Growth Curve Bio

Infrastructure & expertise to accelerate your precision fermentation business

Our team has developed, optimized, and scaled bioprocesses from micro titer plates to tens of thousands of liters. Our state-of-the-art equipment and strict operational standards provide representative product samples and high quality data packages, helping you achieve your technical and commercial goals.
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Our Services

We turn benchtop breakthroughs into world-changing products

Consulting
Industry veterans help you define and navigate your roadmap.
Benchtop
State-of-the-art systems accelerate your process development.
Pilot
Industrially-representative USP & DSP equipment enables commercial success.
Sample generation
Upstream process development
Strain screening & characterization
Downstream process development
Scale-up & scale-down data generation
Techno-economic modeling
CMO evaluation & technology transfer
About Us

Improving human & planetary health via precision fermentation

A foundation of success
We are engineers and operators with significant fermentation experience. Collectively we have worked with dozens of organisms, overseen technology transfer to multiple CMOs & CDMOs, launched first-of-kind products, and driven down costs at scale.
The ultimate partner for your vision
Our team is committed to your success. We work with you to understand what you need from a CDMO partner, and develop a plan to achieve your most important goals.
The GCB Difference

Why choose Growth Curve Bio

Quality
Benchtop and pilot-scale data is critical for achieving your technical and commercial goals. Maintaining world-class operational standards and delivering accurate and precise data packages is GCB’s top priority.
Velocity
Data and samples impact every facet of your business, including experimental design, customer engagement, and investor relations. GCB works with you to schedule batches when you need them, and GCB returns deliverables quickly.
Simplicity
Growth Curve Bio has a straightforward contracting structure in which you own your organism and your process, and you only pay for what you use. GCB makes it easy to get the data and samples that you need.

Frequently Asked Questions

What industries does GCB work with?

GCB’s clients are developing breakthrough products in a variety of industries, including alternative protein, biopharma, biofuels, personal care, industrials, and more.

What does GCB provide to its clients? What is GCB's "product"?

GCB’s core offering includes R&D-grade samples and a robust data package. Contact us to discuss the solution that is right for you.

What is the typical stage / level of maturity of GCB's clients?

GCB supports clients at all stages of development. Whether you are trying to make your first grams of a new product, make an in-market product more profitable, or anything in between, GCB can help you achieve your business objectives.

Where is GCB's facility?

GCB’s first facility is in Durham, North Carolina, USA. In the heart of North Carolina’s Research Triangle, GCB is surrounded by world-class research universities, leading biopharma manufacturing facilities, and innovative startups. GCB is just minutes from RDU, a leading international airport.

Why is the benchtop scale important?

GCB’s benchtop service helps you improve your upstream process via strain screening, media optimization, and fermentation condition optimization. GCB will help you translate benchtop success to pilot success on one platform and under one roof. At GCB, “benchtop scale” is 1L to 10L of working volume per batch.

Why is the pilot scale important?

GCB’s piloting service allows you to simulate commercial scale conditions quickly and cost-effectively. GCB has carefully selected its pilot scale equipment, including a full downstream processing (DSP) suite, to be representative of commercial scale equipment. At GCB, “pilot scale” is 100L of working volume per batch.

What is precision fermentation?

Precision fermentation uses microbes (such as yeast, bacteria, or filamentous fungi) as “cell factories” to produce target molecules in 3 primary steps:
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‍1. Strain Engineering. Genetically modify the microbe’s DNA.
‍2. Fermentation. Grow the microbes in precise conditions.
‍3. Downstream Processing. Purify the fermentation broth to isolate the desired final product.

Is precision fermentation safe?

Precision fermentation has been used safely and successfully for decades. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved human insulin made via precision fermentation in 1982. Additionally, several precision fermentation companies have established food products as safe under the FDA’s Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) program.

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