Business Team
Ahn Yi-Yeong
CEO
Leads product planning and commercialization strategy based on core biological mechanisms.
Formerly Dr. Kitchen (GS Retail M&A)
About Us
Restoring Nature,
Restoring Nature,
Scaling Intelligence
We restore ecological balance disrupted by human intervention through nature's healing factors and refined bio protocols, rebuilding the foundations of industry in a sustainable form.
2022
Founded
April 28
10+
Novel Compounds
Registration underway
5+
Patents
Filed & registered
4
Microbial Deposits
International deposits completed
Company Overview
AI & Biotech
Platform Company
Metaorganic Technology is a biotech company developing an AI-based next-generation Cell Factory platform. By decoding nature's genetic information (Biological Intelligence), we design the most efficient and stable bio-production pathways with minimal artificial intervention.
Certified Venture CompanyCertified Women-Owned BusinessDeep Tech TIPS
Cell Factory Platform
Our AI-designed next-generation microbial Cell Factory optimizes bio-production pathways.
Biological Intelligence
We decode nature's genetic information to design bio protocols with minimal artificial intervention.
Transposon-Based Technology
We hold core technology that restores survival intelligence accumulated through tens of thousands of years of evolution at industrial scale.
02 · Philosophy
Nature is the
Ultimate Science
The most natural state is the most complete scientific answer.
We awaken "survival intelligence (Transposon)" accumulated by nature over tens of thousands of years and restore it at industrial scale.
01
Origin
We explore and apply the original survival strategies developed by ecosystems over tens of thousands of years.
02
Design
We decode vast biological datasets with AI to design optimal production pathways.
03
Scale
We bring lab-level breakthroughs to industrial scale with stability and precision.
03
History
4 Years In,
Fast Growth
Since our founding in 2022, we have established ourselves as a deep-tech biotech company through continuous investment and government R&D support.
Investment
Angel + Seed
2 rounds, incl. Kingsley Ventures
R&D Funding
KRW 1.5B / 3 yrs
Deep Tech TIPS
2022.04
Metaorganic Technology Founded
2022.08
Secured Angel Investment
2023.05
Selected for the Early Startup Package
2023.06
Secured Seed Investment from Kingsley Ventures
2023.07
Selected for the Agri-Food Venture Program
2024.01
Graduated with Top Honors from the Early Startup Package
Top 10% nationwide
Top 10%2024.09
Selected for Deep Tech TIPS
KRW 1.5B in R&D funding over 3 years
TIPS2024.11
International Deposit of Two Novel Microbial Strains
2024.12
Commendation from the Daejeon Regional Office of SMEs and Startups
04
Leadership & Research
Leadership and
Core Research Team
Metaorganic brings together talent from leading institutions in advanced IT and agricultural life sciences, including SNU, KU, and CNU.
Tech / AI Team
Choi Yong-Cheol
CTO
Designs AI-based algorithms for microbial culture optimization and data-driven novel compound discovery.
Advisory Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Hanyang University
Tech / Bio Team
Han Yong-Hee
R&D
Leads core biotechnology research and foundational technology design for the next-generation Cell Factory.
Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, CNU · PhD, Bioengineering, SNU
Tech / Bio Team
Han Kyeong-Hee
R&D
Researches lab automation infrastructure and process simulation based on bioelectronic engineering.
Formerly Korea Univ. Anam Hospital · PhD, Electronic Engineering, CNU
Key Advisors
Academic & Research Advisors
Prasad Shalini
UT Dallas
Professor of Systems Biology
Professor of Systems Biology
Professor Yoo Tae-Hyung
Emeritus Professor, PNU
Former Professor, Harvard Medical School
Former Professor, Harvard Medical School
Yoon Dong-Gi
Satellite & Radio, MSIT
Technology Advisor, MOTIE
Technology Advisor, MOTIE