Zymergen Stock
Biotechnology Company
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Zymergen researches, develops, and manufactures microbes for companies. It develops molecules for agriculture, chemicals, materials, pharmaceuticals, electronics, personal care, and more applications. Zymergen’s platform integrates automation, machine learning, and genomics to navigate the genomic search space. It uses a technology platform to optimize microbial strains that aims to improve economics of in-market products, existing production strains within existing manufacturing processes, and the correlation between the lab and commercial manufacturing. Moreover, Zymergen offers new product development, such as engineering any molecules from any microbes that improves the power of biology to develop novel products.
Jed Dean, Joshua J. Hoffman, and Zachary Serber founded the company in 2013, with headquarters in Emeryville in California and an additional office in Seattle in Washington.
Investors
AME Cloud Ventures
Lacework, Wish, Eat Just, Zymergen, Illumio, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Freenome, FiscalNote, Planet, Vectra
Baron Capital
Cota Capital
Zymergen, Gusto, Berkeley Lights, Eight Sleep, OpenGov, Bonobos, Movandi, Bossa Nova Robotics, inDinero
Data Collective
Databricks, Plenty, Zymergen, Checkr, SentinelOne, Illumio, SingleStore, Planet, Alation, Tala
DCVC Opportunity
Tradeshift, Zymergen, Gusto, Flutterwave, Alation, Signifyd, Blockstream, CircleCI, D2iQ, TigerGraph
Genoa Ventures
Goldman Sachs
WeWork, Alibaba, Spotify, Compass, Pinterest, Bloom Energy, Oscar Health, Circle, Automation Anywhere, Zymergen
Iconiq Capital
Flipkart, Chime, Articulate, Relativity Space, Netskope, DocuSign, Fivetran, Zymergen, ServiceTitan, Procore Technologies
Innovation Endeavors
Plenty, Zymergen, Getaround, Freenome, Course Hero, Yotpo, HomeLight, Blockstream, fabric, Mark43
Linden Mobile Ventures
Obvious Ventures
Magic Leap, Devoted Health, Zymergen, Gusto, Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Mosaic, Virta Health, Diamond Foundry, Medium, Good Eggs
Perceptive Advisors
Zymergen, Freenome, Omada Health, Crossover Health, Twin Health, Emulate, PROCEPT BioRobotics, AEGEA Medical, Saama
Prelude Ventures, LLC
SciFi VC
Zymergen, PsiQuantum, Anchorage Digital, Synthego, Virta Health, Emulate
Tao Capital Partners
JUUL, Eat Just, Zymergen, Crusoe Energy Systems, Apeel Sciences, Proterra, Newsela, Soylent, Revinate, Cometeer
Threshold
Zymergen, BetterUp, Talkdesk, Remitly, Divvy Homes, Prosper Marketplace, CircleCI, Viz, d.light design, Mythic
True Ventures
Opendoor, Zymergen, Fitbit, Automattic, Handshake, InterVenn, Personal Capital, Madison Reed, Namely, 3D Robotics
Funding History
| June 2015 | $36.6M |
|---|---|
| June 2015 | $6.6M |
| October 2016 | $142M |
| November 2018 | $435M |
| July 2020 | $350M |
Management
Chief Executive Officer
Joshua Hoffman
Chief Technology Officer
Aaron Kimball
Press
nanalyze - Oct, 1 2020
Solving the World’s Problems With BiomanufacturingTechCrunch - Sep, 9 2020
Zymergen raised $300 million because synthetic biology is so hot right nowgoo - Sep, 8 2020
Zymergen Raises $300M in Fundingfinance - Sep, 8 2020
Zymergen Takes Aim at $3 Trillion Chemical & Materials Industry With $300 Million in New Fundinggenomeweb - Aug, 20 2020
Zymergen, FMC Form Crop Protection Technology Allianceprnewswire - Aug, 20 2020
FMC Corporation Collaborates with Zymergen to Accelerate Discovery of Breakthrough Crop Protection TechnologiesPR Newswire - Jul, 23 2020
Inventor and Science Luminary John Warner Joins Zymergen To Accelerate Green ChemistryElectroPages - Apr, 28 2020
Biology and Electronics Find New Synergiessynbiobeta - Mar, 24 2020
As Zymergen Buys EnEvolv, Biological Manufacturing Is Ready To Transform How Industry Makes Everything From Airplanes To Air JordansBusiness News Update - Mar, 21 2020
Zymergen acquires enEvolv to accelerate biomanufacturing effortsRobotics & Automation - Feb, 23 2020
Zymergen installs ‘dozens’ of miniature industrial robots from MecademicEquityZen does not have an affiliation with, formal relationship with, or endorsement from any companies featured above. This profile is based on publicly available information and is intended to be informative in nature.
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