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$1.9b
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Impossible Foods is a plant-based meat company making meat and dairy products that are made to look and feel like animal products by manufacturing heme, the oxygen binding molecule found in blood, using engineered yeast grown in bioreactors.
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$46.4m
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Cropin, also known as Cropin Technology solutions, is a company that offers an intelligent and self-evolving system that delivers farming solutions to the agricultural sector.
Key people:
- Kunal Prasad *****.******@cropin.com
- Chittaranjan Jena ************.****@cropin.com
- Krishna Kumar *******.*****@cropin.com
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$83.0m
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Molecular Assemblies, Inc. is an enzymatic DNA synthesis technology founded in 2013 by Curt Becker, Bill Efcavitch and William Efcavitch.
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- Bill Efcavitch ******@saavha.com
- Curt Becker linkedin
- William Efcavitch linkedin
4
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$725.0k
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Pheronym is a biotechnology company based out of Davis, California, which makes pheromones that control agricultural pests and can be used as a replacement for toxic pesticides.
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- Dr. Fatma Kaplan *******@pheronym.com
- Karl Cameron Schiller ********@pheronym.com
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$1.9b
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Apeel Sciences is a company that develops treatments to prevent spoilage of fruits and vegetables using molecules naturally found in peels, which maintain moisture and keep out oxygen.
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- James Rogers *****@apeel.com
1
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A Canadian food biotech company focused on the development of hypoallergenic peanuts
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9
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$331.1m
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Modern Meadow is a biotechnology company using cellular agriculture and biofabrication to manufacture bioleather, "Zoa", out of cultured animal free collagen mixed with natural and man made materials.
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- Gabor Forgacs
- Francoise Marga ******@modernmeadow.com
- Karoly Jakab ******@modernmeadow.com
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$1.4m
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MicroSynbiotiX was a company developing cost-effective oral vaccines to combat aquaculture infections and improve global food security. It was acquired by Sundew in 2021.
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- Sebastian Cocioba linkedin
- Antonio Lamb *******.****@microsynbiotix.com
- Simon Jegan Porphy *****.******@microsynbiotix.com
10
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$100.3m
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Ursa Space Systems is a U.S.-based satellite intelligence company that provides business and government decision-makers access to on-demand analytic solutions. Through its radar satellite network and data fusion expertise, Ursa detects real-time changes in the physical world to expand transparency.
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- Adam Maher ****@ursaspace.com
- Julie Baker *****.*****@ursaspace.com
- Derek Edinger *****.*******@ursaspace.com
1
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Hylio is a technology company making drones for aerial crop spraying.
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7
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$114.3m
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Geltor is a cellular agriculture company making essential proteins, such as collagen and gelatin, using microbes in their own bio-fermentation recombinant protein production facility.
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$50.0m
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An industrial biotech company developing a commercial bioprocess for manufacturing bio-based malonic acid.
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- Eric Steen (entrepreneur) linkedin
- JAY D. KEASLING ********@berkeley.edu
- Jeffrey Dietrich *********@rarebird.coffee
5
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$191.8m
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The EVERY Company (formally Clara Foods) is a biotechnology company founded by two New Harvest community members David Anchel and Arturo Elizondo in 2014. The company is based out of San Francisco, California and manufactures animal- free proteins using using yeast bio-fermentation techniques fore use in food products.
8
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$1.1b
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Pivot Bio is a company that creates technology that is focused on nitrogen fixation in cereal crops through microbes.It was founded in 2010 and is located in Berkeley, California.
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- Karsten Temme *******@pivotbio.com
- Alvin Tamsir
10
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$5.7m
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Bloomfield Robotics is a Pittsburgh-based agricultural technology company.
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- Harjatin Baweja linkedin
- George Kantor ******@ri.cmu.edu
- Tim Mueller-Sim ***@bloomfield.ai
5
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$3.4m
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S4 is a Buenos Aires-based agricultural technology company providing risk management, data analytics, and growth prediction platforms.
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9
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$382.3m
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Ynsect is a company that develops ingredients for aquaculture, pet food and fertilizer using insect protein.
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- Jean-Gabriel Levon
- Fabrice Berro
- Antoine Hubert *******.******@ynsect.com
4
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$119.5m
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Wild Type is a San Francisco based company producing meat products like salmon using cellular agriculture lab techniques.
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- Justin Kolbeck ******@thewildtype.com
- Arye Elfenbein ****@wildtypefoods.com
4
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$55.5m
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Ceres Imaging is a California-based aerial spectral imagery and analytics company that serves farmers and agribusinesses.
