IndieBio

IndieBio is an accelerator firm established in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in New York. It specializes in startups that utilize synthetic biology to address significant global challenges. IndieBio runs four-month accelerator programs aimed at both companies and teams with innovative ideas, focusing on seed-stage and early-stage investments. The firm typically invests $250,000, providing $50,000 in exchange for eight percent equity in biotech startups, with the possibility of an additional $25,000 as a convertible loan note. IndieBio prioritizes investments in businesses that leverage biology as the core of their technology, particularly in life sciences, biotechnology, and related fields. The firm favors teams with a minimum of two co-founders and is open to investing in startups from various geographical locations.

Alexander Hall-Daniels

Associate

Parikshit Sharma

Partner

Past deals in Cannabis

Canaery

Seed Round in 2022
Canaery is building a neural interface for analyzing an object’s scent fingerprint to identify dangerous compounds at places like ports and inspection points without (or in addition to) x-rays or cameras.

Pannex Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2022
Pannex Therapeutics is a scientifically-based pharmaceutical company that develops new drugs to treat chronic musculoskeletal pain. was founded in 2020.

Ceragen

Convertible Note in 2022
Ceragen is a biotechnology company based in Kitchener, Ontario, focused on enhancing agricultural productivity through plant microbiome engineering. The company specializes in precision microbiome engineering, offering inoculant products specifically designed for controlled environment agriculture. These products aim to provide farmers with natural solutions that enhance crop yields, allowing them to grow more food in smaller spaces. By improving plants' resilience to environmental stressors, Ceragen's innovations support sustainable farming practices and contribute to the efficient use of land resources, addressing the growing need to feed the global population.

California Cultured

Seed Round in 2021
California Cultured is a food company based in Davis, California, that specializes in producing sustainable, lab-grown cocoa through advanced cellular agriculture techniques. Founded in 2020, the company aims to create cocoa that is less bitter and requires less sugar, enhancing the taste while promoting health benefits. By stimulating cocoa cells with common food ingredients, California Cultured ensures the growth of premium-quality cocoa without the ethical and environmental issues associated with traditional cocoa production, such as slavery and deforestation. This innovative approach allows customers to enjoy delicious cocoa products that are both sustainable and socially responsible.

Ceragen

Seed Round in 2021
Ceragen is a biotechnology company based in Kitchener, Ontario, focused on enhancing agricultural productivity through plant microbiome engineering. The company specializes in precision microbiome engineering, offering inoculant products specifically designed for controlled environment agriculture. These products aim to provide farmers with natural solutions that enhance crop yields, allowing them to grow more food in smaller spaces. By improving plants' resilience to environmental stressors, Ceragen's innovations support sustainable farming practices and contribute to the efficient use of land resources, addressing the growing need to feed the global population.

Ceragen

Convertible Note in 2021
Ceragen is a biotechnology company based in Kitchener, Ontario, focused on enhancing agricultural productivity through plant microbiome engineering. The company specializes in precision microbiome engineering, offering inoculant products specifically designed for controlled environment agriculture. These products aim to provide farmers with natural solutions that enhance crop yields, allowing them to grow more food in smaller spaces. By improving plants' resilience to environmental stressors, Ceragen's innovations support sustainable farming practices and contribute to the efficient use of land resources, addressing the growing need to feed the global population.

Canaery

Seed Round in 2021
Canaery is building a neural interface for analyzing an object’s scent fingerprint to identify dangerous compounds at places like ports and inspection points without (or in addition to) x-rays or cameras.

Canaery

Convertible Note in 2021
Canaery is building a neural interface for analyzing an object’s scent fingerprint to identify dangerous compounds at places like ports and inspection points without (or in addition to) x-rays or cameras.

California Cultured

Convertible Note in 2021
California Cultured is a food company based in Davis, California, that specializes in producing sustainable, lab-grown cocoa through advanced cellular agriculture techniques. Founded in 2020, the company aims to create cocoa that is less bitter and requires less sugar, enhancing the taste while promoting health benefits. By stimulating cocoa cells with common food ingredients, California Cultured ensures the growth of premium-quality cocoa without the ethical and environmental issues associated with traditional cocoa production, such as slavery and deforestation. This innovative approach allows customers to enjoy delicious cocoa products that are both sustainable and socially responsible.

California Cultured

Seed Round in 2021
California Cultured is a food company based in Davis, California, that specializes in producing sustainable, lab-grown cocoa through advanced cellular agriculture techniques. Founded in 2020, the company aims to create cocoa that is less bitter and requires less sugar, enhancing the taste while promoting health benefits. By stimulating cocoa cells with common food ingredients, California Cultured ensures the growth of premium-quality cocoa without the ethical and environmental issues associated with traditional cocoa production, such as slavery and deforestation. This innovative approach allows customers to enjoy delicious cocoa products that are both sustainable and socially responsible.

11Biomics

Seed Round in 2019
11 Biomics LLC develops biological therapeutics for the cannabis industry. It offers small and large scale treatment and protection against fungal and bacterial diseases in cannabis and hemp. The company is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Osiris Bio

Seed Round in 2018
Osiris Bio

Neurocarrus

Seed Round in 2017
NEUROCARRUS INC, a biotechnology company, develops a novel drug delivery technology to disrupt pain signals without addiction-forming medications or disruption of muscular control. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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