A collective led by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary, together with leading strategic players such as Effie Epstein, announced today it is partnering with cultivated meat leader MeaTech 3D Ltd. (Nasdaq: MITC) to accelerate MeaTech's growth in developing and commercializing MeaTech's proprietary cultured meat production technologies.

MeaTech is developing a sustainable alternative to industrialized animal farming by developing its proprietary cultured meat production processes based on advanced 3D bioprinting and tissue engineering technologies. MeaTech aims to be a leader of cultivated meat production for a variety of species offerings.

"We are delighted to partner with MeaTech and assist it in its journey to become the market leader in cultured meat production," said Ashton Kutcher. "We are excited about MeaTech's innovative technologies, which we believe position MeaTech to be the leader in industrial scale production of cultured meat, a key for a more sustainable and clean meat production. We intend to work closely with MeaTech's management to help MeaTech implement its strategy and achieve its goals and global success by leveraging our marketing, strategic expertise, and network. The engagement with MeaTech is in line with our group's mission to provide sustainable solutions through company building, investment, and acceleration of companies and technologies across various sustainability domains."

Sharon Fima, CEO of MeaTech, said, "We are extremely excited to announce our strategic collaboration with such an entrepreneurial, visionary group. We believe this engagement will help accelerate our journey in becoming the global leader in the cultivated meat industry. We will leverage their expertise and relationships with key industry players to help us propel our strategy, go-to-market activities and brand."

For more information, please visit https://meatech3d.com/.

About MeaTech

MeaTech 3D is an international company at the forefront of the cultured meat revolution, listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker "MITC". The company initiated activities in 2019 and is headquartered in Ness Ziona, Israel, with a subsidiary in Antwerp, Belgium. The company believes cultured meat technologies hold significant potential to improve meat production, simplify the meat supply chain, and offer consumers a range of new product offerings.

MeaTech has a particular focus on developing premium, center-of-plate meat products, such as structured marbled steaks. This includes development of high throughput bioprinting systems. Towards this goal the company is developing a suite of advanced manufacturing technologies to produce cell-based alternative protein products. This includes development of cell lines for beef, pork, and chicken.

For more information, please visit https://meatech3d.com/.

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