What Ryp Labs does

Ryp Labs (legal entity: RYP LABS, INC.) is a Seattle-based agricultural technology company founded in 2017 that develops and commercializes StixFresh™, a plant-based food-grade sticker technology designed to extend the shelf life of fresh produce. The technology operates by releasing natural bioactive compounds that mimic plant defense mechanisms, slowing spoilage in highly perishable fruits such as mangoes, strawberries, blueberries, and dragon fruit. The company claims shelf life extension of 40-100%, mold onset slowdown of up to 2x at the retail stage, and revenue increases of up to 4x for customers. The stickers are applied inside clamshell packaging during packing operations and do not require direct contact with the fruit itself. Ryp Labs also offers StixFresh+™, an OMRI Listed® organic-certified variant, and a ShelfDefense Plus sub-brand for the organic produce supply chain.

The company operates a B2B sales-led go-to-market model, selling StixFresh™ stickers directly to growers, packers, distributors, and retailers across the produce supply chain. Revenue is generated through one-time product sales with no subscription component, and pricing operates on a quote-based model requiring direct customer inquiry. Marketing channels include the company website, organic social media presence on X/Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn (under @stixfresh), and industry events such as VivaTech 2023. Ryp Labs has secured approximately $19.2 million in disclosed funding across multiple instruments, including an $8.1 million Series A in November 2023 led by King Philanthropies, an SEC Form D exempt offering of approximately $11.27 million, NSF grants, and a USAID grant. The company is led by CEO and co-founder Ahmed Moody Soliman, with co-founder Steve Hulteng as COO and Ozgur Yildirim as CTO. Ryp Labs holds a US patent on its nature-inspired formulation and operates from a Bothell, Washington headquarters with a development site in Portugal and early commercial deployment at Walmart in Costa Rica.

Name

Ryp Labs

Legal name

RYP LABS, INC.

Website

https://ryplabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ryp Labs develops and commercializes StixFresh™, a plant-based food-grade sticker that releases natural bioactive compounds to extend fresh produce shelf life by 40-100%. The Seattle-based company sells directly to growers, packers, distributors, and retailers across the global produce supply chain, with an organic-certified StixFresh+™ variant.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Postharvest Technology / Produce Shelf Life Extension

NAICS

Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114)

SIC

Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Preservatives & Antimicrobials (Sorbates, Benzoates, Natamycin, Cultured Dextrose) (CRADAOAF)

Keywords

• Produce shelf life extension
• Postharvest loss reduction
• Food waste prevention stickers
• Fresh produce preservation
• Bioactive packaging technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Bothell

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. StixFresh™ Sticker Sales: The company sells its StixFresh™ freshness stickers to produce growers, packers, distributors, and retailers. The stickers are applied inside fruit packaging (clamshell lids) during packing operations. Revenue is generated through product sales with no subscription component mentioned.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ryp Labs develops and sells StixFresh™, a patented food-grade sticker applied inside fruit packaging that releases natural bioactive compounds mimicking plant defense mechanisms to slow spoilage and extend the shelf life of fresh produce (including mangoes, berries, dragon fruit, strawberries, and blueberries) by 40–100%. The company also offers StixFresh+™, an OMRI Listed® organic-certified variant for organic produce supply chains. Both are sold as standalone physical sticker products to growers, packers, distributors, and retailers.

Product overview

Ryp Labs offers a unified product line centered on StixFresh™ technology — a plant-based food-grade sticker applied inside fruit packaging that releases natural bioactive compounds to slow spoilage and extend shelf life by 40–100%. The core StixFresh™ product targets conventional growers, distributors, and retailers for produce including mangoes, dragon fruit, strawberries, and blueberries. StixFresh+™ is the OMRI Listed® organic-certified variant designed for the organic supply chain. Both products operate as standalone physical stickers requiring no digital integration or API connection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• StixFresh™: Plant-based food sticker technology that releases natural bioactive compounds to extend fresh produce shelf life by 40–100%. Targets mangoes, berries, dragon fruit, blueberries, and other highly perishable fruit varieties.
• StixFresh+™
• ShelfDefense Plus

Products and services

• StixFresh™ A plant-based food-grade sticker applied inside fruit packaging (e.g., clamshell lids) during packing that releases natural bioactive compounds to slow spoilage and extend the shelf life of fresh produce (including mangoes, berries, dragon fruit, strawberries, and blueberries) by 40–100%. Targets growers, packers, distributors, and retailers across the produce supply chain.
• StixFresh+™ OMRI Listed® organic-certified version of the StixFresh™ shelf-life extension sticker, aligned with the strictest organic standards while delivering the same freshness and shelf-life extension functionality. Designed for organic growers, packers, and distributors.

Quantifiable outcome

• Extends fresh produce shelf life by 40-100%
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Apeel Sciences: Apeel develops plant-derived edible coatings that extend the shelf life of fresh produce. It is the most prominent direct peer to Ryp Labs, addressing the same customer segments (growers, packers, retailers) with a complementary — though contact-based — preservation mechanism.
• Hazel Technologies: Hazel Technologies provides shelf-life extension products (e.g., 1-MCP-based inserts and sachets) for fresh produce. It directly competes with StixFresh in helping growers, packers, and retailers reduce post-harvest losses across berries, mangoes, and other perishables.
• Mori (formerly Cambridge Crops): Mori uses silk-protein-based edible coatings to extend the shelf life of fresh produce. It targets the same core problem as Ryp Labs — slowing spoilage in berries, mangoes, and similar perishables — and sells to comparable enterprise supply-chain buyers.
• It'S Fresco: It'S Fresco offers natural antifungal and freshness solutions for fresh produce, including sticker and sachet formats. Its product positioning and target customer base closely mirror StixFresh, making it a relevant direct comparable in the natural-preservation niche.

Broad incumbents

• AgroFresh Solutions: AgroFresh is a long-established post-harvest solutions provider offering coatings, fungicides, and digital monitoring across many produce categories. It overlaps with Ryp Labs on shelf-life extension but operates a much broader portfolio and serves larger global accounts.
• UPL Limited (Decco Postharvest): UPL, through its Decco post-harvest business, provides coatings, fungicides, and sanitation solutions for fresh produce worldwide. It is a broad incumbent in the same addressable market as Ryp Labs, with deeper commercial reach and a more diverse product set.
• Pace International: Pace International supplies post-harvest coatings, fungicides, and sanitation products primarily for apples, pears, cherries, and citrus. It is a broad incumbent addressing similar produce-preservation pain points as StixFresh, particularly in pome and stone fruit categories.

Regional players

• Lytone Enterprise: Lytone is an Asia-Pacific focused post-harvest technology provider offering 1-MCP and MAP-based freshness solutions. It addresses the same shelf-life extension problem as Ryp Labs but primarily serves growers and distributors across Asia rather than the Americas and Europe.

Others

• TOMRA: TOMRA provides sorting, grading, and packing equipment for fresh produce. While not a direct competitor in preservation chemistry, TOMRA is an adjacent technology provider frequently purchased by the same grower-packer customers evaluating solutions like StixFresh.
• JBT Corporation (Fresh Produce Technologies): JBT offers fresh-produce processing, coating, and packaging equipment used by growers and packers globally. It is an adjacent infrastructure provider rather than a direct preservation competitor, but its installed base overlaps with the customer set Ryp Labs targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/stixfresh
• Facebookfacebook.com/stixfresh
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/stixfresh

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments

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