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Natural functional ingredients that actually work
Kingdom creates and sells Superculture® ingredients. Our Superculture® ingredients are an entirely new class of clinically-validated postbiotics that target the root causes of unmet pet health needs. Superculture® Pet Oral and Superculture® Pet Immune are our first two breakthrough ingredients, driving industry-leading efficacy and unlocking new marketing claims for brands.
Kingdom creates and sells Superculture® ingredients, clinically validated postbiotic ingredients for pet health. Their products are positioned as scientifically supported, with multiple clinical studies and marketing claims tied to improving pet health at the root causes.
Superculture® ingredients are clinically-validated fermentates designed to target root pet health needs. Kingdom conducts rigorous clinical trials (11 studies) to prove efficacy and supports brands with claims that their ingredients deliver faster, measurable improvements in areas like skin health, stool quality, and oral health. The ingredients are designed to be integrated into pet foods or supplements and are positioned to provide superior performance relative to competing solutions, with data-driven marketing claims.
Hiring/traction mentioned via collaboration with pet brands and emphasis on clinical data; marketing emphasis on data-driven claims and expert insights
I'm a co-founder of Kingdom. Previously, I co-founded two consumer tech startups that were acquired by public companies (ArmorHub in 2014 and A Plus in 2016). Throughout my life I've dealt with a set of health issues related to my microbiome, and became a microbiome researcher in 2016 to develop deep expertise in the area. I deferred my PhD at MIT to co-found Kingdom in 2019, with the goal of harnessing natural microbes to address unmet health needs.
I'm a co-founder of Kingdom. I received my PhD from Columbia supported by Hertz and NSF fellowships, and published 8+ first author papers in the microbiome and genomics fields (Science, Nature Biotech, Nature Methods, and more). I also spent time at the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation working on childhood malnutrition, and co-founded a edtech company in college (STEAMtrax) that was acquired by a public company.
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