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Verb Biotics

Verb Biotics focuses on microbiome innovation designing new strains of probiotic bacteria for use in nutrition, health and wellness.
2021
Nov-50
11-50
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Consumer Healthcare
  • Nutraceuticals (e.g. Supplements)
  • Probiotics

Innovation

Industry Problem

Many commercial probiotics use long-established strains without being optimized for a defined biological function or measurable metabolite output.

R&D Focus

Function-first probiotics, postbiotics, microbial metabolites and advanced strain discovery.

Innovative Solution

The Verb Discovery Lab selects or designs strains for targeted functions and combines them with botanicals and substrates for use in food, beverage and supplements.

About

Verb Biotics focuses on microbiome innovation designing new strains of probiotic bacteria for use in nutrition, health and wellness.

Products

Product

Function-first probiotic and postbiotic ingredients, including Keystone Postbiotic and GABA-related probiotic concepts.

Star Product

Keystone Postbiotic, because it is a named launched ingredient supported by company-reported preclinical data.

Demo Product or Complete Product?

Commercial B2B ingredients are available, including probiotic and postbiotic concepts.

Future Plan

Investment Funding

Capitalized with a $30 million Series A round in 2021.

M&A and Collabs

Collab

Evogene: computational-biology collaboration to develop probiotic strains with high, sustainable production of beneficial microbial metabolites.

Collab

Ginkgo Bioworks: structured R&D and intellectual-property licensing relationship for product development and commercialization.

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