Once focused on cotton, Texas Crop Science is now partnering with world-renowned plant genetics company GDM for high-yielding soybean varieties for farmers.
Wild Microbes has raised $3.3m in a pre-seed round to help unlock the potential of precision fermentation via gene editing technology it claims can enable the use of a broader range of microbial hosts.
Elo Life Systems has closed a $24.5m Series A to accelerate the development of a natural high-intensity sweetener, and Cavendish bananas engineered to resist the devastating Fusarium wilt fungal disease threatening global banana production.
Both companies have struggled to stay afloat and face further headwinds from the current downturn and rough economic climate.
Solis Agrosciences’ CEO discusses the future of biotech, role of farmers, and how her experience as a woman and an immigrant has informed her work.
Inari uses gene-editing tools to enhance the natural diversity of seeds while enabling higher crop yields with fewer inputs.
UM6P, the venture arm of the Moroccan university with the same name, says the deals are “investment-partnerships” as the two startups stand to benefit from scientific support and testing of their technologies at the university.
The deal will enable CoverCress to further commercialize its namesake winter oilseed product and bring farmers another source of revenue.
The UK startup is applying gene-editing tech to develop high-performance varieties of three crucial commodity crops: banana, coffee, and rice.
For Britain to unlock its agritech potential, government policies must be rooted in science, writes British member of parliament Julian Sturdy.
Fund II will invest in ag biotech and digital solutions up and down the agrifood value chain, from fintech solutions to crop science and animal health.
The US-based company provides ag biotech startups with many of the complex processes and equipment required to grow genetically engineered plants at scale.
The F&A Next 2022 conference highlights 12 startups solving issues ranging from food wastage to providing alternative protein sources. Here are six.
Top Ag Biotech investment deals in 2021 covered gene editing, farm inputs, animal health solutions, and biofertilizers, among others.
Access to talent, investors, and new technologies are among the benefits CTC and CoverCress have found in St Louis ag biotech community BRDG Park.
The UK startup offers an AI-driven gene editing platform that uses CRISPR technologies to build more resilience in plants and better crop sustainability.
The Netherlands startup is using CRISPR to perform non-transgenic genome edits on plant varieties – in addition to developing nanotech-enabled delivery of crop inputs.
AquaBounty has encountered a number of challenges in its mission to commercialize its GE salmon including a labeling disclosure controversy.
The deal involving the St Louis-based startup – which is developing gene-edited and selectively bred versions of crops used in alt-protein and animal feed production – is the latest in a string of recent agrifoodtech SPAC mergers.
The Japanese government has affirmed its “determination” that Sanatech Seed’s new tomato will be regulated as a GE, rather than a GMO, product.
