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$111.4m
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UBiome was a biotechnology microbial genomics company based in San Francisco.
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$399.8m
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Human Longevity is a genomic-based, health intelligence company empowering proactive healthcare and enabling a life better lived.
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- Peter Diamandis **********@gmail.com
- Robert Hariri *******@humanlongevity.com
- J. Venter
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$635.4m
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Genomatica is a San Diego-based company founded in 2000 by Christophe Schilling.
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$300.0m
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BGI is a life science and genomics organization following a development model of research, production and application.
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$386.6m
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A biotechnology company that develops medicines based on live bacterial consortia that can colonize the human intestine.
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5
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$68.7m
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AOBiome Therapeutics is a therapeutics company, based in Newton, Massachusetts and founded in 2013, that developed strains of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria (AOB) to administer live in treatments that address inflammatory conditions.
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- Spiros Jamas ******@aobiome.com
- James Heywood ********@aobiome.com
- David Whitlock *********@aobiome.com
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$117.5m
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Locus Biosciences is a biotechnology company developing CRISPR-Cas3-engineered precision antibacterial products.
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- Nick Taylor ******@locus-bio.com
- Paul Garofolo ****.********@locus-bio.com
- Charles Gersbach linkedin
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$82.6m
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Biotherapeautics company founded in 2014 and based in Paris that uses proprietary methods in synthetic biology, protein and genome engineering to produce Eligobiotics, products which intervene with the microbiome as diagnostics, antimicrobials and modulators of host-microbiome interactions.
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- Xavier Duportet ******.********@eligo.bio
- David Bikard *****.******@eligo.bio
- Timothy Lu ***.**@sentibio.com
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$57.1m
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Metabolon is a company developing metabolomics analytical methods and software for biomarker discovery
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$750.0k
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Nextbiotics is a biotechnology and synthetic biology company that leverages synthetic biology tools and bacteriophage technology to provide solutions to the antibiotic resistance crisis.
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Roquette is a French company focused on the production of plant-based food and nutrition ingredients for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded in 1933 by Dominique & Germain Roquette, and is headquartered in Lestrem, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France.
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$645.0k
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CHAIN Biotechnology is a live biotherapeutics company founded in 2014 and based in Nottingham and Marlow, UK. CHAIN works with the Synthetic Biology Research Centre in Nottingham and has built a live biotherapeutic platform based on Clostridia to deliver bioactive molecules to treat diseases associated with the human gut microbiome.
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- Basil Omar linkedin
- Edward Green (entrepreneur) ******.*****@chainbiotech.com
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$30.0m
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Siolta Therapeutics develops microbiome analyses to test microbial-based therapeutics for the treatment and prevention of inflammatory diseases. The company was founded in 2016 by Nikole Kimes PhD.
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$62.4m
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A software solutions company providing bioinformatics solutions to life science and other sector
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5
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$125.0m
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Evolve Biosystems is a biotechnology company founded in 2012. The company develops microbiome-based products engineered to restore and maintain the gut microbiome.
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- Samara Freeman ********@infinanthealth.com
- Bruce German *******@evolvebiosystems.com
- Daniela Barile *******@infinanthealth.com
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$100.0m
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Snipr Biome is a synthetic biology company using CRISPR to make products for the microbiome.
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- Christian Groendahl **@sniprbiome.com
- Morten O. A. Sommer linkedin
- Jasper Clube **@sniprbiome.com
9
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$56.6m
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A company based in Farmington, Connecticut, that develops skin disease treatments using microbiome science and technology.
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- Travis Whitfill ******@azitrainc.com
- Richard Andrews *******@azitrainc.com
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$2.5m
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BiomeSense, Inc. is a biotechnology company developing microbiome technologies for the collection, storage, and analysis of gut microbiome profiles.
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- Jack Gilbert
- Kevin Honaker ********@biomesense.com
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$400.0k
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Xycrobe Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing microbiome-Based, biotherapeutic delivery systems.
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$332.5m
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Enterome is a pharmaceutical company founded in 2012 by Pierre Belichard.
