TAXA Biotechnologies develops engineered plants and provides genetic engineering of plants as a service. Its first consumer-facing product is a glowing plant, and the company is close to shipping a fragrant moss. TAXA operates a platform for protein engineering, automated DNA assembly, transient experiments and stable transformation that is already being used by three partners. The company plans to use crowdfunded proceeds to scale up production capabilities to deliver both consumer products and expanded service offerings to partners. TAXA was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco; it is also noted as the first biotech investment by Y Combinator. As of the Wefunder campaign the company had attracted broad retail investor interest to support its manufacturing and service scale-up.

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Aug 2016