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 Osman’s thoughts about Umami Meats

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🔗 CONNECT WITH MIHIR PERSHAD:

1) https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpershad/

🔗 CONNECT WITH UMAMI MEATS:

💻 Website - https://umamimeats.com/

🤝 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/umam...

🔗 CONNECT WITH US:

1) Osman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmansing...

2) Razy - https://www.linkedin.com/in/razyshah/

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