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Baktus, Inc. is an American technology company based in Menlo Park, California, registered in Delaware.[1] It is the parent company of Metabiota.
Baktus was incorporated in New Castle, Delaware on June 14, 2021 by the Corporation Trust Company.[2] A California branch of the company was incorporated on August 12, 2021.[3] On September 30, 2021, a separate company called Baktus Acquisition Corporation was merged into Metabiota.[4]
On August 19, 2022, Ginkgo Bioworks announced it would purchase "certain epidemiological data infrastructure assets" from Metabiota and Baktus. Metabiota's CEO, Nita Madhav, transferred to Ginkgo Bioworks as part of the transaction, and the assets would be applied to Ginkgo's Concentric public health initiative.[5]
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Kertesz | Chief Executive Officer[2:1] | - |
| Nathan Wolfe | Agent[2:2] | Metabiota |
| Amanda Garcia | Agent[6] | - |
| Gabriela Sanchez | Agent [6:1] | - |
| Daisy Montenegro | Agent[6:2] | - |
| Beatrice Casarez-Barrientez | Agent[6:3] | - |
| Jessie Gastelum | Agent[6:4] | - |
| John Montijo | Agent[6:5] | - |
| Diana Ruiz | Agent[6:6] | - |
| Sarai Marin | Agent[6:7] | - |
| Emanuel Jacobo | Agent[6:8] | - |
| Gladys Aguilera | Agent[6:9] | - |
| Vivian Imperial | Agent[6:10] | - |
| Carlos Paz | Agent[6:11] | - |
| Alberto Damonte | Agent[6:12] | - |
| Peter Cayetano | Agent [6:13] | - |
| Elsa Montanez | Agent[6:14] | - |
| Xenia Perez | Agent[6:15] | - |
| Yesenia Carpenter | Agent[6:16] | - |
Kertesz, M. (2021, November 24). SEC Form D - Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities. Securities and Exchange Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20230723202448/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1895571/000189557121000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml ↩︎
BAKTUS, INC. (2023, January 6). OpenCorporates. https://web.archive.org/web/20230723202813/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/5999426 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
California Secretary of State. (2023, January 6). BAKTUS, INC. - Branch. OpenCorporates. https://web.archive.org/web/20230723202936/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_ca/4777428 ↩︎
Agreement of Merger Merging Baktus Acquisition Corporation and Metabiota, Inc. (2021, September 30). COVID Truth Initiative; California Secretary of State. https://covidtruthinitiative.ca/organizations/metabiota/agreement-of-merger-between-baktus-acquisition-corporation-and-metabiota.pdf ↩︎
Ginkgo Bioworks Announces Strategic Purchase of Epidemiological Data Infrastructure Assets. (2022, August 19). Ginkgo Bioworks. https://web.archive.org/web/20230723201728/https://investors.ginkgobioworks.com/news/news-details/2022/Ginkgo-Bioworks-Announces-Strategic-Purchase-of-Epidemiological-Data-Infrastructure-Assets/default.aspx ↩︎
Business Search - BAKTUS, INC. (4777428). California Secretary of State. Retrieved July 23, 2023, from https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