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3BarBio

Americas

Columbus

,

United States

Startup

FOUNDED

2013

HEADCOUNT

21-100

FUNDING

Seed

Keywords:

CDMO, fermentation, bacteria, crop_protection, nitrogen_fixation

BUSINESS

Agricultural CDMO providing biomanufacturing, packaging, and delivery solutions for microbial crop products. Services range from design and prototyping to commercial-scale production. Founded in 2013 in Columbus, OH as a spin-out from The Ohio State University. Proprietary LiveMicrobe platform includes Iso-Pak and Re-Pak delivery technologies. Products include Bio-YIELD (microbe inoculant, launched 2014) and Azo Root (live nitrogen-fixing biological for turfgrass, in partnership with Harrell's)

BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT

Core; Ohio-based agricultural CDMO offering microbial biomanufacturing, formulation, and packaging for crop-protection biologicals and nitrogen-fixing inoculants. Operates fermentation from prototype to commercial scale.

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

LiveMicrobe Design Develop Deliver process; fermentation technology

PRIMARY PRODUCTS

innovative packaging for viable microbes; microbial products for agriculture

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