# Jimi

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/jimi

- Industry: Food
- Headquarters: Hangzhou, China
- Website: www.jimi.bio
- Total disclosed funding: $4.3M
- Latest round: Angel (Mar 8, 2023)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Founded in 2021 and based in Hangzhou, China, Jimi is a company which dedicates to the research and development of cell culture meat. The company's team consists of members from various interdisciplinary backgrounds, including cell biology, food engineering and aerospace. The founder, Mr. Cao Zhehou, graduated from Imperial College of Science and Technology with a master's degree in aerospace and a PhD in neurology in life sciences at the University of Edinburgh. In 2013, the company developed its first cell culture meat. 

The company mainly develops cell culture meat to produce real meat without harming animals by expanding animal cells on a large scale in vitro. In terms of specific R&D progress, the company has completed the extraction and storage of stem cells from five different food animals, replaced key ingredients in traditional cell culture media with natural extracts from low-cost food ingredients such as soy and corn, and developed animal-free microcarriers suitable for cell culture.

## Funding rounds

- Angel, Mar 8, 2023, $1.4M — Mingxian Investment Management
- Angel, Nov 14, 2022, $2.8M — Plum Ventures, Joyvio, Fanqie Capital, Green Startups

## Investors

- Plum Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/plum-ventures) — Angel
- Joyvio — Angel
- Fanqie Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/fanqie-capital) — Angel
- Green Startups — Angel
- Mingxian Investment Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mingxian-investment-management) — Angel