Bond Pet Foods

What Bond Pet Foods does

Bond Pet Foods is a Boulder, Colorado-based biotechnology company founded in 2015 that produces animal-identical meat proteins for pet food applications through precision fermentation. The company's proprietary "Brewed to Perform®" platform combines harmlessly-sourced animal DNA with brewer's yeast and a feedstock of simple sugars, salts, vitamins, and minerals, harvesting animal-identical protein in approximately 48 hours before gently drying and milling it into a powder suitable for both dry and wet pet food recipes. The species-agnostic platform currently spans chicken, lamb, salmon, turkey, and beef proteins, with the lead commercial ingredient, Lamb Protein Yeast, becoming the first animal protein produced via precision fermentation to complete the U.S. FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine's GRAS Notice review process for pet food in May 2026, cleared at up to 15% inclusion in healthy adult dog food following a six-month longitudinal feeding study.

Bond operates a B2B ingredient supply model. Its primary commercial relationships are with major pet food and ingredient firms — most notably Hill's Pet Nutrition (a Colgate-Palmolive subsidiary, which has received 25+ metric tons of Lamb Protein Yeast for formulation and testing), Symrise AG, ADM Ventures/ADM, and Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition — with custom quote-based pricing negotiated directly with each pet food manufacturer. The company supplements this with a small direct-to-consumer branded merchandise storefront (Ally For All Animals® apparel, totes, donations) that is immaterial to revenue but supports brand-building. Bond produces exclusively from a 15,000 sq. ft. Food Lab in Boulder, Colorado, and has roughly 16+ named personnel including R&D, regulatory, quality, engineering, and operations leadership drawn from Mars Pet Care, Calysta, Nestlé Purina, Royal Canin, The Every Company, and Modern Meadow.

The company has raised approximately $27.2M in total disclosed funding: a $1.2M seed round (December 2019, led by Lever VC with KBW Ventures), a $250K Colorado OEDIT grant (November 2020), a $17.5M oversubscribed Series A (September 2022, led by Genoa Ventures with ADM Ventures, Cavallo Ventures, Lever VC, and others), a $7.2M Series B (2025), and a strategic investment from Symrise AG via convertible preferred stock (April 15, 2026). Bond is moving toward U.S. market commercialization with Hill's following the May 2026 FDA clearance, with feline regulatory submissions and additional species (chicken, salmon, turkey, beef) in the pipeline.

Name

Bond Pet Foods

Legal name

Bond Pet Foods, Inc.

Website

https://bondpets.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bond Pet Foods is a Boulder, Colorado biotechnology company that uses proprietary precision fermentation to produce animal-identical meat proteins (chicken, lamb, salmon, turkey, beef) as ingredients for pet food manufacturers, led by FDA-cleared Lamb Protein Yeast and commercial partnerships with Hill's Pet Nutrition, Symrise, and ADM.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pet food protein ingredients (precision fermentation)

NAICS

Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing (311111), Animal Food Manufacturing (31111), Animal Food Manufacturing (3111)

SIC

Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Alternative Protein & Sustainable Pet Food (insect/plant/cell-based) (CRADAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Veterinary & Therapeutic Pet Diets (Prescription) (AFADAFAH), Functional & Veterinary Diet Pet Food (CRADAFAF)

Keywords

• Precision fermentation proteins
• Pet food ingredients
• Alternative animal protein
• Biotechnology manufacturing
• Sustainable pet nutrition

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. B2B pet food ingredient sales: Primary revenue stream: Bond produces and sells its precision-fermented animal protein ingredients (e.g., Lamb Protein Yeast) directly to established pet food manufacturers for use in commercial formulations. The contact page explicitly invites "Pet Food Manufacturer" inquiries, and the company is moving toward U.S. market commercialization with Hill's Pet Nutrition following FDA's Letter of No Objection.
2. Strategic co-development and supply partnerships: Bond generates revenue through multi-year R&D collaborations and ingredient supply agreements with strategic partners such as Hill's Pet Nutrition (Colgate-Palmolive) and Symrise, combining Bond's fermentation technology with the partner's application, regulatory, and commercial capabilities.
3. Brand merchandise e-commerce sales: Secondary, low-volume revenue from the company's online shop selling statement apparel and accessories (Statement Sweater $55, Wraparound Winter Beanie $32, Durable Ecotote $20, Coffee Donation $5) to support the brand and fundraise for scientific work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Bond Pet Foods produces animal-identical meat proteins for pet food applications using a proprietary precision fermentation platform (Brewed to Perform®). The company combines harmlessly-sourced animal DNA with brewer's yeast, feeds natural feedstock through a controlled fermentation, and harvests complete proteins in about 48 hours, then dries and mills them into a versatile powder sold B2B to pet food manufacturers for use in dry and wet dog and cat food formulations. Its lead commercial ingredient, Lamb Protein Yeast, has received an FDA Letter of No Objection for use in healthy adult dog food.

