Unibiome (France)

Unibiome SASCo-founder & COO2016
Unibiome (previously known as Peer to Peer Probiotics): Engineered fermentative microbes using synthetic and molecular biology to fortify foods with micronutrients. Later discontinued.

Situation

We won gold medal for our iGEM 2015 project as part of Paris Bettencourt team. The key idea was to engineer fermentative microbes to fortify foods with micronutrients like vitamins and iron.

Task

I was one of the cofounders and COO.

Result

Got 100K USD fund, participated in Rebelbio startup accelerator, Ireland in 2016. Special Prize for "International Potential", Genopole Young Biotech Prize 2016, France. Won 30K Euro Grant. Kirchner Food Fellowship in Thought for Food (TFF) Global Summit 2016, Zurich, Switzerland. Top 500 Deep Tech Start-ups in the world by Hello Tomorrow Summit 2016, Paris, France.

My Contribution

  • Business Development & application for funding, competitions, grants

Collaborators

Key Results

$100K
Funding Raised
From RebelBio accelerator
€30K
Grant Won
Genopole Young Biotech Prize, France
Top 500
Deep Tech Start-ups
Hello Tomorrow Summit 2016
Gold Medal
iGEM 2015, MIT, USA
Paris Bettencourt team

Skills & Technologies

biotechentrepreneurshipprobioticssynthetic-biology