The most valuable plant products are difficult to grow
R&D Focus
synthetic biology of plant cells
Innovative Solution
Chi Botanic uses automation and high throughput screening that’s been used for yeast and bacteria and applying it to plant cells to find the ones producing the beneficial compounds
Solution Effectiveness
Chi Botanic platform aims to provide a way to create just the end products, in bioreactors, without any of the waste such as aloe, natural rubber, and citrus oils, to turn plants into plant cells to make products
Investment Funding
Last Funding Stage
Seed
Total Funding Amount
$6.25M
Last Funding Amount
$6M
Startup Stage
Early Stage
Lead Investors
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Advisors.Fund, Better Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Ponderosa Ventures