Product overview

Bond Pet Foods is a single-platform biotechnology company — not a multi-product SaaS suite — built around one proprietary technology platform, Brewed to Perform® precision fermentation, which is used to produce a portfolio of animal-identical meat protein ingredients sold B2B to pet food manufacturers. The platform underpins a small set of named protein products: the lead commercial ingredient, Lamb Protein Yeast (Brewed Lamb Protein), which has cleared FDA GRAS Notice review for use in healthy adult dog food at up to 15% inclusion; Brewed Chicken Protein, used as the canonical showcase of the platform's DNA-plus-yeast fermentation process; and additional recombinant Turkey, Beef, and Salmon proteins in the development pipeline to support a species-agnostic protein offering. Complementing the B2B ingredient business, Bond also operates an Ally For All Animals® branded merchandise storefront (apparel, accessories, donations). The discontinued Protein-Packed Dog Treat Bars illustrate Bond's strategic shift from direct-to-consumer retail treats to ingredient supply for established pet food manufacturers such as Hill's Pet Nutrition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 25 metric tons of Lamb Protein Yeast produced at commercial scale and delivered to Hill's Pet Nutrition
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• Symrise AGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 April 2026Strategic investment and partnership announced April 15, 2026 (issuance of convertible preferred stock) to combine Bond's precision fermentation technology with Symrise's application expertise, regulatory insight, and market reach. Symrise, a global leader in scents, flavors, and functional ingredients, will help accelerate commercialization of sustainable pet nutrition ingredients for pet food manufacturers and supports Symrise's broader strategy to scale biotechnology across its portfolio.
• Wilbur-Ellis NutritioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2024Partnership announced April 23, 2024 for Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition and Bond Pet Foods to develop ingredients through precision fermentation, leveraging Wilbur-Ellis' distribution and ingredient capabilities in the animal nutrition market.
• Sia FurlerminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 February 2022Renowned singer-songwriter Sia joined Bond Pet Foods as an investor and advisor in February 2022. She collaborates with Bond on marketing initiatives to promote a humane and sustainable food future, lending her brand and voice to amplify Bond's mission.
• Hill's Pet NutritionflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 November 2021Multi-year strategic collaboration announced November 10, 2021 to develop a craft meat protein produced through precision fermentation. Bond and Hill's have jointly completed a six-month longitudinal feeding study in dogs, and Bond has produced and delivered more than 25 metric tons of Lamb Protein Yeast to Hill's facilities for formulation, testing, and FDA evaluation. In May 2026, Hill's and Bond received an FDA Letter of No Objection for Lamb Protein Yeast — the first precision-fermented animal protein to complete the FDA's GRAS Notice review process for pet food — and the companies are moving toward U.S. market commercialization. Hill's is a subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive.
• Joan JettminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRock musician and animal advocate Joan Jett is referenced on Bond's Instagram feed as an investor ("animal advocate and backer Joan Jett") who has visited Bond's team in Denver. Provides brand and mission amplification.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Because Animals: Because Animals develops cultured/probiotic and cell-based meat proteins specifically for pet food, making it the most direct head-to-head competitor in alternative-protein pet nutrition.
• Wild Earth: Wild Earth formulates yeast- and fungi-based protein pet treats and foods using biotechnology-derived proteins, directly comparable to Bond's yeast-fermentation approach in the pet food ingredient category.
• The Every Company: The Every Company (formerly Clara Foods/EVERY) produces animal-identical proteins via precision fermentation; Bond's VP of Process Development previously led production there, and the underlying yeast-fermentation tech stack is closely analogous.
• Calysta: Calysta produces single-cell protein (FeedKind®) via precision fermentation for animal feed and pet nutrition, making it a directly comparable B2B fermentation protein ingredient peer; Bond's VP of Regulatory previously worked there.

Broad incumbents

• Perfect Day: Perfect Day is the largest commercial-stage precision fermentation protein company (whey and casein for human food); it shares Bond's core fermentation platform and regulatory playbook, but operates at significantly greater scale and capital base.

Emerging players

• Motif FoodWorks: Motif FoodWorks uses precision fermentation to produce animal-protein-inspired ingredients for alternative food applications, sharing Bond's fermentation stack and B2B ingredient go-to-market motion, though focused on human food.
• Upside Foods: Upside Foods (formerly Memphis Meats) is a cultivated meat company often cited alongside Bond in alternative-protein rankings; it uses cell-based (not fermentation) technology but targets the same 'slaughter-free meat' narrative and FDA regulatory milestones.
• Wildtype: Wildtype produces cultivated salmon via cell-based technology; it shares Bond's FDA-approval trajectory in alt-protein seafood and competes for the same sustainability-minded consumer and investor narrative, although it uses a different production technology.
• Modern Meadow: Modern Meadow uses bio-fabrication and fermentation processes for sustainable materials (leather proteins); it shares Bond's fermentation/protein engineering talent pool (Bond's VP Process Development previously led production there) and underlying biotech stack.
• Air Protein: Air Protein produces single-cell protein ingredients via gas fermentation for human food; it shares Bond's fermentation-derived protein approach, B2B ingredient model, and sustainability story, though operating in a different substrate and end market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors15 records

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M&A

Investments

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