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 Osmanβs thoughts about Umami Meats
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π CONNECT WITH MIHIR PERSHAD:
1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpershad/
π CONNECT WITH UMAMI MEATS:
π» Website - https://umamimeats.com/
π€ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/umam...
π CONNECT WITH US:
1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...
2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/
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