OPERA BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Recombinant proteins and growth factors for cultivated meat production using a novel, cost-effective manufacturing platform
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Evanston, IL
- Total capital
- $1.8M
- Federal grants
- $1.8M
- 4 awards · 2023–2025
- Rank in peer group#2 of 27
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- 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
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: A Gram-Negative Bacterial Secretion Platform for Cost-Effective, High-Purity Recombinant Protein Production$1.2M
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · A new platform for inexpensive and scalable recombinant protein and growth factor production to support cell culture applications in therapeutics.$48K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · A new platform for inexpensive and scalable recombinant protein and growth factor production to support cell culture applications in therapeutics.$276K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: A low-cost, bacterial production platform for the manufacturing of high purity recombinant proteins and growth factors$275K
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Standing among 27 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Molecule
- Federal grants#2 · top 7%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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No granted patents are on record.
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
Related companies, and why
- NATAUR INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- MANZANITA COOPERATIVE, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- AMPLE AGRICULTURE, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- STEP ANALYSIS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Dagan, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- CENTRALSTAR COOPERATIVE, 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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Data freshness
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