US biotech raises $15m to reduce cattle methane emissions with Irish state among the backers
Series A raise for Hoofprint Biome has been led by Sean O'Sullivan's SOSV through its Ireland Biomanufacturing Fund, which is backed by the Irish state Hoofprint founders Kathryn Polkoff and Scott Collins,
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