Tierra Biosciences raises $11.4M series A to expand designer protein-to-order platform 👏
"Traditional protein engineering using living cells is slow, inefficient, and data poor.
Tierra’s cell-free protein production platform will change the game, powering our customers’ discovery efforts with rapid access to large numbers of discrete custom proteins for screening and discovery, plus fast yield scale-up for downstream development and pilot work."
Insightful words from Tierra CEO Mike Nemzek.
Corinna X. Chen, Partner at Material Impact, adds, "Tierra’s platform propels innovation in the bioeconomy by eliminating bottlenecks in protein discovery and manufacturing."
Now, Tierra has closed an $11.4m Series A round led by Material Impact.
The round, which adds to the firm’s $6 million in seed funding and over $7 million in grant funding, was supported by new and existing investors including Prosus Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Hillspire, Freeflow Ventures, Creative Ventures, and Social Capital 💰
Congratulations to Michael Nemzek, Rachel Llanas, Grace Tharmarajah, William Mudge, Matt Zelinski, Brendan Foster, Lexi Kindrick, and the rest of the team at Tierra!
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