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Ginkgo Bioworks M&A Summary

Ginkgo Bioworks has acquired 14 companies, including 13 in the last 5 years. It has also divested 1 asset.

Ginkgo Bioworks’ largest acquisition to date was in 2022, when it acquired Zymergen for $300M. Ginkgo Bioworks has acquired in 6 different US states, and 4 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include life science (65%) and information technology (15%).

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity15
    • M&A Buy Activity14
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 4
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4

Ginkgo Bioworks

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.

27 Drydock Avenue, 8th Floor,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
United States,
(877) 422-5362
www.ginkgo.bio

All (15) Buy (14) Sell (1)
Date Target Value
$mlns 		Transaction Type Acquirer Seller SRC
Link
2024-10-07 AltarBio · Life Science
Evry-Courcouronnes, France · www.altar.bio

AltarBio is specialized in the development of microorganisms for industrial applications. Altar's technology, which was developed in collaboration with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), automates Adaptive Laboratory Evolution and offers a unique capability to adapt microorganisms to the conditions required by industrial companies for their competitive utilization at commercial scale. AltarBio is based in Evry-Courcouronnes, France.

- Divestiture

Lesaffre et Compagnie SA

Ginkgo Bioworks


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