Hoofprint Biome, co-founded by Kathryn Polkoff, addresses methane emissions from cows by altering their microbiomes with innovative enzymes. This novel approach not only reduces methane emissions significantly but also improves the nutritional value available to the animals. By viewing the methane issue through a farmer's perspective rather than a purely scientific one, Hoofprint has attracted a $15 million Series A funding led by SOSV. This funding will support trialing their enzyme technology on farms to further explore its potential benefits.
Sometimes, answering a long-standing problem is a matter of finding a new perspective.
Kathryn Polkoff, co-founder and CEO of Hoofprint Biome, has been thinking about the problem more like a farmer.
We've spent thousands of years breeding the animals to make them as efficient as possible and to increase the yield, and but there have not really been that many attempts to change a microbiome.
Hoofprint's feed additive tweaks the microbiome in a cow's rumen and suppresses the growth of microbes that generate methane.
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