Ginkgo Bioworks is the first biotech company YC funded, and today they are going public. To celebrate their IPO, here’s the story of how Ginkgo Bioworks ended up in YC, and what their journey was like as YC’s first biotech company.
Sep 17, 2021This is advice for people who have done scientific research at a university and are considering starting a company to commercialize it. At YC, we’ve funded more than…
Oct 28, 2020Shasqi is the first YC Bio company to start first-in-human clinical trials for a drug. We’re very excited to share the news that Shasqi is the first YC…
Oct 14, 2020In order to confront the COVID-19 crisis, we need to immediately mobilize global scientific and technical talent. We have refreshed our Request for Startups, which are concepts we believe are important in the coming decades, to reflect this newest addition: Responding to COVID-19.
Mar 25, 2020Ginkgo Bioworks was the first bio company YC funded, back in summer 2014, which makes us especially delighted to announce a new partnership between YC and Ginkgo. Ginkgo…
Sep 16, 2019I’ve noticed that raising money for a biotech or other life science company in 2019 looks a lot like raising money for a tech company 10 years ago. Since then, fundamental forces caused fundraising for tech companies to change dramatically. And I believe that they are going to change biotech fundraising very much the way they changed tech company fundraising.
Aug 5, 2019We’re going to work with Atomwise to give interested Artificial Intelligence Molecular Screen (AIMS) teams an expedited path to joining YC.
Apr 29, 2019