Spring 2026
190 · 0 exits (0%) · 35% pivoted · team 3Manufacturing Operations AI 2AI-Native Observability Platform 2AI Desktop Assistant 1Corporate Insurance Optimization 1AI Founder Platform 1
InferaControl lab instruments with natural language.
Laboratory Automation AI2 ppl
Summer 2024
248 · 6 exits (2%) · 56% pivoted · team 4B2B 158Engineering, Product and Design 40Industrials 25Healthcare 23Consumer 19
ACXNext-generation biocides for sustainable agriculture at scale
↻ pivotedHealthcare4 ppl
AminoAnalyticaThe AI-Native Operating System for Protein Engineering
Healthcare2 ppl
Ligo BiosciencesEnzyme design models.
↻ pivotedHealthcare4 ppl
Winter 2023
274 · 27 exits (10%) · 67% pivoted · team 5B2B 186Engineering, Product and Design 45Fintech 29Healthcare 23Consumer 22
Pando BioscienceGen-AI Designed Enzymes for Pharmaceutical Innovation
Healthcare5 ppl
Winter 2022
398 · 35 exits (9%) · 53% pivoted · team 10B2B 180Fintech 89Healthcare 44Consumer 39Engineering, Product and Design 27
Brown FoodsMaking 'REAL' Cow and Human Milk!
Healthcare5 ppl
InvertData analytics software for biomanufacturing.
↻ pivotedHealthcare25 ppl
Summer 2021
391 · 37 exits (9%) · 52% pivoted · team 10B2B 180Healthcare 65Fintech 63Consumer 39Engineering, Product and Design 28
BLUUMBIOWe make bacteria and plants that clean up pollution.
↻ pivotedHealthcare4 ppl
Winter 2021
336 · 42 exits (13%) · 53% pivoted · team 12B2B 162Fintech 51Healthcare 42Consumer 39Engineering, Product and Design 32
Reshape BiotechRobots that automate the everyday tasks of microbiologists.
Healthcare40 ppl
Trestle BiotherapeuticsBioengineered kidneys for patients with kidney failure
Healthcare2 ppl
Summer 2020
208 · 40 exits (19%) · 61% pivoted · team 14B2B 108Healthcare 32Consumer 27Fintech 24Engineering, Product and Design 16
Current FoodsImpossible foods of seafood.
↻ pivotedHealthcare18 ppl
Future FieldsWe make unmakeable proteins with radical advanced biomanufacturing.
Healthcare34 ppl
KingdomNatural functional ingredients that actually work
↻ pivotedHealthcare18 ppl
RarebirdElevating mental health to be a part of your daily coffee ritual.
↻ pivotedHealthcare5 ppl
Winter 2020
229 · 33 exits (14%) · 56% pivoted · team 14B2B 101Healthcare 36Fintech 32Consumer 29Engineering, Product and Design 20
Ansa BiotechnologiesNext-generation DNA synthesis using enzymes
Healthcare72 ppl
VolumetricVolumetric builds living multicellular tissues with a focus on the…
Healthcare5 ppl
Summer 2019
176 · 23 exits (13%) · 59% pivoted · team 12B2B 70Consumer 27Fintech 25Healthcare 24Engineering, Product and Design 18
Kern SystemsUsing DNA to store data.
Healthcare3 ppl
ShiruShiru leverages ML to create proteins to feed the world sustainably.
↻ pivotedHealthcare4 ppl
Winter 2019
195 · 33 exits (17%) · 57% pivoted · team 13B2B 82Consumer 37Healthcare 25Fintech 22Engineering, Product and Design 17
Shiok MeatsShiok Meats is a cell-based clean shrimp company, the first of its…
↻ pivotedHealthcare9 ppl
Volta Labs, Inc.Unlocking the utility of genomics for the world.
↻ pivotedHealthcare50 ppl
Summer 2018
131 · 21 exits (16%) · 57% pivoted · team 15B2B 45Healthcare 37Consumer 18Fintech 14Engineering, Product and Design 12
64x BioEnabling next generation medicines. A comprehensive platform and…
↻ pivotedHealthcare25 ppl
C16 BiosciencesNext-gen ingredients to decarbonize consumer products, starting w/…
Healthcare35 ppl
CB TherapeuticsFermentation-derived natural products to solve health problems
Healthcare18 ppl
MytosRobotic human cell manufacturing
↻ pivotedHealthcare26 ppl
Rebellyous FoodsRebellyous Foods is a food manufacturing technology and production…
↻ pivotedHealthcare12 ppl
Spero Foodsdairy reinvented from plants
Healthcare
Winter 2018
146 · 30 exits (21%) · 53% pivoted · team 14B2B 55Consumer 36Healthcare 27Engineering, Product and Design 13Fintech 11
Culture BiosciencesWe grow cells for biotech companies.
↻ pivotedHealthcare40 ppl
Winter 2017
116 · 28 exits (24%) · 50% pivoted · team 14B2B 41Consumer 22Healthcare 18Fintech 12Industrials 12
SolugenDecarbonizing the chemicals industry.
↻ pivotedHealthcare200 ppl
Summer 2016
102 · 24 exits (24%) · 36% pivoted · team 14Consumer 32B2B 31Healthcare 11Industrials 10Home and Personal 10
SynviviaSynvivia applies chemical control over cell behavior
Healthcare4 ppl
Winter 2016
122 · 24 exits (20%) · 31% pivoted · team 15B2B 52Consumer 22Healthcare 19Industrials 10Fintech 10
Lygos ActiveLygos engineers yeast to convert sugar into high-value industrial…
Healthcare55 ppl
Winter 2015
111 · 38 exits (34%) · 26% pivoted · team 11B2B 43Consumer 22Healthcare 20Fintech 9Marketing 8
20n InactiveUsing AI to predict biochemistry for manufacturing and therapeutics
Healthcare2 ppl
Industrial MicrobesWe design and build microbes to make chemicals greener at lower cost.
Healthcare12 ppl
Summer 2014
78 · 30 exits (38%) · 28% pivoted · team 11B2B 27Consumer 22Healthcare 10Fintech 10Industrials 6
Ginkgo Bioworks★Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer.
Healthcare641 ppl
