Here’s Singapore’s Peptobiotics! They’re creating the best alternative to antibiotics for the farming industry. Now, they’ve just raised a $6.2M Series A!
Investor check. Hatch Blue led the round. SEEDS Capital, Seventure Partners, GrainCorp Ventures, Farmabase, Trendlines Agrifood Fund, Ponderosa Ventures and The Yield Lab Asia Pacific also joined in.
❌ The anti antibiotics club
Antibiotics overreliance is a huge problem, especially in agriculture.
More bacteria spreading. When bacteria in animals become resistant to antibiotics, these can transfer to humans through direct contact or through the environment.
🐓 For the farms
Founded in 2020, they’re creating better alternatives to antibiotics, specifically made for raising livestock and aquaculture—without causing antibiotic resistance.
A little more detail. It’s synthetically created using naturally occurring bacteria-inhibiting protein called recombinant antimicrobial peptides.
🚀 Next stop
They’ll be taking their antibiotic alternative for the farming and aquaculture sector to market and producing larger commercial volumes.
The newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on the top stories on tech and business in Southeast Asia. It's fun, quick and free.