# Zymergen funding: rounds and investors > Zymergen has raised $874M across 5 rounds since 2014. Investors include DCVC, True Ventures and Innovation Endeavors. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/zymergen (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Zymergen* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 19 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. AI Biotech Healthcare Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$874M** raised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources **$44M** Series A **$130M** Series B **$400M** Series C **$300M** Series D - **Latest round:** Series D, $300M Sept 2020 - **Biggest round:** $400M Series C · Dec 2018 - **Investors:** 19 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. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 **?** Seed **$44M** Series A **$130M** Series B **$400M** Series C **$300M** Series D - **First round:** Seed - **Biggest round:** $400M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 21 months ## The rounds - **Sept 2020** Series D **$300M** *4 new* *2 returning* [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) [Two Sigma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma-ventures) [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) [Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Source recorded - **Dec 2018** Series C **$400M** *4 new* *3 returning* [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [Innovation Endeavors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-endeavors) [Two Sigma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma) Hanwha Asset SoftBank Vision Fund/ Goldman Sachs Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $406M sold, first sale Nov 2018 - **Oct 2016** Series B **$130M** *1 new* [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $130M sold, first sale Oct 2016 - **Jun 2015** Series A **$44M** *8 new* *1 returning* [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [AME Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures) [Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-fisher-jurvetson-dfj) [Innovation Endeavors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-endeavors) [Two Sigma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma-ventures) [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) [HVF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hvf) [5 Prime Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5-prime-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $44M sold, first sale Jun 2015 - **Jan 2014** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Jenny Rooke](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jenny-rooke) [5 Prime Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5-prime-ventures) From a historical funding record ## 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. **Seed** 2014 **Series A** 2015 **Series B** 2016 **Series C** 2018 **Series D** 2020 [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) [Innovation Endeavors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-endeavors) [Two Sigma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma-ventures) [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) [5 Prime Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5-prime-ventures) [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) [AME Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures) ## Everyone who backed them [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) VC firm **2** rounds [True Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/true-ventures-2) VC firm **2** rounds [Innovation Endeavors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-endeavors) VC firm **2** rounds [Two Sigma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) Accelerator **2** rounds [5 Prime Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5-prime-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Private equity **1** round [DFJ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj) VC firm **1** round [Perceptive Advisors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perceptive-advisors) Asset manager **1** round [AME Cloud Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ame-cloud-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/draper-fisher-jurvetson-dfj) Investment firm **1** round [IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) VC firm **1** round [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) Company **1** round [Iconiq Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iconiq-capital-3) Growth equity **1** round [Two Sigma](https://millionrounds.com/fund/two-sigma) VC firm **1** round [Jenny Rooke](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jenny-rooke) Angel **1** round [HVF](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hvf) VC firm **1** round Hanwha Asset no record of our own yet **1** round SoftBank Vision Fund/ Goldman Sachs 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=zymergen). ## 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. [Mission BioCapital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mission-biocapital) VC firm Per its own site [Jesse Robbins](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jesse-robbins) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Zymergen ### Who invested in Zymergen? Zymergen's investors include DCVC, True Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Two Sigma Ventures and Obvious Ventures, and 14 more on record. ### 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. ## Companies like Zymergen In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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