Boost Biomes is using the powerful social networks among microbes to provide novel, sustainable solutions to feed and heal people everywhere. Our technology differentiator is the development of a causal understanding of microbial interactions powerful enough to allow the rational construction of designer functional consortia. Our first products seek to reduce the enormous waste in agricultural products due to crop loss to fungal pests in the field and post-harvest. There is significant need for new biological, organic, safe biopesticides for crops; current chemical products have many challenges, including regulatory burden for growers and safety concerns of consumers.
Location: United States, California, South San Francisco
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $7.05M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 8
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 25.06.2020 | Series A | $5M | - |
| 27.02.2018 | Seed | $2.05M | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.01.2022 | Crop biologicals market predicted to hit $19bn value by 2026 – but chemicals to continue growth | The market for crop biological inputs is expected to be worth $18.5 billion in value by 2026, up from $10.6 billion today, as consumers, regulators, and farmers push for more sustainable food production methods. However, ‘traditional’ chemi... |
| 19.07.2021 | BREAKING: Pivot Bio scores $430m in DCVC, Temasek-led Series D round | Pivot Bio has raised $430 million in funding after seeing its revenue increase threefold since the start of this year, it announced today. The Berkeley, California-based ag inputs startup is also releasing its latest nitrogen-fixation produ... |
| 19.07.2021 | Pivot Bio scores $430m in DCVC, Temasek-led Series D round | Pivot Bio has raised $430 million in funding after seeing its revenue increase threefold since the start of this year, it announced today. The Berkeley, California-based ag inputs startup is also releasing its latest nitrogen-fixation produ... |
| 25.05.2021 | Boost Biomes : announces expansion of its board of directors, with appointments of Micki Seibel and Neal Gutterson | BRISBANE, Calif., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- US-based food and agriculture biotech startup Boost Biomes announced additions to its Board of Directors. Joining the board are Micki Seibel, VP of Product at Unfold, the vertical farming seed ... |
| 25.05.2021 | Boost Biomes announces expansion of its board of directors, with appointments of Micki Seibel and Neal Gutterson | |
| 08.12.2020 | Agricultural biotech startup Boost Biomes adds a strategic investor in Japan’s Universal Materials Incubator | Boost Biomes, the Y Combinator-backed developer of microbiome-based bio-fungicides and bio-pesticides for agricultural applications, has added $2 million in funding and picked up a new strategic investor in Japan’s Universal Materials Incub... |
| 08.12.2020 | Boost Biomes announces extension of Series A with new investor, Universal Materials Incubator | |
| 25.06.2020 | EXCLUSIVE: Boost Biomes nabs $5m Series A to tap into ecology of microbes | The biologics space is growing at a rapid space. Players are taking a variety of approaches to unlock the potential behind the microscopic organisms that dwell below the soil’s surface. From using microbes as unique fingerprints for traceab... |
| 09.01.2019 | Nine Austin Startups Make the SXSW Pitch List | Five finalists and four alternates from Austin made the list for the 11th annual SXSW Pitch event to be held at SXSW in March. |
| 27.02.2018 | Boost Biomes Launches Microbe Discovery Platform with $2m Seed Round | San Francisco-based Boost Biomes has raised a $2.05 million seed round to continue to develop its DNA-sequencing- based microorganism discovery platform, led by Nimble Ventures and hedge fund Viking Global Investors. Chinese internet, mobil... |
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