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Sierra Brooks
Sierra is a Senior Scientist and Analyst at IndieBio, where she is responsible for sourcing and performing due diligence on new companies, as well […]
Introducing IndieBio San Francisco Class 10 and New York Class 1
IndieBio β now operating out of both San Francisco and New York β is proud to announce our new batches of startups. This is […]
The MicroBiome is a Drug Factory
At IndieBio, our perspective on gut bacteria is informed not just by the companies weβve invested in that do human microbiome science, but by […]
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A Conversation with Alkali Labs, Killer of the Week
We caught up with the two founders of Alkali Labs β Luis Valencia, CEO, and Jacob Roberts, President β in the basement of IndieBio […]
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Gwen Cheni's IndieBio Podcast: Pablo Zamora, PhD. Co-Founder of NotCo
Gwen speaks with Pablo Zamora, Co-Founder and original CSO of NotCo. From their website: “When we discovered removing animals from food production would protect […]
Unlocking the Power of RNA in Fresh Foods - a Conversation with Kresko RNAtech
We talked with three founders of Kresko RNAtechβ Silvana Spinelli, CEO, Daniela Teplitzki, COO, and Carla Borini, director of lab operations β in the […]
Drugging the Messed Up DNA Packaging Behind Disease - A Conversation with TippingPoint Biosciences
We talked with the founder of TippingPoint Biosciences β Laura Hsieh, CEO β in the basement of IndieBio last week after her company had […]
Introducing IndieBio Class Nine
IndieBio helps entrepreneurs build ground-breaking biotech companies. Weβre excited to share our ninth class of 11 new startups. They have been here for thirty […]
Revolutionizing the Textile Industry from the Factory Floor - A Conversation with Bloom Labs
We talked with two founders of Bloom Labs β Sim Gulati, CEO and Richard Freundlich, CTO β in the basement of IndieBio last week […]
Blending Life and Computer Science β R. Machiraju
I believe that computing shall be even more pervasive and ubiquitous than it is today and will evolve into a high-impact, use-inspired basic science1. […]
EMBER: Distributed Emergency Response for Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac arrest is one of the most time critical conditions that can strike anywhere. For the patient, each minute until the ambulance arrives has […]
Immunology-Based Technologies in Startups: Seven Tips from Founders
The immune system is fine tuned to defend the body from foreign invaders, but when the system malfunctions it can spell disaster for a […]
Reazent: Powering Organic Agriculture
Despite the demand from consumers and environmental benefit, organic agriculture accounts for less than 2% of global agricultural land. Reazent is on a mission […]
NotCoβs plant-based foods are on store shelves, but its AI engine βGiuseppeβ is the real business
Matias Muchnik and Karim Pichara founded NotCo to modernize R&D in the food industry. While it might look like a plant-based food company, NotCo […]
Sustaining Biomaterials Growth in New York
New York is a global center of cultural and economic affairs, such as theatre, food, fashion, and international business. At Unexpected Biotech, IndieBio featured […]
Meet Stephen Chambers, the newly promoted general partner at SOSVβs IndieBio NY
Two years after starting the IndieBio NY program as its Managing Director, Dr. Stephen Chambers, PhD, SOSV named him a general partner. Stephen has […]
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Introducing IndieBio New York
The large, systemic problems facing humanity have never been clearer, nor has the need for innovative biotech solutions for these problems. The new IndieBio […]
Building Food Molecule byΒ Molecule
Lessons learned in Biotech Food Innovation Over our first four classes and 55 startups funded, IndieBio has built up a new class of food […]
IndieBio SF, Announces First Class of 11 Biotech Startups
There is a major funding gap for very early stage bio-entrepreneurs. Backed by SOSventures, a $200million dollar VC fund, IndieBio is the worldβs first […]
Introducing IndieBio SFβs new office at 3rd St. in San Franciscoβs Dogpatch
As you ride the elevator to the third floor of the American Industrial Center (AIC) at 3rd Street in San Franciscoβs Dogpatch neighborhood, the […]
Breaking Cancer's Immune Defenses from the Inside Out, a Conversation with Karma Biotechnologies
We talked with three key team members of Los Angeles-based Karma Biotech β Andrew Gray, Co-Founder and CEO, Alan Johnson, Co-Founder and COO, and […]
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New Age Meats: Leading a Cultural Shift in Protein Production
Cell-based meats, or clean meats, can alleviate pressures on the environment, end animal suffering, and produce sustainable protein for the growing world population. Yet, […]
Call for Applications
Biology is the next big technology and we are looking for scientists that will usher the new wave of iconic life science companies. βNothing […]
Upright: Oat Milk that Nourishes Both People and the Planet
Milk should be a delicious and protein-rich drink, but many alternatives to cowβs milk lack its nutrient depth. Upright has created the worldβs first […]
Khepra: Renewable fuels from waste
Khepra is building continuous flow reactors that deploy high-intensity ultrasound frequencies to take waste β everything from unrecyclable plastics to biomass to cardboard β […]
NovoNutrients: making food from CO2
As the worldβs population continues to balloon, demand for seafood is going with it. Aquaculture is the primary method to meet demand, but relies […]
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WATCH: IndieBio San Francisco Demo Day #12
We just had our Demo Day and we’re excited to share the recording of the livestream here. We vet the newest and exciting technologies […]
Meet Mohan Iyer, the new general partner at SOSV's IndieBio SF
Mohan S. Iyer is the newest general partner at SOSV, focused on the IndieBio SF program with fellow SOSV general partners Po Bronson and […]
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IndieBio Startups Reveal 3 Stealth Collaborations on April 1st
San Francisco, CAβSOSV/IndieBio, a leading venture capital firm focused on deep tech investments, is proud to announce several collaborations between its 200+ portfolio companies. […]
Here are videos for all the sessions at the 2022 SOSV Climate Tech Summit
We just completed our two-day summit (Oct. 25-26), which included 22 panels and fireside chats with leading founders, VCs, researchers and policy experts. We […]
IndieBioβs The EVERY Company and Prime Roots spotlighted as leaders in alt-protein precision fermentation
The Financial Times recently released a video titled βFermenting: the future of animal-free meat?β in which Financial Timesβ San Francisco correspondent Dave Lee interviewed […]
Stembionix: Vascularization Technology to Enable Organ Growth
Stembionix is creating the biofabrication infrastructure necessary to grow organs from stem cells. Their innovative vascularization technology is built with the goal of surmounting […]
Allied Microbiota: Using Natural Microbes to Eliminate Toxic Waste
Allied Microbiota is a company using bacteria that literally eat pollution for lunch to clean contaminated soils and turn brownfields into green fields. We […]
The 2023 SOSV Human Health 100
Welcome to the second annual SOSV Human Health 100. The list captures SOSVβs 100 most exciting companies in human health as of April 2023. […]
Introducing IndieBio Class Eight
Weβre excited to announce our eighth class at IndieBio. IndieBio invests in revolutionary technologies for human and planetary health, and each of these companies, […]
An Interview With Daniel Dempsey of Venomyx Therapeutics
Just like an Epi-Pen for Snake Bites. Photo: Deepankar Roy (left), Daniel Dempsey, and Alexio Capovilla of Venomyx Therapeutics. Snake bites are one of […]
IndieBio Coronavirus Initiative
We are seeking up to 8 startups to receive a minimum of $250,000 each to pursue the development of diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines, disinfection, and […]
IndieBio and NIH's National Institute Drug Abuse announce collaboration on $100k Startup Challenge
IndieBio and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA ), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) are excited to announce a […]
OzoneBio: Emissions-free chemicals brought to life by zombie cells
I have this feeling, but limited means to confirm it, that deep in the archives of Russian scientific literature lies a treasure trove of […]
#Sciencehack : Transforming Science through Collaboration
Thanks to Connor Dickie of Synbiota for this guest post. I can’t wait to get my hands on a kit! Itβs often said that […]
GavilΓ‘n Biodesign: Overcoming Drug Resistance
GavilΓ‘n Biodesign emerged out of the Donald Lab at Duke University, one of the world leaders in computational drug design. During their time at […]
Brightcure: Reviving, Restoring, and Replenishing a Womanβs Intimate Microbiome.
