Agragene has developed Precision-Guided Sterile Insect Technology that will reduce grower’s reliance on the 6 billion pounds of pesticides used on crops each year. Agragene is ready to deploy its first “Knock-Out” product in the field which targets spotted wing drosophila. The “Knock-Out” product will benefit crop growers in 3 key ways. 1) The product is much cheaper than the chemical pesticides used now, 2) scarce and expensive field labor is not required and 3) the resulting pesticide-free crop can be Organic-approved which increases grower’s profits. Importantly, “Knock-Out” is non-toxic to bees, other beneficial organisms, the environment and humans. With many states and countries banning pesticides growers must look to safer and cheaper alternatives. Agragene has the solution.
Location: United States, California, San Diego
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $5.2M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Ospraie Ag... | ospraieags... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors | Deal News |
| 10.09.2020 | Series A | $4M | - | finsmes.co... |
| 02.03.2020 | Seed | $1.2M | - | techstartu... |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 20.03.2023 | Agragene announces another funding round after relocation to... | The Spotted Wing Drosophila causes millions in damage to fruit harvests each year Emilie Saa, resea... | einpresswi... |
| 12.10.2022 | Agragene Selected to Participate in the F3 Tech Accelerator ... | A Pioneering Biocontrol Platform Using CRISPR/Cas9 Technology EASTON, MARYLAND, USA, October 12, 202... | einpresswi... |
| 10.09.2020 | Agragene Announces $4M in Additional Investment from Ospraie... | SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, 2020 , Calif. -- Agragene, Inc., a sustainable agricultural technology compan... | prnewswire... |
| 10.09.2020 | Agragene Lands $4M | SAN DIEGO, CA, Agragene has raised an additional $4 million in Series A financing. >> Click... | vcnewsdail... |
| 10.09.2020 | Agragene Raises $4M in Additional Series A Funding | Agragene, Inc., a San Diego, Calif.-based sustainable agricultural technology company developing eco... | finsmes.co... |
| 02.03.2020 | Sustainable agritech startup Agragene raises $1.2M seed fund... | Agragene, a San Diego, California-based agritech startup developing developing novel biological crop... | techstartu... |
| 02.03.2020 | Agragene Raises $1.2M in Seed Financing | Agragene, Inc., a San Diego, CA-based sustainable agricultural technology company developing novel b... | finsmes.co... |
| 02.03.2020 | Agragene Raises $1.2M in Seed Round | SAN DIEGO, CA, Agragene has raised $1.2 million in a seed financing round from Ospraie Ag Science.... | vcnewsdail... |
| 02.03.2020 | Agragene has raised a $1.2M Seed round to expand field trial... | - | connect.or... |