Featured Trends
We’ve sliced and diced our portfolio into distinct “trends” that define our edge.
Climate 100
We are pleased to report that as of April 2021 the SOSV Climate Tech 100 have raised $1.85 billion from investors and have a market cap of $5.65 billion. The average company is four years old. SOSV (our parent fund) has invested $89 million in these companies and was in most cases the first investor, though we continued investing through early rounds.
IndieBio has never been one to shy away from the riskiest and most impactful investments for our planet. In fact, we embrace them.
Female Founder
Boosting female representation in the startup world is an ongoing challenge, but we’re dedicated to gender balance, not only because it’s the right thing to do, but because we would be dismissing impressive companies otherwise. We’ve found that more gender balance leads to better workplace culture and better ideas being exchanged.
Future of Food
It’s not just that we can make meat and fish in the lab, or with mushrooms and chickpeas. It’s not just that AI can predict the best plant ingredients to make the best tasting milk and yogurt. And it’s not just that yeast can be fermented to produce the healthier and better food preservatives. We’re diving deep every day into the foods that will satisfy novelty-seekers and conventionalists alike.
We’re putting big bets on the newest technologies and trends we think are ahead of the curve.
Future of Medicine
Medicine ain’t what it used to be. Today, bloodletting, skull-drilling and giving children cocaine for toothaches are relics of the past. Tomorrow, so too will addictive opioids, chemotherapy, and psychiatric drugs that are non-selectively bathing our bodies in chemicals.
The future of medicine is an exciting one, and we’re excited to share the most exciting technologies that enable the next wave of medicine and healthcare.
Impact
Our mission has always been Human and Planetary Health from the beginning, so it’s hard to say which of our companies are “impact” companies (in some ways, they all are).
Here, we narrowed down the startups that are directly addressing sustainability issues, improving public health, mitigating inequality, and democratizing access to infrastructure and technologies.
New Frontiers
Raising Now
Every season of the year, a new batch and about one-sixth of our alumni are in raise mode. These companies are currently raising and would love to talk to interested investors. We can set up those meetings or you can contact the companies directly.
Sustainable Solutions
Vertical aquaculture to bring the cleanest most sustainable shrimp from harvest to your doorstep in under 8 hours. Farm to fork doesn’t mean low tech.
Decentralized platform of continuous laminar flow bioreactors for biomanufacturing
Cell-based chocolate. Addresses deforestation in equatorial regions.
Undergoing clinical studies at Stanford right now in prostate cancer, Filtricine
Mendel uses machine learning to organize unstructured electronic medical record and clinical literature into compliant data.
Advancing two phase 2-ready clinical assets. Pioneering an untapped therapeutic modality. Working with the intelligence of nature. Creating the next generation of essential medicines
Increased yields in berries and almonds while protecting bee health.
Hardwood-replacements that are 7x stronger than steel and lighter than carbon fiber.
NovoNutrients converts CO2 emissions to create high-value, low-cost proteins for aquaculture and beyond.
Amino makes learning biotechnology easy and accessible. Their DNA Playground and BioExplorer kits bring bio to any home, school, or makerspace!