Brightcure is a company dedicated to improving womenβs health. We asked Brightcure CEO Chiara Heide questions about the first product, a bioactive cream that […]
Announcing the second annual SOSV Climate Tech 100, including 58 IndieBio alums
Now in its second year, the SOSV Climate Tech 100 is shaping up to be a great showcase for SOSVβs climate tech mission and […]
SOSV Climate Tech Summit: A Conversation with Vinod Khosla and Sean OβSullivan
Back in 2012 if you had predicted that the climate tech startup category would be worth $2.6 trillion today, you would have been laughed […]
Ceragen: Growing a Sustainable Future through Probiotics for Plants
Ceragen produces probiotics for plants that help crops grow faster and bigger. Their unique discovery platform allows Ceragen to identify the ideal microbial consortia […]
#RedefiningBillionaire
I was recently inspired by Jason Silva’s Captains of Spaceship Earth: “First we build the tools and then the tools build us” Biology, as […]
BioFeyn: Making Eating Healthy Fish Sustainable
BioFeyn is a company that aims to make farmed fish a truly sustainable practice. We spoke with CEO Timothy Bouley to learn more about […]
Free to Feed: Empowering Breastfeeding Mothers
Free to Feed helps breastfeeding mothers with allergic babies. Breastfeeding babies can react to allergens passed through the motherβs milk, and Free to Feed […]
Unlocked Labs: Solutions for Chronic Illnesses with the Safety of Supplements, and the Efficacy of Drugs
Probiotics on the market today promise all sorts of βgood thingsβ you need for a healthy gut, which we now know is important in […]
IndieBio NY Demo Day: Watch 10 pitches from Batch 5
Yesterday, IndieBio presented New York Batch 5 for an online Demo Day, an event that highlights new companies in the IndieBio fold. Unique to […]
The New Biotech
Explore the βNew Biotechβ with the IndieBio team and learn how we can re-imagine, re-materialize, and rebuild the world together. As a traditional natural […]
BrickBuilt Therapeutics: the First Oral Microbiome Therapeutics
BrickBuilt Therapeutics is the first company targeting the microbiome via live biotherapeutic products to treat oral diseases. They are replacing conventional therapiesβsurgery or broad […]
World Agri-Tech Investment Summit Partnering with IndieBio
We’re delighted to announce that IndieBio is partnering with the World Agri-Tech Investment Summit! This year more than 400 international ag technology leaders, innovators, […]
IndieBio's cultivated meat startup Prolific Machines emerges from stealth with $42M from investors
IndieBioβs cultured meat startup Prolific Machines has emerged from stealth mode, announcing $42M in combined seed and series A funding. Prolific Machines started in […]
Watch the SOSV Climate Tech Summit sessions on demand
SOSV hosted the fourth SOSV Climate Tech Summit and the VC-Founder Climate Matchup over Oct. 14-18. So far, about 10,000 people have participated by […]
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Nyoka Design Labs: Bioluminescence Lights the World
Nyoka Design Labs produces biodegradable light wands with bioluminescence to replace toxic chemical glow sticks. Their cell-free, enzyme-based light wands are shelf stable and […]
Announcing SOSVβs Womenβs Health VC-Founder Matchup β February 3β7
Womenβs health is gaining attention as a critical area for research, innovation, and investment. In its January 2024 report, McKinsey estimated that βInvestments addressing […]
Announcing SOSVβs Biomanufacturing VC-Founder Matchup β April 21-25, 2025 (Virtual, Free)
200 startups | 200 investors | 1 week of virtual meetings | Free Welcome to the Biomanufacturing Matchup Event, where biology meets bold ambition. […]
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Advanced Microbubbles: Drug delivery across tumor and brain barriers
Getting drugs through the tumor barrier and across the blood-brain barrier is a well-known, major challenge for medicine. Many clinical trials are underway using […]
Creating a Global Movement
On Conscious Leadership: Jack Sim By his count, before he turns 80 and is confined to a wheelchair and canβt remember his wifeβs name, […]
Filtricine: A drug free approach to treating cancer
In the last two decades oncology has seen a revolution as treatment transitions to targeted genetic drugs. Yet each therapy relies on a specific […]
Westley Dang
At IndieBio, Westley leads deal sourcing and diligence, as well as working with startups with best practices, poking holes in their science, and bomb-proofing […]
IndieBioβs The EVERY Company leverages precision fermentation for animal-free egg whites
Bloomberg Quicktake recently tweeted a video highlighting three companies revolutionizing the alt-egg industryβone of which is IndieBioβs EVERY Company (IndieBio SF01 2015). The EVERY […]
Food Tech Futures: Whatβs Next for Biotech?
Traditionally, humans have exploited biology to produce appealing foods via selective breeding of livestock and crops. Yet there remains an unmet demand for sustainably […]
A PhD is perfect for a startup
By Lenny Teytelman In my 2.5 years as a co-founder of ZappyLab, the most surprising aspect of entrepreneurship for me has been the realization […]
Putting Biological Supercomputers in the Palm of your Hand: an Interview with Oshiorenoya Agabi of Koniku
As ambitions to create newer and faster supercomputers grow, so do the challenges. Increasing computational power comes with demands of scale, stability, and accessibility. […]
StΓ€mm: Reinventing the Bioreactor
Biology is the best platform for manufacturing cells. It can grow and produce all kinds of biomaterials very effectively. But for humans to be […]
SOSVβs IndieBio NY debuts new 25,000 sq. ft. office, lab and event space at 7 Penn Plaza in NYC
SOSVβs IndieBio NY has opened the doors to its new headquarters at 7 Penn Plazaβa 25,000-square-foot open office engineered to foster innovation and community […]
Indiebioβs Kelp-based textile company AlgiKnit closes $13M series A, opens new facility
In the article, βMaterials Innovator AlgiKnit Closes $13 Million Series A Thttps://www.synbiobeta.com/read/materials-innovator-algiknit-closes-13-million-series-a-to-transform-the-textile-industrys-environmental-impacto Transform the Textile Industryβs Environmental Impact,β SynBioBeta reports that biomaterials company AlgiKnit […]
BioAesthetics' nipple-areolar complex grafted to breast cancer survivor for the first time
Biomaterials company BioAesthetics (IndieBio 05) has been developing a nipple-areolar complex (NAC) graft for breast cancer survivors, and New Orleans 4WWL TV News tells […]
ProtonIntel: The First Ever Continuous K+ Monitoring
The management guru, Peter Drucker, is said to have remarked, βYou can’t improve what you don’t measure.β This certainly applies to continuous biological measures […]
Stelvio Oncology: Live Imaging For a Paradigm Shift in Drug Screening
Itβs been clear for some time that a personalized approach to cancer treatment is key in overcoming the disease. Since certain types of cancer, […]
I have an idea. WhatΒ next?
