TAXA Biotechnologies
Bio-engineering for the home, starting with a glowing plant
Last Funded August 2016
$309,807
raised from 528 investors
Highlights
1
Over $600k in pre-orders for Glowing Plant.
2
Shipped first ever kit which allows anyone to genetically engineer a plant at home.
3
Shipped Fluc v1 of Glowing plant, the lowest cost GE plant ever sold commercially, demonstrating clear regulatory pathways and working technology.
4
Validated demand for TAXA platform by signing 3 collaborative research agreements with partner companies (more in pipeline).
Our Team
Chief Scientific Officer
PhD & post-doc in Plant Biology at University of California, Berkeley
BS/MS in biology at Seoul National University
Molecular Biologist
PhD & post-doc in Molecular Biology at Harvard University
BS in Cell & Molecular Biology at University of California, Berkeley
Collaboration Partner
Associate Professor, Technical University of Denmark, PhD in Natural product chemistry
