Tech Company Financing Transactions

Ginkgo Bioworks Funding Round

Ginkgo Bioworks, based in Boston, received $45 million in investment from Viking Global Investors, Felicis Ventures and OS Fund.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Ginkgo Bioworks
Announced On
7/23/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$45,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Viking Global Investors (Lead Investor)

Felicis Ventures (Aydin Senkut)

OS Fund (Bryan Johnson)

Y Combinator (Sam Altman)

Proceeds Purpose
The new funds will be used to expand into new categories such as pharma, cosmetics and probiotics, as well as hire additional employees and build out Bioworks 2, the next generation of Ginkgo's robotic Foundry.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Biopharmaceutical
Mailing Address
27 Drydock Ave. 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
USA
Phone
(814) 422-5362
Website
www.ginkgobioworks.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Ginkgo Bioworks is the organism company. We design custom microbes for customers across multiple markets. We build our foundries to scale the process of organism engineering using software and hardware automation. Organism engineers at Ginkgo learn from nature to develop new organisms that replace technology with biology.
Profile
Ginkgo Bioworks LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Ginkgo Bioworks Company Twitter Account
Company News
Ginkgo Bioworks News
Facebook
Ginkgo Bioworks on Facebook
YouTube
Ginkgo Bioworks on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jason Kelly
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Founder
Barry Canton
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Founder
Austin Che
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Founder
Thomas Knight
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Founder
Reshma Shetty
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