TurtleTree
Americas
Sacramento
,
United States
Scaleup
FOUNDED
2019
HEADCOUNT
2-20
FUNDING
Series A
Keywords:
precision_fermentation, food_protein, milk_proteins, dairy
BUSINESS
Founded in 2019 in Singapore, with US operations in Sacramento, California. TurtleTree produces LF+, a precision-fermented bovine lactoferrin, targeting sports nutrition, women's health, cognitive health, plant-based food fortification, and infant nutrition. The company pivoted from its original cell-based milk concept to focus exclusively on lactoferrin around 2023.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
TurtleTree uses precision fermentation with microbial hosts (specific organism not publicly disclosed) to produce recombinant bovine lactoferrin, a complex 690+ amino acid iron-binding glycoprotein
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
precision fermentation
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
LF+ lactoferrin