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Funding and backers

Total raised
$39.6M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$17M
Seed · Sep 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
22
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · -4% in a year
The money's age
Due for its next round
24 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
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Aug 25 New executive Switch Bioworks Names Gordana M. Djordjevic Chief Scientific Officer, Adds Eric Bartels to Advisory Board · morningstar.com Sep 6, 2024 Raised a round Seed $17M · led by Change Forces Capital and · Pulse 2.0 2022 Founded
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Seed Sep 2024 $17M Change Forces Capital and lead, Grantham Foundation, Astanor, Acre Venture Partner Pulse 2.0
Venture round Aug 2024 $22.6M — SEC Form D
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity Switch Bioworks, Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Tim SchnabelExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Overview

Switch Bioworks engineers symbiotic microbes to produce sustainable nitrogen fertilizer under the control of precise genetic circuits.

News

Press release PRNewswire 2 months ago
Switch Bioworks Names Gordana M. Djordjevic Chief Scientific Officer, Adds Eric Bartels to Advisory Board
/PRNewswire/ -- Switch Bioworks, the deep tech pioneer programming microbes to solve humanity
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News YahooFinance 4 months ago
Switch Bioworks Advances Novel Microbial Fertilizer Into First-In-Class Field Trials
Switch Bioworks, a biotechnology company focused on sustainable fertilizer, today announced the launch of field trials of its novel microbial fertilizer, with authorization from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Environmental Protecti
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News Pulse 2.0 2 years ago
Switch Bioworks: $17 Million (Seed) Raised To Develop New Biological Fertilizer Technology
Switch Bioworks, a biotechnology company that is developing low-cost and sustainable fertilizers, announced it raised$17 millionin Series Seed financing led by Change Forces Capital and joined by Grantham Foundation, Astanor Ventures, Acre Venture Partner
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People

Tim Schnabel
Executive Officer, Director
Kartick Kumar
Director
Douglas Cameron
Director
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Carlos United States
HQ
50-200 est. staff

Financials

Total raised
$39.6M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Seed 2024 $17M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $22.6M Details