Michroma

Michroma is a biotech food-ingredient startup using synthetic biology and precision fermentation with fungi to produce sustainable, high-performance natural colorants and other ingredients—offering scalable, clean-label alternatives to petroleum-based additives for food, beverage, cosmetics, and more.

Investment Details

Portfolia Fund

Funding Round

Seed

Milestones

Funded in 2022

About the Founder

Ricky Casissini

Ricky Cassini cofounded and runs Michroma, a food tech company that makes natural food colors from fermenting fungi to provide alternatives to additives such as Red 40, Red 3 and Yellow 5. Michroma has raised more than $7 million in funding, including from Supply Change Capital. Cassini is an immigrant from Argentina.

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CEO of Watermark and Former Editor-in-Chief of More Magazine, Connecticut

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Namrita Kapur

Fellow, Yale School of Management, Boston, MA

“I have learned so much about leadership, financial well-being, and the power of connection from the amazing community of women at Portfolia.”

Peggy Northrop

CEO of Watermark and Former Editor-in-Chief of More Magazine, Connecticut

“I love the concept of being able to invest and collaborate with others, mitigating my own risk by investing in a portfolio. It lets me see more deals in the pipeline.”

Chantell Preston

Healthcare Executive, Houston, TX

“I joined because I was excited that the model was more like a mutual fund and offered exposure to so many companies and opportunities to further learning.”

Namrita Kapur

Fellow, Yale School of Management, Boston, MA

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