Ginkgo - About the company
Ginkgo is a funded company based in Boston (United States), founded in 2009 by Reshma Shetty, Austin Che, Tom Knight and Jason Kelly. It operates as a Provider of autonomous laboratory systems for biological engineering and experimentation. Ginkgo has raised an undisclosed amount in funding, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 119 active competitors, including 22 funded and 15 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Automata, Aethon and MEGAROBO.
Company Details
Provider of autonomous laboratory systems for biological engineering and experimentation. The company offers tools that automate scientific benchwork, enabling scientists to focus on data analysis and experimental design. It provides both complete autonomous labs and access to a cloud-based laboratory environment. The company supports research and development projects with experiment design and data analysis services.
- Website
- www.ginkgo.bio/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@ginkgobioworks.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2009
Location
Boston, United States
Stage
Funding Raised
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Jan 01, 2019
Investors
Ranked
8th among 119 active competitors
Employee Count
578 as on Mar 31, 2026
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Ginkgo's funding and investors
Ginkgo has raised funding over 9 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 16, 2010. Its latest funding round was a Grant (prize money) round on Dec 18, 2025 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Ginkgo has 5 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Ginkgo:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Dec 18, 2025 | 8664043 | Grant (prize money) | 4058816 | 6703322 | 2144993 | 9723718 |
Sep 15, 2025 | 4969383 | Grant (prize money) | 3172289 | 9869141 | 8656827 | |
Feb 20, 2025 | 1810878 | Grant (prize money) | 3336378 | 3335286 | 7500923 |
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Ginkgo's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Ginkgo are Reshma Shetty, Austin Che, Tom Knight and Jason Kelly. Jason Kelly is the CEO of Ginkgo.
Here are the details of Ginkgo's key team members:
- Reshma Shetty: Co-Founder of Ginkgo and founder of 3 other companies, Pillar VC, Petri and Ginkgo Bioworks. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Austin Che: Co-Founder of Ginkgo and founder of 1 other company.
- Tom Knight: Co-Founder of Ginkgo. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Jason Kelly: Co-Founder and CEO of Ginkgo. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Ginkgo's employee count trend
Ginkgo has 578 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Ginkgo's employee count trend over the years:
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Ginkgo's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Ginkgo include Automata, Aethon and MEGAROBO. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Ginkgo, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Automata 2015, London (United Kingdom), Series C | Developer of modular lab automation platforms for biological research workflows | $177M | 67/100 | |
2nd | Aethon 1997, Pittsburgh (United States), Acquired | Autonomous robots for internal logistics in hospitals | $55.3M | 65/100 | |
3rd | Provider of robotic solutions for industrial laboratory automation | $427M | 60/100 | ||
4th |  Medra 2021, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Developer of robots to automate repetitive wet lab tasks | $63M | 56/100 | |
5th | Transcriptic 2012, Menlo Park (United States), Series A | Provider of a cloud-based remote robotic bio-lab | $27.7M | 54/100 | |
6th | Stratec Biomedical 1979, Birkenfeld (Germany), Public | Provider of automated analyzer systems, data management software, and solutions for IVD sample preparation | - | 54/100 | |
7th | Hamilton Company 1953, Reno (United States), Funding Raised | Developer of automated liquid handling systems | - | 52/100 | |
8th | Ginkgo 2009, Boston (United States), Funding Raised | Provider of autonomous laboratory systems for biological engineering and experimentation | - | 52/100 | |
9th | Provider of engineering, procurement, construction management, and validation for biopharma | - | - | 50/100 | |
10th | LabMinds 2009, Boston (United States), Series C | Automating buffer and sample preparation for quality control and digitized labs | $9.6M | 47/100 |
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Ginkgo's Investments and acquisitions
Ginkgo has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Ginkgo
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News related to Ginkgo
Filter this listMedia has covered Ginkgo for a total of 13 events in the last 1 year, 6 of them have been about company updates and 5 about partnerships.
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Araceli Biosciences and Ginkgo Bioworks Integrate Cell Imaging into Nebula LabEuropa Press•Oct 08, 2026•Araceli Biosciences, Ginkgo
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Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings GAAP EPS of -$0.92, revenue of $20M misses by $4.85M (DNA:NYSE)Seeking Alpha•Aug 05, 2026•Ginkgo
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ProQR Announces Partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks and AI Advisory BoardGlobeNewswire•Apr 08, 2026•Ginkgo, ProQR Therapeutics
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Ginkgo Bioworks Partners with Carnegie-Mellon University to Develop Innovative New Cancer ScreeningPR Newswire•Dec 22, 2025•CMU, Ginkgo
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Jump Financial LLC Acquires New Stake in Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. $DNAMarketBeat•Dec 11, 2025•Ginkgo, Jump Trading
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ProteoNic Licenses 2G UNic Tech to Ginkgo for BARDA-Backed Consortium Aiming to Advance Antibody ManufacturingGlobeNewswire•Dec 11, 2025•ProteoNic, Ginkgo
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Ginkgo Bioworks to Deliver High-Throughput Phenotyping Platform for DOE's M2PCPR Newswire•Dec 05, 2025•Ginkgo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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