Yuliana Mihaylova

OliveBio

BIOGRAPHY

Yuliana Mihaylova is the Co-founder and CEO of OliveBio, a Los Angeles-based company developing AI-guided, cell-free biomanufacturing platforms for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers. She brings extensive expertise in genetics, molecular biology, and biotech consulting.

Yuliana previously served on the executive team at Basepaws, an animal genetics biotech acquired by Zoetis. There, her team scaled operations and significantly reduced production costs over four years, demonstrating practical experience in growing early-stage biotech companies.