Viridos
ClosedLa Jolla, United States · Founded 2005 · $25.0M raised
- Headquarters
- La Jolla
- Founded
- 2005
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- viridos.com
- Total Funding
- $25.0M
- Last Round
- $25.0M Series AMar 2023
- Rounds
- 1
Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.
About
Viridos (formerly Synthetic Genomics) was a La Jolla, California-based synthetic biology company founded in 2005 by genome scientists J. Craig Venter and Hamilton Smith, engineering microalgae strains to produce low-carbon biofuels, sustainable aviation fuel, and omega-3 nutritional products. The company partnered with ExxonMobil for over a decade on algae-based biofuel R&D and later raised a $25M Series A from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Chevron, and United Airlines in 2023. Viridos filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware in April 2025, and its assets were sold to Breakthrough Energy Ventures II in a court-supervised sale.
Summary
Viridos is a Biotech company based in La Jolla, United States, founded in 2005. It has raised $25.0M in total across 1 round, most recently a $25.0M Series A round in Mar 2023. Investors include Breakthrough Energy Ventures, United Airlines Ventures and Draper Associates.
Funding History
Mar 2023
Investors
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