At IndieBio, we often get bright scientists and aspiring entrepreneurs asking us what they should do to transform their idea into a company. Weβve […]
Chronus Health: Point-of-Care Lab Results in Minutes, Not Days
Chronus Healthβs portable device allows for real-time diagnosis at the point-of-care providing lab results in minutes, dramatically improving time to care and patient outcomes. […]
Serenity Bioworks: Unblocking Gene Therapy Delivery
Gene therapy recently has been extremely exciting in the news. However, the limitation of gene therapy is ineffective delivery. When injecting genes to be […]
IndieBio and SpaceGAMBIT - Announce Partnership to Accelerate Space Biology
Today we’re delighted to announce our partnership withSpaceGAMBIT to accelerate Space Biology, we believe one of the weakest links in making humanity a multi-planetary […]
RECAP: SF Demo Day (Batch 13)
IndieBio SF’s Demo Day was a huge success! We started off the day with an online demo day at 10 AM PST with incredible […]
Puna Bio: Using Extremophiles to Unf**k the Planet
A third of the worldβs agricultural soil is degraded by drought, high salinity and the increasing effects of climate change. Without bold innovation, we […]
Joywell Foods raises $25M to develop and commercialize sweet proteins
In βJoywell Foods raises $25M to bring sweet proteins to market,β TechCrunch reported the series B funding was led by Piva Capital, with participation […]
Magnetic Pulses to Combat Depression: An Interview With Mehran Talebinejad of NeuroQore
Photo: The NeuroQore team (Mehran on far left). Depression is a major burden in many people’s lives who we know. Some of the treatments […]
The Most Incredible Technology You've Never Seen
Guest post By Bryan Johnson, founder of Kernel, OS Fund, and Braintree Saving the world (or some subset of people in it) is in […]
Biomage: Making Single-Cell Sequencing Data Accessible to Research Biologists
Biomage is a computational biology company with a unique software that allows scientists to explore the multiverse of human cells through single-cell sequencing. We […]
Oralta: pioneering oral care through the microbiome
Americans spend over 40 billion dollars every year taking care of their oral health, yet conditions like bad breath, gum disease, and tooth decay […]
Meet the new chief science officers at IndieBio in NYC and HAX in Newark
At SOSVβs IndieBio and HAX, two new team members are helping deep tech founders address scientific challenges. Earlier this year, Sabriya Stukes, PhD, joined […]
RizLab Health: Bringing Instant Blood Analysis to Patients' Fingertips
RizLab Health is addressing the pandemic of antimicrobial resistance and helping clinicians by pinpointing the source of infection (and thus preventing inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions) […]
Germs, Interrupted: Disinfection Innovation Goes Global
A New York-based startup is about to commercialize the first true innovation in disinfection since Louis Pasteur. The startup, Halomine Inc, was founded by […]
Beemunity: Protecting Our Pollinators
Beemmunity protects bees from the effects of both lethal and sublethal exposure to pesticides. Their ingestible microsponge technology absorbs all pesticides and allows them […]
Bucha Bio: Next Generation Biomaterial for Green Fashion
Bucha Bio grows their biomaterial with bacteria, free from animals or any plastic additives. Their biomaterial can be personalized in every different way: colors, […]
A Changing Biotech Ecosystem: One Startup's New York Story
Thereβs no doubt that the biotech industry has grown rapidly in New York City in the past decade. The landscape has changed from the […]
Announcing IndieBio SFβs VC-Founder Meetings + Demo Day β Week of March 17, 2025
IndieBio San Franciscoβs VC-Founder Meetings will be held March 17-20th and our Demo Day is on Friday March 21st, 2025. Due to overwhelming demand […]
How IndieBio helped Geltor set its sights on the lucrative bio-engineered collagen market
The New York Times recently spotlighted Geltor, an alt-protein company in Indie Bioβs portfolio (IBSF02 2015), in the article, βIs Bio-Designed Collagen the Next […]
What next?
We received an incredible number of great applications from across the world (more information to come in the next couple of weeks) but we […]
An Interview With Brendan Griffen of Scaled Biolabs
A Biomedical Lab the Size of Your Phone. Photo: The Scaled Biolabs team – Brendan Griffen (left), Justin Cooper-White, and Drew Titmarsh. Biological experiments […]
Onconetics: Genomics-Informed Drug Design
Science is catching up with cancer. We are in a new era of personalized medicine for diagnosing and treating patients, now zooming in even […]
Multus Media: Enabling the Food of the Future
Multus Media is a company producing the key ingredient to allow cultivated meat to become affordable and accessible to everyone. We spoke to CEO […]
IndieBioβs therapeutics company Intrinsic Medicine to list on NASDAQ next year
In a post entitled, βIntrinsic Medicine and Phoenix Biotech Acquisition Corp. Announce Merger Agreement to Create Public Company Leveraging Human Milk Biology to Treat […]
Veloz Bio: We Make Complex Proteins Fast, and at Scale
Producing purified proteins is an expensive proposition, despite advances in expression systems, bioprocessing technologies and major strides in scale. The capital expense of bioreactors […]
Quantumcyte: Cancer Just Got Personal
βI never intended on even giving a crap about cancer. It just happened,β said John Butler. βThis isnβt a matter of me wanting to […]
How are mentors compensated?
Mentors work with IndieBio companies on a voluntary basis. We seek to create an enriching environment for early stage life sciences companies and appreciate […]
Pitchbook ranks SOSV #1 most active investor in foodtech
In its recent quarterly report (Q2 2022) on the foodtech sector, PitchBook identified SOSV as the most active VC investor in foodtech this year, […]
California Cultured: Chocolate Without Cacao Beans, Deforestation, or Exploitation
California Cultured produces sustainable chocolate from plant stem cells cultured to highlight the vast array of flavinols and functional compounds. Led by CEO and […]
What is IndieBioβs value-add beyond investment?
We are a hands-on venture capital fund. We arenβt a spray-and-pray accelerator. There are many educational startup programs, pre-accelerators, studios, and business model canvas-type […]
What is the IndieBio program curriculum and experience like?
Our program is a mix of all-group sessions (4-5 hours a week) and small-group sessions (2 hours a week) and weekly reviews between each […]
Pannex Therapeutics: Anti-Addictive Painkillers to Save Lives
Cells send “danger” signals to alert the immune system when they are under attack. Under the wrong conditions, these signals can lead to chronic […]
Inso Biosciences: A Genomic Solution
Inso Bio is solving the biggest bottleneck in genomic analysis: DNA extraction. This process currently takes highly skilled scientists several hours to complete, which […]
Watch IndieBio NY's Spring 2022 Class 04 Demo Day
It was definitely a night to remember! After months of hard work, many came together to celebrate the milestones and accomplishments our Class 04 […]
Sequential Skin: the First Truly Personalized Skin Care
Sequential Skin uses their unique at-home test to provide the worldβs first truly personalized skin care. Their test considers both the human genetics and […]
MicroTERRA: Feeding the World While Cleaning Water
MicroTERRA grows lemna with fish farmers to recycle pollution and feed the world. Lemna, also known as duck weed or water lentil, uses the […]
NotCo founder MatΓas Muchnik is speaking at the SOSV Climate Tech Summit
Can plants replace the animals in our diet? Livestock accounts for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, uses almost 80% of worldwide agricultural land […]
Philipp Sander
Philipp is an Investment Analyst with the IndieBio San Francisco office focusing on finding the best therapeutics and human health companies and nurturing a […]
Cybele Microbiome: Skincare Through Precision Prebiotics
Nearly half of society has some sort of skin sensitivity. Cybele Microbiome is the company behind a new direct-to-consumer skincare brand. Cybeleβs unique products […]
DNALite: A New Age of Medicine Is Emerging
What if instead of undergoing life-altering chemotherapy or surgery, a patient could take a daily pill to fight cancer? Thatβs the ultimate vision of […]
How much funding do IndieBio companies receive?
