Arcaea (Ar-kay-uh). We're on a mission to build a new foundation for the beauty industry where biology as the creative tool for self-expression. We're growing new ingredients and product experiences for beauty through technology that includes DNA sequencing, biological engineering, fermentation and more. By culturing industry-leading, safe, and sustainable ingredients, we intend to create a new supply chain for the industry that does not rely on petrochemicals or on harvesting and depleting natural resources while making products that can deliver new functionality and performance across skincare, bodycare, haircare, and aesthetics. Arcaea was incubated on the Ginkgo Bioworks platform under the working title Kalo.
Location: United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $78M
Founded date: 2021
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Wittington... | wittington... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.10.2021 | Series A | $78M | - |
Mentions in press and media 5
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| 26.04.2024 | Astamuse Co., Ltd. The future of the chemical and manufacturing industry transformed by “bio-manufacturing ”: The current state of research and development as seen from grants and startups | Astamuse Co., Ltd. The future of chemical and manufacturing industries transformed by “bio-manufacturing”: The current state of research and development as seen from grants and startups …… Astamuse Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo... |
| 26.04.2024 | Astamuse Co., Ltd. The future of the chemical and manufacturing industry transformed by “bio-manufacturing ”: The current state of research and development as seen from grants and startups | - |
| 05.09.2023 | Looking for a climate job? Consider biotech | More and more people, especially early career workers, want jobs fighting climate change. But when we think about climate work, we tend to imagine only a small number of activities, like integrating renewables into the grid or planning citi... |
| 13.04.2022 | Brief: Ginkgo Bioworks and Elanco launch animal health company BiomEdit | US synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks and Elanco Animal Health Incorporated are launching a “microbiome innovation” company that will develop microbiome-based products and services for improved animal health. The new company, called ... |
| - | What this MIT-trained CEO wishes school taught her differently: There’s no ‘right way’ to succeed | There’s no “right way” to become successful. That’s what Jasmina Aganovic, the 35-year-old CEO of beauty biotech startup Arcaea, wishes she’d known before she embarked on her career. Aganovic, who has a degree in chemical and biological eng... |