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Last night, SOSV's IndieBio, Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario’s Trade & Investment Office, and Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) co-hosted an insightful panel discussion on the importance of building a global company from day one, moderated by Stephen Chambers. We heard from 2X fabulous deep tech startup founders - Steve George, CEO Terra Bioindustries and Oliver Worsley, PhD, CEO of Sequential - The Skin Microbiome Testing Co™ - who shared their strategies for growth through global ecosystems. CJ Lim, Singapore EDB's Regional Director and Aaron Joshua Pinto, Consul & Senior Economic Officer at Ontario Trade & Investment Office in New York each shared valuable insights on how national and regional economic development organizations can provide invaluable support for founders along the way. Thank you ACE for your partnership and making this event possible, and to all of our co-organizers Rovik Robert Charley Ford Aaron Joshua Pinto CJ Lim Madeline Behr 🌏

I tasted cultured meat made using light instead of growth factors and got to spend time with the *very* smart founders of Prolific Machines, Inc. Deniz Kent, PhD Declan Jones and Max Huisman. I'll be linking to a PDF of my story for The Information in my next newsletter, which you can sign up for here: https://lnkd.in/gsGU4aSW cc Nicki Heverling Briggs, MS, RDN Eric Schulze, PhD

After four years working behind the scenes, today Prolific Machines unveils our first-of-its-kind biotechnology platform to the world. Prolific is the first to use light — safe and abundant — to produce everyday essentials, from nutritional proteins and lifesaving drugs to cultivated meat. Our photomolecular biology platform delivers unprecedented control, precisely guiding cellular behavior when and where it matters most. This technology debut is coupled with the close of our milestone $55M Series B1 fundraise, led by Ki Tua Fund CVC of Fonterra Co-operative Group. We could not be more grateful to partner with Ki Tua Fund on this journey and for the continued support of our long-time investors Breakthrough Energy Cooper Rinzler Mayfield Fund Arvind Gupta IndieBio Po Bronson SOSV Continental Grain Company Shorewind Capital Darco Capital In-Q-Tel (IQT) Robert Downey Jr.'s FootPrint Coalition Matthew Katz and many more. This announcement marks our next chapter as a commercial organization. We are excited to unveil partnerships with industry leaders in cellular agriculture, pharmaceuticals, nutritional proteins, and beyond. Stay tuned for details in the coming months, and get in touch at partners@prolific-machines.com if you're interested in co-developing the future of biology with us. A huge thank you to our amazing team for making today a reality and helping us illuminate biology’s limitless potential for a healthier, more sustainable tomorrow.

Join us for IndieBio's Next Wave where we are helping VCs line up in-person meetings with our founders during the week of June 17 at IndieBio SF’s office in San Francisco. Can’t make it to San Francisco? No worries! We are also having a virtual demo day on Friday, June 21, at 9:00 a.m. PT. Learn more and register now! - https://lnkd.in/e6dd2ME9 cc: Po Bronson, Westley Dang, PhD, Parikshit Sharma, Catherine Seo, Sierra Brooks, Alex Kopelyan, Pae Wu #cohort15 #indiebiosf #investormeetings #deeptechstartups #humanhealth #planetaryhealth

Presenting the deepest (and most exciting!) of deep tech: IndieBio SF's 15th cohort! Investors—during the week of June 17, the IndieBio SF team is arranging 1:1 meeting for investors and Cohort 15 founders. For investors who can't make it in person, there'a a virtual demo day slated for June 21—link in comments. Read more about the head-turning technologies in TechCrunch: https://lnkd.in/eXVfzFeW

From the announcement of our $52 million funding round to our partnership with Cargill and more, #TeamVoyage has been keeping busy! Here's a look at some of our favorite media headlines from this past week on how we're shaping the future of food. 🍪 Cocoa-Free Chocolate Maker Voyage Foods Raises $52 Million (Bloomberg, Deena Shanker) https://lnkd.in/gS4vg9PF ☕ Why You May Soon Be Drinking Synthetic Coffee (The Wall Street Journal, Christopher Mims) https://lnkd.in/defS9mUa 🍫 Hard-hit cocoa harvests in West Africa cause chocolate prices to soar worldwide (PBS NewsHour, Ali Rogin; Claire Mufson; Satvi Sunkara) https://lnkd.in/geHcK3tn 🍩 4 startups taking the cocoa out of chocolate (Food Dive) https://lnkd.in/gXEsXtD9 💚 Voyage Foods Closes $52M Series A+ Round After Notching Cargill Partnership (Green Queen Media, Anay Mridul) https://lnkd.in/gvrwPwRZ 🌱 Voyage Foods Secures $52M for Future-Proof Allergen-Free Foods, Bringing Total Raise to $94M (vegconomist - the vegan business magazine) https://lnkd.in/duiJbDdq 🛒 Voyage Foods CEO on where brand goes after $52m raise: 'Retail products were always really a steppingstone' (Food-Navigator, Ryan Daily) 🥄 Voyage Foods raises $52m for allergen-free foods (FoodBev Media, Phoebe Fraser) https://lnkd.in/gWEQphFN

BIG NEWS 📣 Our Nut-Free Spreads have been named a winner in this year's Fast Company World Changing Ideas awards! #FCWorldChangingIdeas All of us on #TeamVoyage are incredibly honored to see our future-proof & allergy-friendly foods make this prestigious list! https://lnkd.in/gTkfNYQ6

🌍 We’re excited to share that our biomaterials were featured on the #DrewBarrymore Show for their #EarthDay segment on green innovations. It was amazing to get real-time feedback and see people's first impressions of our material live on the show. Watching our product reach a wider audience is truly fascinating! Kudos to Danny Seo for spotting our Series M, the plant-based option! Watch the episode here: https://lnkd.in/eGsy29ww

Join the IndieBio SF team for a Meetup in San Jose on Monday May 6 at 5 p.m. in conjunction with SynBioBeta https://lu.ma/syndiebio