Glowing Plant

We use synthetic biology to create Glowing Plants: natural lighting with no electricity consumption or CO2 production

  • Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
  • Industry Biotechnology
  • Location San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded August 2012
  • Employees 4
  • Website glowingplant.com

Company Summary

We are building the world's leading consumer biotechnology company, using our skills in small molecule production by synthetic biology to create products that delight and inspire the public.

We've built a platform for genetic engineering plants cheaper, faster and better than was previously possible. Our first product is a real glowing plant, which ships in December, has 90% gross margins and for which we've taken over $550k in pre-orders.

Team

  • Dr Kyle Taylor
    Chief Scientific Officer

    Kyle Taylor majored in Agriculture Biochemistry, with minor in Agronomy at Iowa State University and then pursued a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology at Stanford University. Not too bad for a rural country boy from Kansas!

Advisors

  • DLA Piper
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Kickstarter
    Crowdfunding
    Unconfirmed
    Y Combinator
    Accelerator
    Unconfirmed

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