Kula Bio
Americas
Natick
,
United States
Startup
FOUNDED
2018
HEADCOUNT
21-100
FUNDING
Series A
Keywords:
bacteria, nitrogen_fixation, fertilizers
BUSINESS
Kula Bio, founded in 2018 and based in Natick, MA, produces microbial biofertilizers based on the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Xanthobacter autotrophicus, originating from "bionic leaf" research at Harvard. Its lead product, Kula-N, is a non-GMO microbial inoculant applied through standard irrigation to reduce synthetic nitrogen fertilizer use.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; Natick, MA agtech (2018) producing microbial biofertilizers based on nitrogen-fixing Xanthobacter bacteria via fermentation, designed to deliver organic nitrogen at crop roots as a replacement for synthetic fertilizer.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
microbial nitrogen fixation; strain optimization; root-zone delivery
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
Kula Bio nitrogen-fixing inoculants (applied via irrigation)