Allonnia
Americas
Boston
,
United States
Startup
FOUNDED
2019
HEADCOUNT
21-100
FUNDING
Series A
Keywords:
bioremediation, biomining, waste_valorization, sensors
BUSINESS
Uses biological approaches to extract value from waste streams, focusing on metals and mining recovery, PFAS treatment, and water remediation. Launched October 2020 in Boston, MA. First company out of Ginkgo Bioworks' Ferment consortium. Develops biological and engineered solutions for environmental remediation, critical minerals recovery, and waste valorization. Commercial products include SAFF (foam fractionation for PFAS removal from water, 130M+ gallons treated), 1,4 D-Stroy (microbial degradation of 1,4-dioxane), and a PFAS biosensor. Mining applications include protein-based rare earth extraction and biological solutions for nickel, copper, and lithium recovery. Partnerships with Aether Biomachines on PFAS degradation. US DoD contract for PFAS remediation.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; first company out of Ginkgo Bioworks' Ferment consortium (Boston, 2020), deploying engineered microbes for value recovery from waste streams including metals recovery, PFAS treatment, and water remediation.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
microbe-based methods; D-Solve for waste elimination
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
SAFF for PFAS removal; microbe methods for nickel recovery