Lygos employs cutting edge synthetic biology techniques to generate microbial catalysts to convert agricultural feedstocks into fine and commodity chemicals. Our robust high throughput screening and strain construction facilitates the rapid optimization of pathways to convert cheap and renewable feedstock to high value chemicals.
Location: United States, California, Berkeley
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $50.5M
Founded date: 2011
Investors 7
Funding Rounds 6
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.09.2019 | Series B | $5M | - |
| 03.06.2019 | Grant | $2M | - |
| 23.01.2019 | Series B | $5M | LG Technol... |
| 19.07.2018 | Series B | $15.5M | - |
| 14.12.2016 | Series A | $13M | OS Fund |
| 18.05.2016 | Grant | $10M | - |
Mentions in press and media 19
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| 30.03.2023 | Funding to Biomaterials startups bucks global decline increa... | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our... | agfunderne... |
| 25.01.2023 | With $3bn in deals, top 10 climate x agrifoodtech startups p... | Climate tech investment landed in the spotlight in 2022. While other sectors (e.g., eGrocery, food ... | agfunderne... |
| 18.04.2022 | Former employees allege overblown projections at quantum enc... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 21.01.2021 | Forsaking funding at a $1 billion valuation, Solugen preps a... | Late last year, Solugen, a startup using synthetic biology to take hydrocarbons out of the chemicals... | techcrunch... |
| 03.06.2019 | Lygos Awarded $2 Million Grant to Develop Artificial Intelli... | Partnership with U.S. Department of Energy and Agile BioFoundry to accelerate microbial engineering ... | lgtechvent... |
| 24.01.2019 | Term Sheet — Thursday, January 24 | HOLLYWOOD’S ODD COUPLE Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content Securing the enterprise with... | fortune.co... |
| 23.01.2019 | Lygos Snares $5M in Series B | BERKELEY, CA, Biotechnology-based producer of specialty chemicals announced that LG Technology Ven... | vcnewsdail... |
| 23.01.2019 | Top startup news for today, Wednesday, January 23, 2019 | Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Wednesday, January... | techstartu... |
| 23.01.2019 | Lygos Receives $5M Investment from LG Technology Ventures | Lygos, Inc., a Berkeley, CA-based biotechnology-based producer of specialty chemicals that deliver h... | finsmes.co... |
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