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- Stanislav Dusko EHRLICH *********@enteromedics.com
- Pierre Belichard *********@enteromedics.com
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$14.0m
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A biotechnology company using the environmental microbiome to verify the origin of goods in global supply chains.
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$59.9m
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MaaT Pharma (Microbiota as a Therapy) is a French biotech start-up, created at the end of 2014, to treat diseases linked to imbalances in the intestinal microbiome.
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$252.5m
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AgBiome is focused on the discovery and development of biological and trait products for crop production.
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- John Ryals linkedin
- Jeff Dangl
- Eric Ward *****@agbiome.com
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$12.0m
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Developing innovative therapies focused on microbiome gut-brain axis.
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$1.2b
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Indigo is an agricultural technology company utilizing natural microbiology and digital technologies to improve farmers' profitability, environmental sustainability and consumer health.
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- Rahul Bhatia *****.******@goindigo.in
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$23.4m
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Biome Makers is a biotech start-up specializing in microbiome understanding to provide analysis for agricultural and industrial processes.
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- Adrián Ferrero Fernandez ******@biomemakers.com
- Alberto Acedo *****@biomemakers.com
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$125.0k
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OpenBiome is a nonprofit stool bank. They provide stool preparations to clinicians for fecal microbiota transplantation.
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- Mark Smith linkedin
- Majdi Osman *****@openbiome.org
- Carolyn Edelstein *******@openbiome.org
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$20.8m
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Sun Genomics is a company developing personalized probiotics founded in 2016 by Sunny Jain.
3
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$11.1m
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Naked Biome is a microbiome-based therapeutics company founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California making therapies to treat and prevent skin diseases and conditions.
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$116.0m
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Axial Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company targeting neurological disorders such as Parkinson's and Autism via gut health.
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- Michelle Dipp linkedin
- David H Donabedian *****@axialtx.com
- Jeffrey E. Young linkedin
3
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$67.5m
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Second Genome is a company that is developing microbiome modulators for infection, immunity and metabolic diseases.
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- Janet A. Warrington *****.**********@jestech.net
- Todd DeSantis ****@secondgenome.com
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$1.4m
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Microbiome Insights is a microbiome services and bioinformatics company.
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- Malcolm Kendall *******@microbiomeinsights.com
- Bill Mohn ****@microbiomeinsights.com
- Brett Finlay
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$13.8m
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Animab is a Ghent-based biotechnology company developing products for livestock health.
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$6.3m
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A Swiss biotech company active in research and development related to breast milk.
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- Jean-Philippe Kunz linkedin
- Yemi Adesokan ****@gnubiotics.com
- Bernardo Costa linkedin
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$13.6m
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Biocrates Life Sciences AG is an Innsbruck-based medical diagnostics company focused on metabolomic research and technology.
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$9.4m
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Astarte Medical Partners is a startup company headquartered in Yardley, Pennsylvania developing microbial health informatics software that helps optimize nutrition and gut health in preterm infants.
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$2.0m
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Genetic Analysis AS is an Oslo, Norway-based microbiota research company.
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$40.0m
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Seed Health is a company founded in 2015.
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$302.8m
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AM-Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company developing recombinant human Alkaline Phosphatase (AP) therapeutics, which have the potential to treat patients with Acute Kidney Injury, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Hypophosphatasia.
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$14.4m
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A biotechnology company offering personalized kits for treating acne based on an individuals microbiome.
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$7.3m
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CosmosID is a microbial genomics platform focused on characterization of microorganisms, pathogens and anti-microbial resistance for infectious disease identification, food safety inspections, pharmaceutical discovery, public health surveillance and microbiome analysis.
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- Rita R. Colwell ****@cosmosid.com
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$35.1m
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GRO Biosciences was founded by Dr. George Church at the Harvard Life Lab.
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- Daniel J. Mandell ********@grobio.com
- Ross Thyer
- Marc Lajoie *******@outpacebio.com
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$2.3m
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MicroBiome Therapeutics is a New Orleans-based company founded by Dale Pfost.