Our initial investment, which unlocks entry into our very selective IndieBio startup community, comprises two post-money SAFEs, executed simultaneously. The first is a Cash […]
Unibaio wins the $1M grand prize in ESDβs Grow-NY International Food and Agriculture Business Competition
Unibaio wins the $1M grand prize in ESDβs Grow-NY International Food and Agriculture Business Competition
SOSV startup competition focused on CO2 capture and removal. Early stage founders welcome. Application deadline July 28.
As part of the upcoming SOSV Climate Tech Summitβtaking place virtually September 26-27th this yearβ weβre thrilled to announce our partnership with Extreme Tech […]
Pyrone Systems: Making Petrochemicals Obsolete
Four founders, each with deep experience in related areas, came together to form Pyrone Systems, an unusual company with an unusual platform and go-to-market […]
The Every Company debuts βthe worldβs first animal-free egg whiteβ via macaron by Chantal Guillon
Food Navigator reports The Every Company (SOSV IBSF01 2015) has teamed up with upmarket west-coast patisserie brand Chantal Guillon to road test its new […]
Biotherapeutics company Prellis Bio appoints new CEO, raises $35M series C
Biotherapeutics company Prellis Biologics (IndieBio SF05 2017) has appointed Michael Nohaile, PhD as its new CEO, according to a Business Wire press release, βPrellis […]
MezoMax: The Solution for Slow and Difficult to Heal Bone Fractures
Over 600,000 people suffer from slow and difficult to heal bone fractures within the U.S. every year. These βnon-unionβ fractures are common in people […]
SOSV Closes $306M Deep Tech Fund for Human and Planetary Health
SOSV announced the close of its $306 million SOSV V fund, the firmβs largest fund to date. The news received coverage in TechCrunch, Bloomberg […]
BioROSA: Early Blood Test for Autism
BioROSA is building a blood-based test for diagnosing autism. Autism currently is diagnosed at age four, on average, with behavioral testing. Children are missing […]
Designing Drugs In Silico: An Interview With Ed Painter of A2A Pharmaceuticals
What if people suffering from cancer, tuberculosis, and other life-threatening diseases didnβt have to wait as long for the right drugs to be developed […]
Windfall Bio secures $9M to put methane-eating microbes to work combatting climate change
Methane is the second largest contributor to climate change, behind carbon dioxide. It’s responsible for about 30% of the global increase in temperature since […]
Avalo: Next-gen gene discovery for the future of plants
Eliminating excessive false positives is the holy grail in gene discovery – it saves money and time. Its Gene Discovery by Informationless Perturbation (GDIP) […]
Kutanios: A Novel Skin-protective Ingredient for All Types of Skin Care
Kutanios produces a peptide-based ingredient that prevents sun damage and aging via topical application. The novel mechanism stops skin cells from degrading the surrounding […]
Bosque Foods: Whole-Cut Meat Substitutes From Fungi
Consumers looking for meat alternatives love their nuggs and burgers, but no company has recreated the experience of a chicken cutlet or scallop in […]
Climate and health portfolio updates headline SOSVβs Annual General Meeting in NYC
βThere is a day coming where everyone on the planet will be touched by SOSV companies, every day,β SOSV Managing General Partner Sean OβSullivan […]
SOSV Climate Summit: How Avalo.ai, Puna Bio, and Drip.ai Plan aim to protect our food supply against climate change
Climate change threatens to undermine agriculture at a moment when food production needs to increase, and quickly. The UN estimates that 1.3 billion people […]
Can bio-economy unicorn Solugen decarbonize the chemical industry? Find out at the SOSV Climate Summit
The $4.7 trillion chemical industry accounts for about 4% of global GDP and 5% of carbon emissions. The industry is proving hard to decarbonize […]
IndieBio NYβs Demo Day Kickoff Video
SOSVβs IndieBio NY just held a demo day at its offices in Manhattan. Fifteen spectacular deep tech founders tackling human and planetary health took […]
What fundraising opportunities will I have through IndieBio?
Fundraising is a marathon and we put in the sweat equity to work with every company in our portfolio in both boom and tough […]
Lypid: Making vegan fat perform like animal fat
Making plant-based foods without compromise. Lypid’s secret sauce: a sustainable, healthy and tastier fat alternative. Weβve had an on again, off again relationship with […]
Innate Biology: World's first fasting mimetic derived from humans FOR humans
Innate Biology produces supplements to mimic the same cellular benefits you would get from fasting, without having to fast. Their formulation uses a unique […]
Vertical Oceans: Reinventing aquaculture and vertical farming
Vertical Oceans is elevating shrimp through its advanced vertical aquaculture system integrating 83 different technologies to build a perfect ecosystem for the worldβs cleanest, […]
Ten63 raises $15.9M to drug the "undruggable" with generative AI
Ten63 Therapeutics raised $15.9 million in Series A funding to advance and expand its internal pipeline of first-in-class small molecules inhibiting high-impact, but thus […]
The Story of Fire, Stone, and Biology
It was the Titan, Prometheus, who created man. Prometheus glanced down on the Earth and noticed that rainwater was making nature live, without it […]
Unlocking Gene Therapy for the Masses: an interview with Ryan Pawell of Indee
The science of gene therapy poses one of the greatest technical challenges in modern medicine. Researchers and industry face the significant challenge of introducing […]
IndieBioβs 15 Latest Biotech Startups
Today, we stand on the brink of the fourth industrial revolution which fuses the physical, digital and biological spheres of technology that will fundamentally […]
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Sun Genomics: Precision Probiotics Based on Your DNA
It all begins in the gut. We know that a balanced gut microbiome is key to a healthy (and happy) life. Probiotics, ingestible products […]
What kind of companies are you looking for?
We look for companies with deep scientific insights aimed at solving intractable or difficult problems that will impact 1B+ members of humanity. Human and […]
SOSV Climate Tech Meetup @Berkeley's Brower Center
If you are (or want to become) a founder in climate tech, we’d love to hear from you. IndieBio is here to shape the […]
Perfect Day listed on Timesβ βMost Influential Companies of 2022β
On its βTime100 Most Influential Companies of 2022,β Time magazine listed cow-free dairy company Perfect Day (SOSV RebelBio01). The compilation features companies and corporate […]
Healthcare is saving the world. Software is eating very little of it.
