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Supergut is a nutrition company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2019. It specializes in producing and retailing clinically validated nutritional products designed to address common health conditions through the gut microbiome. Supergut's product line includes a variety of flavorful nutritional shakes that contain resistant starch, a prebiotic fiber that supports a healthy gut microbiome. These shakes are formulated to enhance the body's natural ability to manage blood sugar levels, satisfy hunger, and strengthen immunity, thereby helping individuals boost and balance their immune system.

Equii is a food technology company that discovers nutritious microbial proteins from various sources. These are used to ferment grains, resulting in high-protein grain flours.

Bend is a financial technology company focused on supporting climate-friendly businesses through innovative solutions. It offers corporate cards specifically designed for these enterprises, enhancing their financial management while promoting sustainability. Additionally, Bend operates a climate assessment platform that transforms CO2e emissions data into a programmable and queryable format. This platform provides a comprehensive database of merchant-specific CO2e information and enables clients to estimate their carbon footprint based on spending. By facilitating the tracking of emissions and supporting companies in their efforts to reduce carbon output, Bend plays a crucial role in helping businesses navigate their sustainability goals and measure their supply chain impact.

Sobo Foods specializes in plant-based comfort foods, focusing on Asian-inspired frozen dumplings. Their offerings include mushroom, kimchi, pork, chicken, and veggie-packed recipes, aiming to evoke nostalgia and satisfy cravings for comforting meals.

Demi provides a composting-as-a-service platform for apartment communities and large buildings. The company partners with property owners to install sleek bins and smart collection pods, supported by a mobile app, to create a tech-enabled program that makes composting easy for residents and fosters a culture of sustainability. By diverting food waste from trash, Demi helps reduce emissions and offers a more streamlined alternative to traditional waste services. Buildings adopting the program can lower waste management costs and improve eligibility for sustainability and wellness certifications, while differentiating themselves as environmentally responsible communities that support residents' environmental goals. The offering targets urban Americans living in apartments and aims to scale composting as a practical, scalable amenity for modern living.

Hedgehog develops technology for fungi cultivation that lowers costs and enables large-scale production. Its AI-driven discovery platform identifies microbiomes that support faster and more efficient fungal growth, enabling low-cost production of fungi-based products such as mushrooms, mycelium protein, feed amendments, and bulk animal feed. In addition to its platform, Hedgehog produces organic mushrooms for culinary use, known for a meaty umami flavor and nutritional benefits including fiber, protein, and antioxidants. The company was founded in 2022.

Pow.bio is a fermentation technology company that offers intelligent, AI-enabled fermentation solutions for industrial and synthetic biology. Its approach combines continuous fermentation with real-time process control to quickly optimize bioprocesses and achieve high yields at lower costs. The company supports scales from small laboratory setups to about 100 liters, handling bacteria, yeast, and filamentous fungi, and supplies bioreactor-agnostic hardware to fit diverse production lines. By replacing traditional fed-batch methods with AI-driven control, Pow.bio enables biotech, food, and industrial producers to reduce production costs, shorten development timelines, and scale sustainable bio-based products.

California Cultured is a food company that uses cellular agriculture to produce cocoa and coffee, with the aim of delivering sustainable, lab-grown ingredients. Its cocoa is described as less bitter and requiring less sugar to achieve flavor, enabling premium quality products with a smaller environmental footprint. The company seeks to address social and environmental concerns linked to traditional cocoa production by avoiding practices such as slavery, deforestation, and child labor. California Cultured was founded in 2020 and is based in Davis, California.

Dispatch Goods designs and provides reusable packaging for the food service and delivery ecosystem. It manufactures reusable steel containers and operates a reverse logistics platform that collects, sanitizes, and returns containers, enabling restaurants, food trucks, and meal-delivery services to replace disposable packaging. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company aims to deliver immediate cost savings for enterprise customers while reducing waste and carbon footprint by eliminating single-use packaging.