Switch Bioworks

About Switch Bioworks

Switch Bioworks is a company focused on sustainable agriculture, aiming to feed the world by developing innovative, low-cost fertilizer solutions. Their mission is to address the challenges of traditional fertilizer use, including cost, environmental pollution, and supply chain risks, by engineering microbes that produce fertilizer directly on plant roots.

Products & Services

Microbial Fertilizer:A sustainable fertilizer produced by naturally occurring microbes engineered to produce nitrogen directly on plant roots. The product is formulated into a powder containing billions of sleeping microbes, which farmers rehydrate and apply at crop sowing to enhance nitrogen production and reduce costs, runoff, and supply chain risks.

Specialties

Microbial Engineering Sustainable Fertilizer Production Nitrogen Biofertilizer Development

Funding History

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#	Type	Amount Fields	Date Fields	Investors
1	RT: Grant T: - FT: Grant	A: 2000000 MR: - FA: $2 million grant FAN: 2000000	D: 2025-01-16 FD: 2025-01-16	1 investors
2	RT: Series Seed T: - FT: Series Seed	A: 17000000 MR: - FA: 17 million FAN: 17000000	D: 2024-09-05 FD: 2024-09-05	8 investors

Grant Latest

2025-01-16

$2.0M

1 investor (Pro only)

Series Seed 2024-09-05

$17.0M

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Growth Metrics

+45%

Employee Growth

YoY

3.2x

Funding Growth

Last Round

12

Markets

Operating

10K+

Customers

Active

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Team & Leadership

T

Tim Schnabel

Founder, CEO, and Board Member

S

Steve Del Cardayre

CTO

B

Brett Boghigian

Chief Business Officer

T

Tim Haskett

Synthetic Biology Lead

S

Sandipan Samaddar

MICROBIAL DISCOVERY TEAM LEAD

M

Makena Pule

DIRECTOR OF LAB OPERATIONS

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Recent News

Switch Bioworks Announces New Product Launch

2 days ago

Company unveils innovative solution to transform the industry, expanding market reach and capabilities...

Leadership Team Expands with Industry Veteran

1 week ago

New executive brings 20+ years of experience to accelerate growth and strategic initiatives...

Company Recognized as Industry Leader

2 weeks ago

Receives prestigious award for innovation and customer satisfaction in competitive market...

Key Competitors

C1

Competitor Alpha

Series B · $50M raised

C2

Competitor Beta

Series C · $120M raised

C3

Competitor Gamma

Series A · $25M raised

C4

Competitor Delta

Seed · $10M raised