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Back of the Yards Algae Sciences
https://www.algaesciences.com/Last activity: 22.07.2022
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We work to find new uses for algae as sustainable, natural ingredients for food colorants and flavors; protein powders for plant-based meat; biostimulants to improve yield and quality in vertical farming and growth media to move cell-based food from the laboratory to the table. Based at The Plant in Chicago, BYAS has its own laboratories, production units, photobioreactors and access to a large anaerobic digester.
Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $1.1M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | GROW | gogrow.co |
| - | Beyond Imp... | beyondimpa... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 31.08.2021 | - | $1.1M | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 22.07.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: String Bio raises $20m, SVG heads south with $50m agtech fund | Indian biotech company String Bio landed Series B funding this week and announced plans to turn methane into alternative protein. California’s SVG Ventures announced a new fund specifically supporting the ag sectors in Australia and New Zea... |
| 30.12.2021 | AFN’s top 20 guest articles of 2021 | AFN strives to provide holistic coverage of trends and developments across the agrifoodtech ecosystem; but we on the editorial team wouldn’t be able to do it all by ourselves. We rely on the multitude of expert commentaries, opinion pieces,... |
| 11.01.2021 | Chicago Ingredients Startup Debuts Algae Heme To Help Upgrade Plant-Based Meats | 1 1 2 Shares 3 Mins Read Chicago-based ingredients startup Back of the Yards Algae Sciences (BYAS) has debuted its new algae-based heme – the molecule that plant-based player Impossible Foods has made famous with its “bleeding” beef patties... |
| 06.01.2021 | Biological innovation is key to the economic & environmental sustainability of CEA | Editor’s note: Leonard Lerer is founder and CEO at Back of the Yards Algae Sciences (BYAS), a Chicago, US-based biotech company developing sustainable novel ingredients derived from algae. BYAS is a graduate of the GROW Impact Accelerator, ... |
| 22.12.2020 | Cultured Protein: A Guide To Every Cell-Based Meat Startup In The World Right Now | 3 1 4 Shares 10 Mins Read The alternative protein market is on fire right now, estimated to be worth approximately $2.2Bn, and cultivated meat is expected to play an important role in the shift from traditional meat products. Experienced sc... |
| 05.11.2020 | KindEarth.Tech to Host Virtual Event Discussing Future of Food & Alt Protein | This November 20th, KindEarth.Tech will host a huge virtual event, KindEarth Tech for Future Food, with speakers from across the industry. The event will offer guests the opportunity to meet food-tech innovators from Europe, America, and As... |
| 02.09.2020 | Is Algae The Alt-Protein We Have Been Waiting For? | Is algae the alt-protein we have been waiting for? Find out! Leonard Lerer of Chicago’s Back of the Yards Algae Sciences (BYAS) is on The Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. The two discuss 1) the power of microbes, 2) a hybrid ... |
| 17.06.2020 | Algae Is the New Popcorn. And Pasta. And Bacon. | June 17, 2020 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. So you’ve got your leafy vegetables and hearty legumes down pat. But if you haven't already, there’s another kind of green you might consider adding to ... |
| 25.11.2019 | Booming, blooming micro-algae | Hundreds of thousands of species of micro-algae float through the world’s waterways. Just a fraction have been categorised or studied. It leaves an imaginarium of possibilities to explore. For decades, the hottest and most tantalising possi... |
| 21.10.2019 | AFN introduces… SinGENE and Back of the Yards algae sciences | Going back to life’s drawing board… and tapping into its initial building blocks. That’s how these two agri-foodtech startups in GROW Accelerator’s latest cohort founded their cell-focused businesses. GROW is AgFunder’s Singapore-based acce... |
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