Pivot Bio pilot replaces synthetic nitrogen on nearly 1m acres of farmland
April 19, 2023
The N-OVATOR program in 2023 opens to all Pivot Bio customers hoping to replace synthetic nitrogen and bring down on-farm emissions.
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Wild Microbes raises $3.3m in pre-seed round to generate next generation microbial hosts
February 21, 2023
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.
Exclusive: Loam Bio raises $73m Series B from Lowercarbon, Acre, others to boost soil carbon
February 13, 2023
Australia-based Loam Bio’s microbial seed inoculum could help farmers store more carbon in the ground and more easily enter carbon markets.
Why AgFunder invested in Kula Bio
January 27, 2022
Soil microbial products for farmers have typically been unreliable. Kula Bio has changed that, writes AgFunder’s Rob Leclerc.
Nature’s Fynd rebrands from Sustainable Bioproducts, raises $80m Series B to launch new protein products
March 24, 2020
Nature’s Fynd is a food brand using a proprietary volcanic microbe-produced protein, dubbed Fy, which contains all nine essential amino acids as well as dietary fiber, calcium, and vitamins.
How Culture Biosciences is helping biomanufacture agrifood, pharma products from microbes at scale
March 4, 2020
Biomanufacturing is the term used to describe the process of using biological systems as opposed to chemistry to produce commercial biomaterials. Crudely this means using certain microbes — naturally-occurring species or genetically designed — to produce certain materials.
BRIEF: Boost Biomes raises seed funding from Japan’s Kureha to develop microbial products for ag
February 25, 2020
Boost’s microbe discovery platform enables it to conduct multiple micro-experiments to measure the performance and interactions of different microbes in agriculture.
Sound Agriculture’s Differentiated Science and “Mission-Driven Team” Drives the Biologicals Business
May 30, 2019
Winner of the 2019 AgriFood Tech Innovation Awards, Sound Agriculture is developing natural alternatives to synthetic fertilizers.
Kapsera Raises €700k for Microbe Encapsulation Technology in Agrinnovation Fund’s 1st Investment
March 26, 2019
Kaspera is focused on the microbe-based biofertilizer and biopesticide markets with patented technology enabling the encapsulation of the microbes.
Geltor Raises $18.2m for Animal-Free “Designer Collagen”
October 25, 2018
The startup, which has focused on the cosmetics industry for its first product line is set to develop products for the nutraceutical, food and beverage industries too, such as gelatin, a form of collagen often found in sweets.
What Are Novel Farming Systems?
August 29, 2017
Novel farming systems are new methods of farming living ingredients for food and other applications, many of which are traditionally grown outdoors.
AgBiome announces heavyweight investors in big Series A
November 18, 2014
The world of microbial solutions is getting lively. Not to be outdone by Symbiota, which just announced a $7.5M Series A backed by Flagship Ventures,
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