THE FOUNDER & VENTURE
Building with purpose.
Founded 2022 Bangalore; PhD from IISc; expert in macromolecular X-ray crystallography; AI-guided protein engineering to create industrial-grade PET-degrading enzymes; C-CAMP incubatee
SF0008← All Super Founders
SUPER FOUNDER PROFILE
Kavyashree Manjunath
Apratima Biosolutions Pvt. Ltd.
PhD structural biologist
BioTech / Deep Tech / CleanTechBangaloreFounded 2022
THE JOURNEY
Milestones along the way.
Founded 2022 → NSRCEL IIM Bangalore incubation → Karnataka Elevate grant 2023 → Boeing BUILD win → Rainmatter investment → C-CAMP lab operations
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
PhD structural biologist; developed enzyme-based PET plastic biodegradation (degrades in hours vs 450 years); incubated at NSRCEL IIM Bangalore & C-CAMP; Boeing India BUILD program winner; Rainmatter (Zerodha) investment
RECOGNITION
Karnataka Startup Elevate 2023 grant; Boeing India BUILD program winner; Rainmatter/Zerodha backed startup
GROWTH & FUNDING
Karnataka Startup Elevate 2023 grant; BIRAC grant; Rainmatter (Zerodha) investment; NSRCEL IIM Bangalore incubation; grants from Boeing India BUILD program; Innopreneurs grant
BUSINESS MODEL