It’s not *not* a big deal.
So why don’t we know more about it?
Parents don’t have all the tools or knowledge they need to feed their baby.
But we can change that. With science. And your help.
Breast milk. Boob juice. Liquid gold. Whatever you call it, there’s nothing else like it. It’s the original superfood. And it’s our goal to help moms preserve every last ounce. So they can feed their babies breastmilk as long as they want.
A new way to keep breast milk fresh for longer.
At some point in almost every mother’s breastfeeding journey, she stores her breast milk. Often in the freezer. But the longer that milk stays in the freezer, the more nutrients it loses. And by the time it’s thawed, the baby may not take it.
Pumpkin is developing a new kind of all-natural, infant-safe product that moms can add to their pumped breast milk to keep it fresh and nutritious whenever it’s stored. Not only that, but we’re also creating new diagnostic tools that enable professionals to test the nutritional quality of breast milk in a more rapid way. Because the more breastmilk we can keep fresh for baby, the less stress there is around feeding baby.
Breakthrough breastmilk research.
Backed by science.
In one year, we’ve won awards, received grants, and secured the scientific support we need to make this solution a reality.
Princeton University
As a new University spinout, we are building off of our foundational experience incubating in the academic lab.
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NSF I-Corps
This program enabled us to travel to conferences and partner sites, and interview more than 100 parents and professionals to inform our work.
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NIH
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) at the National Institute of Health (NIH) awarded our team a Phase I STTR grant to further develop our novel solution to extend breastmilk shelf-life during freezer storage.
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Activate
Co-Founder Dr. Justin Silpe was awarded the Activate Fellowship for his scientific leadership and will enable him to fully dedicate himself to this work as a scientist-entrepreneur.
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USDA
The USDA awarded our team a Phase I SBIR grant to further develop our rapid, point-of-care diagnostic technology to inform breastmilk use.
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It’s about time we knew
more about our breast milk.
But we can’t do it without you, mamas.
Which is why we’re going all in. To do this mom-centered research. To study breast milk. To tackle this invisible problem. All of us. Biologists and chemists. Investors and partners. Because above anything else, we’re parents. We’ve been there. We’ve seen it. And we know how much the world needs this movement. So join us. Help us make the breastfeeding journey easier. For all mom-kind.
Get
involved.
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Maggie and Justin, Co-Founders