Persephone Biosciences
Americas
San Diego
,
United States
Scaleup
FOUNDED
2017
HEADCOUNT
2-20
FUNDING
Seed
Keywords:
probiotics, prebiotics, microbiome, therapeutics, diagnostics, synthetic_biology
BUSINESS
Persephone Biosciences, founded in 2017 and based in San Diego, California, is a synthetic biology company developing microbiome-based therapeutics and consumer health products. The company operates two divisions: Persephone Consumer Health (infant synbiotic product launched September 2025, based on the My Baby Biome clinical study, the largest US infant gut microbiome study) and Persephone Therapeutics (oncology microbiome diagnostics and live biotherapeutics, ARGONAUT clinical study).
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Microbiome science, conducting large-scale infant gut studies and developing clinically validated next-generation probiotics and therapeutics.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
keystone probiotic strains; HMO prebiotic blends; synbiotic formulation
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
Infant synbiotic (probiotic + HMO prebiotic with Vitamin D)