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Overview

We made duckweed 5× faster to engineer — and won the Grand Prize at the iGEM competition with it.

Funding and backers

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Y Combinator
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Oct 2026 Went through Y Combinator
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Y CombinatorVia a fund
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
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Countries
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Brno Czech Republic
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