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From a Rice Cooker to a Biotech Company Worth $43 Million
BY CHINA CANADA ANGEL ALLIANCE
I n 2017, in a garage in Toronto, Luna and a group of veterans from Genecis were doing biotech ex- periments around a rice cooker that had been mod- ified as a bioreactor to cultivate microorganisms. Yes, you probably can't imagine it, but Genecis, which has now received millions of dollars in orders and is val- ued at $43 million, began its entrepreneurial journey from a rice cooker six years ago.
Luna is also a science enthusiast, a technology enthu- siast, a determined entrepreneur, and the founder of a high-tech company valued at $43 million. These vivid but contradictory labels come together unexpected- ly and harmoniously on Luna. Her voice has a magical charm that makes you willing to listen to her story, to step into her world, and to believe in her dreams.
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Luna, the founder of Genecis, immigrated to Canada with her parents at the age of six. But at the same time,
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