生物科技公司MeliBio专注于人工合成蜂蜜，在前种子轮融资完成筹集85万美元。请看本报昨日的报道：

MeliBio, Inc., the startup making honey without bees, has announced the closing of US$850,000 in the pre-seed round funding.

The company, founded in 2020 by Aaron Schaller and Darko Mandich, is developing a proprietary technology based on synthetic biology, precision fermentation and plant science that replaces honeybees as a medium for honey production.

报道中的pre-seed round funding就是“前种子轮融资”，指一般由企业创始人自己，家人朋友和其他非专业的投资人完成的一轮投资，一般筹集的资金在100万美元以下。其后有种子轮(seed), A、B、C轮(series A B, C)融资。