Yeast Bay Bio
“Cal Innovation Fund has been especially supportive in the areas where we are still building depth. They have been a trusted sounding board from the start, asking the challenging questions that sharpen our thinking and showing up with resources and connections exactly when we needed them.”
- Nazzy Pakpour, Co-founder
Yeast Bay Bio replaces toxic chemical insecticides with a yeast-based platform that delivers Nobel Prize-winning RNAi straight into target pests, killing them within days while leaving people, pets, and pollinators untouched. And it does this without a green premium, priced to compete directly with the chemicals it replaces. The platform starts with cockroaches and is built to retarget across pest species, using the same yeast delivery system every time.
