3x founder
Patricia Bubner
Scientist-turned-Founder (YC W21) | AI × Science & Deep Tech | Building the future of AI-driven discovery | COO | PhD |
Experience
Career
2025Fork & Good, Inc.
Co-founderCOO and Co-founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2025 – Present
2026Stealth Mode Biotech
Co-founderCo-Founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2026 – Present
2019Orbillion Bio [Acquired]
FounderCEO & Founder · San Francisco, California, United States · 2019 – 2025
2020Rainfed Foods
Strategic and Scientific Advisor · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2020 – 2024
2019The Protein Directory
Member of the Expert Board · San Francisco Bay Area · 2019 – 2021
- 2019
Patricia Bubner Consulting
Principal Scientific Consultant, Analytical Dev. / Food Tech / Cell Ag / Batteries · San Francisco Bay Area · 2019 – 2020
2018Conjugate Vaccine Startup
Senior Scientist, Analytical Development & QC · San Francisco Bay Area · 2018 – 2019
2018Boehringer Ingelheim
Senior Scientist, Process Analytics · Fremont, CA · 2018
2017Boehringer Ingelheim
Analytical Scientist / Process Scientist · Fremont · 2017 – 2018
2013UC Berkeley
Postdoctoral Researcher, Biofuels, Enzymology & Fungal Glycobiology · Energy Biosciences Institute, PI: Chris Somerville · 2013 – 2016
2012Graz University of Technology
Postdoctoral Researcher · Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering · 2012 – 2013
2008Graz University of Technology
Scientific and Teaching Assistant (Wiss. Ass.) · Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering · 2008 – 2012
- 2007
Angewandte Biokatalyse Kompetenzzentrum GmbH
Researcher · ACIB TU Graz in cooperation with Clariant · 2007 – 2008
Bio
Patricia Bubner, PhD, is the CEO and founder of Orbillion Bio, a food tech startup pioneering scalable bioprocesses for cultivated meat. With a PhD in Biotechnology, she has led Orbillion from inception to acquisition and has raised over $15M. Her career spans biopharma (Boehringer Ingelheim), battery tech (Sila Nanotechnologies), and global entrepreneurship, fostering strategic partnerships across industries.