# Joyn Bio

Pivot Bio has widely commercialized its PROVEN and RETURN products for corn and wheat. Joyn Bio (integrated with Ginkgo Bioworks and Bayer) focuses on synthetic biology to create designer microbes for cereals.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/joyn-bio/
Updated: 2026-06-24

- Country: United States

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding | $100 million raised from Bayer, Ginkgo Bioworks, and Viking Global Investors | https://agfundernews.com/joyn-bio-bayer-ginkgo-bioworks-joint-venture, https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/joyn-bio-aims-to-solve-the-worlds-fertilizer-problem-with-microbes.html |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | https://agfundernews.com/joyn-bio-bayer-ginkgo-bioworks-joint-venture, https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/news-press/crop-protection/bayer-and-ginkgo-bioworks-unveil-joint-venture-joyn-bio-and-establish-operations-in-boston-and-west-sacramento |
| Production site | Boston, Massachusetts and Woodland, California | https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/news-press/crop-protection/bayer-and-ginkgo-bioworks-unveil-joint-venture-joyn-bio-and-establish-operations-in-boston-and-west-sacramento, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/joyn-bio-opens-new-plant-sciences-facility-to-accelerate-testing-of-engineered-microbes-for-agriculture-300834016.html |
| Headcount | Initial team of 10, with plans to grow to 30 in Boston and over 200 researchers in West Sacramento via Bayer's facility [medium confidence] | https://agfundernews.com/joyn-bio-bayer-ginkgo-bioworks-joint-venture, https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/news-press/crop-protection/bayer-and-ginkgo-bioworks-unveil-joint-venture-joyn-bio-and-establish-operations-in-boston-and-west-sacramento |
| Founded | 2017 | https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/18/joyn-bio-aims-to-solve-the-worlds-fertilizer-problem-with-microbes.html, https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/news-press/crop-protection/bayer-and-ginkgo-bioworks-unveil-joint-venture-joyn-bio-and-establish-operations-in-boston-and-west-sacramento, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ginkgo-and-bayer-sign-definitive-agreement-to-build-agricultural-biologicals-rd-platform-capabilities-301592174.html |

Independent sources: agfundernews.com, cnbc.com, cropscience.bayer.us, prnewswire.com

## Technologies

- [Nitrogen-fixing cereals & biological nitrification inhibition](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/nitrogen-fixing-cereals/)
- [Synthetic Microbial Consortia for Soil](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/synthetic-microbial-consortia-soil/)