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Renaissance BioScience Corp.
https://renaissancebioscience.com/Last activity: 16.10.2026
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Renaissance BioScience is an environmental impact company whose bioengineering platform technologies develop innovative, market-ready, functional microorganisms that provide solutions to a broad range of health and environmental problems. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Renaissance is currently developing technologies for the oral delivery of RNA, targeting human and animal health, biopesticides and aquaculture solutions.
RNAi and mRNA are valuable and revolutionary technology that has been widely applied in medicine and agriculture facilitating sustainable practices and technologies that combine effectiveness with a minimal environmental footprint.
Renaissance Ingredients Inc. has licenced its acrylamide-reducing (AR) yeast to the Kerry Group, and is marketed under the brand AcryLeast. AcryLeast is a non-GMO baker’s yeast strains which as been found to reduce acrylamide by up to 95% in a variety of food products by degrading asparagine, a precursor of acrylamide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo2PldbLg6I
Renaissance Yeast Inc. has developed, commercialized and licenced its patented Hydrogen Sulfide preventing yeast technology to the world's leading specialty yeast company for use in the production of wine, beer, seltzer, and cider beverages.
RNAi and mRNA are valuable and revolutionary technology that has been widely applied in medicine and agriculture facilitating sustainable practices and technologies that combine effectiveness with a minimal environmental footprint.
Renaissance Ingredients Inc. has licenced its acrylamide-reducing (AR) yeast to the Kerry Group, and is marketed under the brand AcryLeast. AcryLeast is a non-GMO baker’s yeast strains which as been found to reduce acrylamide by up to 95% in a variety of food products by degrading asparagine, a precursor of acrylamide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo2PldbLg6I
Renaissance Yeast Inc. has developed, commercialized and licenced its patented Hydrogen Sulfide preventing yeast technology to the world's leading specialty yeast company for use in the production of wine, beer, seltzer, and cider beverages.
Overview
Location
Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2013
Investors 1
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| Oct 14, 2026 | Molagri raises $5.8m to build ‘updatable’ biopesticides | Toronto-based startup Molagri has raised $5.8 million in pre-seed and seed funding to develop a new generation of “precision biopesticides” designed to target specific insect pests and adapt as they develop resistance. The tech—which will i... |
| May 21, 2026 | AgriFood Signals: More Microsoft carbon deals, a $200m greenhouse in Mexico, rubber from dandelions | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news 🇩🇪 Munich’s Feldwerke secures €12 million revolving credit facility to build 100 MW agri-PV portfoli... |
| May 18, 2026 | Renaissance Bioscience unveils yeast-derived VLP platform for next-gen RNAi biopesticides | Renaissance Bioscience has developed a novel yeast-derived “virus-like particle” (VLP) system which it claims could dramatically expand the scope of its RNA interference (RNAi) based platform, enabling the production of stable, cost-effecti... |
| May 14, 2026 | Renaissance BioScience Files Patent Application for Advanced Yeast-derived VLP RNA Delivery Technology | Renaissance BioScience is a world leader in yeast development innovative, market-ready, functional microorganisms that provide cost-effective solutions to address environmental and industrial challenges in agriculture, animal and human heal... |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $440 Million in Sales and 1,700 Jobs: Canadian Foodtech Companies Make Impact at 2025 Awards | The Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN) has announced the winners of its inaugural Foodtech Frontier awards, which recognize Canadian companies creating innovative solutions in the food industry. The program highlights 25 emerging compa... |
| Jul 26, 2024 | Yeast-powered RNAi is the future of precision pest management, says Renaissance Bioscience | If traditional pesticides are blunt instruments for killing pests, RNAi (RNA interference) is the polar opposite, says Dr. John Husnik, CEO at Vancouver-based Renaissance Bioscience. “It’s exceptionally precise.” By using RNA molecules (nuc... |
| Mar 15, 2024 | India’s Supplant Foods Secures Patent for Functional and Flavorless Chickpea Flour | Supplant Foods, a company based in India that sources, processes, and markets high-quality plant-based ingredients, announces that it has secured a patent for a method to produce a high-performance chickpea flour for plant-based alternative... |
| Feb 9, 2024 | Canada’s Renaissance BioScience Receives Government Funding to Develop Yeast Solution for the Off-Flavors of Plant Proteins | The Vancouver-based yeast bioengineering company Renaissance BioScience has been awarded CAD $232,000 in funding from the Canadian Food Innovation Network to develop a revolutionary product for plant-based protein products. Renaissance is w... |
| Jun 25, 2021 | Roth Capital Partners to Host a Virtual Healthcare Private Company Forum on June 28, 2021 | NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., June 25, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via InvestorWire -- Roth Capital Partners (“Roth”), www.roth.com, is set to virtually present the Roth Virtual Healthcare Private Company Forum on June 28th, 2021. This event will con... |
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FAQ about Renaissance BioScience Corp.
When was Renaissance BioScience Corp. founded?
Renaissance BioScience Corp. was founded in 2013.
What has the press written about Renaissance BioScience Corp.?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Renaissance BioScience Corp., among them “Molagri raises $5.8m to build ‘updatable’ biopesticides” (Oct 14, 2026) and “AgriFood Signals: More Microsoft carbon deals, a $200m greenhouse in Mexico, rubber from dandelions” (May 21, 2026).
Is Renaissance BioScience Corp. still active?
Yes, Renaissance BioScience Corp. is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 16, 2026.