Ginkgo Bioworks

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Ginkgo Bioworks is a developer of biological engineering products and custom microbes across multiple markets.

Website: http://ginkgobioworks.com

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Top Investors: General Atlantic, Y Combinator, National Science Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Illumina

Description:

Ginkgo Bioworks is a biotechnology firm. It is a developer of biological engineering products and custom microbes across multiple markets. It designs, engineer, develops, tests, and licenses organisms. It discovers molecules in flavors, sweeteners, cosmetic ingredients, crop treatments, and pharmaceuticals. It also provides probiotic bacteria to protect the body from dangerous infections, and it generates libraries of molecules. It serves cultured ingredients, carbon mitigation, probiotics, and natural product discovery markets.