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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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13
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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
10
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$87.6m
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Eligo Bioscience is a developer of novel genetic medicines founded in 2014 by Timothy Lu, Xavier Duportet, Luciano Marraffini and David Bikard.
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- Timothy Lu ***.**@sentibio.com
- Xavier Duportet ******.********@eligo.bio
- Luciano Marraffini
5
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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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$140.0m
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SNIPR Biome is a developer of microbial CRISPR-medicine founded in 2011 by Christian Groendahl, Morten O. A. Sommer and Jasper Clube.
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- Morten Sommer **@sniprbiome.com
- Christian Groendahl **@sniprbiome.com
- Jasper Clube **@sniprbiome.com
10
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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
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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$351.5m
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Developer of OncoMimics™ immunotherapy to treat follicular lymphoma.
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- Pierre Belichard *********@enteromedics.com
- Stanislav Dusko EHRLICH *********@enteromedics.com
1
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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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$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
1
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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.
6
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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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1
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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
5
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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
3
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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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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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$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.
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$1.4m
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Thryve provides personalized probiotics and microbiome testing.
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$8.4m
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FitBiomics is a sports biotechnology company founded in 2015 by Alex Evans, George Church, Aleksandar Kostic, Jonathan Scheiman, Carolina Barsa and Vasco Bridges.
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- George Church (entrepreneur) ****@flowbelow.com
- Jonathan Scheiman ********.********@fitbiomics.com
- Aleksandar Kostic
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$11.2m
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Microcapsules and microparticles are widely used to carry, deliver and protect pharmaceutical agents in drugs, fragrances in cosmetic products, and aromas or probiotics in food.