The Future of Health is Food
Today’s food system is linked to a global epidemic of chronic disease.
Calorie-dense but nutrient-poor food is now a global phenomenon. Two billion people worldwide are overweight or obese, which is almost two and a half times the number of people who are undernourished.
Chronic disease burdens families
and healthcare systems.
More than 75% of US healthcare dollars are spent on adults with preventable chronic conditions. Obesity's global economic impact amounts to $2 trillion a year, nearly equivalent to the impact of smoking.
Brightseed transforms food into a clinically proven source of health.
Brightseed discovers plant-based nutritional bioactives and incorporates them into everyday food products. By restoring nutrients that have been lost in our modern diet, Brightseed strengthens the body's inherent ability to maintain good health.
Thought Leadership
Co-founder Jim Flatt speaks at
Future Food Tech: Delivering on the Promise of Nutritious, Sustainable & Trusted Food
Co-founder Sofia Elizondo speaks at
Silicon Valley Forum:
Future of Food in Biotech
Co-founder Lee Chae speaks at
International Life Science Institute: Personalised Nutrition using Big Data and Computation
Co-founder Lee Chae speaks at
World Artificial Intelligence Conference:
AI for Health
Management Team
Jim Flatt, PhD
Co-founder, CEO and President
Lee Chae, PhD
Co-founder and CTO
Sofia Elizondo, MBA
Co-founder and COO
Advisors
Bernhard van Lengerich, PhD
Business Strategy Advisor
Retired Chief Science Officer of General Mills, extensive track record in food technology strategy and innovation, author or co-author of over 150 patents. 2018/19 Chair of Feeding Tomorrow (non-for-profit organization of the Institute of Food Technology), Board Member for funds and food technology companies in US and Europe, Founder of Seeding The Future Foundation.
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Peter Domaille, PhD
Chemistry Advisor
Widely published researcher with expertise in analytical quantitation and structure elucidation applied to industrial applications, including process chemistry, enzyme technology, natural products, and biofuels. Scientific leadership positions at Du Pont, Merck, Diversa, Synthetic Genomics, among others. Scientific advisor for the UC Berkeley Protein Structure Initiative and the RCSB Protein Data Bank.
Fred Levine, MD, PhD
Medical Affairs Advisor
Professor and Director of Sanford Children's Health Research Center at Burnham Institute for Medical Research. Research Professor at UC San Diego, with an active practice in pediatric genetics, specializing in biochemical genetics and inherited metabolic diseases, at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego.
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Jed Fahey, ScD
Nutrition Affairs Advisor
Nutritional biochemist with extensive background in plant physiology, human nutrition, phytochemistry and nutritional biochemistry. Director of the Cullman Chemoprotection Center at Johns Hopkins Medical School. Broad biotechnology industry experience in agricultural biotechnology, plant cell culture, plant-microbe interactions, seed physiology, and related aspects of the biology of food crops.
Jason Ryder, PhD
Process Development Advisor
Leader in product and process development, engineering design, scale up, and manufacturing in the industrial bioprocessing sector, with applications spanning sustainable chemicals, fuels, materials, and foods. R&D development leadership positions at Bolt Threads, Amyris, Miraculex.
Investors
CONTACT US
For more information contact us at info@brightseedbio.com
Join Us
Brightseed was founded with the mission to naturally restore health through food. We are looking for the best chemists, genome scientists, bioinformaticians, computer scientists, nutritionists, process engineers and product developers to join our mission.
