General Biological
Americas
Waltham
,
United States
Startup
FOUNDED
2023
HEADCOUNT
2-20
FUNDING
Undisclosed
Keywords:
fermentation, synthetic_biology, commodity_chemicals, bioplastics
BUSINESS
Developing a biomanufacturing platform using an undisclosed non-model organism with fast growth rates and low sterility requirements, targeting commodity industrial chemicals (bio-based plastics precursors, polyurethane intermediates, industrial solvents).
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; biomanufacturing platform engineering a non-model production organism for low-sterility-requirement industrial fermentation of commodity chemicals (bioplastic precursors, polyurethane intermediates, solvents) from agricultural feedstocks.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
fermentation; synthetic biology; bioconversion
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
Succinic acid, 1,4-butanediol, tetrahydrofuran and other C4 platform chemicals