Healthcare is simultaneously one of the fastest evolving markets, and yet the one market most resistant to change. Global healthcare is so big β […]
Upside Foods acquires cultivated seafood company Cultured Decadence
Green Queen announced βUpside Foods acquires cultivated seafood company Cultured Decadence.β The article reports, βthe Wisconsin-based cultivated seafood company will bring high-impact seafood products […]
Sugarlogix: Prebiotic Sugar for Your Gut Health
What if sugar was good for you? The consumption of excess sugar has led to health issues in humans, such as autoimmune diseases and […]
SOSV GP & IndieBio CTO Pae Wu shares tips on how to turn research into a business
βItβs really important to understand the distinction between what it is to build a business, and what it is to build a research program.β […]
Climate Crop: Small Edit, Big Impact
Photosynthesis wastes sunlight. Many scientific efforts are underway to improve the efficiency of photosynthesis to increase yields. None of these efforts have translated from […]
IndieBio secures partnership with Transcriptic to Accelerate Biology
Media Contact: Dorothy Lou Bailey, dorothylou@transcriptic.com San Francisco, CA – IndieBio, the leading global biotech accelerator, today announced an exclusive partnership with the robotic […]
An Interview with Francia Navarrete Utreras of GEA Enzymes
Liquid Dark Chocolate Is Now a Reality. Photo: Francia (center) and the GEA Enzymes team. GEA Enzymes engineers designer enzymes. Their first application is […]
Clinicai: Detecting Colorectal Cancer in Your Toilet
The successful treatment of cancer lies in early detection. If we can detect it as early as Phase 1 and 2, the outcomes for […]
Joe Hurd
Joe is an Operating Partner with SOSV, leading commercialization, go-to-market, and corporate engagement efforts for a number of SOSVβs key portfolio companies. In this […]
Founder Stories: an Interview with Maria from SyntheX Labs
Maria Soloveychik is the CEO and co-founder of SyntheX Labs, a biotech company developing peptide therapeutics for cancer and other rare diseases. A: Tell […]
Terramino Foods: Fungi as an Alternative Protein
Killing an animal and eating its flesh is not the only way to gain protein. Now more than ever, we need alternatives to conventional […]
Finless Foods: Pollution-Free Fish, Thanks to Biotech
Itβs an exciting time for the future of food, as technology has finally enabled us to grow meat without slaughtering animals. Finless Foods has […]
What is the time commitment?
Mentors can choose their desired level of commitment. The IndieBio team keeps mentors abreast of upcoming events in your area and looks to facilitate […]
Upside Foods new commercial facility will scale productionβand give tours
Fast Company reports on the grand opening of Upside Foodsβ (formerly Memphis Meats) (IBSF02 2015) new 53,000-square-foot food production facility in Emeryville, CA. βTake […]
IndieBio alum The Every Company (fka Clara Foods) raises $175M to challenge egg industry
The TechCrunch article βThe Every Co. grabs $175M as it cracks code on animal-free protein productsβ reports on a series C round raised by […]
Can I apply if our company or founders are not from the USA? Can you help with Visa/immigration issues?
Yes. Anyone from anywhere can apply. You do have to be legally in California or New York during the program, of course. Once accepted, […]
CellCrine: The World's Cheapest Serum-Free Media
Cell cultured meat is finally coming into its moment. Broad adoption, however, will depend on dramatically reducing the cost of cell culture media and […]
IndieBio New York is excited to support the NY Climate Innovation Ecosystem during New York Climate Week 2024
New York Climate Week is one of the worldβs leading global climate gatherings, convening innovators, investors, industry leaders, scientists, and policymakers to accelerate climate […]
Liberum: Automating Protein Production
When we think of synthetic biology, we often think of synthetic DNA. However, the purpose of the DNA is often to make protein. Today […]
An Interview With Steve Kazemi of Pure Cultures
Enough With All the Antibiotics in Livestock. Itβs no secret that much of the animal meat consumed by humans contains antibiotics that are excessively […]
Proteinea: The bug IS the feature
Proteinea turns insect larvae into biofactories. Instead of cell-based biomanufacturing, their next-generation platform uses mass-reared insect larvae as fast growing, mini-biofactories to produce recombinant […]
Canaery: Digitizing the unseen world of scent
Canaery leverages the animal kingdom’s superior sense of smell to detect and digitize the world of scent. A dog’s nose is a smelling machine. […]
IndieBio New York is excited to support the NY Climate Innovation Ecosystem during New York Climate Week 2024
New York Climate Week is one of the worldβs leading global climate gatherings, convening innovators, investors, industry leaders, scientists, and policymakers to accelerate climate […]
Seeing Beyond Anti-VEGF for Retinal Disease, A Conversation with ViAn Therapeutics
We talked with the founder of ViAn Therapeuticsβ JP Robles, CEO β in the basement of IndieBio last week after his company had just […]
Convalesce: Curing Parkinsonβs Disease with Stem Cell Therapy
Neurodegeneration is one of the most devastating diseases of aging, and today there is no cure. Stem cells are a very promising way of […]
SOSVβs Year in Review 2021: Deep techβs inflection point
In βSOSV 2021: The year in review,β SOSV Managing General Partner Sean O’Sullivan goes over the factors that drove a 40% increase in assets […]
Solid Ox Motors: Making Vehicles All-Electric, Grid Optional
Solid Ox Motors is building an onboard trickle charger solution, initially for commercial fleets of electric trucks and buses. This unique range extending solution […]
IndieBio NY Class 3 Demo Day: Ready to make an impact
IndieBio NY Demo Day was a huge success! The 10 graduating startups gave 3-minute presentations on the huge problem they are tackling in human […]
Helex Bio: Building the GPS for Gene Therapies
CRISPR may be a Nobel Prize winning discovery, but its translation into a therapeutic use raises many questions on safety, edit specificity and their […]
TΓ΄mtex: Designing the Material Revolution
Bio-based materials are the future, and TΓ΄mtex is designing the petrochemical-free revolution. The New York-based startup has garnered awards from design schools and fashion […]
Aanika Bio founder to appear in Hulu's "The Next Thing You Eat"
From lab-grown fish to burger flipping robots, Hulu’s new six-episode docu-series “The Next Thing You Eat” will explore the changes in what we eat. […]
Busting Top Manufacturing Myths at Unexpected Biotech
The future is in fermentation, but what does that mean to benchtop scientists who want to produce consumer or therapeutic products at industrial scale? […]
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Alan Clayton
Alan Clayton has served as the SOSV βRoaming Mentorβ since 2011, and works directly with teams across all SOSV programs. Building the human capital […]
Harmony Baby Nutrition: Formulas for Human Babies (not calves)
Harmony Baby Nutrition makes baby formula that more closely represents human breast milk than any other formula on the market. Their secret? Precise fermentation […]
Aja Labs: Superhuman hair engineered from plants
βThis is bone blackβ she said as she handed me a sample of jet black hair. Silky smooth, shiny, and knottable — the bundle […]
IndieBio San Francisco Class 11 Demo Day
Thank you so much to everyone who attended San Francisco’s Demo Day (virtually). We are so excited to present 13 companies who are impacting […]
Khosla Ventures leads IndieBioβs Vertical Oceansβ seed round
TechCrunch reports that Indiebioβs Vertical Oceans (SOSV IBSF11 2021) raised a $3.5 million seed round led by major Silicon Valley fund Khosla Ventures with […]
Upside Foods CEO Uma Valeti on the vegan-friendly benefits of cultured meat
Fortuneβs article βCan lab-based meat be vegan?β explores the rapidly evolving industry of cultured proteins and what implications it may have for those who […]
IndieBioβs New Culture teams up with ADM to bring animal-free mozzarella to Midwest pizzerias
In Bloombergβs recent article βVegan Mozzarella Set to Debut in Midwest Pizzerias in Latest ADM Betβ, Bloomberg reported that IndieBioβs New Culture (IndieBio SF08 […]
Bloomberg points to Singapore-based Vertical Oceans for eco-friendly shrimp farming
IndieBioβs Singapore-based aquaculture company Vertical Oceans (IndieBio SF11 2021) recently attracted attention in Bloombergβs article, βShrimp Farming Is Coming to a City Near Youβ. […]
IndieBioβs Reach Neuro celebrates landmark results in stroke treatment study
The Wall Street Journal, along with scores of other outlets including AP News, The New York Times, STAT, and WIRED, recently hailed a pilot […]
The Edible Bioeconomy - Panel and Mixer in SF, May 29
JOIN US Network and meet with some of the new wave of entrepreneurs that are changing the way we look at food at the […]
Bosque Foods
Could This Be the Lab-Made Dinner Party of Our Future?
