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Jeffrey Dietrich

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Jeffrey Dietrich

Founder and CEO at Rarebird, Inc.

2020Founder· Rarebird, Inc.
Founder · since 2011
Company
Rarebird, Inc.
Role
Founder and CEO
current
Stage
—
no public source
Raised
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no public source
Based
San Leandro, California, United States
current
Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role
Source: LinkedIn work history
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Rarebird

Elevating mental health to be a part of your daily coffee ritual.

Summer 2020

Experience

Career

  • Rarebird, Inc. logo

    Rarebird, Inc.

    Founder

    Founder and CEO · San Leandro, California, United States · 2020 – Present

    2020
  • Lygos logo

    Lygos

    Co-founder

    Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer · Berkeley, CA · 2011 – 2019

    2011
  • UC Berkeley logo

    UC Berkeley

    Graduate student (PhD) · 2005 – 2011

    2005
  • Joint BioEnergy Institute

    Graduate Student · 2005 – 2011

    2005

Bio

Jeffrey Dietrich received his Ph.D. in BioEngineering from UC-Berkeley working in Jay Keasling’s lab to develop new biomanufacturing technologies. Jeffrey then co-founded and was CTO at Lygos (YC W16), which raised over $40MM in equity financing and $10MM in Federal awards to commercialize industrial biochemicals. He has also served on advisory boards for Department of Energy- and National Science Foundation-backed institutions and is an inventor on 17 patents or patent applications.