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Where synthetic biology startups are based

103 synthetic biology startups worldwide have raised money in rounds we track, $2.4B between them. 92 of them are placed on the map by their city; Cambridge leads with 6, then Copenhagen with 4.

103startups
68cities on the map
$2.4Braised between them
Cambridgeleading city (6)
Manchester: 1 startupsTokyo: 1 startupsFremont: 1 startupsWellington: 1 startupsColorado Springs: 1 startupsDublin: 1 startupsSan Diego: 1 startupsCringleford: 1 startupsGothenburg: 1 startupsDenver: 1 startupsCarlsbad: 1 startupsKuopio: 1 startupsFrederick: 1 startupsWarwick: 1 startupsSan Carlos: 1 startupsWatertown: 1 startupsSão Paulo: 1 startupsMalmö: 1 startupsSao Paulo: 1 startupsToronto: 1 startupsBrisbane: 1 startupsEmeryville: 1 startupsGhent: 1 startupsPortland: 1 startupsSan Leandro: 1 startupsMelbourne: 1 startupsEvry: 1 startupsSeattle: 1 startupsDavis: 1 startupsLyon: 1 startupsBerlin: 1 startupsDelft: 1 startupsBoulder: 1 startupsHelsinki: 1 startupsVancouver: 1 startupsKongens Lyngby: 1 startupsMontreal: 1 startupsAustin: 1 startupsCascais: 1 startupsSheffield: 1 startupsPittsboro: 1 startupsSydney: 1 startupsGrenoble: 1 startupsMadison: 1 startupsSuresnes: 1 startupsEdinburgh: 1 startupsGroningen: 1 startupsMonrovia: 1 startupsNew York: 1 startupsMilan: 1 startupsBraga: 1 startupsMountain View: 1 startupsLos Altos: 1 startupsKøbenhavn: 1 startupsPudong: 1 startupsBeijing: 1 startupsBruxelles: 1 startupsNottingham: 2 startupsAuckland: 2 startupsSan Francisco: 2 startupsDaly City: 2 startupsBerkeley: 3 startupsAlameda: 3 startupsDurham: 3 startupsSouth San Francisco: 4 startupsLondon: 4 startupsCopenhagen: 4 startupsCambridge: 6 startupsCambridgeCopenhagenDurhamAlamedaAucklandBeijingPudongBraga

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

Leading cities

  1. Cambridge6$611M
  2. Copenhagen4$34M
  3. London4$38M
  4. South San Francisco4$325M
  5. Durham3$22M
  6. Alameda3$20M
  7. Berkeley3$25M
  8. Daly City2$66M
  9. San Francisco2$10M
  10. Auckland2$1.3M
  11. Nottingham2$4.0M
  12. Bruxelles1$77M
  13. Beijing1$58M
  14. Pudong1$21M
  15. København1$12M

By country

  1. United States49$1.6B
  2. United Kingdom11$80M
  3. Denmark9$152M
  4. France4$51M
  5. Australia4$36M
  6. China3$137M
  7. Canada3$44M
  8. New Zealand3$2.0M
  9. Belgium2$85M
  10. Japan2$54M
  11. Portugal2$11M
  12. Netherlands2$51M

Best-funded

  1. Strand TherapeuticsUnited States · $267M
  2. LifeMine TherapeuticsUnited States · $230M
  3. Senti BiosciencesUnited States · $169M
  4. AbsciUnited States · $150M
  5. SolazymeUnited States · $146M
  6. 21st.BIODenmark · $97M
  7. GRO BiosciencesUnited States · $87M
  8. UnivercellsBelgium · $77M
  9. BluephaChina · $59M
  10. Tsingke BiotechChina · $58M
  11. Onego BioFinland · $55M
  12. The EVERY CompanyUnited States · $55M

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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