A slew of start-ups are engineering faux meats, eggs and dairy products that conjure a time when we move from farm-to-table to lab-to-table. I […]
Ideating in Biotech: Request for Startups
With the recent announcement of the launch of Indie Bio (our new idea stage biotech accelerator launching in downtown San Francisco this Jan and […]
Ethan's Journey: From Postdocalypse to Venture Funded Biotech Entrepreneur
Hi, my name is Ethan. Iβm the Founder and CEO of Perlstein Lab. Perlstein Lab is a biotech startup and public benefit corporation based […]
Neurocarrus: Treating Pain Without Addictive Opioids
Traditionally, people in pain are given Opioidsβwhich, although they relieve pain, can have dangerous side effects such as loss of motor function, and addiction. […]
JointechLabs: Point-of-Care Cell Therapy
Stem cells have been a key source of innovation in regenerative medicine, because they possess the ability to self-renew. Adult stem cells are found […]
Pheronym: Pesticide-Free Food for the World
Itβs no secret that the agricultural fertilizers and pesticides create major problems in our soil, water systems, animal life, and more. Thankfully there are […]
I donβt have a company, just an idea or maybe a half built prototype, can I apply?
All you need to apply is a well thought out idea with the science worked out at least in principle and a good team […]
Guests come to taste the future but also βreconnectβ with food
In Green Queenβs βWhat Does the Future of Food Taste Like? A Lot Like Its Past, It Turns Out,β climate editor Jill Ettinger reflects […]
SOSV Takes On Y Combinator With A Pure Biotech Accelerator
International VC firm SOSV is capitalizing on the now buzz worthy biotech investment trend with the creation of IndieBio, the first accelerator to focus […]
Lypid raises $4 million seed round to commercialize its rich, juicy vegan fat
Food Navigator reported a $4 million seed round for vegan-fat producer Lypid (SOSV IBSF11 2021). The round was led by Green Generation with additional […]
Is the worldβs largest brewer the secret to scaling green food production? Find out at the SOSV Climate Summit
For millennia, food innovators have used fermentation to create delicious things like beer, yogurt, and sourdough bread. Now, at least 88 precision fermentation startups […]
Introducing SOSVβs Ireland Biomanufacturing Fund
SOSV recently got some press in Ireland about a new, specialized fund that we established to support what our general partner Po Bronson sees as the βsecond waveβ of industrial biomanufacturing.
Beeline Therapeutics: Supercharging T-regs
Beeline takes engineered immune cell therapy in a new direction. They are unique in how they have engineered regulatory T cells (Tregs), which play […]
Lingrove: Wood Without Trees
As humans, we love the aesthetically pleasing look of wood. Itβs a beautiful material, but our planet is being harmed by the massive rates […]
The Future of Drug Manufacturing: Just What The Doctor Ordered
What factors drive innovation and supply chain disruption in the manufacture of medicines? What technologies will be critical over the next decade to increase […]
Announcing IndieBio Summer 2017 Class!
IndieBio is incredibly excited to announce our fifth class of life science companies. Founders have come to San Francisco from all over the world, […]
Ivy Natal: Turning Skin Cells into Eggs
The future of our species depends on procreation, but today the world is at an all-time high in infertility due to disease, stress, and […]
Bringing Biotech to the Masses: an Interview with Julie Legault of Amino
Even though biotech has a huge impact on the lives of the general public, it is an intimidating and foreign space to many. The […]
Reprogramming Cancer and the Future of Medicine: an Interview with Andrew Gray of Vali Nanomedical
Drug delivery is one of the greatest challenges in treating cancer today. There are a multitude of effective drugs that arenβt able to be […]
IndieBioβs NotCo raises $70M to build more food brand alliances
In Bloombergβs article βBezos-Backed Food Startup NotCo Bucks Trend to Raise $70 Millionβ, IndieBioβs Chilean plant-based food startup NotCo (SF05 2017) is reported to […]
IndieBioβs Catalog successfully encodes and searches eight Shakespearean tragedies in a single test tube of DNA
IndieBioβs DNA-based data storage company Catalog (IndieBio 04) recently announced that it has encoded eight of Shakespeareβs tragedies onto strands of searchable synthetic DNA […]
Reimagining the Future with Biology
Today, Bolt Threads, previously Refactored Materials announced that they’d raised $40M in their latest round of financing and expect to have their yeast derived […]
Taking Control of Cellular Protein Output: an Interview with Paul Feldstein of Circularis
Cellular protein production is used across industries to create products for medicine, consumers, research, and more. However, the technology to do so in the […]
Vetherapy: Stem Cell Therapy for Our Animal Friends
We understand the benefits of stem cell therapy for humans. These amazing cells, with their self-renewal abilities, can be taken from areas where they […]
SOSVβs IndieBio NY debuts new 25,000 sq. ft. office, lab and event space at 7 Penn Plaza in NYC
SOSVβs IndieBio NY has opened the doors to its new headquarters at 7 Penn Plazaβa 25,000-square-foot open office engineered to foster innovation and community […]
IndieBio's New Age Meats raises $25 million series A
To stand out in the increasingly crowded cultured-meat market, Berkeley-based New Age Meats, an IndieBio alum, aims to provide “the best of both worlds: […]
The FDA and USDA approved Upsideβs cultivated meat. Will it ever reach your table? Find out at the SOSV Climate Tech Summit.
