We put the cooler in the beef,
not the beef in the cooler.
A 100-year-old constraint, removed. Harvestasis™ — vascular cold-flush perfusion.
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Who keeps the beef dollar
From 10% to 51% Stays Local.
Centralized processing pulls value out of the rural economy. Removing the cooling bottleneck reverses the flow — the same animal, harvested and finished close to home, returns the beef dollar to the rancher and the small local processor.
10%→51%
Share of every beef dollar kept by the rancher + local processor
550,000 U.S. ranches today are locked out of premium markets.
Same cow. Same consumer. Fundamentally different distribution of who profits.
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Margin per head
$608 to $3,222. Same Animal.
Combined rancher + small-processor margin, today versus with Prokarna. Source: ProkarnaMarginComparison model (v260526).
Each item below can be independently verified before any commitment is made.
TCU applied for a $9.93M — USDA AFRI grant.
Texas Christian University Institute of Ranch Management — academic validation partner, center of excellence.
DoD-lineage technology.Adapted from patented battlefield Emergency Preservation & Resuscitation research. CSO Dr. Lyn Yaffe — Johns Hopkins, Navy Medical R&D, 50+ publications, 13 patents.
Inside existing USDA policy.FSIS new-tech pathway for mobile units already exists. Only the stun-to-hide-removal HACCP steps change. No plant redesign required.
Built for execution.7-person team. 3-month deploy vs. 7-year conventional plant build. Year 2 revenue $13M at positive EBITDA.
Bovine validation: July 15, 2026.The current $250K round funds the equipment, prototype, and runway to that milestone.
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The Ask · Execution Capital
$250K. Now. $7.5M cap.
$250K
Total raise
$7.5M
YC SAFE cap
3 mo
To deploy (vs. 7 yrs)
Jul 15
Bovine validation
Use of funds — every dollar matched
Equipment — pumps, piping, tanks, sensors$55K
Engineering & prototype finalization$60K
12-month operating runway$65K
IP, grants, regulatory, sales$70K
James Hansen · CEO · Dr. Lyn Yaffe · CSO · Chris Fuller · Regulatory Validation Partner: Texas Christian University — $9.93M AFRI grant
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