SOSV Key Trends
Portfolio Companies
Neptune Robotics
Automated biofouling management & robotic hull cleaning system
Puna Bio
The market value of farmland is driven by yield. For example, increasing soy yield by 10 bushels an acre can double the value of the farmland. Puna Bio repairs soil health using extremophiles – organisms 3.5 billion years old, sourced from La Puna, the highest and driest desert on Earth. These organisms grow where others […]
Zymochem
ZymoChem is breakthrough science for a fossil-free future. We develop bio-based materials for everyday products without compromising Cost, Performance, Scale, or Sustainability. Since 2015, ZymoChem has refined its processes and patented technologies to replace petroleum ingredients and become one of the world’s most efficient biomanufacturing platforms. Materials underpinning our lives are made from fossil inputs with […]
Gozen Bioworks
Leather is one of the most versatile, durable, and desirable materials in fashion. No animal-free replacement has been able to meet the top performance specs, until Gozen.
Oobli
Ten years ago, a founder at Oobli was researching ways to help his grandmother, a cancer patient, enjoy foods after chemotherapy wrecked her taste buds. He came across a molecule called miraculin, a protein that temporarily tricks your taste buds into thinking sour is actually sweet. Over the last several years, people have been throwing […]
Cauldron
Cauldron is unlocking the future of food, feed and fibre at a global scale. As the world grapples with a growing need for protein, and faces environmental challenges such as climate change, the need for planet-friendly foods and ingredients, animal feeds, and medicines, will be crucial to humanity’s need to survive. Precision fermentation holds the […]
unspun
Robotics and apparel company building custom jeans for each consumer, on demand
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