A Future Built By Nature’s Technologies The Vision Transforming Crop Protection A Greener way to control pests Better Pest Control Better for the Environment better for farmers technology Portfolio AgriCells Enhance Field Stability The cell membrane of the AgriCell shields encapsulated actives from harsh field conditions like extreme heat, UV light, extreme pHs, enzymes, and […]
Total raised: $51M
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Cavallo Ve... | cavallovc.... |
| - | Lewis &... | lewisandcl... |
| - | Ospraie Ag... | ospraieags... |
| - | UVA Licens... | lvg.virgin... |
| - | Wells Farg... | in2ecosyst... |
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 30.11.2023 | - | $25M | - |
| 26.10.2022 | Series B | $22M | Cavallo Ve... |
| 28.08.2019 | Series A | $4M | - |
Mentions in press and media 19
| Date | Title | Description |
| 23.10.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Holiday Meals, Cultivated Leather & Cheap Alt-Milk | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a new oat milk dessert brand, Next Level Burger’s holiday fea... |
| 03.10.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Fly farmer catches $58m, new deals for restaurant tech, TR4-resistant bananas | Restaurant tech was in the spotlight this week as food delivery app HungryPanda and software startup Dinii both announced new funding rounds. In Canada, Entosystem raised new capital for its black soldier fly larvae farming operation. In no... |
| 01.10.2024 | Brief: Agrospheres lands additional Series B funding to ‘take a giant leap forward’ in bringing biopesticides to market | Crop protection solutions provider AgroSpheres has made a final close of its Series B fundraise, bringing total Series B funding to $37 million. Zebra Impact Ventures led this latest round through its Regenerative Growth I strategy run in p... |
| 05.09.2024 | FMC Ventures’ Mark Brooks on the next 10 years in agtech investment: ‘One of the risks is that we repeat the same mistakes’ | The funding journey for agtech startups has been a bit of a dismal ride of late, and only partly due to the macroeconomic climate impacting most industries. Agtech itself also has some unique nuances that, for the last decade, have contribu... |
| 09.05.2024 | FMC Corporation announces multi-year collaboration with AgroSpheres | PHILADELPHIA, May 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC), a leading global agricultural sciences company, today announced a research agreement with AgroSpheres, a biotechnology company pioneering breakthroughs in sustainable cro... |
| 05.04.2024 | Meet the Founders: AgroSpheres co-founders share lessons in ag biotech and the value of a long-term perspective | Biomedical engineering or crop biologicals? That was the question Payam Pourtaheri and Ameer Shakeel faced upon graduating from the University of Virginia [UVA] seven years ago. The two went on to start AgroSpheres, which offers a novel del... |
| 21.03.2024 | Biological progress or bathtub brews? The state of US crop biologicals in 2024 | Bathtub brew. Snake oil. Bugs in a jug. For years, companies developing biologicals — a form of crop protection derived from naturally occurring substances like microbes, peptides, and plants — have labored under the shadow of these labels,... |
| 04.12.2023 | With a fresh $25m in hand, AgroSpheres aims to build ‘unprecedented stability’ in crop biologicals | While generally seen as safer for planetary health, biopesticides are frequently less effective than their synthetic counterparts, with success rates varying wildly. It’s one reason many growers remain hesitant to adopt this class of crop p... |
| 30.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: AgroSpheres nets $25m, ex-Motif CEO joins MycoTechnology, Kitchen United shuts ghost kitchens | All eyes are on COP28 this week, where agrifood looks to be a central point of discussion. Elsewhere in the industry, AgroSpheres raised new funds for its novel crop protection tech and Motif FoodWorks former CEO moved over to MycoTechnolog... |
| 27.10.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Trigo’s $100m, Dutch gov’t backs cultivated meat, Bill Gates wants to decarbonize rice | This week, foodtech startup Trigo landed funds for its automated checkout system that lets shoppers purchase goods without waiting for a cashier. The Dutch government is allocating new funds to cultivated meat initiatives, and Bill Gates an... |
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