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In 2018, Zymergen acquired fellow biotechnology firm Radiant Genomics. [17] According to an insider source reported by Forbes, the company was failing to generate revenue by this point but continued to attract investment. By April 2020, the company had begun to lay off between 10% and 15% of its employees. [2]
Altos Labs, Inc. is an American biotechnology research company. Altos Labs' goal is to develop life extension therapies that can halt or reverse the human aging process. Specialized cell therapies based on induced pluripotent stem cells are to be developed for this purpose. The company was started in 2022.
Genentech, Inc. is an American biotechnology corporation headquartered in South San Francisco, California, wholly owned by the Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company, the Roche Group. It became an independent subsidiary of Roche in 2009. Genentech Research and Early Development operates as an independent center within Roche. [6]
This list contains both extant companies which have moved their headquarters out of the Bay Area (often during a corporate buyout), and defunct companies. Bank of America (9) – relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina; Bare Escentuals – purchased by Shiseido, now headquarters in Rutherford, New Jersey; Bechtel – relocated to Reston, Virginia
The 70 Best Companies to Work For in the Bay Area
Calico, short for the California Life Company, [1] [2] was announced on September 18, 2013, prior to Google's restructuring and was founded by former GV CEO Bill Maris. [3] [4] In Google's 2013 Founders Letter, Larry Page described Calico as a company focused on "health, well-being, and longevity."
GRAIL, Inc. is an American biotechnology company based in Menlo Park, California. It was previously a subsidiary of Illumina started as a startup seeking to develop an early cancer screening test for people who do not have symptoms. [3] Grail was spun-out from Illumina on June 24, 2024.
L.A.-area startups received $1.8 billion in the third quarter, the highest quarterly amount for the region, according to CB Insights. Most of it went to a single company.