BioCraft Pet Nutrition

What BioCraft Pet Nutrition does

BioCraft Pet Nutrition is a privately held biotechnology company that develops animal cell-cultured ingredients for the pet food industry. Founded in 2016 (originally as Because Animals, rebranded to BioCraft Pet Nutrition in May 2023) and headquartered in Delaware with R&D operations in Vienna, Austria, the company produces purpose-grown protein via bioreactor-based cell cultivation using proprietary mouse and chicken cell lines. The cell-cultured ingredient is designed to replicate the amino acid profile, protein, and fat content of conventional meat slurry while eliminating bacterial, viral, and heavy metal contamination risks common in agricultural inputs. The company has integrated AI across ingredient discovery, recipe formulation, and manufacturing, and reported 12x lower CO2 emissions than conventional beef byproducts per a ClimatePartner-verified analysis.

BioCraft operates a B2B ingredient supplier model, selling its cultivated protein as a bulk input to established pet food manufacturers for integration into wet, dry, and treat formats for cats and dogs. The company achieved price parity with premium traditional meat in May 2025 and received European regulatory registration to commercially sell cell-cultured pet food ingredients in March 2025. In April 2025, BioCraft signed a partnership with Romania-based Prefera Petfood to commercialize one of the first wet cat food products composed of 99% cell-cultured mouse meat—a hypoallergenic mousse aligned with cats' natural prey-based diets.

The company is venture capital-backed by SOSV, Tilia VC, Draper Venture Network, Sentient Investment Management, Keen Growth Capital, and Orkla, with leadership comprising Founder/CEO Shannon Falconer (MSc, PhD; former Stanford post-doctoral fellow), Founder/COO Joshua Errett, and Fractional CFO Arin Basu (MPhil). BioCraft has 1–10 employees and does not publicly disclose revenue.

Name

BioCraft Pet Nutrition

Legal name

Biocraft Pet Nutrition GmbH

Website

https://biocraftpet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BioCraft Pet Nutrition is a B2B biotech that produces proprietary animal cell-cultured protein ingredients (mouse and chicken cell lines) for established pet food manufacturers, with European regulatory registration and a co-developed 99% cell-cultured cat food product with Prefera Petfood.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultivated Pet Food Ingredients

NAICS

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing (311111)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Alternative Protein & Sustainable Pet Food (insect/plant/cell-based) (CRADAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Natural/Organic & Limited-Ingredient Diets (CRADAFAH)

Keywords

• Cultivated meat ingredients
• Cell-cultured protein
• Pet food manufacturing
• Alternative protein
• Bioreactor production

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. B2B Ingredient Sales: BioCraft sells its proprietary animal cell-cultured ingredients as inputs to pet food manufacturers. The product is designed as a direct replacement for conventional meat portions in wet, dry, and treat formats for cats and dogs. The company functions as a ingredient manufacturer supplier, providing 'high-quality, reliable volumes' to partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BioCraft Pet Nutrition develops and produces animal cell-cultured protein ingredients in bioreactors and sells them on a B2B basis to pet food manufacturers. The ingredients are designed as direct replacements for conventional meat portions in wet, dry, and treat formulations for cats and dogs, offering the same amino acid, fat, vitamin, and mineral profile as traditional meat without bacterial or heavy-metal contamination. The company operates proprietary mouse and chicken cell lines and supplies bulk ingredient volumes to large pet food brands, including a 99% cell-cultured mouse cat food product co-developed with Prefera Petfood.

