• Pioneering sustainable seafood that is cultivated not caught | Alternative Meat Startup

  • Sep 6 2023
  • Length: 54 mins
  • Podcast

Pioneering sustainable seafood that is cultivated not caught | Alternative Meat Startup

  • Summary

  • We have a chat with Mihir Pershad, Co-founder and CEO of Umami Meats. Umami is cultivating the future of sustainable seafood. They are pioneering cultivated, not caught seafood, where they are trying to bring us delicious, affordable and healthy cell cultured seafood that is better for our health, our oceans and our planet. 


    1:23 Origin Story of Umami Meats

    3:40 Pitch Deck of Umami Meats

    15:40 Why Umami Meats in Singapore?

    17:19 Overcoming objections

    19:39 Maintaining the value of Umami Meats in the coming years

    23:18 Scaling and distribution

    26:13 How close would Umami Meat be to the original meat?

    29:38 Competitors for Umami Meats

    32:48 Freshness of food in a restaurant setting

    36:15 Would the expertise of brewing alcohol be helpful for Umami Meats process?

    37:32 Risks for Umami Meats

    40:21 Regulatory approvals or rejections 

    43:24 Risks for approval in Asian countries

    45:28 Risks in achieving the taste

    46:23 Umami Meats current valuation

    46:55 Minimum ticket

    48:47 Potential Exit

    50:24 What success looks like for Umami Meats

    51:36 Osman’s thoughts about Umami Meats



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    If you'd like to be interviewed during the show, do connect with us on LinkedIn.


    If you'd like to pitch to us and our network, do connect with us on LinkedIn as well.


    🔗 CONNECT WITH MIHIR PERSHAD:

    1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpershad/


    🔗 CONNECT WITH UMAMI MEATS:

    💻 Website - https://umamimeats.com/

    🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/umam...


    🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

    1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

    2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/


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