June 02, 2021 \u2014 Today, Origin.Bio announ\u00adced its $15m Series Seed, led by EQT Ventures with parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion from exis\u00adting inves\u00adtor BlueY\u00adard Capi\u00adtal, Taavet Hinri\u00adkus and Sten Tamviki, Inven\u00adtures, Acequia Capi\u00adtal, and Char\u00adlie Song\u00adhurst. Origin.Bio is a next-gene\u00adra\u00adtion synthe\u00adtic biology company that repli\u00adca\u00adtes and impro\u00adves ingre\u00addi\u00adents from tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal chemi\u00adcal indus\u00adtria\u00adliza\u00adtion proces\u00adses, free\u00ading manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders from petro\u00adche\u00admi\u00adcal depen\u00addency. \u2014 DLA Piper advi\u00adsed EQT Ventures on its invest\u00adment in Munich-based start-up Origin.Bio in a $15 million seed round.<\/p>\n
Since its foun\u00adding in 2021, Origin.Bio, a synthe\u00adtic biology company, has been connec\u00adting bioen\u00adgi\u00adneers with nature. It produ\u00adces synthe\u00adtic micro\u00ador\u00adga\u00adnisms that can produce many of the same subs\u00adtances that tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal chemi\u00adcal indus\u00adtry proces\u00adses do today, but with signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly lower energy use and waste gene\u00adra\u00adtion and avoi\u00adding petro\u00adleum chemi\u00adcals. The company provi\u00addes the link between R&D\u2011focused insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons and manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders and increased climate-focu\u00adsed innovation.<\/p>\n
EQT Ventures is the venture capi\u00adtal fund of the Swedish private equity fund EQT Part\u00adners. EQT Ventures invests in fast-growing, inno\u00adva\u00adtive and tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-driven compa\u00adnies in all sectors world\u00adwide, with a focus on Europe and the US.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsors to EQT Ventures: DLA Piper<\/strong> About DLA Piper<\/strong><\/p>\n DLA Piper is one of the worl\u00add\u2019s leading commer\u00adcial law firms, with offices in more than 40 count\u00adries in Africa, Asia, Austra\u00adlia, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America. In Germany, DLA Piper is repre\u00adsen\u00adted by more than 250 lawy\u00aders at its offices in Frank\u00adfurt, Hamburg, Colo\u00adgne and Munich. In certain juris\u00addic\u00adtions, this infor\u00adma\u00adtion may be conside\u00adred attor\u00adney adver\u00adti\u00adsing. For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion, visit: www.dlapiper.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June 02, 2021 \u2014 Today, Origin.Bio announ\u00adced its $15m Series Seed, led by EQT Ventures with parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion from exis\u00adting inves\u00adtor BlueY\u00adard Capi\u00adtal, Taavet Hinri\u00adkus and Sten Tamviki, Inven\u00adtures, Acequia Capi\u00adtal, and Char\u00adlie Song\u00adhurst. Origin.Bio is a next-gene\u00adra\u00ad\u00adtion synthe\u00adtic biology company that repli\u00adca\u00adtes and impro\u00adves ingre\u00addi\u00adents from tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal chemi\u00adcal indus\u00adtria\u00adliza\u00adtion proces\u00adses, free\u00ading manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders from petro\u00adche\u00admi\u00adcal dependency. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1369,1372,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-consultant","category-venture-capital-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nLed by Part\u00adner Andreas F\u00fcch\u00adsel (Private Equity\/M&A), Part\u00adner Semin O (Liti\u00adga\u00adtion & Regu\u00adla\u00adtory), Coun\u00adsel Kaja Herr\u00admann (Labor Law), Senior Asso\u00adciate Phil\u00adipp Groll (Private Equity\/M&A) and Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Alex\u00adan\u00adder R\u00f6sch (Liti\u00adga\u00adtion & Regu\u00adla\u00adtory), Johan\u00adnes Klug (Labor Law, all Frank\u00adfurt) and Jessica Herr\u00admann (Corpo\u00adrate, Munich).<\/p>\n