Product overview

BioCraft Pet Nutrition operates as a B2B ingredient manufacturer producing next-generation animal cell-cultured proteins for the pet food industry. The core offering is BioCraft Pet Nutrition™—a purpose-grown, animal cell-cultured ingredient available in multiple proprietary cell lines (mouse and chicken) that provides the same amino acid profile, essential fats, vitamins, and minerals as conventional meat without the environmental toll of traditional animal agriculture. The company sells its ingredients to large pet food brands for integration into wet, dry, and treat formats for cats and dogs. In April 2025, BioCraft partnered with Prefera Petfood to commercialize the first 99% cell-cultured mouse cat food product—a hypoallergenic mousse designed to align with cats' natural prey-based diets. The product was developed leveraging BioCraft's proprietary mouse cell line and ClimatePartner-verified carbon footprint analysis demonstrating 12x lower emissions than conventional beef byproducts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BioCrafted Meat™ Animal Cell-Cultured Ingredient Pioneering B2B ingredient for pet food manufacturers: purpose-grown, animal cell-cultured protein that delivers the same amino acid profile, essential fats, vitamins, and minerals as conventional animal protein, and is free from bacterial pathogens and heavy metals. Offered in formats suitable for wet, dry, and treat products for cats and dogs.
• Proprietary Mouse Cell Line (Cell-Cultured Mouse Ingredient) Proprietary mouse cell line and resulting cell-cultured mouse ingredient for pet food manufacturers; aligned with cats' natural prey-based diets and developed as a hypoallergenic protein source for use in cat food.
• Proprietary Chicken Cell Line Proprietary chicken cell line launched in June 2023 to provide pet food manufacturers with an additional cell-cultured poultry protein option alongside the mouse ingredient.
• 99% Cell-Cultured Mouse Cat Food (Prefera Petfood partnership product) Hypoallergenic, nutritionally complete wet cat food composed of 99% BioCraft cell-cultured mouse ingredient, manufactured by partner Prefera Petfood; mousse format aligned with cats' natural prey-based diets and offering a superior omega-6 to omega-3 ratio.

Quantifiable outcome

• 92% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional animal byproducts
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and minor.

• Prefera PetfoodflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2025BioCraft Pet Nutrition partnered with Prefera Petfood (headquartered in Cluj, Romania, specialist in premium natural wet pet food production) to commercialize one of the first wet cat food products composed almost entirely of animal cell-cultured meat. The partnership will produce a hypoallergenic, nutritionally complete cat food made with 99% cultivated mouse meat - a mouse 'mousse' that aligns with cats' natural prey-based diets. The product offers superior omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio and avoids common allergens found in conventional meats.
• ClimatePartnerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClimatePartner collaborated with BioCraft on a product carbon footprint analysis. ClimatePartner is a solution provider supporting companies on their journey towards net zero.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bond Pet Foods: US-based company producing cultivated/precision-fermented meat proteins for the pet food market using yeast-based methods. Comparable to BioCraft as a direct B2B alternative protein ingredient supplier targeting pet food brands, with a similar go-to-market and technical moat story.
• Meatly: UK-based cultivated meat startup explicitly targeting the pet food industry with cell-cultured meat ingredients. Highly relevant as a peer in the cultivated-pet-food segment, also pursuing regulatory approval in the UK/EU and serving the same B2B customer base of pet food manufacturers.
• Wild Earth: Alternative-protein pet food/treat company using fermentation and clean ingredients to produce pet nutrition. Comparable to BioCraft as an alternative-protein pet food player serving sustainability-minded pet parents, although currently focused on yeast/fungal proteins rather than cultivated animal cells.

Broad incumbents

• Nestlé Purina PetCare: Largest global pet food manufacturer and BioCraft's most prominent prospective B2B customer. Comparable as the incumbent shaping pet food category trends (including sustainable protein) and increasingly interested in alternative protein inputs that would directly buy from a player like BioCraft.
• Mars Petcare: Major incumbent pet food manufacturer (Royal Canin, Pedigree, Whiskas). Comparable as both a prospective B2B customer AND a potential vertical integrator of cultivated/alternative proteins, making it a key strategic peer for supply, partnership, and competitive dynamics.
• Hill's Pet Nutrition: Colgate-Palmolive-owned premium pet food brand with science-led positioning. Comparable as a tier-1 pet food brand actively evaluating novel protein ingredients for veterinary and premium lines, and a credible prospective anchor customer for cell-cultured inputs like BioCraft's.

Emerging players

• Upside Foods: US cultivated meat company producing cell-cultured chicken for human consumption. Comparable to BioCraft as a peer in the cell-cultivation/bioreactor technology stack — same core technology challenges (media, scale, regulatory), but serving the human food market instead of pet food.
• GOOD Meat (Eat Just): Cell-cultivated meat division of Eat Just, one of the first cultivated meat companies to receive regulatory approval (Singapore, US). Comparable to BioCraft as the most operationally mature cultivated meat peer using analogous bioreactor technology and providing a useful bellwether for industry scale-up economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors6 records

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M&A

Investments

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