Functional mushroom ingredients
Pure by process,
powerful by nature.
who we are
We’re Myka True
Functional mushroom ingredients scientifically optimized for purity and potency.
We help brands develop products their customers can feel - optimizing bioactive production with data-driven cultivation and liquid fermentation. We cultivate and rigorously test our mycelium to deliver clean and reliably potent ingredients.
Our Approach
Potency
Powerful potency in every batch.
Our process is designed to consistently optimize bioactive mushrooms - with measurable potency and maximum benefits.
Purity
A controlled process that promises purity at every step.
We've developed a liquid fermentation process designed to produce the purest possible mycelium, eliminating grain, microplastics, heavy metals, or mold for consistently clean ingredients.
Scale
Pure mycelium cultivated in days, not months.
Our tightly-controlled production process can scale as fast as your business: reducing variability, increasing efficiency, and delivering a dependable supply of competitively priced and consistently potent ingredients.
Formulation
No grit. No unwanted flavors. Smooth formulation.
Our clean, consistent approach delivers more bioactives in every batch, meaning you can use less mushroom ingredient in every product. Our controlled process also allows us to scientifically control flavor notes to deliver smooth flavor your customers will love.
Sustainability
Wasting less. Growing more.
Liquid fermentation transforms mushroom cultivation into a streamlined biomanufacturing process, helping reduce use of land, water, and plastics, while delivering consistent, scalable production. Our process is designed to eliminate plastic use by cultivating our products in 100% stainless steel tanks.
Our mission is to unlock the full potential of functional mushrooms, with ingredients brands can trust and consumers can feel.
Our Team
Keith brings three decades of investing and operating experience in food and agribusiness, including nearly a decade as Managing Director at Advantage Capital, where he built and guided a portfolio of growth-stage food and agribusiness companies. Earlier, he built AGR Partners' Chicago office and co-founded Torch Lake Capital Partners, both investing in food, agribusiness, and industrial growth companies. He previously served as Chairman and CEO of Aloha Medicinals, a medicinal mushroom biotechnology company.
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Jess has spent his career at the intersection of microbiology and biotechnology. As an early employee at Ginkgo Bioworks, he helped grow the company from roughly 40 to nearly 1,000 people. More recently, as a Partner at Ferment Venture Studio, he helped create and launch Myka True. He was previously an Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the University of Chicago and holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from UCSF.
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Jon is a 25-year biomanufacturing industry veteran operating at the intersection of biotechnology, industrial fermentation, and food ingredients. He served most recently as founding CEO of Qore, the joint venture between Cargill and HELM producing and commercializing bio-BDO, where he took the company from concept to commercial reality. Earlier in his career, he led fermentation-based food ingredient programs at Cargill and its subsidiaries, spanning dairy cultures, citric acid, lactic acid, and erythritol. Jon now advises early-stage biomanufacturing companies through Veldhouse Advisory, and is an advisor to BioMADE and a board member with AURI (Vice Chair).
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Over her career, Erin has developed commercial and product expertise in health and nutrition markets, specializing in natural ingredients. The last 6 years have been dedicated to functional mushrooms, where she pairs scientific grounding with commercial viability, a balance shaped by 10 years of holding ingredients to the highest standards of efficacy and integrity. Sustainability sits at the core of her work, with a continued focus on ingredients that are sustainably grown and produced.
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Chris is a systems biologist with 15 years of experience at the intersection of computational biology, metabolic engineering, and industrial biomanufacturing. He served most recently as Head of Systems Biology at Ginkgo Bioworks, where he led the group applying metabolic modeling, multi-omics, and machine learning across the company's strain and process development programs. Chris now provides strategic and technical consulting to biotechnology companies and academic labs through Cell Systems Logic LLC.
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Vivian has worked across the botanical, food, and dietary supplement sectors for more than 20 years. She has thirteen years of experience developing supply chain, quality, and regulatory infrastructures for emerging bio‑based ingredient and materials companies, including Ayana Bio, Bolt Threads, Pendulum, and ChromaDex.
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