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Prime Roots

Prime Roots

Prime Roots (formerly Terramino Foods) is a food company located in San Leandro, California, founded by Kimberlie Le and Joshua Nixon in 2017 producing a salmon meat substitute made from fungi.

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primeroots.com
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Organization
Organization
Company
Company

Company attributes

Industry
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Future food technology
Food technology
Food technology
Plant-based products
Plant-based products
Technology
Technology
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Alternative seafood
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Plant-based chicken
Biotechnology
Biotechnology
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Location
United States
United States
San Leandro, California
San Leandro, California
San Francisco
San Francisco
B2X
B2C
B2C
Founder
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Kimberlie Le
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Joshua Nixon
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles...224329-96
Legal Name
Terramino Inc.
Accelerator
IndieBio
IndieBio
Accelerator Batch
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IndieBio Class Six
Number of Employees (Ranges)
11 – 500
Email Address
info@terramino.com
press@primeroots.com
Phone Number
+14086417669
Investors
True Ventures
True Ventures
Collaborative Fund
Collaborative Fund
IndieBio
IndieBio
SOSV
SOSV
The House Fund
The House Fund
Founded Date
2017
Total Funding Amount (USD)
4,550,000
Latest Funding Round Date
July 24, 2018
Competitors
The Protein Brewery
The Protein Brewery
Glassdoor ID
3295263
Latest Funding Type
Seed
Seed
Country
United States
United States
Headquarters
Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California

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Company Operating Status
Active
Public/Private
Private0

Prime roots makes non-GMO meat alternatives, and meat free alternative seafood products, from a protein rich and nutrient dense fungi. The company was founded in 2017 by Kimberlie Le and Joshua Nixon, and is located in San Leandro, California. According to Prime Roots, the fungi they are using to create alternative meat and seafoods naturally mimics valued properties of meat products in taste, texture, and nutrition.

Prime Roots first product is a fungus-based salmon burger that is similar in taste, texture, and macronutrient profile to regular salmon burgers. One of the supporting investors of Prime Roots from the Collaborative Fund told reporters "As avid investors in meat alternatives, we were blown away by the taste and texture of Prime Roots' salmon burgers and we’re excited to support Kim and Josh as they build a world-class team to create a new category in food." after sampling a alternative salmon burger made by Prime Roots.

Fungi based alternative salmon meat burger made by Terramino Foods as a product sample.

Fungi based alternative salmon meat burger made by Terramino Foods as a product sample.

Funding
Seed round 1

On December 22, 2017, Terramino Foods closed their first seed funding round raising $250,000 in capital from SOSV and IndieBio.

Seed round 2

On July 24, 2018, Terrimino Foods closed their second seed funding round raising $4,500,000 in capital from True Ventures and Collaborative Fund. Terramino Foods plans to use their new funding to continue developing their fungi based sustainable meat alternative products.

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Fungi-based meat alternative start-up raises $4.25 million

https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/12209-fungi-based-meat-alternative-start-up-raises-425-million

Web

Students Develop Plant-Based Burger That Mimics Salmon

http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=11137&catId=1

This Salmon Burger Tastes Like The Real Thing (But It’s Actually Fungi And Algae)

Adele Peters

https://www.fastcompany.com/40559474/this-salmon-burger-tastes-like-the-real-thing-but-its-actually-fungi-and-algae

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