Lygos engineers microbes to convert sugars into high-value, industrial 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 20
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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 d... | 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 withou... | fortune.co... |
| 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 Snares $5M in Series B | BERKELEY, CA, Biotechnology-based producer of specialty chemicals announced that LG Technology Ven... | vcnewsdail... |
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