Pembient
Matthew Markus is a seasoned entrepreneur and technology leader with a diverse background in business and engineering. Currently serving as Co-founder and CEO of Pembient, a company focused on biofabricated rhinoceros horn since January 2015, Matthew previously co-founded HearIt, where a speech-enabled news reader for Android was launched in 2012. As Founder and CEO of Mendelia, Inc., Matthew aimed to revolutionize canine genetics with a breed composition DNA test. Matthew's early career included significant roles at Infospace and PrivacyBank, where contributions included developing e-commerce features and co-founding a cloud-based digital wallet service. Matthew holds multiple advanced degrees from Washington University in St. Louis in Genetic Epidemiology and Engineering Management, along with a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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Pembient
Pembient is leveraging advances in biotechnology to fabricate wildlife products, such as rhino horn and elephant ivory, at prices below the levels that induce poaching. Their goal is to replace the illegal wildlife trade, a $20B black market, the fourth largest after drug, arms, and human trafficking, with sustainable commerce.Pembient is anIndieBio SF 2015 company.