HOOFPRINT BIOME, INC.
Probiotic yeast strain engineered to secrete enzymes that reduce methane emissions in cattle rumen
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- RALEIGH, NC
- Founded
- 2023
- Latest Form D
- $15M, May 2025
- Total capital
- $18.1M
- Federal grants
- $442K
- 2 awards · 2024
- Rank in peer group#8 of 35
- Private capital raised
- $17.7M
- 3 Form D · last May 2025
- 17 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$15M
- Federal grantAgriculture · **awards Issued Prior To January 20, 2025, Were Funded Under Previous Administrations And May Not Reflect The Priorities And Policies Of The Current Administration.** Methanogenic Microbes In Cattle Rumen Are Responsible For Nearly 10% Of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions. This Methane Production Isnot Vital To The COW'S Health, And Can Consume Up To 12% Of An ANIMAL'SFEED Energy. Existing Methane Reduction Products In Development Either Lack Scalability Or Are Prohibitively Expensive. In $169K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Bioengineering probiotic yeast to mitigate methane emissions from cattle$273K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$2.3M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$420K
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Standing among 35 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Molecule
- Federal grants#8 · top 23%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Scott CollinsResearcherDirectorLinked by $273K in grants as PI
- David MacdonaldDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Evan SavellExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kathryn PolkoffExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Po BronsonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Rodolphe BarrangouDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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- Asilomar Bio, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
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- SCIENCE AND SENSORS TECHNOLOGIESSimilar 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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
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