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Lygos

Lygos engineers yeast to convert sugar into high-value industrial…

Winter 2016Healthcare / Healthcare -> Industrial BioSan Francisco, CA, USA55 employees
Synthetic Biology
Climate
Biotechnology

About

Founded in 2010, Lygos is providing biotechnology solutions for today’s renewable chemical challenges. They engineer microbes to convert sugars into high-value, industrial chemicals, targeting compounds where biological production is cost-advantaged over petrochemical production.

Founders (1)

Eric Steen
Founder/CSO

Details

Status
Active
Stage
Growth
Team Size
55
Regions
United States of America, America / Canada