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IBI Ag, a pioneering crop protection company developing a wide array of bio-insecticides with a lower ecological footprint, today announced the successful completion of its Series A funding round for a total of $10 million. The investment was led by Corteva (“Corteva”) through its Corteva Catalyst platform, with the participation of The Trendlines Group (SGX:42T) […]
Oxfordshire-based agri-tech firm SugaROx has published new research showing that while awareness of biostimulants among UK wheat growers is high, confidence in their performance remains low. The company says stronger regulation is essential to build farmer trust. The survey of UK wheat growers found that 95 per cent see weather variability as a major challenge […]
GreenLight Biosciences (“the Company” or “GreenLight Bio”) recently announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) registration of Norroa™, the first-ever nature-based treatment specifically designed to combat varroa mites, the leading threat to honey bee colonies. This groundbreaking innovation provides beekeepers with a powerful new tool proven to protect these pollinators, which are critical to U.S. […]
Biotech start-up Novella Innovative Technology, Ltd., an innovator in plant-cell-based ingredients, announces the launch of its Novella Strawberry∞ a patent-pending, new generation of bioactives derived from whole strawberry cells. This natural complex represents the first fruits of Novella’s collection of fruit-cell nutraceutical solutions. This powerful ingredient sets a new standard for efficacy, bioavailability, and sustainability. […]
SugaROx, a UK-based venture leading the development of precision biostimulants, has announced a £400,000 strategic investment from a global player in the fertiliser industry, The Mosaic Company, as part of a £1 million seed round extension. Existing backers, including UK-based angel investors and sustainable growth-focused investment funds Future Planet Capital and Regenerate Ventures, contributed the […]
Farmers could soon apply microbes to crops to ‘reprogram’ them to be resistant against pests, diseases and environmental stress such as drought and heat, as a new research project gets underway. Azotic Technologies has been awarded half-a-million pounds from the UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) to develop a low-cost, practical method of reprogramming […]
Biotech start-up Novella Innovative Technology, Ltd. and leading functional ingredient innovators Metaphor Foods, Braeside Victoria, Australia, announce a strategic partnership to spearhead a new paradigm for natural preservation in food applications. Plant-cell platform Novella creates pure compounds from plant cells, but outside of the plant using novel, precision-controlled environmental technology. The company is a pioneer […]
ChainCraft, a front-runner in the production of sustainable chemicals of food waste, has entered a long-term exclusive supply agreement for butyric acid to the animal nutrition sector with Innovad Group, a global leader in animal health and nutrition solutions. Through this collaboration, ChainCraft will supply fatty acids of high purity to Innovad, enabling production of […]
IBI Ag, a pioneering crop protection company developing a wide array of bio-insecticides with a lower ecological footprint, announced it has successfully closed the first part of its Series A funding round with a $6.1 million investment. This round—led by Corteva, Inc. (“Corteva”), through its Corteva Catalyst platform with the participation of The Trendlines Group […]
Providing sub-Saharan smallholders with a cost-effective alternative to expensive artificial nitrogen fertiliser has come a step closer for British agri-biotech company Legume Technology, following the award of a grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The Nottinghamshire company, which has been working on microbial biofertilisers […]
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