PRECISION FERMENTATION — RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC

Scale-up without
the titer crash.

Fermvyne models your strain's metabolic flux at every vessel size — so you know the DO profile and feed rate before you commit the 10,000L run.

Interior view of a 500L stainless steel bioreactor vessel with fermentation culture visible under industrial lighting
30–60%

scale-up failure rate in precision fermentation

$40–200K

cost per failed vessel run in media, time & labor

~85%

of titer failures are predictable from bench-scale physics

THE FERMVYNE PLATFORM

Metabolic flux modeling, built for scale-up.

Upload your strain data and bioreactor specs. Fermvyne runs constraint-based flux simulations across every scale point and returns the DO profile and feed schedule that keeps titer above target.

Glucose C6H12O6 Glycolysis Pyruvate → TCA Cycle Acetyl-CoA Ox. Phos. ATP + CO₂ DO% 38.4 Titer 43.2 g/L Acetate overflow Feed 2.8 L/h Constraint-based metabolic flux model — 500L fed-batch
Flux Modeling

Constraint-based metabolic models from your strain's observed phenotype. Identifies metabolic bottlenecks before they appear in the vessel.

DO Profile Prediction

kLa estimation across vessel sizes. Predicts dissolved oxygen depletion risk at each scale point with ~88% agreement to observed.

Feed Rate Optimization

Exponential, linear, and DO-stat feeding strategies modeled per vessel. Prevents acetate accumulation and substrate overflow automatically.

THE WORKFLOW

From batch log to optimized protocol in hours.

01

Upload Strain Data

CSV batch logs or API connect. Accepts OD600, DO%, pH, glucose consumption, CO₂ evolution, and metabolite titers.

OD600 · DO% · pH · Glucose · CO₂ · Titer
02

Flux Simulation

Fermvyne constructs a constraint-based metabolic model and simulates DO depletion, substrate overflow, and volumetric productivity at each target scale.

2L · 50L · 500L · 2000L · 10,000L
03

Protocol Output

Downloadable PDF + JSON protocol: feed schedule, agitation ramp, DO setpoint cascade. One protocol per target vessel size.

PDF · JSON · API export
See the full workflow
WHERE FERMVYNE FITS

Built for every scale-up stage.

Whether you're moving from shake flask to pilot, or validating your 500L process at commercial scale, Fermvyne has a simulation workflow for it.

2L → 500L

Bench to Pilot

Predict kLa mismatch and glucose overflow before your first 500L run. Model DO depletion at inoculation density.

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500L → 10,000L+

Pilot to Commercial

Address mixing time heterogeneity and impeller geometry effects. Zone-specific feed rate schedules for large vessel runs.

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Iterative

Strain Optimization

Predict titer improvement from genetic perturbations. Phenotype-to-model update cycles for E. coli, P. pastoris, and T. reesei chassis.

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FROM THE FIELD

Engineers who run the vessels.

After running the 500L → 2,000L simulation in Fermvyne, our DO prediction was within 8% of observed — we went into the run confident. That kind of pre-run clarity used to take weeks of modeling by hand.

Senior Fermentation Scientist — mycoprotein producer

We were burning vessel time diagnosing acetate accumulation at 1,000L. Fermvyne's flux model showed the overflow metabolism pathway clearly and suggested a glucose feed adjustment that brought titer back above 38 g/L.

Head of Scale-Up — precision dairy protein startup

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