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$50.0k
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Spectrabotics is a company developing a data collection and analytics platform.
9
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$342.9m
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ProducePay is a new tech-based cash flow solution that provides domestic and foreign fresh produce farmers (growers) who ship to the U.S. with immediate access to distribution and financing. ProducePay's solutions provide the working capital fresh-produce growers? need to complete their harvest and grow. By leveraging our international network, ProducePay connects clients with interested fresh produce buyers and distributors. Interested distributors receive connection to a growing list of international farmers who might otherwise feel limited by current financing options.
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- Ben Dusastre ***@producepay.com
- Pablo Borquez Schwarzbeck *****@producepay.com
7
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$156.3m
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Iron Ox is a company developing robotic farms founded in 2015 by Brandon Alexander.
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- Brandon Alexander (entrepreneur) *******@ironox.com
- Jon Binney linkedin
8
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$267.4m
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Formlabs is a 3D printing system company that provides digital fabrications for industries
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- Maxim Lobovsky *****.********@formlabs.com
- Natan Linder *****.******@tulip.co
- David Cranor linkedin
6
Funding Rounds
$41.3m
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Beta Hatch is an insect protein for farming company founded in 2015 by Virginia Emery.
9
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$801.9m
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Infarm is a developer of vertical farms designed for indoor growing.
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10
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$121.7m
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iUNU is a Seattle-based agricultural tech startup founded in 2013.
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- Kyle Rooney ****@iunu.com
- Adam Greenberg (entrepreneur) ****@iunu.com
6
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$427.1m
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DNA Script is a DNA synthesis company founded by Thomas Ybert, Sylvain Gariel, and Xavier Gordon in 2014, and headquartered in Paris, France.
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- Thomas Ybert ******.*****@dnascript.com
- Sylvain Gariel *******.******@dnascript.com
8
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$851.0m
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Nature's Fynd is a biotechnology company growing edible proteins founded in 2012.
7
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$94.4m
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AgriWebb creates farm management software.
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- John Fargher ****.*******@agriwebb.com
- Kevin Baum *****.****@agriwebb.com
- Philip Chan
11
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$21.5m
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Operator of a workforce management platform designed to connect farmers and agribusinesses with farm workers.
13
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$677.0m
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A gene editing technology company founded in 2015 and based in Boulder, CO, USA.
2
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$3.1m
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An organization promoting clean meat, plant-based meat, and clean eggs and dairy as alternatives to traditional animal-based products.
10
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$274.2m
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Calysta is a biotechnology company seeking to improve worldwide food security through making animal feed. The company is based out of Menlo Park, California and was founded in 2012 by Josh Silverman.
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- David McElroy *****@mcelroyconsultingllc.com
- Alan Shaw linkedin
- Josh Silverman twitter
4
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$38.0m
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Equinom is a computational seed breeding company providing multi-trait seed products specified for the food industry. The company offers pea, cowpea, chickpea, mung bean lentil, fava and sesame varieties.
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5
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$198.8m
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Gro Intelligence is a company that supplies global agriculture data and builds predictive models
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- Nemo Semret linkedin
- Sara Menker linkedin
- Sewit Ahderom *****.*******@gro-intelligence.com
3
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$8.0m
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Improved Nature is a plant-based food technology company operating out of Garner, North Carolina that was founded in 2015 by Richard Hawkins, Steve Klawiter, Larry Chandler, Moshe Meidan and Sarid Shefet.
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$81.0m
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Monarch Tractor offers a fully electric tractor platform.
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- Praveen Penmetsa *********@monarchtractor.com
- Carlo Mondavi ********@monarchtractor.com
- Zachary Omohundro **********@monarchtractor.com
2
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$170.0m
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Agriculture company developing novel methods of pest control
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- Frances H. Arnold *******@cheme.caltech.edu
- Pedro Coelho *******@provivi.com
8
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$77.3m
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DroneSeed is a Seattle-based company that provides automated reforestation services.
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- Grant Canary *****@mastreforest.com
1
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$21.0m
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A company that cultures human mammary cells and produces custom and commercial lab-grown breastmilk. It was founded in 2020 and is located in Durham, North Carolina.
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- Leila Strickland *****.**********@biomilq.com
- Michelle Egger ********.*****@biomilq.com
9
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$969.3m
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Farmers Business Network is a company that utilizes data to provide enterprise solutions for farmers.
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7
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$5.0m
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NovoNutrients produce microbes that break down industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and reassemble them into aquaculture feed.
4
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$37.5m
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PURIS is an American food company producing plant-based, non-GMO food ingredients. Puris was founded in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1985, and is now headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company is focused on pea production for the creation of pea-based protein, fiber, and starch ingredients.
