The Production Board

Fundamental problems.
System-level design.
Science-led solutions.

Human ingenuity has delivered unfathomable improvements for our species and our planet. We believe that business building is the only path to unlocking prosperity and abundance for our species, while improving Earth’s condition for all its inhabitants.

Our job is to connect the dots – science, markets, talent.

We study key scientific and engineering breakthroughs with the potential to deliver radical upgrades for civilization. We develop theses on how these intersecting upgrades will transform markets. We then partner with and recruit world-class operators to launch, build, or scale businesses with the potential to uplevel our society and our planet.

Our process

Vintage photo of a man studying scientific tubes.

Optimized for audacity.

We started in 2017 as a permanent capital holding company with a mandate to invest for the long term and stand up businesses of enduring value, from scratch.

We have since expanded our activities to investing across all stages of the business lifecycle.

Today, we still found new businesses, while investing in existing businesses run by exceptional operators across seed, growth, and public stages, from multiple investment vehicles.

our portfolio

We build and invest in businesses that transform global systems of production and distribution across:

Agriculture & Food

Agriculture & Food

Life Sciences & Human Health

Energy

Manufacturing & Materials

Featured Stories

Marketing Trends: Mission matters most for disruptive startups

Tech Bites: TPB builds and invests in businesses to improve food, ag and human health

The Spoon: TPB wants to decentralize manufacturing, starting with drinks

Investors Business Daily: TPB's Dr. Risa Stack writes a blueprint for unicorn founders

CNBC: TPB raises $300 million to save the planet

Fox News Radio "Everyone Talks to Liz Clayman": David Friedberg’s Rise From Pool Hall Kid To Google Exec

David Friedberg joins CNBC ‘TechCheck’ to discuss what private valuations will look like next year and more

My First Million Podcast: The Entrepreneur Who Wants To Save Earth

BBC HARDtalk, Stephen Sackur speaks to tech investor David Friedberg

Fundamental problems.
System-level design.
Science-led solutions.

Optimized for audacity.

Introducing Cana: A molecular beverage printer in every home helps us take a giant step towards decentralized manufacturing

Meet the Innovators: Women in STEMM

Introducing Cana: A molecular beverage printer in every home helps us take a giant step towards decentralized manufacturing

Meet the Innovators: Women in STEMM

We build and invest in businesses that transform global systems of production and distribution across:

Agriculture & Food

Agriculture & Food

Life Sciences & Human Health

Energy

Manufacturing & Materials

Featured Stories

Marketing Trends: Mission matters most for disruptive startups

Tech Bites: TPB builds and invests in businesses to improve food, ag and human health

The Spoon: TPB wants to decentralize manufacturing, starting with drinks

Investors Business Daily: TPB's Dr. Risa Stack writes a blueprint for unicorn founders

CNBC: TPB raises $300 million to save the planet

Fox News Radio "Everyone Talks to Liz Clayman": David Friedberg’s Rise From Pool Hall Kid To Google Exec

David Friedberg joins CNBC ‘TechCheck’ to discuss what private valuations will look like next year and more

My First Million Podcast: The Entrepreneur Who Wants To Save Earth

BBC HARDtalk, Stephen Sackur speaks to tech investor David Friedberg

Fundamental problems. System-level design. Science-led solutions.

Optimized for audacity.

Introducing Cana: A molecular beverage printer in every home helps us take a giant step towards decentralized manufacturing

Meet the Innovators: Women in STEMM

Introducing Cana: A molecular beverage printer in every home helps us take a giant step towards decentralized manufacturing

Meet the Innovators: Women in STEMM

Fundamental problems.
System-level design.
Science-led solutions.