Wild Microbes is a company that develops next-generation microbes for biomanufacturing. They are building a catalog of exceptional microbes using synthetic biology to turn microbes into production factories to make the next-generation of sustainable products. They have announced an oversubscribed $3.3 million pre-seed financing round.
Location: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $3.3M
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Meach Cove... | meachcovec... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 21.02.2023 | Pre-Seed | $3.3M | - |
Mentions in press and media 5
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.05.2024 | SynBioBeta 2024: From novel hosts to ‘tricking’ cells to be more productive… addressing the ‘scale-cost paradox’ in biomanufacturing | Since insulin produced by genetically engineered bacteria—rather than the pancreases of slaughtered animals—was first approved in 1982, the market for ‘biomanufactured’ products produced by microbial, animal, or plant cells has grown rapidl... |
| 17.05.2024 | 🎥 Wild Microbes CEO: ‘Today the bioeconomy runs on a handful of microorganisms; in future it will run on hundreds’ | Right now, a handful of microbial workhorses do the bulk of the work in biomanufacturing, which is billed as a more sustainable means of producing products currently derived from petrochemicals and industrialized animal agriculture. But do ... |
| 23.02.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pure Salmon nabs $507m, FreshToHome bags $104m, more layoffs for agrifood | This week, Amazon backs India’s FreshToHome and Pure Salmon inked a whopping $507 million deal with Saudi Arabia’s government. Layoffs continue, while regulators in Finland approve the use of “burger patty” in marketing plant-based meat pro... |
| 21.02.2023 | BREAKING: Wild Microbes raises $3.3m in pre-seed round to generate next generation microbial hosts | Cambridge, Mass-based startup Wild Microbes has raised $3.3 million in a pre-seed round to help unlock the potential of precision fermentation through the use of a gene-editing approach it claims can create superior production hosts. The ro... |
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