Theia Ventures Leads Pre-Seed Round in Lemnisca to Accelerate AI-Driven Biomanufacturing

Theia Ventures Leads Pre-Seed Round in Lemnisca to Accelerate AI-Driven Biomanufacturing

Bengaluru, Nov 29:- Theia Ventures, India’s specialist early-stage fund focused on AI, deeptech, energy transition, and decarbonization, today announced that it has led a pre-seed investment in Lemnisca, an emerging Bio-AI company developing intelligent systems to scale biomanufacturing. The round also saw participation from PointOne Capital and Dr. Satakarni Makkapati, supporting Lemnisca’s Bengaluru lab, AI platform development, and early pilot projects to scale sustainable bioproduction. The investment reinforces Theia’s commitment to backing transformative technologies that enable sustainable industrial production.

Lemnisca is building an AI companion for fermentation, enabling manufacturers to scale bioprocesses faster, more predictably, and efficiently. As industries transition to renewable feedstocks and biological alternatives to petrochemicals, scalable biomanufacturing has become critical. While AI has accelerated molecule discovery, the challenge lies in taking innovations from lab to industrial scale reliably and quickly. Lemnisca’s science-aware AI couples wet-lab experimentation with dry-lab modeling, creating a continuously learning system that enhances efficiency, predictability, and reliability in biomanufacturing.

The company will initially partner with fermentation-led manufacturers and simultaneously build its own internal product pipeline. Lemnisca aims to reduce development timelines by up to 50%, improve operating efficiency by 25%, and accelerate adoption of renewable and waste-carbon feedstocks. The company is inviting pilot collaborations and strategic partnerships with CDMOs, OEMs/SIs, and global ingredient brands.

Priya Shah, Partner, Theia Ventures, said;

“We are delighted to be early partners in Lemnisca’s journey. Biomanufacturing today needs advanced digital simulators to predict microbial processes before reaching industrial scale. The team brings rich practical experience to develop a product with significant impact, particularly in nutraceutical markets.”

Pushkar Pendse, Co-founder & CEO, Lemnisca, added;

“Our goal is simple: make biomanufacturing the default global manufacturing mode. We are building a digital operating system that takes biology from lab to factory, making scale-up faster, smarter, and globally accessible.”

Shilpa Nargund, Co-founder & CTO, Lemnisca, said;

“We are rethinking everything, from lab workflows to model architectures, to ensure fewer surprises at scale and faster, repeatable success.”

This is Theia Ventures’ third investment from its new fund, anchored by British International Investment, following investments in Sarla Aviation (electric aircraft) and Climitra Carbon (biochar for the steel industry). The fund has committed to three additional investments within this financial year.