Agronomics Limited has announced that its portfolio company, Meatable B.V., has appointed Jeff Tripician as its new CEO. Tripician, an industry veteran with over 25 years of experience in the organic and natural meat industry in the U.S., will lead Meatable as it prioritizes U.S. market expansion. This comes as Meatable plans its commercial launch in Singapore later this year, aiming to offer cultivated meat in the broader Asian market.
Cees de Jong, Chair of the Board of Directors at Meatable, expressed confidence in Tripician's ability to drive expansion into the U.S. and lead the company to new heights in Asia and beyond. Krijn de Nood, the current CEO and co-founder, will continue to serve and advise the company on the Board of Directors.
As part of Meatable's U.S. go-to-market strategy, the company has also appointed food and biotechnology veteran Dean Banks, former President and CEO of Tyson Foods Inc, to its Board of Directors. Agronomics' Executive Chair, Jim Mellon, expressed delight at Tripician's appointment and the retention of Krijn de Nood's expertise, emphasizing the value they bring to Meatable's journey.
Meatable, founded in 2018, aims to deliver cultivated meat that looks, tastes, and has the nutritional profile of traditional meat. The company's proprietary opti-ox™ technology enables it to produce meat rapidly, sustainably, and without harming animals. Meatable has brought together a team of close to 100 experts with unique knowledge in various fields to create the new natural meat.
Agronomics, a leading listed company focusing on investment opportunities within the field of cellular agriculture, has established a portfolio of over twenty companies in this rapidly advancing sector. The company seeks to invest in companies owning technologies with defensible intellectual property that offer new ways of producing food and ingredients with a focus on products historically derived from animals.