Windfall Bio is a nature-based agricultural technology company that harnesses methane-eating microbes to transform harmful methane into organic soil nutrients on-site. Windfall Bio will drastically reduce the carbon footprint of the Earth’s food system, increasing profits for the farmers that feed our communities without increasing costs to consumers.
Location: United States, California, Menlo Park
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $37M
Founded date: 2022
Founders name: Josh Silverman; Frank Crespo
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| 24.03.2023 | Bessemer V... | bvp.com |
| 13.07.2023 | CoLAB | colab.dfam... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 08.04.2024 | Series A | $28M | - |
| 22.03.2023 | Seed | $9M | Cavallo Ve... |
Persons 3
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Jordan | Smith | Vice Presi... | linkedin.c... | - | j****n@win... | - |
| - | Josh | Silverman | Chief Exec... | linkedin.c... | - | J**h@windf... | - |
| - | Frank | Crespo | Chief Oper... | linkedin.c... | - | f***k@wind... | - |
Mentions in press and media 17
| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.07.2025 | IRCAI and AWS Select 23 New Startups for the 2025 Compute for Climate Fellowship | The program funds research and development of concepts that harness advanced cloud computing and artificial intelligence to solve global environmental challenges. LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Research... |
| 17.09.2024 | The Silent Threat: Methane Emissions and Our Food System | Methane emissions are a ticking time bomb. They lurk in the shadows of our food system, quietly contributing to climate change. While carbon dioxide often steals the spotlight, methane is a potent player, packing a punch far greater than it... |
| 17.09.2024 | Explained: How Methane Emissions Are Linked to the Food System, and What We Can Do About It | 8 Mins Read Methane has highly detrimental impacts on the planet, with the food system – particularly livestock – the main emitter of the gas. What can we do about it? When we talk about greenhouse gas emissions, many of us are really just ... |
| 17.04.2024 | Global Brain Co., Ltd. Invested in Windfall Bio, Inc., which converts recovered methane gas into organic fertilizer | - |
| 17.04.2024 | Global Brain Co., Ltd. Invested in Windfall Bio, Inc., which converts recovered methane gas into organic fertilizer | Global Brain Co., Ltd. Invested in Windfall Bio, Inc., which converts recovered methane gas into organic fertilizer …… The Norinchukin Innovation Investment Limited Partnership (NCIF), operated by Global Brain Co., Ltd. (Global Brain), is w... |
| 15.04.2024 | AlleyCorp's $250M Fund: A Game-Changer in the Tech Venture Capital Scene | AlleyCorp, led by serial entrepreneur Kevin Ryan, has closed a $250 million fund, marking a significant milestone for the NYC-based tech venture capital firm. This new fund, backed by a select group of LPs, signals AlleyCorp's evolution int... |
| 10.04.2024 | Windfall Bio: Revolutionizing Methane Mitigation with Microbes | Windfall Bio, a pioneering company in methane-to-value solutions, has secured a remarkable $28 million in Series A funding. This funding round, led by Prelude Ventures and backed by Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures... |
| 08.04.2024 | Windfall Bio raises $28M for methane-eating microbes | Methane capture startup Windfall Bio has closed a $28 million Series A round to grow deployments of its methane-eating microbes. Why it matters: There's surging momentum around capturing methane, a potent greenhouse gas that leaks from oil ... |
| 08.04.2024 | Windfall Bio Raises $28M in Series A Funding | Windfall Bio, a Menlo Park, CA-based company which specializes in methane-to-value solutions, raised $28M Series A funding. The round led by Prelude Ventures with participation from Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Global Brain (through its No... |
| 22.03.2023 | Windfall Bio raises $9 million to use methane-eating microbes to combat climate change | We all have some kind of obsession. For serial entrepreneur and biochemist Josh Silverman, his obsession is methane, a greenhouse gas that is more powerful than carbon dioxide. Methane is produced by a variety of natural and anthropogenic s... |
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