Levur
Levur produces natural-identical oils, without the environmental impact. Our vision is a future where reliance on unsustainable plant and animal oils like Palm Oil or Tallow is drastically reduced, mitigating environmental impacts. From our base in Australia, we are collaborating with large consumer goods manufacturers to make this a reality at scale and ensure ethical alternatives are available to consumers around the world.
- Sector
- Synthetic biology / precision-fermented oils
- Business model
- Hardware + biotech (precision fermentation ingredients)
- Founders
- Tom Collier, Joanne Barber
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Offices
- Sydney (Macquarie University)
Sources: levur.com.au, coesb.com.au, capitalbrief.com
The team on Day One
Hear from the team
Milestones
- 2023 Spun out of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology coesb.com.au
- May 2025 Raised A$1.2M pre-seed led by Main Sequence and GrainCorp Ventures capitalbrief.com
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