Sydney Knowledge Hub LinkedIn · Jan 2026
The event post says BluumBio had expanded into Australia and co-located in Sydney, and that Katherine French would discuss scaling its nature-powered biotech and bioremediation mission.
We make bacteria and plants that clean up pollution.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Berkeley-based bioremediation biotech founded in 2021. BluumBio discovers and engineers microbes/enzymes to clean soil, water, and air, with product lines aimed at petroleum hydrocarbons, PFAS, PCBs, plastics, and related industrial contaminants. Public sources describe a very small team and a mix of custom projects, pilot work, and subscription-based support.
Primary product
Bioremediation platform and products for cleaning soil, water, and air
Founded
2021
Headquarters
Berkeley, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
Bioremediation / environmental biotechnology
Offices
282 Koshland Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
181 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA
Sydney, Australia (expansion / lab presence announced in 2025)
Business model
custom bioremediation projects
product sales
subscription care plan
pilot and field-testing engagements
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$125K
Latest round
Seed · May 2025
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Chief Technology Officer
Head of Organism Discovery and Assay Development
Work & culture
Small, mission-driven, multidisciplinary science team; ambitious and creative; comfortable with ambiguity; blends academic-style research rigor with commercial product development and field deployment.
Compensation
One public hiring post offered a part-time microbiologist role in Sydney at A$35/hour. No broader salary bands or compensation policy were found.
Benefits
conference travel covered where applicable
industry membership covered where applicable
mentorship from senior scientists
hands-on startup / industry experience
product support team assistance
Product & market
Pricing
Quote-based custom projects plus a subscription-based Bluum Better care plan (first month free; annual subscription thereafter).
Differentiators
- —enzyme- and microbe-based remediation rather than excavation or capping
- —minimal-chemicals approach with low site disturbance
- —bespoke solution development in 6-12 months
- —proprietary microbial/genomic discovery database
- —broad contaminant coverage across petroleum, PFAS, PCBs, plastics, and metals
- —site-adaptable products with pilot and field-test support
Technology
DNA sequencing
enzyme design
enzyme optimization
molecular biology
synthetic biology
microbial engineering
Nanopore sequencing
mass spectrometry
LC-MS
GC-MS
GC-FID
HPLC
Microsoft
Microsoft Office
LinkedIn
AutoCAD
Impact
Customers
oil and gas companies
mining companies
wastewater operators
aerospace companies
engineering firms such as AECOM and ERM
municipal / city pilot partners
industrial remediation partners
Competitors
Cellibre
Macro Oceans
CinderBio
Solugen
Vaulted Deep
Living Carbon
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Approximately $684k to $5M annually based on conflicting third-party estimates; no company-reported revenue found.
Estimated monthly visits
1.4K
Latest news
BluumBio LinkedIn · Aug 2025
BluumBio announced Australia expansion, a Sydney lab role, and public compensation of A$35/hour for the part-time microbiologist posting; the post also described customers in oil, mining, wastewater, and aerospace.
San Francisco Business Times · Jun 2025
The article says BluumBio is among the Yes SF innovators expanding in San Francisco with local hires and deployments, reinforcing its local commercialization footprint.
EQT · May 2025
EQT Foundation said it joined BluumBio's seed round to scale microbial bioremediation across the US, EU, and Australia, and highlighted the company's products for petroleum, PFAS, PCBs, and plastics.
Shared Future · Sep 2024
Interview with Katherine French explaining BluumBio's enzyme-based remediation approach, customer workflows with engineering firms, and the regulatory context for cleanup projects.
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