Ranking · Winter 2015 · Healthcare · Industrial Bio

Industrial Microbes

We design and build microbes to make chemicals greener at lower cost.

4.9%

odds of being acquired in the next two years

0.7× the average (6.8%)

#3591 of 4,339 active YC companies · top 84%

Team of 12 · San Francisco, CA, USA; Alameda, CA, USA

Raises the odds

↑ based in United States of America

↑ based in America / Canada

↑ based in Remote

Lowers the odds

↓ industry: Healthcare

↓ “design” in its one-liner

↓ tag: Climate

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imicrobes.com YC profile

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