Meet the team: Yelena Stegantseva
Get to know Yelena Stegantseva, Ph.D, Director of Fermentation Development at Calysta What drew you to your role at Calysta? Calysta’s mission sounded so cool – it was an interesting story to tell my friends. Creating more from less is inspiring to me. By fermenting methane to create new feed and food products, Calysta is […]
Calysta appoints Chief Science and Sustainability Officer
San Mateo, CA – January, 25 2022 – Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has signaled its future intentions with the appointment of Dr Lori Giver, as Chief Science and Sustainability Officer. Dr Giver first joined Calysta in 2013 as Vice President, Biological Engineering, before being appointed Vice President, Research and Development in 2019. […]
FeedKind® significantly reduces Vibrio in shrimp, improves survival during an EMS Challenge
San Mateo, CA – 3 November, 2021 – Calysta, Inc. New scientific studies show shrimp welfare could be dramatically improved if fed Calysta’s FeedKind® protein, with the feed ingredient significantly reducing Early Mortality Syndrome risk. EMS is one of the biggest issues facing shrimp farming today, having cost the industry billions of dollars since it […]
Calysta bolsters senior team and board with the appointment of new CFO and board member
San Mateo, CA – September 13, 2021 – Calysta, Inc. World-leading alternative protein producer Calysta has bolstered its strategic leadership. Keysha Bailey becomes CFO while Rabobank veteran Jacqueline Pieters-Zetsma joins the Board of Directors as an independent non-exec board member. Keysha Bailey brings over 20 years of strategic financial and operational leadership with results in […]
Calysta announces $39 Million investment to fund global expansion plans
San Mateo, CA (September 9, 2021) — Calysta, Inc. Leading alternative protein producer Calysta has completed a $39 million financing round, led by bp ventures, to support global scale-up of production of Calysta’s FeedKind® protein. FeedKind is a family of natural, sustainable, and traceable feed ingredients for fish, livestock and pets. It is produced using […]
New trial shows FeedKind an ideal feed ingredient for Japanese Yellowtail
Menlo Park, CA – 30 March, 2021 – Calysta, Inc. Calysta’s sustainable protein FeedKind® has been shown to be an ideal feed ingredient for use in Japanese yellowtail or Hamachi, one of the most popular food fish in Japan and a sushi staple. Published in the journal Aquaculture, the latest study shows that FeedKind integration […]
Adisseo and Calysta’s world-leading alternative protein joint venture breaks ground in China
— Calysseo’s plant will supply Asia, the world’s largest aquafeed market — — Introduction of sustainable protein production platform to provide improved security for aquafeed ingredient supply chain — A completely new sustainable alternative protein that uses no arable land and almost no water in its production will be available in China in 2022, as […]
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Calysta appoints former Quorn and Mars innovation lead as new CTO
Menlo Park, CA – Tuesday September, 8 2020 – World-leading alternative protein producer, Calysta, has signaled its future intentions with the appointment of food and feed innovation veteran Dr Geoff Bryant as Chief Technology Officer. Dr Geoff Bryant has more than 20 years’ experience in leading R&D and technology teams, most recently as Quorn Foods Technical […]