# Yali Biosciences

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/yali-biosciences

- Industry: Biotechnology
- Headquarters: South San Francisco, US
- Website: www.yalibio.com
- Total disclosed funding: $3.9M
- Latest round: Seed (Feb 22, 2022)
- Investors on record: 8

## About

Founded in 2021 and based in California, US, Yali Biosciences Inc. operates as a provider of designer fats for plant-based meat and dairy products. In February 2022, Yali Biosciences Inc. raised USD 3.9 million in seed funding led by new investor Essential Capital along with CRCM Ventures, First In Capital, FTW Ventures, Third Kind Venture Capital, and S2G Ventures.

Yali Biosciences Inc. provides synthetic biology platform to make food compositions from renewable feedstocks for a range of sustainable foods. The company combines synthetic biology, deep learning, and genomics tools to produce sustainable fats in plant proteins. The company's technology enables them to develop a pipeline of plant-based fats that emulate animal fats used for various applications including different cuts of steak that have varying fat compositions. 

The company plans to use the funding for research and development, operations, and product and business development capacity.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Feb 22, 2022, $3.9M — CRCM, S2G Ventures, Third Kind Venture Capital, FTW Ventures, First In Capital, Essential Capital
- Seed, Sep 15, 2021 — Illumina, Inc., UpHonest Capital

## Investors

- Illumina, Inc. — Seed
- UpHonest Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/uphonest-capital) — Seed
- CRCM (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/crcm) — Seed
- S2G Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/s2g-ventures) — Seed
- Third Kind Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/third-kind-venture-capital) — Seed
- FTW Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ftw-ventures) — Seed
- First In Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/first-in-capital) — Seed
- Essential Capital — Seed