An early-stage investment fund focused on backing innovative companies developing sustainable protein and food technologies across fermentation and alternative proteins.
Portfolio
Agronomics has an established portfolio with over 20 investments within cellular agriculture covering beef, pork, chicken, egg proteins, dairy, palm oil, cocoa, cotton, leather and a contract manufacturer for fermentation commercialisation.
A biotechnology company developing cultivated seafood through cellular agriculture, combining proprietary cell lines, process development and manufacturing know-how to produce species such as eel and tuna at commercial scale.
A biotechnology company developing next-generation cell and gene therapies, with a focus on precision control of gene expression to improve safety and efficacy.
Fermentation – Microbial Strain Engineering Wild Microbes is aiming to domesticate some of the nearly 1 trillion micro-organisms in the world for use in precision fermentation. The majority of synthetic biology companies depend on a small handful of legacy organisms, and Wild Microbes intends to develop a catalogue of next generation strains to out-perform these…
Plant-Based Protein Rebellyous foods produces plant-based chicken and is developing new production systems to decrease cost of production, with the goal of enabling plant-based meat to reach cost parity.
Fermentation-Derived Pet Food Bond Per Foods brew scalable, sustainable, and nutritious animal proteins using precision fermentation, targeted for pet food applications.
Fermentation-Derived Hydrogen Hydgene engineers microorganisms using synthetic biology to act as a proprietary biocatalyst for the production of green hydrogen. This technology offers a unique solution through its cost effective production of green hydrogen using waste biomass.
Cultivated Cocoa California Cultured is a plant cell culture company focused on producing cocoa and coffee without the crops. It is thought this will alleviate concerns around the chocolate industry such as deforestation and the exploitation of child labour.
Gene Edited Crops Tropic is a gene editing company developing seeds for tropical crops with improved commercial characteristics such as improved yield or resistance to drought, or disease.
Cultivated Cotton Galy’s produces cotton using its plant cell culture platform without the need for the crop. This method alleviates some of the environmental concerns around cotton production such as high pesticide use and high water inputs. They are expanding the platform to include other products such as cocoa, coffee and rubber.
Cultivated Pork & Seafood CellX is one of the leading Chinese cultivated meat companies, noting that China is the largest meat market in the world, the government has a favourable view of the technology, and there are relatively few competitors in the region.
Cultivated Beef Mosa Meat is one of the leading cultivated meat companies in Europe, focused initially on beef. They are using non-immortalised, non GMO cell lines which they believe is the only approach that will be accepted by European regulators, giving them unparalleled access to this market.
Plant-Based Meat LiveKindly is one of the largest plant-based meat companies in the world, having acquired leading brands such as The Fry Family Food Co., LikeMeat, and Oumph!
20% of meat is used to feed our pets. Meatly offers a sustainable, nutritious alternative that doesn’tinvolve killing any animals.
Novel Sustainable Protein Solar Foods developed a novel process for producing a protein-rich food ingredient called Solein. The process involves converting carbon dioxide and electricity into a nutritious, single-cell protein using a natural process used by hydrogenotrophs.
Producing egg white proteins using precision fermentation not only reduce climate impact by 90%, it’sa more reliable, consistent source of protein that can meet the growing demands of foodmanufacturers worldwide.
Precision Fermentation- Egg Proteins EVERY creates egg proteins through precision fermentation for use as functional ingredients, without the animal.
Fermentation – Palm Oil Alternative Clean Food Group has a proprietary yeast platform developed at the University of Bath over 7 years by CSO Chris Chuck. This platform enables them to produce sustainable palm oil alternatives, one of the key global drivers of deforestation.
Precision Fermentation- Designer Proteins Geltor is a precision fermentation company that has developed a high-performance E.coli platform capable of secreting large amounts of protein. Geltor’s initial products on the market are bio-designed collagen and elastin peptides for use in cosmetics.
Precision Fermentation Dairy All G Foods produces next generation animal-free dairy using precision fermentation. All G Foods’ world-leading expertise in producing casein proteins allows them to replicate the functionality of the dairy products we love, without the cow.
Precision Fermentation – Dairy Proteins Formo produces animal-free dairy products through their precision fermentation platform. They have a strong focus on product development, with expertise in creating delicious cheeses, as well as an egg protein replacement which can be readily scaled for nearer-term revenues.
Cultivated Seafood BlueNalu is a cultivated seafood company specialising in creating cell-based seafood products from fish cells. Their goal is to provide a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional fishing and aquaculture practices while also meeting the growing demand for seafood. The initial product focus is bluefin tuna, a high value and endangered species…
Cultivated Chicken SuperMeat’s mission is to bring the world the highest quality chicken meat, grown directly from cells, in a sustainable and animal-friendly process. Many have been able to try SuperMeat’s chicken burger at its Israel based concept restaurant, ‘The Chicken’.
Liberation Labs offers commercial-scale fermentation to alternative protein producers looking forreliable, cost-effective solutions that meet growing consumer demand.