Twist Bioscience

company

About

Twist Bioscience is a synthetic DNA production for specialty chemical compounds and drug development.

Details

Last Funding Type
Post-IPO Equity
Last Funding Money Raised
$250M
Industries
Biotechnology,Chemical,Health Care,Life Science
Founded date
Jan 1, 2013
Number Of Employee
501 - 1000
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
nasdaq:TWST
Legal Name
Twist Bioscience Corporation
Also Known As
Twist

Twist Bioscience is a synthetic DNA production for specialty chemical compounds and drug development. At Twist Bioscience Corporation, they work in the service of customers who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as health care, agriculture, industrial chemicals, and data storage, by using our synthetic DNA tools, their customers are developing ways to better lives and improve the sustainability of the planet. They believe that the faster their customers succeed, the better for all of them, and Twist Bioscience is uniquely positioned to help accelerate their efforts.

Their innovative silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that we believe is otherwise unavailable to their customers. their platform technologies overcome inefficiencies and enable cost-effective, rapid, precise, high-throughput synthesis and sequencing, providing both the quality and quantity of the tools they need to rapidly realize the opportunity ahead.

Twist Bioscience was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
10
$573.11M
Twist Bioscience has raised a total of $573.11M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 10, 2022 from a Post-IPO Equity round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Feb 10, 2022 Post-IPO Equity $250M Detail
Oct 30, 2018 IPO $70M Detail
Apr 2, 2018 Series Unknown $50M Detail
Jun 14, 2017 Series Unknown $27M 8 Biomatics Capital Partners Detail
Mar 27, 2017 Series Unknown $33M 2 Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
3
0
Twist Bioscience has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Apr 13, 2022, when REV3AL raised 0.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Apr 13, 2022 REV3AL
Series Unknown Blockchain
Jul 10, 2021 Banger
Series Unknown Blockchain
Jul 17, 2017 Sphere Fluidics
Grant $1.25M Biotechnology

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
28
Twist Bioscience has 28 current employee profiles, including Executive Martin Kunz
Executive
Executive
Executive
Employee
Executive

Acquisition

Twist Bioscience has acquired 3 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Genome Compiler on Apr 6, 2016. They acquired Genome Compiler for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Apr 6, 2016 Genome Compiler
Biotechnology acquisition Detail
Jun 30, 2021 iGenomX
Biotechnology acquisition $ 35M Detail
Nov 22, 2021 Abveris
Biopharma acquisition $ 190M Detail