MOFarm

Grateful to have Chancellor Rich Lyons highlight MOFarm as the embodiment of Berkeley’s excellence for the Class of 2026 graduation. MOFarm is as Berkeley as it gets! University of California, Berkeley UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET) UC Berkeley College of Engineering UC Berkeley Innovation & Entrepreneurship Berkeley SkyDeck Big Ideas at Berkeley #MOFarm #Berkeley #YouSeeBerkeley #AgTech #CleanTech #ClimateTech

“Instead of talking about doing a startup, you just go out and do it.” 🐮🚀 MOFarm, a student startup born in SCET’s Regenerative Ventures course, made University of California, Berkeley history as the first team to place in the ACC InVenture Prize Competition, earning second place and a $10,000 prize. The team is building a model that pays dairy farmers to capture and sell methane emissions, turning a major climate challenge into economic opportunity. Their momentum reflects the power of interdisciplinary collaboration, hands-on learning, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem at Berkeley. From Collider Cup to Berkeley SkyDeck and Big Ideas, MOFarm’s journey shows what can happen when student innovators build bold solutions with real-world impact. Read the full story:https://hubs.li/Q04c5f7T0 Tom Blake Zac Gibson Ethan Foong Ibrahim Noon Rana Kanaan #SCET #climatetech #studentinnovation #entrepreneurship #ucberkeley

We all have a reason for building what we build. For me, it starts with my dad. He ran a dairy farm that eventually shut down. That was my first real exposure to how complex these challenges are. In 2022, I put together an AgTech portfolio of machines used on our farm (link in profile). One of many naive attempts to work on problems I didn’t fully understand yet. At Berkeley, I focused on finance and sustainability. At KPMG, working in carbon markets, I realized that emissions have real value. Then I met Tom, Ethan, and Zac in a UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET) class by Rana Kanaan. It just clicked. Our backgrounds, our technical depth, and a shared belief that we could build something meaningful to take on these challenges. That’s how MOFarm started. Now we’re representing University of California, Berkeley at the ACC InVenture Prize this week at University of Notre Dame. A very important step towards making this dream a reality. We’d really appreciate your support in the People’s Choice vote here using the One Click Text to Vote: https://lnkd.in/g3RRJhpe Excited to learn, pitch, and connect especially with the esteemed judges: Sri Divakaruni, M. Cole Jones and Adrienne Watson Grateful for the journey so far. Special thanks to Rich Lyons, Darren Cooke, Jennifer Nice, Oliver O'Reilly, Jennifer Chatman, Laura Hassner, Joo Ae Chu, Keith McAleer, Jennifer Fernandez, Dawn McGee, Sibyl Chen, Phillip Denny, Alice Agogino and Hanna Breunig for the continued support. #MOFarm #ClimateTech #AgTech #Berkeley #ACCInVenture

MOFarm is an AgTech developing a MOF-based system to capture low-ppm methane from dairy barns and convert it into carbon credit and renewable natural gas revenue streams, helping California dairies meet SB 1383 targets while generating new income. When I agreed to be the University of California, Berkeley Big Ideas mentor for MOFarm I was astonished by the level of thought and commitment the team showed from day 1. It is effortless to chat with this impressive AgTech team across topics ranging from materials science, technology scaling, systems integration, and market analysis. They bring the perfect pairing of scientific rigour and "figure it out" resourcefulness, and I am here for that magic. Good luck to MOFarm (Ibrahim Noon, Ethan Foong, Tom Blake, and Zac Gibson) in this week's ACC InVenture Prize competition! Give them your vote for the People's Choice at mofarmvoting.netlify.app One-Click link (which takes you to a text)! https://lnkd.in/gPAgggE3