# Genomatica funding: rounds and investors

> Genomatica has raised $203M across 5 rounds since 2010. Investors include DFJ, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Alloy Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/genomatica (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Genomatica*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Biotech Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$203M** raised across 5 rounds since 2010, from 5 sources

**$15M** Series C **$45M** Venture **$46M** Venture **$6.8M** Debt **$90M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $90M Oct 2018
- **Step-up i:** 13.3×
- **Investors:** 7

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

**$15M** Series C

**$45M** Venture

**$46M** Venture

**$6.8M** Debt

**$90M** Round

- **First round:** Series C, $15M
- **Biggest round:** $90M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 19 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2018** Round **$90M** *2 new* [Ginkgo Bioworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ginkgo-bioworks) Casdin Capital/ Viking Global Investors Reported by Synbiobeta
- **Mar 2014** Debt **$6.8M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $6.8M sold, first sale Feb 2014
- **Aug 2012** Venture **$46M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov SEC filing: $46M sold, first sale Jul 2012
- **Mar 2011** Venture **$45M** *1 new* [Bright Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bright-capital) Reported by gigaom.com
- **Apr 2010** Series C **$15M** *4 new* [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) [Mohr Davidow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mohr-davidow-ventures) [Alloy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alloy-ventures) [TPG Biotechnology Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg-biotechnology-partners) Reported by onbiovc.com

## Founders and team

From Genomatica's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 3 founders, 8 on the team.

**Max Kufner** Co-founder & CEO

**Dr. Torbjørn Ølshøj Jensen** Co-founder & CSO

**Prof. Alex Nielsen** Co-founder

- **Benedikt Manigold** Chief Financial Officer
- **Dr. Konrad Miller** Chief Technology Officer
- **Dr. David Bauwens** VP of R&D
- **Carlos A. Cabrera** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Christophe Schilling** Executive Officer, Director i
- **David Bendsen Muldoon** Executive Officer i
- **Rasmus Bendsen von Gottberg** Executive Officer i
- **Thomas Bendsen McDonald** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Anders Bendsen Spohr* *Craig A. Binetti* *Eli A. Casdin* *Jason A. Kelly*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series C** 2010 **Venture** 2011 **Venture** 2012 **Debt** 2014 **Round** 2018 [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) [Mohr Davidow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mohr-davidow-ventures) [Alloy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alloy-ventures) [Bright Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bright-capital) [TPG Biotechnology Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg-biotechnology-partners) [Ginkgo Bioworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ginkgo-bioworks) Casdin Capital/ Viking Global Investors

## Everyone who backed them

[DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) VC firm **1** round

[Mohr Davidow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mohr-davidow-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Alloy Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alloy-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Bright Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bright-capital) Investment firm **1** round

[TPG Biotechnology Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tpg-biotechnology-partners) Growth equity **1** round

[Ginkgo Bioworks](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ginkgo-bioworks) Corporate VC **1** round

Casdin Capital/ Viking Global Investors no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=genomatica).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Genomatica as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[VantagePoint Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vantagepoint-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Thule Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thule-investments) Investment firm Per its own site

[Brú Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bru-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Genomatica

### Who invested in Genomatica?

Genomatica's investors include DFJ, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Alloy Ventures, Bright Capital and TPG Biotechnology Partners, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Genomatica raised?

Genomatica has raised $203M across 5 rounds since 2010.

### When did Genomatica last raise?

Genomatica's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $90M in Oct 2018.

### What was Genomatica's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $90M in Oct 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Genomatica first?

Genomatica's first round on record, in Apr 2010, was backed by DFJ, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Alloy Ventures and 1 others.

### What stage is Genomatica at?

Genomatica's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Oct 2018.

### Where is Genomatica based?

Genomatica is based in the United States.

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