Ginkgo BioWorks took the #1 spot in the 2017-18 “40 Hottest Emerging Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy” rankings, published today in The Digest and Nuu, the world’s most widely-read advanced bioeconomy dailies. It is the first time for Ginkgo at the top of the list, and the first time each of the others reached the top five.
Ginkgo BioWorks (#1), Impossible Foods (#2), Calysta (#3), Bolt Threads (#4), Zymergen (#5), Arzeda (#6),Oberon Fuels (#7), POET-DSM (#8), Leaf Resources (#9), and NexSteppe (#10), composed the top 10.
Ranked #11 through #20 are Caribou Biosciences, Mango Materials, Beyond Meat, Comet Biorefining, Twist Bioscience, Altair Fuels, Perfect Day, Vertimass, Clara Foods and Celtic Renewables.
A record number of new companies
With a new generation of companies based in advanced nutrition and synthetic bilogy, a shift in global commodity prices, mergers and significant progress towards commercial-scale by many companies, 13 companies reached the Hot 40 for the first time in 2016. They are:
ISOThrive (#24), Memphis Meats (#25), Provivi (#26), Muse bio (#27), Sierra Energy (#28), Benson Hill Biosystems (#29), Global Algae Innovatinos (#31), Livink Ink (#34), Microvi Biotechnologies (#36), Consumer Physics (#37), Visolis (#38), Crop Intelligence (#39), and Pivot Bio (#40).
Silicon Valley dominates
Overall, 20 companies founded in the technology hotbed of Silicon Valley — and overwhelmingly, US-founded companies dominated this early-stage company rankings. 37 of the 40 were US companies.
The rankings recognize biotechnology innovation and achievement in fuels, biobased chemicals, nutrition, health, syntheric biology, and materials, and the Hot 40 specifically recognizes emerging companies founded in the past 10 years. Rankings are based on votes from an invited panel of distinguished international selectors.
The Miami, FL-based Digest and Nuu serves more than 2.8 million unique readers and followers via the web, newsletters, social media and broadcast in every UN-recognized country. The rankings have been conducted annually since 2008.
The 40 Hottest Emerging Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy for 2017-18 are:
1 Gingko BioWorks
2 Impossible Foods
3 Calysta
4 Bolt Threads
5 Zymergen
6 Arzeda
7 Oberon Fuels
8 POET-DSM
9 Leaf Resources
10 NexSteppe
11 Caribou Biosciences
12 Mango Materials
13 Beyond Meat
14 Comet Biorefining
15 Twist Bioscience
16 Altair Fuels
17 Perfect Day
18 Vertimass
19 Clara Foods
20 Celtic Renewables
21 Ripple Foods
22 Industrial Microbes
23 RedRock Biofuels
24 ISOthrive
25 Memphis Meats
26 Provivi
27 MuseBio
28 Sierra Energy
29 Benson Hill Biosystems
30 Modern Meadow
31 Global Algae Innovations
32 Novvi
33 Sylvatex
34 Living Ink
35 PrecisionHawk
36 Microvi Biotechnologies
37 Consumer Physics
38 Visolis
39 Crop Intelligence
40 Pivot Bio