Yali Bio is a climate smart foods company, using synthetic biology and genomics to make sustainable foods and mitigate deforestation problems.
Location: United States, California, South San Francisco
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $3.9M
Founded date: 2021
Founders name: Yulin Lu
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | First In V... | firstinven... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 23.02.2022 | Seed | $3.9M | - |
Persons 1
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| - | Yulin | Lu | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | y***n@yali... |
Mentions in press and media 14
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| 09.04.2025 | How This Animal-Free ‘Designer’ Fat Maker Is Reshaping Future Food Economics | 6 Mins Read Australian firm Nourish Ingredients has completed an industrial-scale production of its animal-free, meat-like fat while keeping costs low – here’s how it’s doing it. Six months after forming a partnership with Chinese fermentat... |
| 14.01.2025 | Portuguese Biotech Startup Bags $15M to Bring Infant Formula Nutritionally Closer to Breast Milk | 3 Mins Read Portuguese startup CarboCode, which is producing human-identical breast milk molecules via biocatalysis and fermentation, has raised $15M from investors. Based in Cantanhede, Portugal, biotech player CarboCode has closed a €15M ... |
| 15.11.2024 | Aussie Startup Inks Deal to Make & Distribute Animal-Free Fat in China | 4 Mins Read Canberra-based Nourish Ingredients has partnered with Chinese fermentation specialist Cabio Biotech to produce and distribute its precision-fermented fat alternative. Highlighting American fears of falling behind China in the bi... |
| 02.10.2024 | Australia’s Coco2 Launches “World’s First” Coconut-Based Infant Formula | Australian company Coco2 has announced the launch of what is claimed to be the world’s first coconut-based infant formula. The formula reportedly took ten years to develop in collaboration with the University of Queensland, parents, and hea... |
| 25.09.2024 | Helaina Raises $45M to Launch Effera Human Lactoferrin with Kroma Wellness, Mitsubishi & More | 6 Mins Read US startup Helaina has closed a $45M Series B round to commercialise Effera Human Lactoferrin, its breast milk equivalent protein, in the US later this year. Helaina, the New York-based firm making breast milk alternatives with ... |
| 11.08.2024 | The Rise of Alternative Proteins: A New Era in Biomanufacturing | The world is changing. Traditional food systems are under pressure. Climate change, population growth, and health concerns are pushing us to rethink what we eat. Enter alternative proteins. They are not just a trend; they are a revolution. ... |
| 08.08.2024 | Nutrition from Water Develops Microalgae-Based Whey, Prepares for Market Introduction | New Zealand-based biotechnology startup Nutrition from Water (NXW), previously known as NewFish, has developed a microalgae-based whey for sports, wellness, advanced nutrition, and other categories such as baking and dairy-free confectioner... |
| 08.03.2022 | ‘It’s such a clear pain point for formulators…’ Yali Bio joins race to create more ‘animal-like’ fats in meat, dairy alternatives | “Fat is such a clear pain point [for meat and dairy alternatives] that it’s definitely an emerging space, with companies trying to use innovative approaches to make fats and lipids,” Yali Bio co-founder and CEO Yulin Lu told FoodNavigat... |
| 03.03.2022 | Fat… the final frontier for meat alternatives? Designer fat co Lypid raises $4m to commercialize microencapsulated vegan oils that behave like animal fat | Most plant-based burgers currently on the market include a hard fat such as coconut oil, which is high in saturated fat, doesn’t taste like animal fat, and melts when the burger starts cooking, leaking out of the food matrix. As a result, t... |
| 01.03.2022 | Yali Bio raises $3.9 million in seed funding | SAN FRANCISCO — Food technology company Yali Bio has raised $3.9 million in seed funding led by Essential Capital. Founded in 2021, Yali Bio is developing technology to create fats designed to enhance flavor and texture in plant-based meat ... |
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