UPSIDE Foods has made history yet again. The first company ever to create cultivated meatballs, chicken, and duck now has the first-ever approvals from […]
California Cultured Partners with Japanese Chocolate Giant Meiji for Cell-Based Chocolate Products
California Cultured has entered a 10-year commercial partnership with Japanese chocolate giant Meiji, incorporating the company’s “Flavanol Cocoa Powder” into several packaged goods distributed […]
In a major win for cultivated meat, Upside Foodsβ lab-grown chicken clears FDA hurdle
According to The Wall Street Journalβs article, βLab-Grown Poultry Clears First Hurdle at FDAβ, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared Wednesday that it […]
Nivien Therapeutics: Cutting Through Cancerβs Shield
Cancer cells have defense mechanisms that can cause chemotherapy and other standard cancer treatments to become increasingly difficult for a patient to endure, as […]
We Are SOSV
At the SOSV Climate Summit, IndieBio's Po Bronson and three founders talk ag tech at the intersection of food security and climate change
Three ag tech founders and SOSV IndieBio Po Bronson will discuss s the future of ag tech and climate
Carbix: Turning CO2 into Stone
To meet the challenge of our climate crisis requires humanity to reinvent industries on a global scale. Eliminating emissions as fast as possible is […]
Cayuga: Treating All Forms of Bleeding
Cayuga Biotech is a preclinical therapeutics company whose lead compound, CAY001, shows promise to change the way that severe bleeding episodes are treated. We […]
Spintex: Sustainable Materials Powered by 300 Million Years of R&D
Friends and labmates who trained together in the Oxford University silk group, Alex Greenhalgh and Dr. Martin Frydrych are tackling climate change one silk […]
AsimicA: Raising the Bar for All Biofermentation
In May 2020, a McKinsey report found that the global bioeconomy is slated to become a $4 trillion gold rush as synthetic biologyβs promise […]
Capra Biosciences: Bio-Based Performance Chemicals for Tomorrow's Edge
If you haven’t been following the trends in synthetic biology, just know that bio-based chemicals are the future. Capra Biosciences reimagined biosynthesis by developing […]
Bringing Space Technology to Healthcare: an Interview with Jeff Nosanov of V-Sense Medical
Tracking vital signs is a crucial means for preventing disease. However, itβs a big time demand on caretakers of the most vulnerable patients and […]
Q&A with the new Managing Director of IndieBio, Po Bronson
Q. Uh, seven bestselling books β¦ you could be retired on some private island β¦ why are you here? A. Itβs simple. I fell […]
Ventureβs βRule of Fiveβ and SyntheXβs $550 million collaboration with with Bristol Myers-Squibb
Today we celebrate the company SyntheX, which announced a $550 million research collaboration with Bristol Myers-Squibb to develop better cancer drugs with SyntheXβs drug […]
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Nestle leads $4M seed round for Sundial Foodsβ vegan chicken wings
Bloomberg reports that Nestle, the worldβs largest food company, is the lead investor in a $4M seed round for Sundial Foods (IBSF11 2021). In […]
Perfect Day included in Temasekβs Asia Sustainable Foods Platform
Vegconomist reports βTemasek Launches Asia Sustainable Foods Platform to Accelerate Shift to Alt-Protein,β which is designed to support and grow R&D and scale-up of […]
SOSV Climate Tech 100 Startups value grows by 44% in 5 months
On Earth Day, April 22, 2021, SOSV published its SOSV Climate Tech 100 list, a collection of the top climate tech companies in our […]
On Conscious Leadership: Tim Chang
Tim Chang personifies a new breed of leadership in the venture-entrepreneur economy. Heβs part of a rising alternative to the tech-bro culture that operates […]
βThe $100 Trillion Opportunityβ
Arvind Gupta, Managing Director & Founder of IndieBio: Meeting the challenge of climate change is commonly characterized as a tradeoff with industrial economic growth. […]
Antibiotic Adjuvant: Transforming Antibiotic Use from Chaos into a Coordinated Campaign
Although doctors mean well by prescribing antibiotics, we canβt ignore the fact that antibiotic resistance as an effect of overuse has become an overwhelming […]
How do founders engage with mentors?
IndieBio provides two avenues for mentors to engage directly with companies:
Do I have to stay local when the program ends after 4 months?
During the pandemic, IndieBio began working with companies remotely, and we are now happy to work with companies whether they can be here in […]
How the βgoodβ unicorn NotCo plans to make an even bigger impact on climate change
In an interview with Forbes βHow NotCo Is Saving The Planet By Making Plants Taste Like Meat,β NotCo (IBSF05 2017) co-founder and CEO Matias […]
Karma Biotechnologies
SOSV Founder Sean O'Sullivan tells Bloomberg what's next in climate tech
SOSV Founder & Managing General Partner Sean O’Sullivan recently sat down with Bloomberg to discuss his storied career in climate tech and share his […]
Announcing Demo Day for IndieBio NY Class 5 on February 1st and 7th. Register today!
IndieBio NY is proud to announce that the Demo Day for IBNY Class 5 is taking place in-person at our brand new headquarters on […]
IndieBioβs Catalog teams up with Seagate for DNA-based data storage platform
In the article βSynthetic DNA startup Catalog partners with Seagate for its DNA-based data storage platformβ, TechCrunch reported that IndieBioβs Catalog (SF04 2016) is […]
Sean OβSullivan
After Sean OβSullivanβs first startup went public in 1994, he founded SOSV in 1995 as a βsuper angel.β In 2007, based off the success […]
Minus Materials grows biogenic limestone for carbon-neutral cement
Aiming to drastically cut the carbon emissions of cement production, Minus Materials is using microalgae to make a key ingredient in cement, Fast Company […]
Creating a pick and place machine for DNA synthesis: an interview with Jeff Clayton of Genesis DNA
In recent years weβve seen an exponential ability to sequence DNA. What in the recent past it cost billions of dollars is now available […]
The SOSV Human Health 100
IndieBio is part of SOSV, and one of our core missions is human health. The other is planetary health – or climate. Recently we […]
IndieBioβs Planetarians raises $6M to leverage upcycled ingredients for plant-based whole cuts
Plant-based meat maker Planetarians (IndieBio Food-X 08) has closed a $6M seed II round led by Mindrock, which was covered by TechCrunch (βPlanetarians grabs […]
Solvay joins the Genesis Consortium to support IndieBio startups
Solvay Ventures, the venture capital fund of Solvay, announced that the fund has joined the Genesis Consortium to support startups in SOSVβs IndieBio startup […]
IndieBioβs TΓ΄mTex hits the runway with βleatherβ made from food waste
IndieBioβs biomaterial company TΓ΄mTex Co. (NY03 2021) recently appeared on the runway in Peter Doβs first-ever menswear collection, according to Hypebeastβs article βHereβs a […]
An Interview with John Mendelson of DxRx
“Rehab on Your Phone” Photo: John Mendelson (center) and the DxRx team. Not everyone who occasionally overdrinks is seen as an alcoholic in need […]
Giraffe Bio
The global transition to net-zero emissions hinges on the mining of critical minerals, yet copper and lithium production, projected to grow 30% and 465% […]
Events
The New York Times spotlights IndieBioβs MycoWorks as leader in alternative leather
IndieBioβs mycelium-based βleatherβ maker MycoWorks (SF03 2016) was recently the subject of The New York Times spotlight, βAre Mushrooms the Future of Alternative Leather?β. […]
IndieBioβs TΓ΄mTex in the spotlight for alt-leather made from shrimp shells
Shrimp shell-based βleatherβ maker TΓ΄mTex (IndieBio NY03) was recently the subject of two feature articles from Bloomberg and WIRED. TΓ΄mTex turns raw chitosanβa biopolymer […]
Q&A with the new Managing Director of IndieBio, Po Bronson
Q. Uh, seven bestselling books β¦ you could be retired on some private island β¦ why are you here? A. Itβs simple. I fell in love with IndieBio. I mean, I really love it…
Halomine: Making Every Surface an Antimicrobial Surface
Halomine is a company revolutionizing the way we disinfect surfaces. We asked Halomine CEO, Ted Eveleth, to tell us about the first product, Halofilm. […]
IndieBio Call for Applications
SOSV Announces Launch of IndieBio New York — Worldβs leading life sciences accelerator expands to New York City —— Call for Applications Open Now […]
Microgenesis: Restoring the Fertility Biome
Through the development of a simple swab-based test combined with personalized nutraceutical solutions, Microgenesis is helping women facing fertility challenges forge a path to […]
Announcing IndieBio 2021 Demo Days
Announcing IndieBio Demo Days: Two days to showcase the IndieBio classes and the amazing work accomplished throughout the four-month IndieBio program. Rewatch IndieBio New […]
Unexpected Biotech
New York biotechnology is building the world of tomorrow and improving human and planetary health. IndieBio NY hosted “Unexpected Biotech: Innovative Technologies Emerging from […]
The Bad Boy of Biosensors: An Interview With Ray Chiu of BioInspira
Photo: Ray Chiu (far right) and the BioInspira team. Every year, more than 200 natural gas pipeline-related incidents happen on average in the United […]
OncoPrecision: A matter of life and death - cancer avatars accelerate precision oncology
OncoPrecision can predict a patientβs response to cancer therapies by replicating the tumor microenvironment ex vivo. Their unique, triple co-culture method increases patient-derived cancer […]
Sundial Foods: Take Another Bite, the Secret is the Skin!
