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Biobased Chemicals

Lygos raises funds for industrial biotech

by Michael McCoy
July 20, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 30

 

The structure of malonic acid.

Lygos has raised $15.5 million in a series B funding round led by IA Ventures and First Round Capital. The Berkeley, Calif.-based firm says it now has raised a total of $40 million to advance its main product, biobased malonic acid, as well as other organic acids such as aspartic acid and ­glycolic acid. CEO Eric Steen says the firm combines advanced biotechnology and computer science to develop new industrial biochemicals.

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