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Barak Dror
Solid Fermentation Innovation
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2 months ago
Making solid-state fermentation happen- from concept to scale. SFI is one of the world's first dedicated SSF CRO/CDMOs, offering ideation, PoC, process development, and pilot scale-up across alt-protein, biologicals, enzymes, biomaterials, and waste valorization.
I'm looking for
2 months ago
Looking for food & agri partners with side-streams or waste to valorize together through SSF-as paid R&D projects/JVs. Also welcoming sponsors for pilot-scale SSF scale-up. You bring the challenge and the budget, we bring 20+ years of SSF expertise.
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Solid Fermentation Innovation (SFI) is one of the first CRO/CDMOs in the world dedicated fully to solid-state fermentation. Founded by Barak Dror (PhD biotech, MBA, 10+ years in SSF R&D and scale-up), SFI helps companies move from SSF concept to validated pilot-ready process. Our clients include SMEs, startups and large companies, spanning alt-protein, ag-biologicals, enzymes, biomaterials and side-stream valorization. We cover the full stack: strain and feedstock design, process development, 100s kg pilot validation, DSP and tech transfer. Your SSF team, on demand.
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Barak Dror
Solid Fermentation Innovation
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Solid Fermentation Innovation
Founder and CEO
2025 - Present
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Last updated Aug 2026
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