Tag: gene-editing

3rd Precision CRISPR & NBT AgBio Congress

June 24, 2019

Optimize the Discovery of Functional Traits & Engineer Next Generation Ag-Products that Improve Yield, Productivity & Tolerance

Securing sustainable food security for the global population has never been so critical. Join fellow agbiotech and R&D experts as they harness CRISPR, alongside other NBT’s to secure a more sustainable agricultural future and deliver improved seeds, crops and livestock that boosts tolerance, productivity and yield

Developed with industry experts from the likes of Acceligen, Cibus, Syngenta, USDA and leading professors from top agricultural institutes; this year’s 3rd Precision CRISPR & NBT AgBio Congress aims to explicate how we are working to produce more from less through functional trait genomics and novel breeding innovation.

For Elo Life Systems, Gene Editing is About Giving Consumers Exactly What They Want

May 6, 2019

Elo Life Systems, the food-focused subsidiary of the recently listed gene-editing group Precision Biosciences, is focused on developing food crops with nutritionally-improved characteristics.

5 Key Quotes from Crop Innovation in Business in Amsterdam

April 24, 2019

Consumers and digitization were at the forefront at the Crop Innovation in Business Conference hosted in Amsterdam this week. The conference is conducted every other year and is in its 18^th year.

Europe’s Gene Editing Regulation Exposes the Messy Relationship Between Science and Politics

April 10, 2019

A lot of the questions surrounding the technology are not really scientific but about what this technology is feeding into: power politics, the changing structure of agriculture and smallholder farmers, and long-term effects.

Pontifax AgTech Achieves 2nd Exit as Precision Biosciences IPOs with $870m Valuation

March 28, 2019

Pontifax AgTech targets returns of three times its investments and sources close to the deal said it is likely the Precision Biosciences exit will come close.

Evolving to Serve a Dynamic Agri-Food Market – What’s Next for Benson Hill?

March 7, 2019

Matt Crisp is cofounder and CEO of Benson Hill Biosystems, a crop genomics platform using computational biology and gene editing. Here he writes about the startup's evolution and transition to now serving a broad range of clients across the food system.

CoverCress Raises $2m to Develop Gene-Edited Cover Cash Crop

November 13, 2018

CoverCress (formerly Arvegenix) has closed a $2 million bridge investment round co-led by Bayer Growth Ventures and BioSTL’s investment arm BioGenerator.

CoverCress is a plant breeding company using CRISPR gene editing tools to develop and grow a new cover crop based on the native plant pennycress.

What is the Role of Gene Editing in Food System Change?

November 9, 2018

“GMOs are an old, bludgeon tool that feels dated,” said Sam Kass, food entrepreneur, former White House chef and senior policy advisor for nutrition, founder of Trove, and venture partner in Acre Venture Partners.

GV Leads $60m Series C for Benson Hill Biosystems to Focus on Health and Nutrition

September 10, 2018

Benson Hill Biosystems, the data-led crop genetics discovery and gene editing platform, has raised $60 million in Series C funding in a round led by GV (formerly Google Ventures).

Inscripta Acquires Former Illumina Team via Solana Biosciences to Commercialize Gene Editing Tools

September 5, 2018

Solana was founded in 2017 by a team of former employees of Illumina, the leading genetic tools provider, which guided the launch and production of hundreds of products – including market-leading DNA sequencing solutions.

Cibus Raises $70m Series C for Gene Editing “Indistinguishable” from Traditional Plant Breeding

June 26, 2018

The "precise and predictable outcomes" of Cibus' gene editing technology are "identical to those that could occur in nature, given enough time," argues the company.

Tropic Biosciences Raises $10m Series A for Tropical CRISPR Tech

June 13, 2018

Tropic Biosciences is using gene-editing technology including CRISPR to optimize coffee and banana crops.

Should You Be Using CRISPR for Your Ag Business?

May 10, 2018

Management teams in plant genetics companies have likely been asked by at least one well-intending board member: “Are we using CRISPR? I sat next to this guy on the plane and he said that CRISPR will change everything," writes Vonnie Estes.

Ag Industry Brief: USDA Approves CRISPR-Edited Food While Bucking NOSB Recommendations, more

April 6, 2018

The USDA makes multiple impactful rulings while Food System 6 Accelerator chooses a new cohort and BayWa announces an agtech competition in this week's brief.

Monsanto Invests in $25m Series A for Pairwise after Cofounding CRISPR Startup

March 20, 2018

Pairwise is a CRISPR startup founded by Monsanto Growth Ventures and some of the foremost scientists behind the fundamentals of gene-editing.

Ag Industry Brief: Insect M&A, Kraft Heinz Launches Incubator, Startup Makes Egg Protein from Fungi, more

March 9, 2018

A major insect farm purchases a CPG startup, Kraft Heinz gets in the startup incubation game and more in this week's brief.

CRISPR Startup Inscripta Raises $55.5m Series C to Democratize Gene-Editing

February 28, 2018

Inscripta is building a business based on selling gene-editing tools, such as instruments, reagents, and software, and in order to create a market for these tools, the company is giving away CRISPR enzymes for free.

Ag Industry Brief: Tyson Partners with Accelerators, CRISPR 3.0 Gets a Patent, Unilever Moves Toward Transparency, more

February 23, 2018

Benson Hill Biosystems patents CRISPR 3.0 while Tyson Foods looks to accelerators for innovation plus more in our weekly brief.

Q&A: DowDuPont CTO Neal Gutterson Discusses Public Perception of Gene Editing and Digital Strategy After Granular Acquisition

February 15, 2018

We caught up with Neal Gutterson ahead of the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, where he is a keynote speaker, to discuss the strategy behind Dow DuPont's first GE product and the company's digital strategy going forward.