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Legendary investor Julian Robertson has passed away — but leaves behind many powerful mentees

Julian Robertson’s hedge fund investors didn’t want to listen to him when, in 1999, he questioned the sanity of the prices being paid for shares in nascent internet companies. So months af

Ginkgo Bioworks’ dev shop for genetic programming is now worth $4 billion

Ginkgo Bioworks is now worth $4 billion after a $290 million capital infusion that will give the company the cash to dramatically expand its developer shop for genetic programming. The Boston-based co

Ginkgo Bioworks secures $275 million in Series D, valuing the company at over $1 billion

Boston biotech startup Ginkgo Bioworks has announced the raise of $275 million in Series D funding to build out its Bioworks3 production facility. The funding comes from previous investors Viking Glo

Trace Genomics launches a 23andMe for farms, raises $4 million to improve the world’s food supply

A San Francisco startup called Trace Genomics wants to help farmers diagnose and improve the health of the soil where they want to raise crops before it’s harvest time and too late to change course.

Impossible Foods Raises a Whopping $108 Million For Its Plant-Based Burgers

Impossible Foods, a four-year-old, Redwood City, Ca.-based company at work on a new generation of meats and cheeses made entirely from plants, has raised $108 million in new funding from a powerful gr

Ginkgo Bioworks Takes On Zymergen With $45 Million In Series B Funding

Boston biotech startup Ginkgo Bioworks just gained an extra $45 million in Series B funding from an "oversubscribed" list of investors. The startup raised $9 million in March, so that gives the startu