# MoonBiotech

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/moonbiotech

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: Guangzhou, China
- Website: www.moonbio.com
- Total disclosed funding: $88M
- Latest round: Series C (Jul 1, 2024)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Established in 2015 and based in Guangzhou, China, MoonBiotech operates as a microbial resource service provider that focuses on commercializing microbial resources. The company's core team graduated from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, University of Würzburg, Germany, etc. It acquired certifications such as ISO9001 and ISO14001, and has obtained 56 patents. In July 2024, MoonBiotech raised CNY 300 million in series C+ funding from new investor Guotou Juli Investment Management.

The company mainly uses microbial separation and cultivation technology to discover, preserve and identify microbial diversity resources with development value. It built a microbiological technology platform (Culture-to-Product platform) which provides microbiological products for customer. MoonBiotech also provides bio-based products and solutions for bio-agriculture, biopharmaceuticals, microbial proteins and other fields. In the biopharmaceutical sector, the company's pipeline of drug products includes multiple therapeutic areas such as tumours, obesity, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. In bio-agriculture sector, it provides biochemical pesticides and solutions for nematode and foliar diseases.

The company generates revenue by commercialization of microbial applications, and providing bio-based products and solutions for bio-agriculture, bio-medicine, microbial proteins and other fields.

The company plan to use the series C+ funding to promote the large-scale production and commercialization of innovative biological products, as well as to expand the company's own commercial microbial strain library and component library, and improve the biomanufacturing technology platform.

## Funding rounds

- Series C, Jul 1, 2024, $41M — Guotou Juli Investment Management
- Series C, Dec 31, 2021, $31M — SDIC Venture Capital
- Series B, Jun 22, 2021, $15M — Hong Shan
- Series B, Feb 18, 2020 — Yuexiu Industrial Investment Funds Management
- Series A, Nov 23, 2018 — Guangdong Technology Financial Group
- Angel, Feb 22, 2017 — Yuexiu Industrial Investment Funds Management

## Investors

- Yuexiu Industrial Investment Funds Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/yuexiu-industrial-investment-funds-management) — Angel, Series B
- Guangdong Technology Financial Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/guangdong-technology-financial-group) — Series A
- Hong Shan — Series B
- SDIC Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sdic-venture-capital) — Series C
- Guotou Juli Investment Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/guotou-juli-investment-management) — Series C