Biome Makers Inc.
Soil microbiome analysis platform that measures and profiles soil health through microbial genomics testing
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- WEST SACRAMENTO, CA
- Latest Form D
- $15M, Aug 2021
- Total capital
- $15M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $15M
- 1 Form D · last Aug 2021
- 62 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 5
- 22 pending · first 2022
- Rank in peer group#8 of 52
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$15M
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Standing among 52 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Platform
- Granted patents#8 · top 15%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Adrian FerreroExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 5 granted of 27- PendingMethods And Systems For Generating Spatial Maps For Agriculture Sites And Implementing Agriculture Interventions According To Generated ArchetypesUSPTOApplication 19188516
- PendingMethods And Systems For Generating And Applying Agronomic Indices From Microbiome-derived ParametersUSPTOApplication 19047567
- GrantedMethods And Systems For Generating And Applying Agronomic Indices From Microbiome-derived ParametersUSPTOUS 12,247,968
Show all 27 patent records
- Methods And Systems For Generating Spatial Maps For Agriculture Sites And Implementing Agriculture Interventions According To Generated ArchetypesOct 30, 2025 · Application 19188516Pending
- Methods And Systems For Generating And Applying Agronomic Indices From Microbiome-derived ParametersJun 5, 2025 · Application 19047567Pending
- Methods And Systems For Generating And Applying Agronomic Indices From Microbiome-derived ParametersMar 11, 2025 · US 12,247,968Granted
- Methods And Systems For Assessing Agriculture Practices And Inputs With Time And Location FactorsDec 10, 2024 · US 12,161,059Granted
- Methods And Systems For Predicting Crop Features And Evaluating Inputs And PracticesNov 21, 2024 · Application 18785759Pending
- Methods And Systems For Predicting Crop Features And Evaluating Inputs And PracticesAug 27, 2024 · US 12,069,977Granted
- Methods And Systems For Evaluating Ecological Disturbance Of An Agricultural Microbiome Based Upon Network Properties Of Organism CommunitiesMay 16, 2024 · Application 18422460Pending
- Methods And Systems For Evaluating Ecological Disturbance Of An Agricultural Microbiome Based Upon Network Properties Of Organism CommunitiesMar 19, 2024 · US 11,933,775Granted
- Microbiome Based Identification, Monitoring And Enhancement Of Fermentation Processes And ProductsDec 21, 2023 · Application 17823435Pending
- Microbiome Based Identification, Monitoring And Enhancement Of Fermentation Processes And ProductsNov 8, 2022 · US 11,492,672Granted
- Methods And Systems For Predicting Crop Features And Evaluating Inputs And PracticesAug 4, 2022 · Application 17587016Pending
- Methods And Systems For Evaluating And Predicting Crop FeaturesApplication 63143159Pending
- Methods And Systems For Evaluating Agriculture Inputs And PracticesApplication 63143534Pending
- Methods And Systems For Evaluating Ecological Disturbance Of An Agricultural Microbiome Based Upon Network Properties Of Organism CommunitiesApplication PCTUS2020064668Pending
- Emergent properties from microbial networks as global biomarkers of ecological disturbance: application to fungal communities in vineyard soils under different farming practicesApplication 62947493Pending
- Methods And Systems For Generating Spatial Maps For Agriculture Sites And Implementing Agriculture Interventions According To Generated ArchetypesApplication PCTUS2025026181Pending
- Microbiome Based Identification, Monitoring And Enhancement Of Fermentation Processes And ProductsApplication PCTUS2016064984Pending
- Methods And Systems For Implementing Agriculture Interventions According To Generated ArchetypesApplication 63639952Pending
- Methods And Systems For Assessing Agriculture Practices And Inputs With Time And Location FactorsApplication PCTUS2022021663Pending
- Methods And Systems For Generating And Applying Agronomic Indices From Microbiome-derived ParametersApplication PCTUS2022015348Pending
- Methods And Systems For Predicting Crop Features And Evaluating Inputs And PracticesApplication PCTUS2022014202Pending
- Methods And Systems For Generating And Applying Agronomic Indices From Microbiome-derived Ecological ParametersApplication 63182498Pending
- Methods And Systems For Assessing Agriculture Practices And Inputs With Time And Location FactorsApplication 63169131Pending
- Methods And Systems For Generating And Applying Agronomic Indices From Soil Microbiome-derived Taxonomic FeaturesApplication 63167597Pending
- Methods And Systems For Generating And Applying Agronomic Indices From Soil Microbiome-derived Functional FeaturesApplication 63167628Pending
- Methods And Systems For Generating And Applying Agronomic IndicesApplication 63152333Pending
- Methods And Systems For Predicting Crop Features And Evaluating Inputs And PracticesApplication 63143600Pending
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- C16 Biosciences, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Standard Holdings Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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