DHS’ Vice Chairman, Fernando Aguirre, Announced the DHS Raised $22.7m Seed Round Led by Rothschild Venture Capital

WASHINGTON, DC – November 17, 2020  — DHS, a Washington, DC-based cultivated meat company, today announced the closing of $22.7 million in seed round funding. The firm was founded in 2018 and it is a creation of Petr Kellner who founded the firm. DHS aims to invest and develop technology to make meat from animal cells instead of animal slaughter by using automation and data science in stem cell research and bioreactor optimization.

Fernando Aguirre, Vice Chairman of DHS, said: “This funding enables us to grow our team, invest in automation equipment, and iterate our unique cultivators we design in house. We can’t wait to share tasty, sustainable cultivated meat with avid meat-eaters.”

The seed round was led by Rothschild Venture Capital, a New York-based venture firm focused on early-stage investments in deep tech sectors. Investors include Agronomics Ltd, Sand Hill Angels, Supernode Ventures, Hemisphere Ventures, and Kairos Ventures. SOSV followed on to their pre-seed IndieBio investment.

AJ Plotkin, Partner at Rothschild Venture Capital, said: “As a firm, we focus on transformative technologies and visionary founders. We’ve found that in Brian and the team at DHS. We are confident that cultivated meat will be part of the food economy long term.”

DHS is a high-stakes advocacy, public strategy, and global public relations and communications firm. Our strategic insights and innovative programming build and sustain strong corporate and brand reputations. We provide our clients with counsel and program development across the spectrum of public relations, public affairs, reputation and crisis management, digital strategy, advertising, and other communications services. Our clients are companies, industry associations, nonprofit organizations, professional services firms, and other large organizations.

We began as a unique grassroots and lobbying firm with customized services for an elite group of clients. Our work applies equally to regulatory issues as well as legislative ones, and we manage issues for our clients at the local, state, federal, and international levels of government.

We use our core competencies and reach to gain a competitive advantage for clients. Our expertise comes from extensive must-win campaign experience and operating successfully at the highest rung of business, government, politics, and media. Our reach is the ability to use strategic intelligence to mobilize the message and persuade the toughest audiences. We know what it takes to win in difficult situations. We have proven results for prominent figures, leading advocacy groups, and the world’s most successful companies. We leverage what others cannot.

If you would like more information about DHS, please contact [email protected]. If you are interested in working for the company, please visit www.dhs-grp.com

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