Plonts is accelerating the discovery of cultured foods, starting with a new category of hard, aged cheese made from sustainable plants.

Homeworld Collective is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to nurturing the growth of climate biotech by fostering community, building knowledge, and directly supporting early stage research.

Launched in fall of 2019, Petri is a formation-stage venture capital firm dedicated to developing companies at the frontier of biology and engineering, co-created with Pillar VC and industry stars including Brian Baynes (serial entrepreneur and investor), Reshma Shetty (Ginkgo Bioworks), Emily Leproust (Twist Bioscience), Stan Lapidus (Exact Sciences, Cytyc), Daphne Koller (Insitro), Alec Nielsen (Asimov), Andy Beck (PathAI), JP Mangeolle (Danaher, Sciex, Phenomenex), Bernhard van Lengerich (General Mills, Beyond Meat), and leading researchers Chris Voigt, Pam Silver, and George Church. Petri supports early-stage founders to bring innovation out of the lab by investing pre-seed and seed capital, providing strategic guidance, and offering curated access to a network of 200+ seasoned mentors, talent from top universities, and 250+ investors and strategic partners.

In-situ soil carbon measurement

Phylagen is digitizing the global microbiome to create a more transparent world