Windfall Bio

Methane-to-fertilizer biotechnology
Last updated:
February 5, 2026
Company details
HQ
HEADCOUNT
25-99
ORG TYPE
Startup
SECTOR
Energy & Climate
About the company
Windfall Bio is a climate biotech startup developing a nature-based way to capture methane and convert it into useful products, including organic fertilizer. Public descriptions focus on “methane-eating microbes” and deployment across methane-heavy sectors like agriculture, waste, and oil and gas. Windfall Bio has also talked publicly about scaling facilities and commercial pilots, including work connected to Houston, Texas. Public detail on early-career hiring and people practices is limited because the main job board currently shows no live roles.
Locations and presence
Windfall Bio is publicly associated with San Mateo, California and the broader Bay Area, with additional operational presence tied to Houston, Texas. Public-facing hiring footprints appear US-focused.
Palpable Score
35.9
/ 100
Windfall Bio is hard to score well for graduates because there are no current openings on the company job board and only scattered evidence of early-career roles elsewhere. Candidate visibility on pay, onboarding, and progression is thin, and the limited employee feedback that exists raises concerns about workload and management support.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

6.8
/ 20
  • The company’s Greenhouse board currently shows no open roles, which removes the most direct path for graduates to apply.
  • Windfall Bio shows evidence of hiring across technical and operations roles via third-party listings, but the visible roles skew toward specialist or experienced profiles rather than clear 0–3 year pathways.
  • The company does not publicly show a recurring internship, working-student, or new-grad intake pattern that a graduate could rely on year to year.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

8.3
/ 20
  • The company’s careers page provides high-level mission messaging but does not publish a step-by-step hiring process, timelines, or what candidates should expect.
  • Windfall Bio routes applications through Greenhouse, which is a basic fairness signal for consistent tracking, but the lack of active roles makes the current candidate experience hard to validate.
  • The company has too little Windfall Bio-specific interview feedback in public sources to confirm whether interviews are structured, time-bounded, and respectful for early-career candidates.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

8.1
/ 20
  • The company’s public materials suggest a lab-and-field environment (R&D facility expansion and operational deployment), which can create hands-on learning when teams coach well.
  • Windfall Bio has limited published evidence of early-career support mechanics like onboarding plans, buddy systems, or documented feedback cycles in job descriptions.
  • The company has employee review snippets describing gaps in day-to-day leadership and recognition, which can reduce learning quality for juniors who need close guidance.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

6.9
/ 20
  • The company does not consistently publish salary ranges on its own careers site or job board, which caps confidence on pay fairness for graduates.
  • Windfall Bio appears in some third-party listings that mention hourly contract work, which can be useful entry experience but is less stable than clear full-time junior roles with benefits.
  • The company has too little verified compensation data in public aggregators to judge whether pay is market-aligned for early-career roles.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

5.8
/ 20
  • The company does not publish outcome proof like internship conversion rates, promotion timelines, or retention metrics for early-career hires.
  • Windfall Bio has limited independent review volume, and the available feedback is not detailed enough to confirm consistent junior progression over 12–24 months.
  • The company’s LinkedIn presence signals team growth and visibility, but it does not provide verifiable patterns of junior-to-mid progression that can be summarised confidently.

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