Also known as: Eclosion Technologies, Eclosion
Automated insect farming
Company is closed
Event Year: 2017
Company is closed
Event Year: 2017
Ovipost was dedicated to developing automated insect farms, recognizing insects as a highly efficient means of transforming readily available and inexpensive byproducts into protein-rich resources. The live insect market in the US represents a $175 million industry. Ovipost aimed to capitalize on the nutritional advantages of insects, specifically their superior amino acid profiles and digestibility, to displace fishmeal (a $9.5 billion industry) and other costly protein sources in animal feed applications. The company was founded by Trina Chiasson, who previously sold Infoactive to Tableau, and Teq Sassmannshaus, a biotech hardware engineer. The Ovipost team possessed extensive expertise spanning hardware, software, and biological sciences.
Ovipost was dedicated to developing automated insect farms, recognizing insects as a highly efficient means of transforming readily available and inexpensive byproducts into protein-rich resources. The live insect market in the US represents a $175 million industry. Ovipost aimed to capitalize on the nutritional advantages of insects, specifically their superior amino acid profiles and digestibility, to displace fishmeal (a $9.5 billion industry) and other costly protein sources in animal feed applications. The company was founded by Trina Chiasson, who previously sold Infoactive to Tableau, and Teq Sassmannshaus, a biotech hardware engineer. The Ovipost team possessed extensive expertise spanning hardware, software, and biological sciences.
Total Raised: Unknown (Y Combinator backed)
Last Round: Winter 2018
Total Raised: Unknown (Y Combinator backed)
Last Round: Winter 2018
Industrials
Industrials
Industrials -> Agriculture
Industrials -> Agriculture
Team size: 20
Hiring: No
Team size: 20
Hiring: No
