The Production Board (TPB)

Name

The Production Board (TPB)

Legal name

TPB Management LLC

Website

https://theproductionboard.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns and Portfolio Company Operations: TPB builds and invests in technology businesses, generating returns through equity ownership in portfolio companies operating across life sciences, food and agriculture, and software sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Production Board (TPB) is a private investment foundry and company-building firm that builds and invests in technology businesses across life sciences, food and agriculture, and software. The firm deploys capital from seed to public markets and provides operational support to founders and operators, commercializing scientific breakthroughs and building consumer brands. TPB also operates a job board and talent network connecting job seekers with portfolio company opportunities.

Product overview

The Production Board (TPB) is a holding company and investment firm that builds and invests in technology businesses across life sciences, food and agriculture, and software. TPB operates as a multi-business portfolio model comprising eight portfolio companies: Culture Biosciences (cloud-connected bioreactors and bioprocess development platform), Ohalo Genetics (crop acceleration through Boosted Breeding technology), Pattern Ag (soil microbiome analysis), Stenon (real-time soil analytics), Supergut/UR Labs (nutrition solutions for chronic health conditions), The EVERY Company (animal-free protein ingredients via precision fermentation), Triplebar (synthetic biology research), and Lavoro Agro (agricultural inputs distributor). The portfolio companies operate independently while benefiting from shared resources and strategic direction from TPB.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Culture Biosciences
• Ohalo Genetics
• Pattern Ag
• Stenon
• Supergut (UR Labs)
• The EVERY Company
• Triplebar
• Lavoro Agro

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FrieslandCampina IngredientscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 January 2023FrieslandCampina Ingredients partnered with Triplebar Bio Inc. (a TPB portfolio company) to bring cell-based proteins to market through precision fermentation, leveraging Triplebar's synthetic biology capabilities for sustainable protein production.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Flagship Pioneering: Flagship Pioneering is a venture-creation firm that conceives, launches, and operates biotech companies (e.g., Moderna). It is the closest analog to TPB: a founder-led "invention/foundry" model that builds life-sciences businesses from scratch rather than funding external startups.
• Leaps by Bayer: Bayer's impact-focused investment arm backing breakthrough work in health, nutrition, and agriculture. Comparable to TPB in its vertical overlap (life sciences + food/ag) and willingness to make deep, long-horizon bets in biotech and alt-protein.
• IndieBio (SOSV): IndieBio is a biotech accelerator/venture studio that funds and builds early-stage biotech and foodtech companies. Overlap with TPB in life-sciences and alternative-protein portfolio focus and in operating programs that support founders from inception.
• Alexandria Venture Investments: Alexandria Real Estate's venture arm is a long-duration investor in life-sciences and agtech platforms. Comparable to TPB in deploying concentrated, thesis-driven capital into early- and growth-stage food/ag/biotech companies.
• S2G Ventures: S2G is a multi-stage fund focused on food, agriculture, and ocean technology. Overlap with TPB's food-and-ag vertical and its emphasis on operational support for portfolio companies transitioning from science to commercial scale.
• Cavallo Ventures: Cavallo Ventures is the venture arm of Wilbur-Ellis, investing in agtech, foodtech, and life-sciences adjacencies. Comparable in its targeted food/ag thesis and willingness to partner strategically with portfolio companies for commercial pilots.
• Idealab: Idealab is a long-running technology studio that builds and operates companies from inception. Comparable to TPB in operating as a "foundry" model — founding entities, providing shared services, and supporting operators across cycles.

Broad incumbents

• ADM Ventures: ADM's corporate venture arm invests across agriculture, nutrition, and biotech. It is a broader incumbent investor operating in the same food/ag value chain where several TPB portfolio companies sell, with deeper balance sheet but less venture-build orientation.
• Syngenta Group Ventures: Syngenta's investment and innovation arm supports agtech and seed/biotech platforms. Comparable to TPB's ag-focused bets (Ohalo, Pattern Ag, Lavoro), though Syngenta operates as an incumbent strategic rather than a venture builder.

Regional players

• Pontifax AgTech: Pontifax AgTech is a dedicated global agtech and foodtech investor (with presence in Israel/US). Overlap with TPB in food-and-ag investment thesis, though typically as a financial investor in third-party founders rather than a venture builder.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments10 records

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