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Zymergen

4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 6, 2021 by David Friedberg · said 22 times in 4 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by David Friedberg (15), Chamath Palihapitiya (4), David Sacks (2), Jason Calacanis (1)

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Aug 6, 2021 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: Zymergen's collapse will cause widespread skepticism in synthetic biology
“It's really going to impact the industry broadly, because now people are going to say a lot of synthetic biology companies are smoke and mirrors, and they're really not there yet.”
David Friedberg Aug 6, 2021 ▶ 36:55 E43: Innovative venture strategies, Zymergen's implosion, Square acquires Afterpay & more
Aug 6, 2021 positive
Disclosure
David Sacks: Craft Ventures requires revenue before funding Series A rounds
“One of the reasons why we like SaaS and marketplace at Kraft is they're very milestone based. I mean, we, you know, if we invest before you have a functional product, it's going to be at a seed valuation, you know, like a 10 cap, ten million dollar valuation, …”
David Sacks Aug 6, 2021 ▶ 38:36 E43: Innovative venture strategies, Zymergen's implosion, Square acquires Afterpay & more
Sep 18, 2021 negative
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: Zymergen raised $400M from SoftBank before disclosing zero revenue post-IPO
“Raised a four hundred million dollar round from SoftBank, took the company public. Then they go public, and a few weeks later, they're like, oh, wait, sorry, we don't actually have any product or any revenue.”
David Friedberg Sep 18, 2021 ▶ 1:10:24 E47: Facebook's week from hell, Ellen Pao on sexism in Elizabeth Holmes coverage, Newsom wins & more
Jul 29, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Friedberg: Zymergen sold for $300M after raising $1.5B
“Zymergen being acquired for three hundred million dollars comes off of them having raised a total of one and a half billion dollars of capital from many investors, including SoftBank and in their IPO, since they were founded in 2013.”
David Friedberg Jul 29, 2022 ▶ 1:10:45 E89: GDP growth negative in Q2, $SHOP layoffs, Alzheimer's fraud, Ginkgo acquires Zymergen & more
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