Intrinsic Foundries raises Rs 12 Cr in seed round led by Transition VC

Intrinsic Foundries, a carbon-to-value biomanufacturing platform, has raised Rs 12 crore (approximately $1.4  million) in a Seed funding round led by Transition VC.

The proceeds will be deployed to execute industrial pilots, expand research, file IPs, scale engineering and commercial teams, strengthen manufacturing capabilities, and establish its US entity to support global market development, Intrinsic Foundries said in a press release.

Launched in 2023 by Shreyansh Jain, Sanjay Jain, and Umang Jain, Intrinsic Foundries is a carbon-to-value biomanufacturing platform that converts industrial emissions, effluents, and residues into premium biochemicals using proprietary microbial biorefinery systems, modular photobioreactors, and integrated automation. The company enables scalable, revenue-positive decarbonization while supplying sustainable ingredients and materials across multiple global industries.

The Hazaribagh-based startup leverages biological systems to convert captured carbon into high-value biochemicals used across food, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, cosmetic, agricultural, and advanced material industries, transforming emissions into essential product inputs and new revenue streams.

According to Intrinsic Foundries, it has developed a carbon biorefinery platform built on proprietary photobioreactor cultivation systems with integrated Factory 4.0 automation. Its first area of focus is microalgae-based biorefinery for industrial carbon emissions, while it continues to develop other microbial biorefineries including yeast-based systems. 

Intrinsic claims to have completed a Proof of Concept at a thermal power plant last year, demonstrating extended continuous capture with operational reliability. It is advancing commercial engagement across cement, steel, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, and food systems through partnerships with industrial groups.

Over the next 12–24 months, the company plans to commission multiple industrial pilots and operationalize its first one-ton-per-day commercial plant. It aims to establish carbon-to-value biomanufacturing infrastructure as a foundational layer of global industrial decarbonization. The company seeks to demonstrate that emissions can power sustainable supply chains while delivering measurable economic return.