Tag: biologics

Micropep scores $8.8m Series A+ funding, heads Stateside to bring peptide controls to market

July 11, 2022

The French startup is aiming to have its first biofungicide product on the market within the next three years.

FMC buys BioPhero for $200m to boost biologicals portfolio, hints at further acquisitions

June 30, 2022

FMC CEO Mark Douglas said the acquisition of the pheromone-based biocontrol startup “won’t be the last” the company makes in the space.

Upskilling African farmers, promoting organic ag, and following India’s example: 3 takeaways from Agritec Africa

June 23, 2022

The 7th Agritec Africa Conference was a three-day event showcasing agricultural technologies. Key sessions involved organic agriculture, soil health and its conservation, agri-mechanization and application of plasticulture.

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.

AgBiome closes $116m Series D round led by Blue Horizon, Novalis LifeSciences

September 14, 2021

The Raleigh, North Carolina-based startup captures and screens microbes found in the natural world to identify apt candidates for pest control and crop protection.

EXCLUSIVE: France’s Gaïago raises $15m to scale up natural soil solutions

July 14, 2021

The Breton startup claims its products can stimulate beneficial fungi growth, improve soil structure, fix nitrogen, and improve root nutrition.

Austria’s Evologic raises $3m for bio-based fungal inputs

May 21, 2021

The Viennese startup is verifying the quality of its biological products by working with large-scale distributors to earn farmers’ trust.

Groundwork BioAg raises $11m to expand mycorrhizal inputs business

May 13, 2021

Grondwork BioAg has developed a line of biobased inputs sold on five continents based on mychorrizae, which it describes as queen of biologicals.

FBN launches 17 own-brand biological inputs for growers

April 5, 2021

FBN is offering the prebiotics, probiotics, photosynthetic enhancers, carbon sources, and advanced micronutrients through its FBN Direct portal.

Pest pheromone startup BioPhero nets $17m in DCVC-led Series A

March 9, 2021

The Danish startup aspires to become the leading supplier of concentrated pheromones as an active ingredient to companies formulating spray-on inputs for row crops.

Bio-fertilizer startup Anuvia raises $103m Series C funding

February 23, 2021

Anuvia is hoping to clean up conventional fertilizer with its bio-basd input that improves yields while also reducing GHG emissions and sequestering carbon.

Brief: Indigo Ag cuts more jobs; signs new carbon credit buyers

February 9, 2021

Indigo, which raised $560 million last year, said the layoffs align with its new CEO’s goal “to direct resources to [its] four primary offerings” and “realize their value.”

Syngenta partners with Sound Ag to launch ‘bio-inspired’ crop input in China

December 11, 2020

The duo will commercialize the US startup’s “green chemistry” product that helps plants use fertilizer more efficiently through microbes.

Startup Spotlight: ClearLeaf is tackling worker & environmental welfare through crop inputs

November 19, 2020

The Costa Rican startup tells AFN about its experience of raising capital in its home country.

FBN launches on-farm R&D network for biologics to perform real-world trials

October 19, 2020

FBN’s recently unveiled Biological On-Farm R&D Network will connect developers of biological ag inputs directly with farmers to perform trials in full-scale testing environments.