Tech Company Financing Transactions

Zymergen Funding Round

Zymergen, based in Emeryville, received $130 million from Data Collective, SoftBank Group and AME Cloud Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
10/12/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$130,000,000
Round
Series B
Proceeds Purpose
With this new funding, Zymergen plans to accelerate growth to further support customers in addition to recruiting top talent across software engineering, automation, and biology.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
5980 Horton St. 105
Emeryville, CA 94608
USA
Email Address
Overview
At Zymergen, we make improvements to microbes used in industrial fermentation. With advanced automation and computation, we build enhanced strains for real world applications.
Profile
Zymergen LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Zymergen Company Twitter Account
Company News
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Facebook
Zymergen on Facebook
YouTube
Zymergen on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Joshua Hoffman
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Chief Marketing Officer
Jack Gold
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Chief Scientific Officer
Zach Serber
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Chief Technical Officer
Aaron Kimball
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VP - Finance
Enakshi Singh
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VP - Human Resources
Judy Gilbert
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VP - Human Resources
Mina Kim
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VP - Operations
Jed Dean
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VP - Product Management
Richard Pieters
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