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Barry Canton

Unicorn founder

Co-founder at Ginkgo Bioworks

United States

FoundedGinkgo Bioworks$17.5B · YC

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10,564 people in our graph share verified history with Barry — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Sundeep PeechuunlockedBarry: together at Ginkgo Bioworks (2014–2021)
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Co-founder at Ginkgo BioworksYC S14

Intro paths

YC

Barry went through Y Combinator (Summer 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Barry can intro founders to Ginkgo Bioworks's investors below.

Ginkgo Bioworks's investors · 56

11.2 CapitalLas Vegas · $500K – $3M checks1955 CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $10M checks · since 2017ACME CapitalSan FranciscoAllen Institute for AI (AI2) IncubatorSeattle · $100K – $600K checksAzure Capital PartnersSan Francisco · $250K – $10M checksB3 HoldingPragueBand of AngelsSilicon Valley · since 2014Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2014BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2014Bill Taisince 2014Boost VCSan Mateo · $500K checks · since 2014BoxGroupNew York · $250K – $1M checks · since 2014Canaan PartnersStamford · $500K – $20M checks · since 2014Cannage CapitalLas VegasCool Climate CollectiveSacramento · $100K – $350K checksCota CapitalSan Francisco · since 2014DCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checksDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)since 2012Designer FundSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checksDraper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checksDST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checks · since 2015Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2015Fundamental VenturesLakewayGeneral AtlanticNew York · $10M – $1B checks · since 2017Hemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyiGlobe PartnersSingapore · $600K – $6M checks · since 2015In-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checksIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2014Jude GomilaLynnwoodKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksLead Edge CapitalNew York · $50M – $400M checks · since 2014MassVenturesWaltham · $250K – $500K checks · since 2015Merus CapitalMenlo Park · $200K – $2.5M checks · since 2014National Institutes of Health (NIH)National Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2011Offline VenturesMill Valley · $250K – $5M checksOMX VenturesLincolnshireOS FundPark Ridge · $1M – $2M checks · since 2015ParadigmSan Francisco · $1M – $100M checksPetriBoston · $100K – $6M checksPfizer Venture Investments$5M – $20M checksPrelude VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksQueensBridge Venture Partnerssince 2014ReshapeNew York · $100K – $2M checksSam Altmansince 2015Scrum VenturesSan Francisco · since 2015Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2014SoftBank Vision FundLondonSound VenturesSanta Monica · since 2014T. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2019The Robotics HubPittsburgh · since 2014TSVCSilicon Valley · $1M checksVast VenturesFt. Lauderdale · $100K – $1M checks · since 2015Viking Global InvestorsStamford · since 2015Vital Venture CapitalWashington · $1M – $3M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2014

Co-founders at Ginkgo Bioworks

JKJason Kelly
Jason KellyCo-founder and CEO
RSReshma Shetty
Reshma ShettyCo-founder; President, Chief Operations Officer
ACAustin Che
Austin CheCo-founder
TKTom Knight
Tom KnightFounder; Ginkgo Fellow

Experience

  1. Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.Foundercurrent2008 — present
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyGraduate Student2003 — 2008

Skills & more

Bioengineering11Biotechnology17

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Barry Canton?
Founder at Ginkgo Bioworks
Where does Barry Canton work?
Barry Canton is Co-founder of Ginkgo Bioworks.
What companies did Barry Canton found?
Barry Canton founded Ginkgo Bioworks.
Where did Barry Canton go to school?
Barry Canton studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD, Biological Engineering); University College Dublin (Master of Engineering - MEng, Mechanical Engineering); University College Dublin (BEng, Mechanical Engineering).

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