Subsequent Events	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
GREENLIGHT BIOSCIENCES HOLDINGS, PBC [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Events	17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Private Placement and Securities Subscription Agreement On August 11, 2022, the Company entered into Securities Subscription Agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain accredited investors (collectively, the “Purchasers”), providing for the sale by the Company of 27,640,301 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock (the “Common Stock”) at a purchase price of $3.92 per share, in a private placement (the “Private Placement”). The Shares were issued (the “Closing”) simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the Subscription Agreements. The Company has $108.4 million committed under the executed Subscription Agreements, of which we have received the entire $108.4 million at the time these interim financial statements are issued. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Private Placement to fund ongoing clinical development and commercialization of its existing product pipeline.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6842918&loc=SL6314017-165662

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