At iMicrobes, we believe there are opportunities for biology to solve our biggest problems. We are a small and growing synthetic biology startup backed by Y Combinator. Our mission is to work with the world’s largest companies to use new raw materials and recycle waste for chemical production, polymers, agriculture, and space exploration.
iMicrobes is hiring, please see imicrobes.com.
Location: United States, California, Alameda
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $1M
Founded date: 2014
Founders name: Stephen Powaga
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | SV Tech Ve... | svtechvent... |
| - | Plug and P... | plugandpla... |
| - | CLI Ventur... | cli.ventur... |
| - | ChinaRock ... | crcmventur... |
| - | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | StartX | startx.com |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 08.10.2019 | Grant | $1M | - |
Persons 1
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | |||
| - | Stephen | Powaga | Co-Founder... | linkedin.c... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 5
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 29.09.2016 | Hard Tech Startups | Some people think YC only funds straightforward software startups. That’s definitely not the case — ... | ycombinato... |
| 06.05.2015 | Все стартапы последнего выпуска Y Combinator, ФРИИ, Techstar... | Редакция ЦП собрала в одном материале все стартапы, которые были представлены на последнем Demo Day ... | vc.ru/trib... |
| 16.03.2015 | YC-Backed Industrial Microbes Is Engineering Bacteria To Pro... | The trio of synthetic biologists behind Industrial Microbes, a new East Bay-based startup backed by ... | techcrunch... |
| 16.03.2015 | Industrial Microbes (YC W15) Is Engineering Bacteria To Prod... | Industrial Microbes joins the YC Winter 2015 batch: The trio of synthetic biologists behind Industr... | blog.ycomb... |
| - | YC and Hard Tech Startups | Some people think YC only funds straightforward software startups. That’s definitely not the case — ... | blog.ycomb... |