Ginkgo Bioworks

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Company website

Foundation year

2008

Open date

5/9/2021

About

Ginkgo Bioworks is a biotechnology company that designs non-traditional microorganisms. The company develops, tests, and licenses microorganisms that are subsequently used in cosmetics, crop processing agents, and pharmaceuticals. Ginkgo Bioworks also provides probiotic bacteria to protect the body from dangerous infections.
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Number of employees: 251-500

Headquarters location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Investors

Allen & Company

Stripe, Vroom, Ginkgo Bioworks, Joby Aviation, Convoy, Turo, Blend, Vox Media, Minted, TrueCar

Baillie Gifford

Spotify, Indigo, Ginkgo Bioworks, Joby Aviation, AUTO1 Group, Carbon, Tempus, HeartFlow, Graphcore, Thumbtack

Cascade Investment

Ginkgo Bioworks, Convoy, Delos, Schrodinger, OANDA Corporation

General Atlantic

AppDynamics, Toutiao, Wish, Avant, Ginkgo Bioworks, Automation Anywhere, Chime, Box, BuzzFeed, CrowdStrike

Senator Investment Group

Ginkgo Bioworks

T. Rowe Price

Cruise, Airbnb, Rivian, Magic Leap, Vroom, Ginkgo Bioworks, Deliveroo, Pure Storage, LivingSocial, Cloudera

Viking Global Investors

Impossible Foods, Moderna Therapeutics, Ginkgo Bioworks, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Apeel Sciences, Talkdesk, Druva, Credit Karma, Color, PROCEPT BioRobotics

Y Combinator

Airbnb, DoorDash, Instacart, Stripe, Flexport, Rappi, Ginkgo Bioworks, Coinbase, Convoy, Machine Zone