Founders at Work: Tomorrow & Terraferma

Sweet Science: A Story of Startup Collaboration at MBC

What does it look like when two startups in the same ecosystem decide to collaborate? 🌱 Join Terraferma and Tomorrow as they share their unique founding stories and experiences at the intersection of consumer and biotech. Together, they will unveil how a shared interest blossomed into a fruitful partnership, accelerating the market introduction of novel designer taste proteins through AI-driven strain design.

Expect an enlightening discussion about innovation at the forefront of protein science and discover what it truly means for two startups in a shared ecosystem to build together.

Featured Speakers:

• Alec Lourenco, Co-Founder & CEO at Tomorrow

  • Alec leads Tomorrow Inc., a company focused on developing protein-based taste ingredients that aim to replace sugar and reduce salt. His background includes work on synthetic cells and cell-free protein expression at Stanford, along with developing the Protein CREATE platform at Caltech, which merges computational and experimental methods for protein design. At Tomorrow, he leverages this expertise to advance functional protein design.

• Victoria Mo, Co-Founder & CEO at Terraferma

  • With a background in fine-tuning SOTA machine learning models, Vicki has successfully brought both digital and physical products to market. She holds an MS in Computer Science specializing in Machine Learning from Columbia University.

• Ruby Yu, Co-Founder at Terraferma

  • Ruby has dedicated over a decade to investigating gene expression across various organisms, including yeast and humans. She is recognized as a leading expert on high-throughput genetic screens for machine learning and earned both her BA and PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Harvard University.

About Founders at Work:

This monthly seminar series alternates between our San Francisco and San Carlos locations, highlighting distinguished current residents or alumni from our community. Designed for early-stage founders, these sessions offer practical strategies, inspiring stories, and real-world advice from those who have successfully navigated the entrepreneurial journey.

This event is open to the public. Please be sure to register to reserve your spot! 🎟️