Switch Bioworks, Inc.
Genetically engineered symbiotic microbes that produce nitrogen fertilizer via synthetic genetic circuits
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- SAN CARLOS, CA
- Founded
- 2022
- Latest Form D
- $22.6M, Sep 2024
- Total capital
- $22.6M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $22.6M
- 1 Form D · last Sep 2024
- 26 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 6 pending · first 2026
- Rank in peer group#13 of 73
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$22.6M
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Standing among 73 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Molecule
- Granted patents#13 · top 18%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- Douglas CameronDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Kartick C. KumarDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Tim SchnabelExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 7- GrantedPhosphate Sensing Microbial Gene SwitchUSPTOUS 12,649,699
- PendingIrreversible Condition Sensitive Microbial Gene SwitchesUSPTOApplication PCTUS2025014079
- PendingDensity-dependent Microbial Gene SwitchUSPTOApplication PCTUS2025015489
Show all 7 patent records
- Phosphate Sensing Microbial Gene SwitchJun 9, 2026 · US 12,649,699Granted
- Irreversible Condition Sensitive Microbial Gene SwitchesApplication PCTUS2025014079Pending
- Density-dependent Microbial Gene SwitchApplication PCTUS2025015489Pending
- Density Dependent Microbial Gene SwitchApplication 63553528Pending
- Density Dependent Microbial Gene SwitchApplication 63552631Pending
- Phosphate Sensing Microbial Gene SwitchApplication 63627673Pending
- Phosphate Sensing Microbial Gene SwitchApplication PCTUS2025013983Pending
Related companies, and why
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- Ohalo Genetics, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Crop Diagnostix, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- IMMUCELL CORP /DE/Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- AvaloSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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