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Who invested in Zymergen?
Zymergen's investors include DCVC, True Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Two Sigma Ventures and Obvious Ventures, and 14 more on record.
2014201520162017201820192020
?Seed$44MSeries A$130MSeries B$400MSeries C$300MSeries DUnited States · Series D startup
Who invested in Zymergen
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$874Mraised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources
$44MSeries A$130MSeries B$400MSeries C$300MSeries D
- Latest round
- Series D, $300MSept 2020
- Biggest round
- $400MSeries C · Dec 2018
- Investors
- 19
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed Jan 2014
- Biggest round
- $400M Series C · Dec 2018
- Usual gap between rounds
- 21 months the median of 4
The rounds
- Sept 2020Series D$300M4 new2 returning
Source recorded
- Dec 2018Series C$400M4 new3 returning
DFJ
DCVC
True Ventures
Innovation Endeavors
Two Sigma- Hanwha Asset
- SoftBank Vision Fund/ Goldman Sachs
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $406M sold, first sale Nov 2018
- Oct 2016
- Jun 2015Series A$44M8 new1 returning
- DCVC
- True Ventures
AME Cloud Ventures- Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
- Innovation Endeavors
Two Sigma Ventures
Obvious Ventures- HVF
5 Prime Ventures
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $44M sold, first sale Jun 2015
- Jan 2014
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.
Seed2014Series A2015Series B2016Series C2018Series D2020DCVCTrue VenturesInnovation EndeavorsTwo Sigma VenturesObvious Ventures5 Prime Ventures
Goldman SachsDFJ
Perceptive AdvisorsAME Cloud Ventures
DCVCTrue VenturesInnovation EndeavorsTwo Sigma VenturesObvious Ventures5 Prime VenturesGoldman SachsDFJPerceptive AdvisorsAME Cloud VenturesEveryone who backed them
Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)Investment firm1round
Jenny RookeAngel1round
HVFVC firm1round
Hanwha Assetno record of our own yet1round
SoftBank Vision Fund/ Goldman Sachsno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 2 firms list Zymergen 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.
Quick answers about Zymergen
How much has Zymergen raised?
Zymergen has raised $874M across 5 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Zymergen last raise?
Zymergen's most recent round was a Series D of $300M in Sept 2020.
What was Zymergen's biggest round?
Zymergen's largest round on record is $400M (Series C), in Dec 2018.
Who backed Zymergen first?
Zymergen's first round on record, in Jan 2014, was backed by Jenny Rooke and 5 Prime Ventures.
What stage is Zymergen at?
Zymergen's latest named round is a Series D, in Sept 2020.
Where is Zymergen based?
Zymergen is based in the United States.
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