String Bio
Biomanufacturing is redefining how the world creates value from greenhouse gases. String Bio is a Full Stack Deep Tech Biomanufacturing company built around the String Integrated Methane Platform® (SIMP®) - our proprietary gas fermentation platform that transforms greenhouse gases into next-generation ingredients. SIMP® integrates biology, engineering, manufacturing and AI into a scalable …
Profile
String Bio is a privately held Bengaluru, India biotech company that converts methane/other greenhouse gases into high-performance ingredients for nutrition (human/animal), agriculture, industrial applications and carbon markets using its proprietary fermentation platform (String Integrated Methane Platform, SIMP/SIMP®). Core products include methane-derived protein feed ingredients such as PRO-DG and immunomodulator PROmeium, and agriculture product CleanRise® (rice-focused) plus other bio-stimulant inputs. Founding year is reported as 2013 (also listed as 2012 in PitchBook). Headquarters is Bengaluru; address is shown on its website. It is not publicly listed; ownership/investors include Woodside Energy (Series B), Ankur Capital, Dare Ventures, Redstart, Zenfold Ventures, and others. Latest major 2025–2026 signals of ongoing activity: a 2025 field trial completion for CleanRise in Vietnam is referenced (Agro Spectrum India, 2025-12-02), plus 2026 partnerships/MoUs and active leadership updates on LinkedIn (e.g., 2026-05-19 MoU with PJTSAU; continued posts in 2026) suggesting it remains active. Series B details: Woodside invested and the round had a first close of US$20M on 11-Jul-2022, with new/existing investors participating. Scale where known: employees are reported as 151 (LinkedIn, 2026-06-22) and 88 (PitchBook, as of 2024); annual revenue reported as ~$12M (LinkedIn) and revenue otherwise not specified. Key partners/customers aren’t explicitly enumerated in the results beyond Woodside and research/ag extension collaborations.
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- String Bio - Smart Science Clean World
- IFC India 2026: String Bio - Turning Methane into Productivity | Business & Environment — 2026-03-12
- String Bio Private Limited — 2026-06-22
- Alternative protein products or solutions for animal nutrition - sustainable and better performance
- String Bio 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors | PitchBook
- Making Protein From Greenhouse Gases - The Innovator — 2024-07-12
- MEDIA RELEASE
- Biotech firm String hits first Series B close, raises $20 mn
- Industry
- Cosmetics, Crop protection, Ecology & monitoring, Feed, Fertilisers & plant nutrition, Food ingredients, Industrial chemistry, Veterinary
- Topics
- Synthetic biology platforms & biomanufacturing, Precision fermentation (proteins, dairy, egg), Carbon credits, CCUS & blue carbon, Animal feed & feed additives
- Role
- Research / RTO — “…Sastry — Professor, Monash University ( ) - Dr. Sadashivam (Sachi) Kaushik — Product Strategy/Aquanutrition (…”
Bio-solutions it supplies 2
What they offer
Products: Animal Nutrition; Human Nutrition; Agriculture; Emerging Markets
Sites 2
- Bengaluru, India
- Gas fermentation facility near Bangalore (size cited as 220K sq. ft., described by String Bio as state-of-the-art facility)
Production, R&D and other sites from the company's website and automated research; street addresses omitted.
- Applications
- Nutrition · Agriculture · Personal Care
- Customers & partners
- partners · investors · customers · consumers · String
- Products (website)
- Animal Nutrition — Effective solutions to support the changing face of animal health & nutrition. · Human Nutrition — Proteins to address the functional requirements of the emerging human nutrition sector. · Agriculture — Solutions to support more food production under changing climatic conditions. · Emerging Markets — Next generation ingredients to sustainably address the growing demands in diverse markets.
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Status
Recent news 5
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- 2026-06-23 Info Edge Biotech Investments: String Bio Gets Backing | GetBioBrief getbiobrief.comString Bio is a high-potential synthetic biology startup included in Info Edge’s deeptech portfolio, backed alongside other frontier tech firms as part of a Rs 455 crore biotech-focused investment. The move signals growing corporate VC support for platform biotech companies that …
- 2026-05-18 PJTAU, Hyderabad signed an MoU with String Bio - pjtau.edu.in pjtau.edu.inString Bio Pvt. Ltd. participated in the MoU signing with PJTAU to collaborate on research, field evaluation, and deployment of bio-based products and technologies for sustainable, climate-resilient farming in Telangana. The partnership emphasizes scientific validation, farmer …
- 2026-03-27 Is This the World's Unlikeliest Protein Source? - Climate Action Live climateaction.liveString Bio is a Bengaluru-based startup that converts methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into useful products like bio-nutrients for soil and animal feed protein, using methanotrophic microbes; they aim for scalable climate-friendly agriculture with potential to offset significant …
- 2026-03-12 IFC India 2026: String Bio - Turning Methane into Productivity | Business & Environment hbs.eduString Bio, based near Bangalore, uses SIMP technology to convert methane into valuable products (cultivating a diverse slate of agricultural, nutrition, and feedstock solutions) and emphasizes a highly automated, IP-protected production process. Their go-to-market relies on …
- 2025-12-02 String Bio, CLRRI complete field trial of its biostimulant in Vietnam - The HinduBusinessLine thehindubusinessline.comString Bio is validating its patented foliar biostimulant, CleanRise, through field trials in Vietnam with CLRRI, aiming to boost nutrient-use efficiency and yield while reducing emissions; the results build on prior Indian studies and support scaling across Vietnamese rice …
Network: owners, partners, peers
Ownership & investors 5
| investor | Woodside Energy Technologies Pty Ltd |
| investor | Dare Ventures Limited |
| investor | Ankur Capital |
| investor | Redstart |
| investor | Zenfold Ventures |
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Company facts
Registry identifiers
- CIN: U24297KA2013PTC069481
Funding
- Latest round: Series b · 2022-07-11 · US$ 20.0 M
- Total raised: US$ 20.4 M
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