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Ginkgo Bioworks

www.ginkgobioworks.com

 
At Ginkgo Bioworks we are expanding the role of biology in our world.Nature`s biodiversity holds answers to challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Organism Engineers at Ginkgo learn from Nature to develop new organisms that replace technology with biology.
  • Number of Employees: 100-250
  • Annual Revenue: $0-1 Million

Executives

Name Title Contact Details
Michael Kuchinskas
VP of Protein Engineering Profile
Christopher Mellen
Director of Information Security Profile

Funding

Ginkgo Bioworks raised $45M on 07/23/2015
Ginkgo Bioworks raised $100M on 06/08/2016
Ginkgo Bioworks raised $275M on 12/14/2017
Ginkgo Bioworks raised $290M on 09/19/2019

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