Meatly Cultivated Meat Firm Relocates to Imperial College's Grapht Works
Cultivated meat pioneer Meatly moves to Imperial's advanced manufacturing site ahead of 2027 production facility launch.
By Charlotte Whitfield
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Cultivated meat pioneer Meatly has relocated to Grapht Works, Imperial College London’s advanced manufacturing site, as it prepares for its first production runs in 2027.
Cultivated meat firm Meatly, the first company in Europe to sell cultivated meat, has moved into Grapht Works, located within Imperial College London’s Old Oak Innovation Cluster in WestTech London. This move signifies the next phase in scaling up cultivated meat production, supported by the company’s £10.4 million Series A funding round announced in May.
Grapht Works, London’s premier facility for pilot and demonstration manufacturing, was established to meet the growing demand from deep tech scaleups transitioning from research and development to scalable production. The site offers flexible industrial space designed for science and technology businesses to develop, test, and scale their manufacturing processes.
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"Moving to Grapht Works is a significant step as we prepare to scale cultivated meat and become fully operational next year. We will be creating Europe’s largest cultivated meat facility and begin the move to large scale production. Imperial has created the perfect space and community for innovators like Meatly who are making the transition from R&D to commercialisation, and we’re looking forward to growing together at Grapht Works as we work to make cultivated meat more widely available for pets."
Founded in 2022, Meatly focuses on developing cultivated meat for the pet food market. Following UK regulatory authorisation in 2024, it became the first company to sell cultivated meat in Europe, launching the world’s first cultivated pet food in 2025. The company has developed its own bioreactors and culture medium to reduce production costs and enable commercially viable manufacturing.
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"Our investment in Grapht Works was built on a belief that this is where the UK’s next generation of industrial companies could be built, if they had the right infrastructure. With Meatly taking this step towards full scale production in 2027, it shows that our vision is starting to be realised. Cultivated meat is exactly the kind of frontier industry the UK should be anchoring, and by backing the space that enables companies like Meatly to scale, we’re helping to make sure the jobs, manufacturing capability and economic value they create stay in London and the wider WestTech London ecosystem. It’s rewarding to see a pioneering business like this move from R&D towards production in Old Oak, and Meatly’s growth is further evidence of the strong demand we’re seeing from deep tech companies that want to scale and stay in London."
Grapht Works is designed to facilitate the transition of ideas from the lab to production, offering flexible, secure industrial space for prototyping, pilot, and demonstration manufacturing, all supported by Imperial. It is particularly suited for cleantech, advanced materials, robotics, engineering biology, and industrial automation businesses, and is already home to companies such as Solena Materials and Aed Energy.
