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Josh Moser

Co-CEO of Plonts

Berkeley, California

Overview 

Josh Moser is a co-founder at Plonts in Berkeley, California, with a background as a former investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse and experience as a venture partner at Petri. He has successfully co-founded Plonts and served as a founding board member at Homeworld Collective. Highlights of Josh Moser's career include co-founding Plonts and serving as a founding board member at Homeworld Collective, showcasing his entrepreneurial spirit and leadership skills in the startup and venture capital space. His background as an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse and venture partner at Petri demonstrates his expertise in finance and investment strategies.

Work Experience 

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Plonts

  • Co-CEO

    2024 - Current

  • Co-Founder

    2021

    Plonts is accelerating the discovery of cultured foods, starting with a new category of hard, aged cheese made from sustainable plants.

Plonts produces plant-based foods to promote sustainable foods.

Raised $12,000,000.00 from Lowercarbon Capital, Ponderosa Ventures, Accelr8, Pillar VC and Litani Ventures.

plonts.com
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Homeworld Collective

  • Founding Board Member

    2022

    Homeworld Collective is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to nurturing the growth of climate biotech by fostering community, building knowledge, and directly supporting early stage research.

Homeworld Collective Inc is a nonprofit advancing climate biotechnology through funding and community-building initiatives.

homeworld.bio
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Petri

  • Venture Partner

    2021

  • Partner, Sustainability

    2020 - 2021

    Launched in fall of 2019, Petri is a formation-stage venture capital firm dedicated to developing companies at the frontier of biology and engineering, co-created with Pillar VC and industry stars including Brian Baynes (serial entrepreneur and investor), Reshma Shetty (Ginkgo Bioworks), Emily Leproust (Twist Bioscience), Stan Lapidus (Exact Sciences, Cytyc), Daphne Koller (Insitro), Alec Nielsen (Asimov), Andy Beck (PathAI), JP Mangeolle (Danaher, Sciex, Phenomenex), Bernhard van Lengerich (General Mills, Beyond Meat), and leading researchers Chris Voigt, Pam Silver, and George Church. Petri supports early-stage founders to bring innovation out of the lab by investing pre-seed and seed capital, providing strategic guidance, and offering curated access to a network of 200+ seasoned mentors, talent from top universities, and 250+ investors and strategic partners.

Co-founded with iconic bio entrepreneurs to fund formation-stage bioengineering companies.

petri.bio
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Yard Stick PBC

  • Advisor

    2021

    In-situ soil carbon measurement

Yard Stick is an in-situ soil carbon measurement technology that offers quantification of soil carbon stocks.

Raised $36,020,858.00 from Elemental Impact.

useyardstick.com

Phylagen

  • Advisor

    2020 - 2023

  • Chief Of Staff

    2017 - 2020

    Phylagen is digitizing the global microbiome to create a more transparent world

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Credit Suisse

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2015 - 2017

Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.

credit-suisse.com

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