# Umami Bioworks: Food production, Singapore, Singapore

> Umami Bioworks: Umami Bioworks is a biotech company based in Singapore, founded in 2020. Based in Singapore, Singapore. Founded 2020.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/umami-bioworks (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Umami Bioworks

Umami Bioworks is a biotech company based in Singapore, founded in 2020.

Funding reported Last round: Convertible note

Food production Singapore, Singapore

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2020 6 years old
- **Team:** 41 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** 2.4M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Convertible note Aug 2023

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Umami Bioworks has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Umami Bioworks

Umami Bioworks is a biotech company based in Singapore, founded in 2020.

The company focuses on developing delicious, affordable, and sustainable cultivated seafood, specifically cultivated fish. Their mission is to create nutritious seafood that supports human health and ocean sustainability. The company operates a proprietary TechBio platform that utilizes advanced technologies, including machine learning, multi-omics biomarkers, and digital twins, to enhance the production of cultivated seafood. Umami Bioworks provides biomanufacturing services and partners with market leaders in various industries, including human food, cosmetics, and pet nutrition, to promote sustainable blue bioeconomy solutions. With a small team of around 12 employees, the company is rapidly growing and also has an R&D center in India.

## What company datasets say Umami Bioworks raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **2.4M** in the source's currency

Rounds **8**

Last round **Convertible note**

Last round date **Aug 2023**

Investors listed **14**

## Founders and team

From Umami Bioworks's own website: 5 on the team.

- **Mihir Pershad** CEO
- **Dr. Dhiraj Singh** Head of Research and Development
- **Dr. Parameswaran Vijayakumar** Senior Scientist - Cell Line Development
- **Kaushik Rangarajan** Senior Research Associate - Bioprocess Engineering
- **Nien Ping Toh** Research Associate - Media Development

Advisers *Shahrukh Marfatia*

## On 7 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Mindshift Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mindshift-capital)
- [Brinc](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brinc)
- [Aqua Spark](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aqua-spark)
- [The Yield Lab Asia Pacific](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-yield-lab-asia-pacific)
- [Antares Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/antares-ventures)
- [144Ventures Pte Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/fund/144ventures-pte-ltd)
- [UntroD Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/untrod-capital)

Each firm lists Umami Bioworks on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

species-specific cell lines consumers scalable production reduction of ocean pollutants manufacturing cell culture technology 3d-printed fish fillets ai-driven development information technology & services pet nutrition cosmetics food production automated bioprocessing environmental services cultivated seafood biomanufacturing

Built with from their website

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+8 more

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- **Sector:** Food production
- **Industry code:** NAICS 32519, 541714, 311710, SIC 2834, 8731, 2092
- **Region:** Singapore
- **Revenue:** 4.5M a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/umami-bioworks)

## Food production in Singapore

Startups like it

- [**Growthwell Foods** Singapore · founded 2019](https://millionrounds.com/startup/growthwell-foods)
- [**Enzootic** Singapore · founded 2012](https://millionrounds.com/startup/enzootic)
- [**Vertical Oceans** Singapore · founded 2020](https://millionrounds.com/startup/vertical-oceans-2)
- [**Nutrition Innovation - Transforming world health through sugar innovation.** Singapore · founded 2017](https://millionrounds.com/startup/nutrition-innovation-transforming-world-health-through-sugar-innovation)
- [**Meatiply** Singapore · founded 2021](https://millionrounds.com/startup/meatiply)
- [**BOM BOM** Singapore · founded 2017](https://millionrounds.com/startup/bom-bom)
- [**SGProtein** Singapore · founded 2020](https://millionrounds.com/startup/sgprotein)
- [**Wala Technology Pte Ltd** Singapore · founded 2013](https://millionrounds.com/startup/wala-technology-pte-ltd)

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