# Fengru Lin

> Fengru Lin is the co-founder and CEO of TurtleTree, a biotech company making dairy proteins without cows. A former Google account manager who took up cheesemaking as a hobby, she went hunting across Asia for clean raw milk, was horrified by what she found on the farms, and started a company to make milk in a lab instead. TurtleTree pivoted from full cell-cultured milk to precision fermentation, and now produces lactoferrin, a high-value milk protein once called 'pink gold,' using microbes instead of herds. She has raised roughly $44 million and made EDGE's 35 Under 35 and Her World's Young Woman Achiever lists.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at TurtleTree
- **Organizations:** TurtleTree, TurtleTree Labs
- **From:** Singapore
- **Nationality:** Singaporean
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Information Systems Management, Singapore Management University, Secondary education, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads TurtleTree, raising roughly $44 million in total funding, Won The Liveability Challenge 2020 and a $1 million Temasek Foundation prize, Named to EDGE's 35 Under 35 (2020)

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Graduated from Singapore Management University with a BSc in Information Systems Management
- **2011** — Worked as Operations Associate at Nestle Singapore and Account Manager at UL
- **2010s** — Held corporate sales roles at Salesforce and then Google in Singapore
- **2019** — Co-founded TurtleTree Labs with Max Rye to make milk with cell-based technology
- **2020** — Named to EDGE's 35 Under 35 list; won The Liveability Challenge and a $1M Temasek Foundation prize
- **2020** — Closed an oversubscribed US$6.2M pre-A round
- **2021** — Raised a ~$30M Series A led by Verso Capital; named Her World Young Woman Achiever and to the Gen.T List
- **2023** — Pivoted focus to precision fermentation; targeted US launch of LF+ lactoferrin

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads TurtleTree, raising roughly $44 million in total funding
- Won The Liveability Challenge 2020 and a $1 million Temasek Foundation prize
- Named to EDGE's 35 Under 35 (2020)
- Her World Young Woman Achiever (2021)
- Gen.T List honoree (2021)
- Steered TurtleTree's pivot to precision-fermented lactoferrin, a high-value dairy protein

## Latest updates

- **2023-09** — TurtleTree focused on precision fermentation and targeted the US launch of its LF+ lactoferrin

## Links

- Website: https://turtletree.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fengru/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/turtletree_
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tb8hVpLb34
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/TurtleTreeOfficial/

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