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5
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$433.8m
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Momo is a Ho Chi Minh City-based electronic wallet and payments app allowing users to pay online and transfer money to each other digitally.
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$201.6m
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An agricultural technology company developing a variety of drones and smart agriculture products.
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- Justin Gong ******@xa.com
- Bin Peng
1
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$169.0k
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SpaceFab.US is a Laguna Niguel, California-based designer and manufacturer of general access satellites for Earth observation and space telescope customers.
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$29.2m
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A container farming technology company. Its headquarters are located in Boston, Massachusetts and the company was founded in 2010.
6
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$617.5m
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Bowery Farming is a New York-based agriculture company focused on building indoor vertical farms.
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- Brian Falther linkedin
- Irving Fain ******@boweryfarming.com
- David Golden *****@standardbots.com
3
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$33.7m
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Eden Farm is an agriculture company helping farmers to sell their fruits and vegetables to the local business-to-business market in Indonesia.
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5
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$65.4m
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An agricultural biotechnology company producing renewable, biomass-based fuels and raw materials
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- Michael Raab (entrepreneur) *******.****@agrivida.com
8
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$25.4m
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Biosortia is a therapeutics, agrochemical and cosmetics company developing products from microbial small molecules through microbiome mining.
3
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$131.3m
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Cibus is a company founded in 2001 by Rory Riggs, Peter Beetham and Greg Gocal.
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- Rory Riggs ******@cibus.com
- Peter Beetham ********@cibus.com
- Greg Gocal
2
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$5.1m
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Plantible Foods provides sustainable, non-GMO plant-based proteins to food manufacturers, aiming to reshape the future of food by addressing the challenges of nutrition, taste, and environmental impact.
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- Maurits van de Ven *******@plantiblefoods.com
- Tony Martens *********@gmail.com
3
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$44.7m
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SeeTree is an Israeli AgTech company co-founded in 2017 by Barak Hachamov, Guy Morgenstern, and Israel Talpaz.
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- Israel Talpaz ******@seetree.ai
- Barak Hachamov linkedin
- Guy Morgenstern ***.***********@seetree.ai
12
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$273.6m
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Vestaron is a Kalamazoo, Michigan-based agricultural technology company manufacturing bioinsecticides from naturally occurring peptides
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$297.6m
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MycoTechnology is a privately owned company that was founded in 2013 and based in Aurora, Colorado.
2
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$53.0m
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Also known as Beijing Nxin Internet Technology, Nxin operates an agricultural internet platform providing data, e-commerce and financial service for the agricultural industry.
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1
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$437.5k
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Farmers Edge is a Winnipeg-based company founded in 2005 by Wade Barnes.
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4
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$37.7m
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A synthetic biology company making agricultural biologicals.
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$255.8m
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PrecisionHawk is a Raleigh, North Carolina-based drone company developing drone and data products for the energy, agriculture, and telecommunications industries.
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$3.5m
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KnipBio is a biotechnology company making fish feed alternatives for sustainable global aquaculture that is headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts and founded by Larry Feinberg and Chris Marx in 2013.
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$232.5m
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Stable is a risk management platform that helps businesses manage their exposure to volatile commodity prices.
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- Richard Counsell *******@stableclub.com
- Jamie Schiel *****@stable.auto
- Rohan Puri *****@stable.auto
1
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$22.0m
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Sound Agriculture uses molecular discovery to create climate resilient crops, enhancing harvest yields for growers.
2
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$85.0m
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Developing technologies to produce jet fuel and other biofuels from algae
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$252.5m
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AgBiome is focused on the discovery and development of biological and trait products for crop production.
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- John Ryals linkedin
- Jeff Dangl
- Eric Ward *****@agbiome.com
8
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$1.2b
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Indigo is an agricultural technology company utilizing natural microbiology and digital technologies to improve farmers' profitability, environmental sustainability and consumer health.
Key people:
- Rahul Bhatia *****.******@goindigo.in
3
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$38.0m
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Sencrop is a French agricultural technology company that produces networked agro-meteorological stations.
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- Michael Bruniaux *******@sencrop.com
- Martin Ducroquet ******@sencrop.com
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$23.4m
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Biome Makers is a biotech start-up specializing in microbiome understanding to provide analysis for agricultural and industrial processes.
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- Adrián Ferrero Fernandez ******@biomemakers.com
- Alberto Acedo *****@biomemakers.com
6
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$73.8m
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Machine learning platform that uses camera IoT software to address global food sustainability challenges.
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- Bryton Shang ******@aquabyte.ai