aid: checkerspot
name: Checkerspot
description: 'Checkerspot is an Alameda, California biotechnology company, founded in
  2016 and incorporated as a Public Benefit Corporation, that designs and produces
  functional fats and oils through precision fermentation of microalgae. Its biology-driven
  molecule licensing platform pairs algal strain development, an advanced analytical
  platform, bioinformatics, high-throughput screening, fermentation scale-up and downstream
  oil refining, built around the proprietary microbe Prototheca moriformis, which the
  company reports reaches over 80% oil content by dry cell weight. The commercial molecule
  portfolio includes a high sn-2 palmitate algal oil that mimics the triglyceride structure
  of human milk fat for infant nutrition, an Omega-7 (palmitoleic acid) algal oil, a
  designer high-oleic tropical-fat alternative to palm oil, and Algolein tG C18/80 for
  cosmetic formulation; earlier work commercialized algae-derived urethane composites
  through the WNDR Alpine outdoor brand. Checkerspot works through ingredient and manufacturing
  partners including AAK, Huvepharma and La Fabrique Vegetale, and closed a USD 55 million
  Series C led by ArrowMark Partners with participation from Cox Enterprises. It is a
  business-to-business ingredient and molecule licensing company rather than a software
  vendor: it operates a WordPress marketing site, publishes no developer portal, no API
  documentation, no SDK and no machine-readable API contract, and has no GitHub organization.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/checkerspot/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
image: https://www.checkerspot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Logo-1.svg
x-type: company
x-source: harvest:secondary-market
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment-pass
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-08-02'
modified: '2026-08-02'
tags:
- Company
- Biotechnology
- Precision Fermentation
- Synthetic Biology
- Microalgae
- Lipids
- Fats and Oils
- Ingredients
- Infant Nutrition
- Food Technology
- Cosmetics
- Personal Care
- Materials
- Sustainability
- United States
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/
- type: SecondaryMarket
  url: https://forgeglobal.com/checkerspot_stock/
- type: About
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/about-us/
- type: Platform
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/our-platform/
- type: Solutions
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/our-solutions/
- type: Products
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/molecules/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/insights/
- type: BlogRSS
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/feed/
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/lets-get-started/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/lets-get-started/
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/careers/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/terms-of-service/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.checkerspot.com/privacy-policy/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/checkerspot
- type: Crunchbase
  url: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/checkerspot
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/checkerspot-well-known.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/checkerspot-domain-security.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/checkerspot-packages.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/checkerspot-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/checkerspot-llms.txt
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-02'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 5
  pass: local-v1