# Foray Bioscience

> Foray Bioscience is a Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech company growing plants and plant products from single cells. Founded in 2022 by MIT PhD Ashley Beckwith, Foray pairs plant cell culture with AI to make lab-grown plant material predictable across species - unlocking harvest-free wood and materials, rapidly scalable seed supplies, faster crop improvement, and even conservation and de-extinction work. Its Pando software acts like a 'Google Maps for plant growth,' helping researchers navigate the dozens of variables that govern how a plant cell grows.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founders:** Ashley Beckwith (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~17 employees
- **Products:** Pando, Plant cell biomanufacturing platform, R&D roadmaps & commercialization services
- **Notable:** Spun out of MIT research (Ashley Beckwith, SM '18, PhD '22) and Draper Laboratory scholarship on regenerative plant systems., Raised $3M seed round in 2024 led by ReGen Ventures with Engine Ventures and others (~$3.875M total)., Demonstrated lab-grown wood-like plant material with controllable properties.

## Products & services

- **Pando** — An intelligent R&D workspace for plant biology - described as a 'Google Maps for plant growth' - that uses AI, machine learning, and proprietary experimental data to predict growth protocols and navigate the dozens of variables governing plant cell culture. Launched publicly in 2026.
- **Plant cell biomanufacturing platform** — Grows harvest-free plant materials (including wood-like material with controllable properties), molecules, and cultivated seeds from single plant cells, without traditional harvesting or logging.
- **R&D roadmaps & commercialization services** — Works with companies, nurseries, conservationists, and academic researchers to design R&D roadmaps and commercialization strategies for plant cell biomanufacturing across species.

## Achievements

- Spun out of MIT research (Ashley Beckwith, SM '18, PhD '22) and Draper Laboratory scholarship on regenerative plant systems.
- Raised $3M seed round in 2024 led by ReGen Ventures with Engine Ventures and others (~$3.875M total).
- Demonstrated lab-grown wood-like plant material with controllable properties.
- Launched Pando, an AI-driven R&D workspace for plant biology, in 2026.
- Featured by MIT News and TechCrunch for pioneering plant cell biomanufacturing.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Launched Pando, an intelligent R&D workspace for plant biology, publicly.
- **2026-02** — Featured in MIT News for its work designing a more resilient future for plants from the cell up.
- **2024-06** — Raised $3M seed round led by ReGen Ventures to protect and restore natural ecosystems with biomanufacturing.

## Links

- Website: https://foraybio.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foray-bioscience

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