erthos Closes $6.5M Series A

Congratulations to Co-Founders Nuha Siddiqui and Kritika Tyagi, along with the entire erthos team, for closing a $6.5M Series A! Read more about erthos’s technology on their website: erthos. Kritika Tyagi (left) and Nuha Siddiqui (right) From erthos’s Announcement on Forbes: Today, Forbes 30 Under 30 North American listers announced that erthos has closed an … Read more

A Pioneering Spirit Powers Kira Noodleman to Partner

I’m excited to formally announce that we have a new partner: Kira Noodleman. Garrett, Tim and I have long been impressed with Kira’s intellect, curiosity and energy and this promotion acknowledges the central role she has already played in making Bee Partners and our portfolio stronger.  Kira’s approach has been that of a partner since … Read more

Food for a Growing Planet: How Biomachines Will Win

When our portfolio company Future Fields set out to address the world’s reliance on animal protein as a food source, they intended to produce lab-grown chicken. After four months of intense experimentation, their only product was a chicken nugget that cost $3,000 a pound–not a viable solution to world hunger.  A lot of companies might … Read more

Plastics Alternative Pioneer erthos Uses Existing Plastics Production Processes to Drive Adoption as Company Positions for Growth

In 2016, Nuha Siddiqui was an environmental economics student at the University of Toronto when she came across a study estimating that by 2050 there will be more plastics than fish in the world’s oceans. That news spurred Nuha to partner with two other students, plant biology specialist Kritika Tyagi and engineering expert Chang Dong, … Read more