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Ayana Bio leverages plant cell biotechnology to produce bioactive ingredients that support health and wellness. Ayana Bio collaborates with global industry leaders in food & beverages, consumer-packaged goods, brands, supplements, specialized nutrition, animal care, and cosmetics to bring standardized plant and fungal bioactives to market. We provide consumers with confidence in quality and reliability. Ayana Bio has partnered with Ginkgo Bioworks, a synthetic biology platform company that is redesigning the living world to solve some of the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, material, and more. Ayana Bio is backed by Viking Global Investors and Cascade Investment to democratize nature’s bioactives in a way that is standardized, safe, and sustainably sourced.
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United States
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| Sep 18, 2026 | Ayana Bio, Zenfold Buy Meati Foods’s Fermentation Assets to Scale Plant Cell Culture Platform in India | 5 Mins Read US startup Ayana Bio and Indian specialty chemicals company Zenfold Sustainable Technologies have jointly acquired fermentation equipment from Meati Foods, which recently ceased operations. The fermentation assets of US startup ... |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Exclusive: Ayana Bio acquires Meati Foods assets for a steal to scale plant cell culture tech with Zenfold in India | Boston-based plant cell culture startup Ayana Bio and India’s Zenfold Sustainable Technologies have jointly purchased equipment from defunct alt protein firm Meati Foods giving the pair 300,000-L of fermentation capacity for just $75,000. A... |
| Jun 4, 2026 | Ayana Bio and Brevel net $1.25m grant to see if ‘illuminated fermentation’ can turbocharge plant cell culture | Ayana Bio, a US startup using plant cell culture to grow high-value botanicals, and Brevel, an Israeli startup specializing in “illuminated fermentation” have bagged a $1.25m grant* from Israel’s BIRD Foundation to explore whether the latte... |
| Mar 21, 2025 | The Future of Food: How Epigenetics and AI Are Transforming Agriculture | The world of agriculture is on the brink of a revolution. Two powerful forces are emerging: epigenetics and artificial intelligence (AI). Together, they promise to reshape how we grow food, making it more resilient, efficient, and sustainab... |
| Mar 19, 2025 | AI is revolutionizing R&D and supply chains in the food industry, but work remains in order to unlock full potential, reveals new MIT Technology Review Insights report | CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report by MIT Technology Review Insights seeks to understand how the food industry can use AI to help meet the increasing global demand for nutritious, affordable produce, ensure resili... |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Ingredients in Focus: Milton’s strain on citrus | Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Ingredients in Focus is Food Dive’s bite-size column highlighting interesting developments in the ingredients sector. The citrus ingredients ... |
| Aug 31, 2024 | The Fork in the Road: Navigating Food Innovation and Regulation | In the landscape of modern food production, two contrasting narratives are unfolding. On one side, we have the push for healthier options through regulation of ultra-processed foods (UPFs). On the other, a backlash against cultivated meat t... |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Op Ed: Frank Jaksch, CEO of Ayana Bio – Regulation of Ultra Proccessed Foods, Navigating Potential Paths Forward | Frank Jaksch is the CEO of Ayana Bio, the Boston-based company working on the production of cacao bioactives and agriculture-free saffron amongst other developments. Ayana Bio is one of an emerging group of plant cell cultivation tech firms... |
| Aug 11, 2024 | The Rise of Plant-Based Innovations: A New Era in Sustainable Food | In the heart of California, a culinary revolution is brewing. Plonts, a company formerly known as Tezza Foods, has emerged from the shadows with a bold mission: to redefine cheese. With a fresh infusion of $12 million, they are set to launc... |
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What has the press written about Ayana Bio?
Parsers VC has collected 20 articles mentioning Ayana Bio, among them “Ayana Bio, Zenfold Buy Meati Foods’s Fermentation Assets to Scale Plant Cell Culture Platform in India” (Sep 18, 2026) and “Exclusive: Ayana Bio acquires Meati Foods assets for a steal to scale plant cell culture tech with Zenfold in India” (Sep 15, 2026).
Is Ayana Bio still active?
Yes, Ayana Bio is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 22, 2026.