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Biological Intelligence & Defense System for Productive Resilient Agriculture

We engineer microbial defense systems that make crops disease-resistant, climate-resilient, and more productive — starting in Indonesia.

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THE PROBLEM

Agriculture doesn't just need more nutrients.
It needs biological defense.

Agriculture doesn't just need more nutrients.
It needs biological defense.

Indonesia loses $4–8B annually to soil degradation and crop disease. Chemical inputs treat symptoms while destroying the soil biology that naturally suppresses pathogens.

The cycle worsens every season.
No one is engineering prevention. We are.

GANODERMA x OIL PALM

Basal Stem Rot

>$500M/yr

No cure once established. Only prevention works. 15M+ hectares of Indonesian palm at risk.

No cure once established. Only prevention works. 15M+ hectares of Indonesian palm at risk.

FUSARIUM × HORTICULTURE

Vascular Wilt

>$1B/yr

Persistent soil spores that chemical fungicides can't reach. Reactive treatment fails.

Persistent soil spores that chemical fungicides can't reach. Reactive treatment fails.

RHIZOCTONIA × RICE

Sheath Blight

>$300M/yr

Thrives in exactly the conditions Indonesian rice grows in. 10–15% chronic yield suppression.

Thrives in exactly the conditions Indonesian rice grows in. 10–15% chronic yield suppression.

THE SCIENCE

Our platform rests on three integrated pillars.

Our platform rests on three integrated pillars.

FEED

Biological nutrition

Restores soil health and plant vigor through microbially-rich vermicompost — the organic carbon foundation that makes everything else work.

+20–40% fertilizer efficiency

PROTECT

Microbial disease defense

AI-designed consortia that suppress pathogens through multiple mechanisms — delivered in our vermicompost carrier, arriving with its own food supply.

30–50% lower disease incidence

DETECT

Molecular diagnostics

Low-cost pathogen detection closing the gap between soil biology and farming decisions. Know your soil before crisis hits.

Low-cost pathogen detection closing the gap between soil biology and farming decisions. Know your soil before crisis hits.


PCR for 3 priority pathogens

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BIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE

TanaSense

27,405

Combinations scored

28

Strains · 12 genera

200+

DOI-backed datapoints

Our ML platform evaluates thousands of microbial strain combinations and predicts the optimal consortium for any crop-disease or crop-nutrition target.

Every field trial and lab result feeds back. The system gets smarter every season.

Design

Predict optimal consortium

Build

Prepare on carrier

Test

Deploy & measure

Learn

Feed back, improve

FIELD RESULTS

Validated across 4 crops in controlled trials.

Validated across 4 crops in controlled trials.

West Java, Q4 2025 – Q1 2026.
Replicated plot design. 4 treatment groups. Weekly measurements.

91%

Leaf retention under Fusarium

vs. 29% chemical-only

100%

Tomato plant survival

vs. 75% chemical-only

+42%

Corn cob weight increase

vs. chemical fertilizer alone

5–8×

Return per $1 invested

in net farm productivity

Data from Tana Lab controlled microfarm field trials, West Java.

OUR VISION

Engineering disease-resistant & climate-resilient agriculture across Southeast Asia.

Engineering disease-resistant & climate-resilient agriculture across Southeast Asia.

We're building an integrated biological system where nutrition, disease defense, and diagnostics work together — creating compounding protection that improves every season.

Healthier soil. Stronger crops.
Better livelihoods for farmers.
A more resilient food system for everyone.

TEAM

Deep science meets operational scale.

Deep science meets operational scale.

Qurrat Abu Ayub

Founder & CEO

8+ years building and scaling tech businesses across Southeast Asia. Early executive at Pinhome, Indonesia's leading proptech. Previously scaling product, operations and driving business strategy at Gojek. Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.

8+ years building and scaling tech businesses across Southeast Asia. Early executive at Pinhome, Indonesia's leading proptech. Previously scaling product, operations and driving business strategy at Gojek. Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.

Sidrotun Naim, Ph.D.

Co-Founder & Director of Science

Ph.D. Soil & Environmental Science, University of Arizona. Co-founded Indonesia's first molecular diagnostics platform for aquaculture. M.P.A., Harvard Kennedy School. Directs science strategy across all three pillars.

Ph.D. Soil & Environmental Science, University of Arizona. Co-founded Indonesia's first molecular diagnostics platform for aquaculture. M.P.A., Harvard Kennedy School. Directs science strategy across all three pillars.

From Soil, to Soil.

From Soil, to Soil.

Whether you're a farmer looking for better results,

a partner exploring biological solutions,

or want to learn more about what we're building —

we'd love to hear from you.

Whether you're a farmer looking for better results,

a partner exploring biological solutions,

or want to learn more about what we're building —

we'd love to hear from you.

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