News and Trends 15 Mar 2018 French VC Raises the Biggest Green Biotech Fund in the World Update (15/03/2018): Sofinnova Partners has closed its fund Industrial Biotech I at €125M, making it the largest fund dedicated to driving the transition towards a more sustainable fund. 03/03/2017 Sofinnova Partners has announced the first closing of a new fund, dedicated to renewable chemistry in industrial biotech, at €106 million. The largest biotech VC in […] March 15, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 31 Jan 2018 Gene Synthesizing Biotech Gets $12M to Boost the Synbio Field Evonetix has closed a Series A fundraising round to support the development of its gene synthesis platform, an important tool in the emerging synbio field. Evonetix, based in Cambridge, UK, is developing a scalable, high fidelity gene synthesis approach that could be a key tool in the growing synbio field. The biotech has closed a […] January 31, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Best in Biotech 28 Dec 2017 Bored Between the Holidays? Watch these Biotech Videos! Christmas might have passed, but we have more videos for you to watch on a dreary winter day! Here are our highlights from 2017. It’s vacation time! If you’ve worn out the holiday movies, catch up on our biotech ones. It was a busy year, and we produced a lot, thanks to our new Hangouts […] December 28, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 27 Nov 2017 You Can Now Play DNA Tetris Thanks to This Irish Startup How cool would it be to program DNA at home to make gifs or play Tetris? Well, this device will soon let you do just that. Cell-Free Technologies wants to take synthetic biology out of the lab and into our homes. This startup based in Cork, Ireland, takes the molecular machinery that cells use to read […] November 27, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 24 Nov 2017 British SynBio Startup Lands $3.6M for AI-Driven Protein Engineering LabGenius is using synthetic biology to develop new materials. The funding allows the biotech to set up its own research facility to develop its platform. LabGenius, a new biotech startup based in London, is using artificial intelligence (AI) to drive the development of new materials. This morning, the company has announced that it has received […] November 24, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
In Depth 23 Nov 2017 The Future is (Syn)Bio: How and when do we get there? Last week, Philip and I attended a meeting with some of the pioneers and leaders of the synthetic biology field. They believe biology will be everywhere in the future, but how do we get ready for it? Digital technologies are now present in almost all aspects of our lives. It seems obvious today that companies […] November 23, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 5 Oct 2017 Synbio adds Softness: Robots of the Future will be Squishy As AI and machine learning approach biotech, synthetic biology is approaching soft robotics. What is it bringing to the field? Conventional rigid-bodied robots are used to perform specific single tasks efficiently but often with limited adaptability when it comes to interacting with humans. During the past few years, soft robots made of highly pliable materials […] October 5, 2017 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 15 Sep 2017 Bayer Launches Plant Microbiome Biotech with a Huge €84M Series A Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks are launching a new company that will develop new technologies for sustainable agriculture by engineering the plant microbiome. With the microbiome already gaining traction in the therapeutics field, Bayer has decided to take it to agriculture. In partnership with US synthetic biology upstart Ginkgo Bioworks, the German giant is creating a new […] September 15, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Sep 2017 French Startup Raises €11M in Series A to Reinvent DNA Synthesis DNA Script has gathered the support of key international investors to take a new, faster DNA synthesis technology closer to the market. In a Series A round led by Illumina Ventures and joined by Merck Ventures and existing investors Sofinnova Partners, Kurma Partners, and Idinvest Partners, the young French startup DNA Script has raised a total […] September 12, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 4 Aug 2017 Demo Day: Meet the Latest Generation of Synbio Startups from RebelBio The RebelBio startups of 2017 reach a major milestone as 15 young companies came forward to explain their ideas, science and how they are selling them. A mere 3 months after the 15 chosen projects for the RebelBio accelerator went off to the labs to refine their prototypes, Demo Day arrived last week on July […] August 4, 2017 - 6 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 28 Jul 2017 Things are Looking Up for UK Synbio Clusters, says Report A survey of synbio startups in the last 16 years shows that the UK ecosystem is growing rapidly and approaching critical mass, says SynbiCITE. Dedicated to championing industrial uptake of synthetic biology, SynbiCITE is a knowledge center based at Imperial College London. Some of its initiatives have included opening a gene foundry last year to providing grants to […] July 28, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
Interview 13 Jul 2017 Meet Denmark’s Youngest Professor and Serial Synbio Entrepreneur Philip sat down to chat with Professor and serial entrepreneur Morten Sommer about his career in the second Labiotech Hangout. At 35, Morten Sommer is not only the youngest full professor ever in Denmark but also the entrepreneur behind a number of synbio-based companies. For Labiotech’s second Hangout on June 29th, Philip probed his thoughts […] July 13, 2017 - 4 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email