Enko designs safe and sustainable solutions to farmers’ biggest crop threats today, from pest resistance to new diseases. By applying the latest drug discovery and development approaches from pharma to plants, Enko is bringing an innovation model to agriculture and meeting farmers’ evolving needs. Founded in 2017 and led by a team of proven scientists, entrepreneurs and agriculture industry veterans, Enko is backed by investors including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Anterra Capital, Finistere Ventures, Novalis LifeSciences, Germin8 Ventures, TO Ventures Food, and Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund.
Location: United States, Connecticut, Stonington
Member count: 11-50
Total raised: $136M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Connecticu... | ctinnovati... |
| - | Anterra Ca... | anterracap... |
| - | TO.org | to.org |
| - | Germin8 Ve... | germin8ven... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors | Deal News |
| 05.08.2022 | Series C | $70M | - | agfunderne... |
| 26.06.2020 | Series B | $66M | - | venturebea... |
Mentions in press and media 20
| Date | Title | Description | Category | Author | Source |
| 28.07.2022 | Instacart’... | This is the web version of Ter... | - | - | fortune.co... |
| 27.07.2022 | BREAKING: ... | Ongoing threats and disruption... | - | - | agfunderne... |
| 27.07.2022 | Enko Raise... | Enko, a Mystic, Conn.-based cr... | USA | - | finsmes.co... |
| 17.05.2022 | EXCLUSIVE:... | Agtech investment firm Anterra... | - | - | agfunderne... |
| 16.11.2021 | Chinese VC... | Chinese agrifoodtech VC firm B... | - | - | agfunderne... |
| 16.11.2021 | BREAKING: ... | Chinese agrifoodtech VC firm B... | - | - | agfunderne... |
| 22.06.2021 | Enko to Co... | MYSTIC, Conn., June 22, 2021... | - | - | prnewswire... |
| 22.06.2021 | Enko : to ... | MYSTIC, Conn., June 22, 2021 /... | - | - | marketscre... |
| 11.03.2021 | Enko Opens... | MYSTIC, Conn., March 11, 202... | - | - | prnewswire... |
| 21.10.2020 | Meet Arama... | Finistere Ventures invests in ... | - | Steven Loe... | vator.tv/n... |
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