Demetrix is named after Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest. Nature is our source and our inspiration.
Many of today's medicines are derived from nature. Evolution has devised exquisite chemistry to produce compounds that interact with us, and our pathogens, with pin-point accuracy. Demetrix is harvesting billions of years of evolution to make the best, natural medicines in a smart and responsible way.
Demetrix brings together world-class expertise to produce nature's medicines through fermentation. We work hard to find the best of nature's medicines and understand the genes that produce them.
Then we carefully introduce those genes into domesticated microbes to make our medicines available to all who need them.
Demetrix was founded in 2017 in the San Francisco Bay Area by esteemed bioengineer Jay Keasling and renowned biologist William Haseltine. We are honored to be backed by Horizons Ventures.