Antheia is an American biotechnology company founded in 2013, and is located in Menlo Park, California. Antheia uses synthetic biology, informatics, and fermentation technologies to produce plant based medicines; most notably opioids using yeast.
Grants
National Science Foundation
Antheia was awarded two grants by the National Science Foundation (NSF): 1) SBIR Phase I: production of plant alkaloid therapeutics via fermentation of engineered yeast on June 20, 2016 with a value of $225,000, and 2) SBIR Phase II: A complete bioprocess for medicinal plant opioids on March 5, 2018 with a value of $733,952.
National Institutes of Health
In 2017 Antheia received two grant awards, the Small Business and Innovation Research (SBIR) award and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) worth a total of $450,000.
Funding
Seed
On March 13, 2015 Antheia completed their seed funding round raising $1.97 million.
Series A
On May 26, 2017 Antheia completed their series A funding round raising $6,223,389.
Timeline
Received SBIR Phase II award from the National Science Foundation
On March 5, 2018 Antheia was awarded an SBIR Phase II grant titled "A complete bioprocess for medicinal plant opioids" from the National Science Foundation worth $733,952.
Series A funding round
On May 26, 2017 Antheia completed their series A funding round raising $6,223,389.
Received SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation
Antheia received an SBIR Phase I grant from the National Science Foundation titled "Production of plant alkaloid therapeutics via fermentation of engineered yeast" on June 20, 2016 with a value of $225,000.
Seed funding round
On March 13, 2015 Antheia completed their seed funding round raising $1.97 million.
People
Christina Smolke
Co-founder , CEO, and President
Isis Trenchard
Co-founder
Kate Thodey
Co-founder
Kristy Hawkins
Co-founder
Ram Shiram
Board member
Further reading
Can This Silicon Valley Startup Bioengineer A Less Addictive Opioid?
Mark Sullivan
Christina Smolke: Fermenting revolution
Erika Check Hayden
New Bioengineering Method Could Change the Way Essential Medicines Are Produced
Glenn McDonald
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Brewing Pain Medication
August 13, 2015
Opioids and Oxytocin Synthesized from Yeast?
August 15, 2015
Companies
References
Related Topics
MedicineScience or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease
FermentationThe anaerobic enzymatic conversion of organic compounds, especially carbohydrates, coupling the oxidation and reduction of nad/h and the generation of adenosine triphosphate (atp).
BioinformaticsInterdisciplinary field that applies computational techniques to solve biological problems on the molecular level.
OpioidPsychoactive chemical
