Viridos

United States
San Diego, California, United States, 92037

Company profile

Viridos company profile

Viridos develops and commercializes genomic-driven solutions to address global energy and environmental challenges. The company engages in synthesizing and programming DNA in developing and utilizing the technologies in synthetic genomics. It designs and develops microbes for industrial processes and environmental applications. The company also develops microbial cultivation technologies and monitoring approaches that reveal novel microorganisms, suites of new genes, and fermentation platforms for the metabolic engineering of microbes for commercial Bioenergy applications. In addition, it involves in designing advanced biofuels with properties compared to ethanol and biodiesel; harnessing photosynthetic organisms to produce value-added products directly from sunlight and carbon dioxide; developing new biological solutions to enhance production and/or recovery rates of subsurface hydrocarbons; and developing high-yielding, disease resistant, and economic feedstocks. The company's solutions help in improving the production of energy, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, as well as enabling carbon sequestration and environmental remediation.

Business identity

Contact email
[email protected]
Phone number
8587542989
Operating status
Active
Company type
For Profit
Employee range
501-1,000 employees
Revenue range
$1M-$10M
Founded
2005-01-01, Year

Headquarters

Postal code
92037
Country code
US
Continent
North America

Capital profile

Funding and company signals

Funding stage
Early Stage Venture
Funding rounds
10
Total equity funding
$200M
Last funding
Series A / $25M / 2023-03-13
Last equity funding
Series A / $25M
Investors
12
Lead investors
5
Founders
4
Articles
165

Founders and investors

Founders

David C. KiernanHamilton SmithJ. Craig VenterJuan Enriquez

Lead investors

Breakthrough Energy VenturesExcel Venture ManagementGovernor’s Office of Business & Economic DevelopmentLung BiotechnologyUS Department of Energy

Investors

BPBreakthrough Energy VenturesChevronFrontier Venture CapitalUS Department of Energy