ÄIO

Biotechnology Research • Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia • 21-50 Employees

Company overview

Headquarters	15 Akadeemia road, Tallinn, 12618, EE
Phone number	+37216423843
Website	aio.bio
NAICS	541714
Founded	2022
Employees	21-50
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Key Contacts at ÄIO

Nemailla Bonturi

Co-Founder

Petri-Jaan Lahtvee

Co-Founder

ÄIO Email Formats

ÄIO uses 4 email formats. The most common is {first name} (e.g., john@aio.bio), used 48.5% of the time.

Format	Example	Percentage
{first name}	john@aio.bio	48.5%
{first initial}	j@aio.bio	48.5%
{first name}.{last name}	john.doe@aio.bio	3%

About ÄIO

We are ÄIO, a deep-tech startup from Estonia with a mission to transform fats and oils into sustainable, climate-positive ingredients. Our proprietary precision fermentation platform uses robust yeast strains to upcycle wood and food industry side-streams into functional microbial oils. By leveraging local biomass and industrial residues, we offer alternatives to palm, coconut, and animal fats, without depending on arable land, seasonal crops, or deforestation-prone agriculture. Founded in 2022 as a TalTech spin-off, ÄIO has rapidly scaled from lab experiments to 10,000L pilot production in 2024 and 100,000 L in 2025. Our ingredients: Encapsulated Oil, RedOil, and ZymaLipid Complex, are designed for applications in food, feed, cosmetics, and green chemistry. Join us as we build one of Europe's leading biotech companies, redefining value chains and delivering scalable, circular solutions to global challenges. ÄIO's co-founders are Dr. Nemailla Bonturi and Prof. Petri-Jaan Lahtvee. We are preparing for seed A investment round in Q4 2026.

ÄIO revenue & valuation

Annual revenue	$7,500,000
Revenue per employee	$300,000
Estimated valuation?This valuation is estimated based on industry average for the Biotechnology Research industry and current estimated revenues	$24,000,000
Total funding	$8,000,000