Arcaea (Ar-kay-uh). We're on a mission to build a new foundation for the beauty industry where biology as the creative tool for self-expression. We're growing new ingredients and product experiences for beauty through technology that includes DNA sequencing, biological engineering, fermentation and more. By culturing industry-leading, safe, and sustainable ingredients, we intend to create a new supply chain for the industry that does not rely on petrochemicals or on harvesting and depleting natural resources while making products that can deliver new functionality and performance across skincare, bodycare, haircare, and aesthetics. Arcaea was incubated on the Ginkgo Bioworks platform under the working title Kalo.
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $78M
Founded date: 2021
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Wittington... | wittington... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.10.2021 | Series A | $78M | - |
Mentions in press and media 4
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| 26.04.2024 | Astamuse Co., Ltd. The future of the chemical and manufactur... | Astamuse Co., Ltd. The future of chemical and manufacturing industries transformed by “bio-manufactu... | re-how.net... |
| 05.09.2023 | Looking for a climate job? Consider biotech | More and more people, especially early career workers, want jobs fighting climate change. But when w... | statnews.c... |
| 13.04.2022 | Brief: Ginkgo Bioworks and Elanco launch animal health compa... | US synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks and Elanco Animal Health Incorporated are launching a “... | agfunderne... |
| - | What this MIT-trained CEO wishes school taught her different... | There’s no “right way” to become successful. That’s what Jasmina Aganovic, the 35-year-old CEO of be... | cnbc.com/2... |