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There are 7 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.8b. The average funding per company in this subset is $256.6m.
Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.
Bolt Threads is a biotechnology company that makes high performance fabrics and materials using biology.
8
Funding Rounds
$406.4m
Money raised
Spiber, Inc is a private biomaterials company using industrial biotechnology to develop silk.
13
Funding Rounds
$1.1b
Money raised
AMSilk is a Munich-based synthetic biology company that produces fibers made from the same protein as spider silk.
6
Funding Rounds
$129.3m
Money raised
A medical company in Massachusetts focusing on lowering the cost of vaccine distribution.
14
Funding Rounds
$87.2m
Money raised
A biotechnology company developing and commercializing spider silk for textiles and performance polymers. Kraig Biocraft Laboratories uses genetic engineering to produce recombinant spider silk based fibers on an industrial scale.
4
Funding Rounds
$14.0m
Money raised
EV Biotech is a microbial cell factory (MCF) strain development company.
1
Funding Rounds
$4.7m
Money raised
Xampla is a Cambridge, Cambridgeshire-based company founded in 2018 by Tuomas Knowles.
2
Funding Rounds
$11.0m
Money raised