Twist Bioscience
Silicon-based synthetic DNA at scale
Synthetic Biology
Companies engineering life for therapeutics, materials, and food.
28 companies · 6 segments
Tools & Read/Write — Synthesis & Sequencing
Ansa Biotechnologies
Enzymatic DNA synthesis (50 kb clonal)
Elegen
Next-gen long-read DNA manufacturing
Illumina
Dominant sequencing platform
Oxford Nanopore
Long-read portable sequencing
Platforms — Bio-Foundries & Design
Ginkgo Bioworks
Cell programming foundry
Asimov
Genetic design platform for mammalian cells
LanzaTech
Gas-fermentation carbon recycling
Zymergen / Cultivarium
Strain engineering (post-restructure)
Gene Editing & Therapeutics
CRISPR Therapeutics
Casgevy co-developer (sickle cell)
Intellia
In vivo CRISPR therapies
Beam Therapeutics
Base editing precision medicines
Prime Medicine
Prime editing platform
Verve Therapeutics
One-shot cardiovascular editing (Lilly acq.)
Editas Medicine
Clinical-stage CRISPR therapies
Mammoth Biosciences
Ultra-small Cas systems
RNA & Protein Therapeutics
Moderna
mRNA therapeutics platform
BioNTech
mRNA oncology & infectious disease
Generate:Biomedicines
Generative protein design therapeutics
Isomorphic Labs
AlphaFold-derived drug discovery (Alphabet)
Food & Agriculture
UPSIDE Foods
Cultivated chicken (FDA-cleared 2023)
Eat Just / GOOD Meat
Cultivated meat & precision proteins
Mosa Meat
Cultivated beef (Netherlands)
Perfect Day
Precision-fermentation dairy proteins
Pivot Bio
Microbial nitrogen for row crops
Materials
Modern Meadow
Biofabricated leather alternatives
Geltor
Animal-free designer proteins
Solugen
Bio-based industrial chemicals