Josh Moser
Co-CEO of Plonts
Josh Moser
Co-CEO of Plonts
Berkeley, California
Overview
Work Experience
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.
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.
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.
Advisor
2021
In-situ soil carbon measurement
Advisor
2020 - 2023
Chief Of Staff
2017 - 2020
Phylagen is digitizing the global microbiome to create a more transparent world
Investment Banking Analyst
2015 - 2017