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$39.0m
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OrphoMed is a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a proprietary dimer therapeutics platform. The company is focused on developing treatments for patients with gastrointestinal disorders.
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$90.2m
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EnteroBiotix is a fecal microbiota transplantation founded in 2017 by James McIlroy.
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$15.0m
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Persephone Biosciences is a company focused on microbiome therapeutics and research.
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- Stephanie Culler *********@pattersoncustomhomes.com
- Steve Van Dien linkedin
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$1.3m
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Carbiotix is a personalized nutrition company that produces consumer gut health products and microbiome therapeutics.
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- Kristofer Cook *********.****@carbiotix.com
- Peter Falck (entrepreneur)
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$2.9m
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Shoreline Biome is a Farmington, CT-based biotechnology company offering kits for microbiome analysis.
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- Mark Driscoll ****.********@intusbio.com
- Thomas Jarvie ******.******@intusbio.com
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$63.0m
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Developer of phage technology for targeted control of bacteria.
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$3.6m
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A company that develops a microbiome discovery platform for animal health.
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2
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$4.0m
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Ample is a company producing health focused meal replacements founded in 2015 by Bryan Rosenblatt, MARK DIVINE and Connor Young.
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- MARK DIVINE ****@unbeatablemind.com
- Connor Young ******@amplemeal.com
- Bryan Rosenblatt *****@craftventures.com
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$36.3m
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Rebiotix is a company that is deveoloping microbiota restoration therapy for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases.
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$2.3m
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Zbiotics is a company creating genetically engineered probiotics for consumers founded in 2016 by Zachary Abbott.
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$2.0m
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Probiotic product development biopharmaceutical company based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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$35.0m
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Whole Biome is a San Francisco-based microbiome diagnostics and therapeutics company.
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- Colleen Cutcliffe *******.*********@pendulum.co
- John Eid ****.***@pendulum.co
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$1.0m
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Precision microbiome engineering company. Epibiome using bacteriophages to combat prevent and treat bacterial infection in humans and agriculture.
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Gallinée produces probiotic skincare products for sensitive skin.
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$8.3m
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Exeliom is a gut microbiome modifiers founded by Benjamin Hadida, Harry Sokol, Patrick Gervais and Philippe Langella.
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- Patrick Gervais
- Philippe Langella ********.********@inra.fr
- Benjamin Hadida *******@exeliombio.com
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$51.0m
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A San Diego-based company that produces endomicrobial products for animals.
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- Michael Seely ****@nativemicrobials.com
- Karsten Zengler
- Mallory Embree
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$3.0m
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3Bar Biologics is a microbe delivery and manufacturing company that partners with microbe discovery and commercialization companies.
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$10.2m
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Microba Life Sciences Limited is a company founded in 2018 by Gene Tyson.
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$16.8m
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BCD Bioscience is a Davis, California-based biotechnology company developing ingredients for food, agriculture, and biopharmaceutical applications.
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- Bruce German *******@evolvebiosystems.com
- Carlito Lebrilla *******@intervenn.com
- Matt Amicucci *********@one.bio
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$3.5m
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ClostraBio, Inc is discovering and developing new therapeutics that modulate the protective ability of the microbiome.
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$2.1m
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PharmaBiome is a microbiome company.
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$48.0m
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DayTwo provides personalized nutrition and actionable insights for people to maintain normal blood sugar levels based on their microbiome.
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$64.7m
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Matrisys Bioscience, Inc. is a dermatology & Skin Care founded in 2015 by Richard Gallo.
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- Richard Gallo ******@matrisysbio.com
- Gilbert Keller linkedin
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$1.0m
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Symbiotic Health is a microbiome therapeutics for treating C. diff infections founded in 2013 by Gerard Honig.
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$4.4m
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S-Biomedic brings novel therapeutic solutions to the skin microbiome. S-Biomedic uses a targeted modulation-based technology to modify the skin microbiome. This technology can be applied in both the dermatology and cosmetic industries.
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6
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$392.8m
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Metagenomi Technologies, LLC is a Gene-Edited Microbial Treatments founded in 2018 by Brian C Thomas.