Co-Founder & CEO
Profile summary: DPhil in Biomedical Engineering at University of Oxford
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twig
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This bioengineering company utilizes precision fermentation to create sustainable alternatives for common consumer goods ingredients. Their proprietary twig:tech platform combines AI-driven microbe design with automated high-throughput testing to rapidly develop and scale novel ingredients. The company focuses on replacing fossil fuel and intensive agriculture-derived components with cleaner, bioengineered solutions.
- Agriculture Technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Biotechnology
- Clean Technology
- Robotics
Updated 6 months ago
Funding
Raised to date
$4.3MRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Funding rounds are not available yet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional sourcing of ingredients like palm oil and isoprene for consumer goods relies on unsustainable practices, contributing to deforestation and fossil fuel extraction. These methods pose significant environmental risks and necessitate more sustainable alternatives.
Solution
twig leverages precision fermentation and AI-driven bioengineering to produce sustainable ingredients that can replace environmentally damaging materials. Their technology platform, twig:tech, uses microbes as miniature factories to create a wide range of ingredients in a clean and scalable manner. The platform consists of Bio:Builder, a strain engineering tool; Grow:Bot, a robotics system for experiment automation; and ML:Bridge, an AI learning tool for data analysis and experiment optimization. This approach enables the rapid and affordable creation of ingredients, addressing the environmental impact of traditional sourcing in consumer goods.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes consumer goods companies seeking sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditionally sourced ingredients like palm oil and isoprene.
Features
- Precision fermentation process using engineered microbes to produce sustainable ingredients
- AI-driven bioengineering platform (twig:tech) for rapid ingredient development
- Bio:Builder tool for strain engineering
- Grow:Bot robotics system for automated experimentation
- ML:Bridge AI learning tool for data analysis and optimization
- Scalable production process for affordable ingredient creation