GlobeNewswire / Shiru · Jun 2025
Shiru announced it was selected as a 2025 Technology Pioneer, reinforcing its positioning as an AI-powered ingredient discovery leader.
Shiru leverages ML to create proteins to feed the world sustainably.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Shiru is a private biotechnology / food-tech company that uses AI, bioinformatics, and precision biology to discover and commercialize natural, scalable protein-based ingredients across food, personal care, agriculture, and materials.
Primary product
ProteinDiscovery.ai, Shiru's AI-powered protein discovery marketplace/platform; flagship ingredient OleoPro
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Alameda, California, United States
Team size
11-50
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
AI-powered ingredient discovery / food biotechnology
Offices
1 job at Shiru
Business model
Stage
Series B
Total raised
$36.7M
Latest round
Series B · Nov 2024
Latest amount
$16M
Nov 2024 · S2G Ventures
Oct 2021 · S2G Ventures
Grant / Elizabeth Elting Venture Fund Award
May 2021 · Elizabeth Elting Venture Fund
Oct 2019 · Lux Capital
Leadership
Founder and CEO
Vice President, Research and Development
Director of Machine Learning
Fractional CFO & Strategic Advisor
Investors
Mission-driven, high-trust, low-ego, and science-heavy; the company emphasizes passion, grit, integrity, rapid learning, and interdisciplinary collaboration across science, data, and commercialization.
Compensation
Public postings say Shiru offers competitive compensation, employee benefits, and an attractive equity package; no public salary bands were found.
Benefits
Pricing
Sample orders for ingredients; flexible licensing and custom partnership agreements; co-development / platform access pricing is not publicly disclosed.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Public estimates conflict: roughly $0.44M ARR (GetLatka, Sep 2025) to about $3.3M annual revenue (CompWorth / Growjo); conservative public read is sub-$1M ARR.
GlobeNewswire / Shiru · Jun 2025
Shiru announced it was selected as a 2025 Technology Pioneer, reinforcing its positioning as an AI-powered ingredient discovery leader.
PR Newswire · Mar 2025
Shiru said the partnership expands its manufacturing capabilities and broadens commercialization of novel proteins via GreenLab's corn expression platform.
PR Newswire · Jan 2025
Shiru launched an RFP to find a beverage partner for a natural sugar replacement, highlighting its licensing / partnership monetization model.
PR Newswire · Nov 2024
The company announced a $16 million Series B led by S2G Ventures, bringing total funding to roughly $36 million.
Business Wire · May 2024
Shiru unveiled ProteinDiscovery.ai as a protein marketplace and discovery platform that lets users search, pilot, and buy molecules.