Investor insights
Sectors invested in
Funding rounds participated in
$80M sweet spot round size
Most of their 7 investments are in rounds between $15M and $90M
Basic info
Industry
Sectors
Date founded
2009
Investments made
Phytolon raised $15M on July 6, 2022
Investors: Cibus Funds, Millennium Food-Tech, DSM Venturing and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Cambium raised $8M on September 14, 2021
Investors: 8VC and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Allonnia raised $40M on October 22, 2020
Investors: Viking Global Investors, Battelle, Cascade Investment Group, Inc., General Atlantic and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Synlogic, Inc. raised $80M on June 12, 2019
Investors: Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Genomatica raised $90M on October 3, 2018
Investors: Viking Global Investors, Casdin Capital, LLC and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Undisclosed raised $100M on March 20, 2018
Investors: Viking Global Investors and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Undisclosed raised $100M on September 14, 2017
Investors: Viking Global Investors and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Funding rounds raised
Total raised
$290M
from 35 investors over 35 rounds
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. raised undisclosed on June 1, 2020
Investors: Empede Capital
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. raised $70M on May 28, 2020
Investors: Viking Global Investors and General Atlantic
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. raised $290M on September 19, 2019
Investors: General Atlantic, Cascade Investment Group, Inc., T. Rowe Price and Viking Global Investors
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. raised $275M on December 14, 2017
Investors: Viking Global Investors, Y Combinator, Cascade Investment Group, Inc. and General Atlantic
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. raised $100M on June 8, 2016
Investors: Senator Investment Group LP, Y Combinator, Baillie Gifford, Viking Global Investors, Allen & Company LLC. and Cascade Investment Group, Inc.
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. raised $53M on July 23, 2015
Investors: Vast Ventures, Viking Global Investors, OS Fund, iGlobe Partners, Y Combinator, Felicis Ventures, Data Collective and MassVentures
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. raised $9M on March 18, 2015
Investors: Matthew Brown Companies, Data Collective, Vast Ventures, OS Fund, iGlobe Partners and Felicis Ventures
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. raised $1M on July 16, 2014
Investors: TSVC, Vast Ventures and Y Combinator
Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. raised $400K on January 1, 2014
Investors: MassVentures