# Future Fields

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/future-fields

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: Edmonton, Canada
- Website: www.futurefields.io/
- Total disclosed funding: $18M
- Latest round: Series A (Jun 17, 2025)
- Investors on record: 16

## About

Founded in 2019 and based in Alberta, Canada, Future Fields Cellular Agriculture and Research operate as a cellular agriculture company. The company was co-founded by CEO Lejjy Gafour, CSO Matthew Anderson-Baron, and COO Jalene Anderson-Baron. Future Fields’ platform produces bioactive growth factors that unleash cellular meat as a competitive mass-market product. FGF2 is the company’s commercial product shipping to producers of various cell-based meat products with growth factors tailored to specific cell types soon to follow. In June 2025, Future Fields raised USD 8 million in series A funding co-led by BDC Capital, R7 Partners, and Amplify Capital, with participation from TRAC, University of Alberta Endowment, BoxOne Ventures, Builders VC, Toyota Ventures. Other unspecified investors also participated in the round.

The company plans to use its funding from June 2025 for expansion of protein biomanufacturing platform and operational capacity for bioproducts and next-generation medicines.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Jun 17, 2025, $8M — BDC Capital, University of Alberta Endowment, R7 Partners, Builders VC, Toyota Ventures, Amplify Capital, BoxOne Ventures, TRAC
- Seed, Feb 22, 2023, $7.4M — Bee Partners, AgFunder, Builders VC, Toyota Ventures, Amplify Capital, Siddhi Capital, Green Circle Capital Partners, Climate Capital
- Seed, Feb 25, 2021, $2.2M — Y Combinator, Bee Partners, Pioneer Fund, Narrative Fund
- Seed, Aug 24, 2020, $0.1M — Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund

## Investors

- Y Combinator (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/y-combinator) — Seed
- Pioneer Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/pioneer-fund) — Seed
- Bee Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bee-partners) — Seed
- Narrative Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/narrative-fund) — Seed
- AgFunder (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/agfunder) — Seed
- Builders VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/builders-vc) — Seed, Series A
- Toyota Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/toyota-ventures) — Seed, Series A
- Amplify Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/amplify-capital) — Seed, Series A
- Siddhi Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/siddhi-capital) — Seed
- Green Circle Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/green-circle-capital-partners) — Seed
- Climate Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/climate-capital) — Seed
- BDC Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bdc-capital) — Series A
- University of Alberta Endowment — Series A
- R7 Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/r7-partners) — Series A
- BoxOne Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/boxone-ventures) — Series A
- TRAC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/trac) — Series A