Restoring the gut ecology
behind metabolic health.

Amara develops standardized ecological therapeutics from precision-fermented plant matrices — beginning with physician-supervised support for GLP-1 tolerability, gut-metabolic resilience, and long-term metabolic health.

Category
Ecological therapeutic
Substrate
Plant matrix
Architecture
Multi-kingdom
First program
Amara Restore
02The opportunity
N=5 upstream systems

The GLP-1 era revealed a gut-restoration gap.

These synthetic GLP-1 drugs have transformed metabolic medicine. But many patients still struggle with GI side effects, discontinuation, weight regain after stopping, and the broader metabolic dysfunction that extends beyond any single receptor pathway.

Amara is building ecological therapeutics designed to support the upstream gut ecosystem involved in metabolic health.

01
Microbial metabolism
02
Gut-hormone tone
03
Barrier function
04
Bile-acid signaling
05
Nutrient-response physiology
Amara Restore multi-kingdom molecular matrix structure
A multi-kingdom fermentation matrix — bacterial guilds, yeast, and fungi guided through controlled fermentation to transform structured plant substrates into ecological signal.

Amara
Restore.

A precision multi-kingdom fermentation plant matrix designed for metabolic care.

It is not
  • A probiotic.
  • Kombucha.
  • A meal replacement.
  • A single-ingredient supplement.
It is

A standardized ecological matrix created from selected plant substrates and controlled bacterial guilds, yeast guilds, and fungi — designed to generate gut-relevant metabolites, support microbial cross-feeding, and improve metabolic resilience.

Initial focus areas
  • GLP-1 adjunct support
  • Gut tolerability
  • Prediabetes
  • Weight loss
  • Long-term maintenance

A three-stage protocol — from structured plant substrates to standardized productization.

i.

Structured plant substrates.

Plant and grain matrices selected for fiber architecture, resistant starch, polyphenols, and fermentable carbohydrates. First program: banana, millet, sorghum.

ii.

Precision ecological fermentation.

Bacteria, yeasts, and fungi are guided through controlled fermentation to transform the substrate into a more biologically active ecological matrix.

iii.

Standardized clinical productization.

Each product is being developed for reproducibility, batch characterization, safety, and use in real-world metabolic care.

A three-stage protocol —
from structured plant substrates
to standardized productization.

Structured plant substrate lattice — grain seeds at a brass matrix
i.

Structured plant substrates.

Plant and grain matrices selected for fiber architecture, resistant starch, polyphenols, and fermentable carbohydrates. First program: banana, millet, sorghum.

MULTI-KINGDOM FERMENT
ii.

Precision ecological fermentation.

Bacteria, yeasts, and fungi are guided through controlled fermentation to transform the substrate into a more biologically active ecological matrix.

B-01 B-02 B-03 B-04 BATCH CHARACTERIZATION
iii.

Standardized clinical productization.

Each product is being developed for reproducibility, batch characterization, safety, and use in real-world metabolic care.

Most metabolic drugs activate a single receptor.
We design matrices that may support
multiple upstream systems at once.

Hub-and-spoke mechanism map — central Amara matrix connected to five upstream system nodes
  1. 01
    Gut hormone tone.
    Supporting endogenous incretin and satiety-related signaling.
  2. 02
    Microbial metabolites.
    Supporting short-chain fatty acid ecology and gut microbial function.
  3. 03
    Gut barrier integrity.
    Supporting the intestinal barrier involved in inflammation and metabolic health.
  4. 04
    Bile-acid signaling.
    Engaging gut-liver pathways linked to glucose, lipids, and incretin biology.
  5. 05
    Metabolic resilience.
    Supporting healthier responses to meals, glucose dynamics, and long-term maintenance.

Built alongside the people delivering metabolic care.

For clinicians

Practices delivering supervised metabolic care.

Obesity medicine, metabolic health, endocrinology, gastroenterology, and functional medicine practices interested in supervised metabolic protocols.

Obesity medicine Metabolic health Endocrinology Gastroenterology Functional medicine
Channel partners

Organizations building differentiated metabolic-health programs.

Clinics, telehealth platforms, food-as-medicine programs, payers, and care organizations.

Patients

People in active metabolic care.

People working on weight, blood sugar, GLP-1 therapy, gut health, or long-term metabolic maintenance.

Amara brings together expertise in computational biology, ecological fermentation, clinical translation, and metabolic science.

Officers
Scientific Advisors
VN
Founder & CEO
Dr. Vivek Nandur
Computational biology. Developed the ecological-therapeutics thesis.
BB
Chief Product Officer
Brandon Boldt
10+ years production-scale ecological fermentation. Translates insights to manufactured products.
MH
Chief Legal Officer
Mikey Harrell
Early-stage and scaled operator (Cash App, BlockFi). Regulatory and commercialization pathway design.
CN
Chief Operating Officer
Cori Nandur
10+ years agtech operations. Scales systems into real-world production.
AA
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Athena Aktipis
Arizona State University.
RD
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Robert Dudley
University of California, Berkeley.
NG
Scientific Advisor
Dr. Ned Gvozdic
Florida Gulf Coast University.