Loam Bio
APAC
Sydney
,
Australia
Startup
FOUNDED
2017
HEADCOUNT
21-100
FUNDING
Series B
Keywords:
filamentous_fungi, microbiome, biostimulants
BUSINESS
Loam Bio, based in Orange, New South Wales, Australia, develops microbial seed coatings that enhance soil carbon sequestration in broadacre cropping systems. Its lead product, CarbonBuilder, is a fungal seed inoculum commercially available in Australia and the US (soy, corn), paired with SecondCrop, a carbon credit program for growers though the voluntary carbon credit market appears to have contracted since 2022.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; ag biotech developing endophytic-fungi microbial seed coatings that enhance soil carbon sequestration and crop resilience, plus generating carbon credits.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
endophytic fungi; microbial inoculant formulation
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
CarbonBuilder seed treatment; SecondCrop carbon program