# Ben Lamm at Colossal Biosciences > Ben Lamm, Founder and CEO at Colossal Biosciences. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-lamm (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Dallas, US · Angel # Ben Lamm Founder and CEO at [Capital Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-factory) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 4 +2 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - **On filings** No filing names them - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Capital Factory - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=ben-lamm)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=ben-lamm) ## The firm [**Capital Factory** VC firm · US **19** cheques in 12 months **212** all time **1** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-factory) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Carbon Counts](https://millionrounds.com/startup/carbon-counts) - [ClearBlade](https://millionrounds.com/company/clearblade) - [First Dollar](https://millionrounds.com/startup/first-dollar) - [Hypergiant Sensory Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/hypergiant-sensory-sciences) - [Nautilus Magazine](https://millionrounds.com/startup/nautilus-magazine) - [Prima](https://millionrounds.com/startup/prima-3) - [WIN Reality](https://millionrounds.com/startup/win-reality) - AnthemIQ - Molecula - NRG eSports ## Also at Capital Factory - [**Joshua Baer** Founder & CEO *16 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/joshua-baer-2) - [**Rob Taylor** Angel Investor *4 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/rob-taylor-2) - [**Andrew Busey** Co-Founder / Co-CEO *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/andrew-busey) - [**Dean Drako** Chairman & CEO *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/dean-drako) - [**Ross Buhrdorf** CEO *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ross-buhrdorf) - [**Sam Decker** Co-Founder and Executive Chairman (Vr/ar) *2 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sam-decker) - [**Bryan Menell** Chief Product Officer *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bryan-menell) - [**Dennis Dayman** Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/dennis-dayman) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [Sourcery](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/sourcery) · 20 Aug 2026 · 60 min Ben Lamm CEO of $12B Colossal Biosciences & $3.8B Astromech With [Ben Lamm](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-lamm) Mentions [George Church](https://millionrounds.com/person/george-church) About this episode Ben Lamm is the Co-founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences + their AI spinout, Astromech. Colossal is the $12 billion de-extinction company using genome engineering, AI and reproductive technologies to bring extinct species back to life, while Astromech is its AI biology spinout, now valued at… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 4 May 2026 · 2h 42m GameStop + eBay, Neural Computers | Nat Eliason, Michael York, Maddie Hall, Anjney Midha, Ben Lamm, Jake Stauch, Garth Sheldon-Coulson, Katie Haun, Nick Abouzeid With [Anjney Midha](https://millionrounds.com/person/anjney-midha)[Ben Lamm](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-lamm)[Katie Haun](https://millionrounds.com/person/katie-haun)[Maddie Hall](https://millionrounds.com/person/maddie-hall)[Michael York](https://millionrounds.com/person/michael-york)[Nat Eliason](https://millionrounds.com/person/nat-eliason)[Nick Abouzeid](https://millionrounds.com/person/nick-abouzeid) Mentions [Los Angeles](https://millionrounds.com/person/los-angeles-platinum-equity) About this episode (02:42) - Neural Computers (20:48) - GameStop Offers $55B for eBay (28:44) - Nat Eliason, an entrepreneur and writer, is the Head of Founder Development at Alpha School, where he is launching a high school program that promises students will earn $1 million by graduation or receive a full… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Masters of Scale](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/masters-of-scale) · 23 Dec 2025 · 34 min Resurrecting dire wolves is just the beginning for Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm With [Ben Lamm](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-lamm) About this episode In this encore episode of Rapid Response, we revisit a scientific breakthrough that set the internet ablaze: The ‘de-extinction’ of the dire wolf. While many celebrated Colossal Biosciences’ announcement, the experiment also sparked controversy throughout the scientific community, namely the… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [The Logan Bartlett Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/logan-bartlett-show) · 2 May 2025 · 1h 26m EP 141 Ben Lamm (Founder & CEO, Colossal Biosciences) On The Breakthroughs Making De-Extinction Actually Possible With [Ben Lamm](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-lamm) About this episode Ben Lamm, founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, joined the show to talk about the science (and business) of bringing extinct species back to life. Backed by top scientists and investors, Colossal is using advanced gene editing and synthetic biology to recreate animals like the woolly mammoth and… Listen on Apple Podcasts ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Ben Lamm in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [How I Invest](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-invest) · 30 Dec 2025 · 30 min EP272: How a $10B Company Turned De-Extinction into a Platform Mentions [Ben Lamm](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-lamm) About this episode What kind of entrepreneur decides to bring back extinct species and why might that become one of the most important businesses of our lifetime? In this episode, I talk with Ben Lamm, Co-Founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, about why de-extinction is not science fiction but an engineering… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Inevitable](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/inevitable) · 23 Sept 2025 · 46 min De-Extinction as a Platform Business with Colossal Biosciences Mentions [Ben Lamm](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-lamm) About this episode Ben Lamm is CEO and Co-founder of Colossal Biosciences, the world’s first de-extinction company. Colossal has raised more than $400 million at a valuation north of $10 billion to bring back extinct species using synthetic biology and genetic engineering. Just this year, the company unveiled the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? 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