with conventional beef. The platform supported what was reported as the largest pre-Series A production run in the cultivated meat sector — a 200-litre batch completed in March 2024 — demonstrating technical scale viability. Underlying the platform was cultivated meat bioprocessing (cell line development, bioreactor scaling) layered with process optimisation software rather than a published AI/ML model.

Commercially, Orbillion operated in a pre-revenue state, with no disclosed customer logos, no published pricing, and a planned 2023 market introduction that did not translate into commercial sales before acquisition. The company planned enterprise-led distribution through premium retail and foodservice channels in the US West Coast, alongside Asian market entry (particularly Singapore and broader East Asia) supported by Earth Venture Capital. Across its life, Orbillion raised approximately $20 million in total funding, including $5 million seed rounds in April and December 2021 and a $15 million Series A in March 2024. In November 2025, the company was acquired by Fork & Good, a cultivated pork producer, to combine Orbillion's red-meat expertise and algorithmic platform with Fork & Good's cultivated pork operations, ending Orbillion's existence as an independent entity.

Name

Orbillion Bio

Legal name

Orbillion Bio

Website

https://orbillion.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Orbillion Bio was a San Francisco-based cultivated meat startup producing premium cell-cultured heritage meats — Wagyu beef, elk, and bison — using a proprietary algorithmic platform to scale bioprocesses, and was acquired by Fork & Good in November 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultivated Meat

NAICS

Animal Slaughtering and Processing (3116), Animal Slaughtering and Processing (31161), Meat Processed from Carcasses (311612)

SIC

Meat Packing Plants (2011)

akta.pro primary industry

Cultivated Meat Producers (Cell-Cultured Meat & Seafood) (AFANAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cultivated (Cell-Based) Protein Foods Manufacturing (AFAKAGAI), Bioprocessing & Fermentation Manufacturing (Bioreactors, Scale-Up, Toll/CMO) (AFANAKAF), Cell Line Development & Banking (Food/AG Cell Lines) (AFANAKAE)

Keywords

• Cultivated meat
• Cell-cultured beef
• Alternative protein
• Lab-grown meat
• Cultivated heritage meats

Headquarters

HQ city

Berkeley

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Cultivated Meat Product Sales: Orbillion Bio planned to commercialize premium cell-cultured heritage meats including wagyu beef, elk, and bison. The company focused on achieving price parity with conventional beef through scalable production.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Orbillion Bio produces premium cell-cultivated heritage meats, including Wagyu beef, bison, and elk, manufactured using a proprietary algorithmic platform designed to scale cultivated meat production. The company focused on achieving price parity with conventional beef while delivering sustainable, ethical alternatives to traditional meat production.

Product overview

Orbillion Bio was a cultivated meat company offering premium cell-cultured heritage meat products including Wagyu beef, bison, and elk. The company's offerings were built around a proprietary algorithmic platform designed to scale up cultivated meat production and achieve price parity with conventional beef. The company was acquired by Fork & Good in November 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cultivated Wagyu Beef
• Cultivated Heritage Meats (Bison, Elk)

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced land, water, and carbon footprint through lab-grown meat production
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fork & GoodcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025Fork & Good acquired Orbillion Bio in November 2025 to strengthen production capabilities in cultivated red meat. The acquisition combined Orbillion's algorithmic platform and technical expertise with Fork & Good's cultivated pork production capabilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fork & Good: Cultivated pork company that acquired Orbillion in November 2025. Fork & Good targets cost parity for cultivated pork and is the most direct peer in cultivated red meat, sharing bioprocess technology, target end markets, and investor base (True Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, Y Combinator).
• Upside Foods: One of the most capitalized cultivated meat companies (formerly Memphis Meats), focused initially on cultivated chicken but expanding into beef. Direct competitor in cell-cultured meat production, sharing target end markets of premium US retail and foodservice.
• Good Meat (Eat Just): Cultivated meat division of Eat Just, with regulatory approval in Singapore and the US for cultivated chicken. Direct competitor in cell-based meat production and a benchmark for cultivated meat regulatory strategy.
• Aleph Farms: Israel-based cultivated beef company developing cell-cultured steak products. Direct competitor in cultivated red meat with similar premium product positioning and regulatory-first strategy (Israel, Singapore).
• Mosa Meat: One of the earliest cultivated beef companies, founded in the Netherlands, working on cell-cultured hamburger-style beef. Direct competitor in cultivated red meat with similar bioprocess technology approach.
• Wildtype: Cultivated seafood company producing cell-cultured salmon. Comparable in scale, funding stage, and bioprocess challenges, though focused on a different protein (seafood vs. red meat). Shares Y Combinator backing with Orbillion.
• BlueNalu: Cultivated seafood company producing cell-based fish products. Comparable in stage and approach, though focused on seafood. Both companies are pre-commercial cultivated protein companies pursuing regulatory approval and foodservice/retail distribution.
• Finless Foods: Cultivated seafood company producing cell-cultured tuna and other fish. Comparable cultivated meat peer with similar bioprocess technology, pre-commercial stage, and pursuit of regulatory approval.
• Meatable: Netherlands-based cultivated meat company producing cell-cultured pork and beef. Direct competitor in cultivated red meat with proprietary single-cell technology approach and similar funding-stage profile.

Emerging players

• Mission Barns: Cultivated fat and pork company that has achieved US retail product launches. Comparable in cultivated meat bioprocess approach and SF Bay Area presence, though focused on cultivated pork fat rather than red meat muscle tissue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Orbillion1
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors21 records

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M&A

Investments

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