Tag: biotech

Prevtec Microbia raises $4.7 million

March 17, 2015

Montreal, QC – Prevetec Microbia announced a new $4.7 million financing round on March 12. Telesystem, Groupe Jafaco Gestion, and Desjardins-Innovatech came in with 36% of

UPDATE: Flow Hive, New Indiegogo Record

March 11, 2015

Byron Bay, Australia — In late February we told you about the sweet little Aussie start up, Flow Hive, that was taking Indiegogo by storm.

Native Traits Receives $250k From Northern Michigan Angels

March 11, 2015

Native Traits, a Michigan based bio tech company, has received a $250,000 commitment from Northern Michigan Angels investment group. Founded in 2013, Native Traits set up shop

California Safe Soil gives new life to food waste

March 4, 2015

The West Sacramento-based company collects unsold fresh food from supermarkets and recycles it into a low-cost, nutritious liquid fertilizer for crops.

BioGenerator Makes $200k Investment in Apse

March 3, 2015

BioGenerator, a St. Louis based, privately funded, non-profit investment organization whose express focus is on startups and entrepreneurs in the AgTech sector, has made a

Blume Distillation pulls in $1m Series B for waste to biofuels technology

February 20, 2015

Blume Distillation, which produced biorefinery equipment for bioethanol and other ethanol based end products, announced a $1 million Series B round led by GreenTech seed, and

AgriMetis Closes $7.3M Series A

February 19, 2015

AgriMetis, a biotech company developing crop protection agents, closed a $7.3m Series A led by Syngenta Ventures and Acidophil. Lutherville-based Agrimetis, which was co-founded in

Arcadia BioSciences planning to raise $86M on IPO

February 18, 2015

Sacramento-based Arcadia BioSciences, a plant trait biotech company, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed $86 million IPO led by Credit

EcoPesticides Closes on Series A

January 21, 2015

New Mexico-based EcoPesticides which is developing ‘green’ biologic pesticides with has announced the completion of its $400,000 Series A from the New Mexico Startup Factory, the New

Ag-Biotech Company, BioConsortia, Raises $15M in Series B

April 9, 2014

This week, bacteria are bringing in the big bucks. On Monday, BioConsortia, a New Zealand-based and US-funded ag biotech company, announced it raised $15

The World’s First Bionic Plant is Here

March 18, 2014

Ladies and gents, bionic plants have arrived. MIT researchers have stumbled across a trait that blows other technology outta the water. By dousing plant

Let’s Talk Pest Resistance Tech, Say Scientists

March 17, 2014

Pest resistance is one of farmers’ worst fears. Since 1990, the number of resistant-crop pests has doubled. Today, there are about 500 insects, 218

Kaiima Raises $65 Million, Aiming for Food Sustainability

December 16, 2013

When your company’s name translates as “sustainability,” you’d better have promise. One agro-biotech company has just that; in fact, it’s got about $65 million worth.