Genomatica and the new road to bioeconomy innovation

It takes a village to raise a molecule, sustainably

Where once there were lonely pioneers, now there are villages. And as it turns out, it takes a village to make a sustainable chemical.

So, the partnerships allow for specialization, but also a more efficient capital structure and capital return. And it makes the understanding of each company’s mission more clear to all stakeholders. That brings new investors into the field, and in turn makes them more interdependent, and more supportive. The era of competition will come, but for now its about co-operation and coopetition. 

Like rival businesses in the Wild Wild West banding together to hire a sheriff, or improve roads, or partnering with a railroad. Just as the western towns needed the railroad to bring goods to markets, so too he railroad needed the local business as a customer base. It’s the oldest story in customer development there is, I’ll help you to help me. Givers gain, like a scene out of Jerry Maguire. Help me help you.

Help me … help you.

And so, the bioeconomy has changed, again, and innovation has changed. One thing that seems always to endure, if opportunity is knocking, there’s Genomatica to answer the door.