- conflicts or gaps
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third-party aggregators (Tracxn, Crunchbase) report higher totals including grants and post-2019 activity; no single authoritative cumulative figure including SPAC proceeds", "source_urls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ginkgo-bioworks-raises-290-million-in-series-e-financing-to-grow-its-platform-for-cell-programming-300921310.html", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/ginkgobioworks/__4skLqMDuzxDUUHk92A6H5rbIxh_PanaXawe3WS7K_58/funding-and-investors"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.series_b_amount", "source_urls": ["https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150723005161/en/Ginkgo-Bioworks-Secures-45-Million-Viking-Global", "https://startupintros.com/news/2015-07-01-ginkgo-bioworks-series-b"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Primary press release reports $45M Series B; StartupIntros database lists $53M for same round", "source_urls": ["https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150723005161/en/Ginkgo-Bioworks-Secures-45-Million-Viking-Global", "https://startupintros.com/news/2015-07-01-ginkgo-bioworks-series-b"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.spac_valuation", "source_urls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ginkgo-bioworks-to-begin-trading-today-as-nyse-dna-with-over-1-6-billion-in-proceeds-301379315.html", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_Bioworks", "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/17/ginkgo-begins-trading-on-the-nyse-after-completing-spac-merger.html"]}, "conflict": {"value": "SPAC announcement cited $17.5B valuation (May 2021); closing PR cited $15B enterprise value; first-day trading market cap ~$2.5B at $11.15 open", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_Bioworks", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ginkgo-bioworks-to-begin-trading-today-as-nyse-dna-with-over-1-6-billion-in-proceeds-301379315.html", "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/17/ginkgo-begins-trading-on-the-nyse-after-completing-spac-merger.html"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.series_e_valuation", "source_urls": ["https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-19/synthetic-bio-pioneer-ginkgo-raises-290-million-in-new-funding", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_Bioworks"]}, "conflict": {"value": "Bloomberg cited $4B valuation (Sep 2019); Wikipedia cites $4.2B (2019); neither is an official company disclosure", "source_urls": ["https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-19/synthetic-bio-pioneer-ginkgo-raises-290-million-in-new-funding", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_Bioworks"]}}, {"field": {"value": "funding.ferment_fund", "source_urls": ["https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/gingko-bioworks-raises-350-mln-fund-for-biotech-spinouts", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ginkgo-bioworks/company_financials"]}, "conflict": {"value": "$350M Ferment Fund (Oct 2019) is a separate investment vehicle for spinouts, not a company equity round; 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