Search Results for: biopesticide

EXCLUSIVE: Biopesticide startup Robigo raises pre-seed funding to make ‘molecular vigilantes’

November 5, 2021

US-based Robigo engineers plant microbiota into ‘molecular vigilantes,’ according to co-founder Connor Sweeney.

Targeted RNA crop protection – the next frontier in biopesticides

October 2, 2020

RNA plays an essential role in the genetic machinery of all living things – so there are myriad potential uses of bio-targeted RNA beyond agriculture, too.

Aquatic biopesticide startup Sundew closes $1.7m seed round

September 24, 2020

The Dutch-Danish startup thinks that toxicity and growing pathogen resistance to chemical aqua-pesticides means that now’s the time to shine for biological alternatives.

Startup Spotlight: With a decade of R&D under its belt, MustGrow wants to make biopesticides easy for growers to adopt

June 1, 2020

The publicly-traded company is responding to the increasing number of countries banning chemical inputs by innovating bio-based solutions.

Vestaron Closes $40m Series B for Peptide-based Biopesticide with “Proven Modes of Action Unlike Microbials,” says CEO

June 13, 2019

Vestaron wants farmers to know that its peptide-based products are different from existing microbial products, offering more consistent efficacy with the same environmental benefits.

Greenlight Biosciences Raises $18m Series D for RNAi Biopesticide

September 13, 2017

Biological pesticide firm Greenlight Biosciences has raised an $18 million Series D round led by led by farmland and agtech fund investor Fall Line Capital.

Belgian Startup Using Llama Antibodies for Biopesticides Increases Series B to $11.6m

March 9, 2017

The extension in funding has given AgroSavfe a prime slot within Sofinnova’s newly-launched, €106 million Industrial Biotech Fund that closed last week.

S2G leads $10m round with Sumitomo for Terramera’s biopesticide application technology

May 20, 2016

Terramera, a Canadian startup that’s on a mission to change the fate of many biological ag products, has raised $10 million in venture capital.

The Week in AgriFoodTech: ClimateAI raises $22m, Legit Group cooks up $13m, Farm.One reopens

April 13, 2023

Meanwhile, vertical farm Kalera gets delisting notice from Nasdaq and Australian eGrocer Milkrun shuts down after just 18 months of operation.

Brief: VC firm Bidra scoops up $200m to back sustainable ag and energy startups

April 5, 2023

Investment from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) and the OCP Group will enable Bidra to expand the scope of its agrifood fund for climate startups.

Farm tech market map: charting the next wave of agtech value for farmers

March 14, 2023

Real cost and productivity loss on the farm are creating a catalyst for agriculture to take a big leap forward in its digitization journey.

Innovation in agriculture and food and its vital role in fighting climate change

January 4, 2023

Through innovation, six major trends, from agrifintech to farm management software, are repositioning the sector and unlocking its game-changing potential.

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June 22, 2022

ABOUT GREENLIGHT At GreenLight we are working to solve two of the world’s greatest problems: global food insecurity and equal access to vaccines and the

Southeast Asia should fund sustainable ag over ‘silver bullets’ to meet climate targets

June 9, 2022

“Countries are betting heavily on emerging solutions – which is another way of saying silver bullets.”

How Anuvia aims to spend $66m advancing biofertilizer for large-scale agriculture

May 11, 2022

It’ll expand manufacturing capacity at its Florida facility to bring its ag biofertilizer product to more farmers across North America.

EXCLUSIVE: Brazil’s Decoy scores $2m seed round to bring biologicals to animal ag

April 28, 2022

When it comes to crops, biologicals are all the rage as a means to reduce agriculture’s environmental footprint – and increasingly as a solution to supply chain disruption. Decoy says livestock will be next.

Data Snapshot: As agrochemical prices skyrocket, so do investments in biological alternatives

February 16, 2022

Startups developing biological crop inputs secured a total of $892 million in funding last year.

Brief: Greenlight Biosciences completes $1.2bn merger to list on Nasdaq, closes up 5%

February 4, 2022

Greenlight Biosciences develops RNA products for agriculture and human health, including in the Covid-19 vaccine arena.

For Lentera Africa, remote work is the future of farming on the continent

November 26, 2021

“The potential for remote farming is huge,” says CEO Moses Kimani.

The Week in Agrifoodtech: Fazenda Futuro nets $58m; Growers Edge buys FarmlandFinder assets

November 11, 2021

US on-demand delivery service DoorDash is set to acquire Finnish startup Wolt while, multiple companies around the world raised funds for their food-waste-fighting technologies.