The AltProtein space is abuzz, but lacking in products that engender the same finger-licking scrumptiousness of devouring a plate of tasty wings. Sundial Foods […]
Improving Your Petβs Digestive Health With Science: An Interview with Holly Ganz of AnimalBiome
Itβs not uncommon for a pet dog or cat to have digestive issues, especially early in life. Instead of treating the root of the […]
NotCo gets its horn following $235M round to expand plant-based food products
By Christine Hall NotCo, a food technology company making plant-based milk and meat replacements, wrapped up another funding round this year, a $235 million […]
Announcing IndieBioβs 4th Class!
IndieBio is excited to announce our newest class of thirteen biotech startups. These companies are bringing innovation to a host of industries, from classical […]
Hoofprint Biome raises $15M Series A for natural solution to cut methane and boost yield in cattle
Weβre thrilled to announce that Hoofprint Biome has secured $15 million Series A, led by SOSVβs Ireland Biomanufacturing Fund, with participation from SOSV Fund […]
What/who is SOSV and how is it related to IndieBio?
SOSV is the global venture fund that runs IndieBio. IndieBio is one of the SOSV brands, not a standalone fund, and all team members […]
Meet Deborah Zajac, SOSV and IndieBio NY's new General Partner
IndieBio NY launched in 2020 thanks to a five-year, $25M grant from New York Stateβs Empire State Development. The mission was to bring the […]
Creating a Functional Window to the Brain: an Interview with Henrik D. Kjeldsen of Truust Neuroimaging
Modern neuroscience is still relying on old methods that donβt allow us to truly understand whatβs happening in the brain in real-time. As a […]
Kyomei: Empowering Plant-Based Proteins with Flavor
Alternatives to animal protein include plant-based, fermentation-based, and cellular agriculture-based options – but all suffer from a lack of true βmeatiness.β Kyomei is using […]
Powering Discovery with Proteomics: an Interview with Jun Axup of MYi
Next-generation DNA sequencing technology has revolutionized biological research over the last decade, but very few advancements have been made in proteomics, the next great […]
Hugh Bowen
Hugh Bowen is an Associate working with SOSVβs portfolio in Europe. He works with startups across industries including some of the former RebelBio companies […]
IndieBioβs Multus Biotechnology raises $9.5M to fast track the cultivated meat supply chain
IndieBioβs Multus Biotechnology (formerly Multus Media) has raised a $9.5M Series A round to build a production facility for growth media. The UK-based startup […]
Po Bronson
βCoach Poβ is Managing Director of IndieBio and General Partner at SOSV, the venture firm that backs IndieBio. Po was a finance and tech […]
SOSV tops FoodHackβs 2022 ranking of the most active investors in foodtech
In FoodHackβs 2022 report on the most active FoodTech investors, SOSV / IndieBio stood out as the #1 most active investor in the space […]
Selin Altinok
Selin joins our teams as an Investment Analyst with the IndieBio NY team where she will be conducting due diligence for both new and […]
PitchBook ranks SOSV #1 most active investor in agtech
In its recent quarterly report (Q2 2022) on the agtech sector, PitchBook identified SOSV as the most active VC investor in agtech this year, […]
Alex Hall-Daniels
Alex Hall-Daniels is the Principal at IndieBio New York. He leads operations and logistics for IndieBio staff and portfolio companies. Prior to joining IndieBio, […]
Introducing IndieBio Class Seven
At IndieBio, we are on a mission to turn scientists into entrepreneurs to solve the worldβs biggest challenges. Biology as a technology has now […]
Announcing IndieBio New York Demo Day, January 24
Note: This event took place on January 24, 2024. You can watch the replay of the demo day here. IndieBio New York is hosting […]
IndieBio's BioFluff and TomTex secure funding rounds amid sustainable textile boom
“‘Why is there no great alternative to regular animal or plastic furs?’ is the million-dollar question that led biochemist Martin StΓΌbler to launch biomaterials […]
UPSIDE Foods wins regulatory approval to sell lab-grown meat in the US
UPSIDE Foods has secured the trifecta of regulatory approvals needed to take its cell-cultivated chicken commercial. βNo Questionsβ Letter from FDA β November 2022 […]
Meet Pae Wu, the new general partner at SOSVβs IndieBio in San Francisco
Pae Wu is the newest general partner at SOSV. She runs IndieBio SF with fellow SOSV general partner Po Bronson. Pae is also the […]
SOSV, the global venture firm, just closed a $100 million fund to back its maturing startups
Sean OβSullivan, the founder of the global venture outfit SOSV, has slowly but steadily built up a sizable operation over the years. SOSV started […]
Allozymes looks to upend chemical manufacturing with rapid enzyme engineering and $5M seed
Part of the complex process that turns raw materials into finished products like detergents, cosmetics and flavors relies on enzymes, which facilitate chemical transformations. […]
Cellens: Bringing Clarity and Precision to Cancer Diagnostics
Recently, much of the focus in cancer diagnostics has been on advances in liquid biopsy-based tests, looking at molecular markers inside the cell. So, […]
Sea & Believe: Producing Foods Beneficial to Oceans, Terrestrial Ecosystems, and Future Generations
Sea & Believe is developing a range of plant-based seafood using Irish native seaweed and microalgae innovation that doesnβt compromise on taste, nutrition or […]
SΓ³liome: Creating the World's Best Sunscreen
The world simply needs a better sunscreen β one that does the basic job of blocking UVA and UVB, to be sure. Consumer surveys […]
MycoWorks faux leather Fine Mycelium on full display at NY showcase
At a recent showcase in New York, NBC affiliate WNYT reported on MycoWorks (SOSV IBSF03 2016) in βMushroom leather ready for the runway.β The […]
Closing a $6M series A, Chinova Bioworks targets mushroom-derived preservatives
In the article, βAgFunder-backed Chinova Bioworks raises $6m Series A funding for natural shelf-life extenderβ, AgFunderNews reports that Chinova Bioworks, a company developing fungi-based […]
Meet Pae Wu, the new general partner at SOSV's IndieBio in San Francisco
Pae Wu is the newest general partner at SOSV. She runs IndieBio SF with fellow SOSV general partner Po Bronson. Pae is also the […]
IndieBioβs OzoneBio upcycles paper waste to produce zero-emissions bio-nylon
Green tech company OzoneBio (IndieBio SF11 2021) was recently spotlighted in Bioenterpriseβs feature, βStart-up uses waste to create worldβs first emissions-free bio-nylonβ. The Canadian […]
Building the Next Generation of Recombinant Proteins: an Interview with Alex Lorestani of Geltor
The list of uses for recombinant proteins continues to grow as they are used in consumer, medical, and research markets. This increased use means […]
Disrupting Seafood, Not Oceans: an Interview with Dominique Barnes of New Wave Foods
As the population keeps growing, we are increasingly turning to our oceans to feed a hungry world. This pressure is leading to unsustainable practices […]
USDA awards IndieBioβs Re-Nuble $4.6M to turn food waste into fertilizer
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently awarded IndieBioβs Re-Nuble (Food-X 02) a $4.6M grant as one of the awardees of the Partnership […]
Bringing Science to Beauty: an Interview with Evelyn Chen of Nerd Skincare
The science of skincare hasnβt changed for 100 years. As we learn more about the skin, new opportunities for innovation are being uncovered that […]