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.
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Tag: gene-editing
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.
Ag Industry Brief: Munchery Board Member Takes Leave For Sexual Misconduct, Pizza Hut Delivers Beer, Organic Certification M&A, more
December 8, 2017
An agrifood tech investor takes leave after accusations of sexual misconduct, plus more personnel changes and agtech team-ups in this week’s brief.
Ag Biotech Market Map: 245 Startups Using Biology & Chemistry to Revolutionize Agriculture
November 22, 2017
Ag biotech is a central focus of agrifood tech investing; here Brett Morris from TechAccel says out the firm’s market map of the category.
CRISPR, GMO, or No? It’s Not That Clear Cut
November 15, 2017
“I think CRISPR and other gene editing tools mark a real turning point in the conversation,” Sam Kass, partner at Acre Venture Partners and former senior policy advisor for nutrition in the White House, told the audience of the Food Loves Tech.
Ag Industry Brief: Soylent’s Canada Ban, Organic Valley 100% Renewable by 2019, China Produces Gene-Edited Pigs, more
October 27, 2017
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency claims that the Soylent meal replacement drink does not fulfill the nutritional requirements of a meal.
Plant-based Peroxide-Maker Solugen Raises $4.4m Seed Round from Y Combinator, Joe Montana’s VC, others
October 24, 2017
Solugen uses plant starch combined with specialized enzymes to manufacture hydrogen peroxide, a common household and industrial chemical used as an oxidizer, bleaching agent, and disinfectant.
Benson Hill Launches CRISPR 3.0 to Increase Innovators’ Access to Gene Editing
September 12, 2017
Computational biology startup Benson Hill Biosystems (BHB) has launched a new gene editing tool to provide an alternative to existing tools, including the high-profile CRISPR Cas9.
What is Agriculture Biotechnology?
September 7, 2017
Agriculture biotechnology (ag biotech) applies to all technologies used on the farm involving biological or chemical processes.
Gene Editing Gets Public Market Approval as Calyxt Raises $64m IPO
July 28, 2017
Calyxt spun out from its parent company Cellectis to price an oversubscribed IPO at the bottom of the price range, while analysts remain concerned about gene editing regulation.
Will Consumer Acceptance Be The Challenge for CRISPR Technology in Agriculture?
March 30, 2017
Gene editing was a key topic discussed at this week’s World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco.
Benson Hill Biosystems Raises $25m Series B, Reveals CRISPR 2.0
March 28, 2017
Benson Hill Biosystems has identified a more precise and efficient gene-editing tool than CRISPR Cas-9 that uses a suite of new nucleases instead of the Cas-9 enzyme, according to Matt Crisp, CEO.
Ag Industry Brief: Farmers Edge, Ynsect, AgriProtein on Global Cleantech 100, Terravion Partners with FarmSolutions, Pegasus Ag to Invest in Indoor Ag Hub, more
January 27, 2017
It was a busy week for agtech startups with new partnerships and awards, while regulations around gene-editing make slow progress.
Best of 2016: The AgFunderNews Jealousy List
December 29, 2016
We are very proud of the coverage we’ve given the food and agriculture technology market over the year, but there are always, of course, stories in other publications that we wish we’d written!
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