| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.05.2026 | The cracks in chemical farming are getting hard to ignore. These startups are providing alternatives | From MAHA’s glyphosate tug-of-war with Trump to patent cliffs to rising fertilizer costs, the cracks in the use of traditional crop inputs are starting to resemble fault lines.
Mainstream investors are even starting to notice, including Gar... |
| 30.10.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Fork & Good acquires Orbillion Bio, $100m regen ag fund, Beyond Meat in court | Cultivated meat producer Fork & Good acquired Orbillion Bio (which also makes cultivated meat) this week in the latest consolidation move for the space.
In agrifinance, two asset management firms, Astarte and Toesca, have partnered on a... |
| 18.09.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: European agrifood funding bonanza; conservation projects from Danone, McDonald’s; Corteva breakup hints | The week brought a seemingly endless stream of fundraising announcements from European startups across the food system, from AI-for-restaurants company Nory to robotic organic farms from NeoFarm.
In agrifood corporate land, Danone North Ame... |
| 06.04.2025 | Pillar VC's New Fund: A Catalyst for Scientific Innovation | Pillar VC has struck gold with its latest venture, closing a $175 million Fund IV. This move elevates the firm’s total assets under management to over $500 million. It’s a bold step into the future, one that promises to bridge the gap betwe... |
| 04.04.2025 | Pillar VC: $175 Million Fund IV Closed | Pillar VC recently announced its $175 million Fund IV, bringing the firm’s total assets under management to more than $500 million. And Pillar VC is also introducing three new Venture Partners, and four new Founding Pillars, a group of CEOs... |
| 14.02.2025 | Cleantech Funding Off To A Slow Start In 2025 | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
If urgency were the driving motivation of venture funding, you’d expect cleantech would be cleaning up.
However, that’s not happening. In the wake of a record year for global surface temperatures tha... |
| 10.01.2025 | The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Data Storage And Lots Of Biotech | 6 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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This is a w... |
| 08.01.2025 | Inari Agriculture Raises $144 Million at a $2.17 Billion Valuation
Only paid subscribers can comment on this post | Inari is a biotechnology company committed to revolutionizing agriculture through innovative science and sustainable practices. Leveraging advancements in genetics and data science, the company develops customized seeds that enhance crop yi... |
| 07.01.2025 | Inari: Seed Technology Company Secures $144 Million | Inari announced the completion of a $144 million fundraise driven by the performance of its first-generation products and progress toward commercialization. And with cumulative equity raised of over $720 million, the new capital supports th... |
| 07.01.2025 | Inari Agriculture Raises $144M in Funding | Inari Agriculture, a Cambridge, MA-based seed design company, raised $144M in funding.
Backers included Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), and a large financial investor collaborating on forthcoming agriculture projects. Existing invest... |
| 07.01.2025 | Seed gene-editing startup Inari eyes commercialization with $144m round: ‘It puts us in a robust financial position’ | Seed gene-editing startup Inari has completed a $144 million Series G round, bringing its cumulative funding to $720 million.
New investors include a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and a large financial... |
| 13.10.2024 | World Thrombosis Day raises global awareness of blood clot dangers through actionable initiatives | Help shape the future of women's health by taking the survey and supporting this global campaign in its eleventh year to improve care for at-risk patients.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Oct. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today is World Thrombosis Day, a gl... |
| 03.10.2024 | A*STAR and Flagship Pioneering Announce Partnership to Spur Biotech Innovation in Singapore | Organizations Plan to Jointly Advance Breakthrough Solutions in Human Health and Sustainability, Drive Research Collaboration, Entrepreneurship and Accelerate Talent Development
SINGAPORE, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Agency for Science... |
| 28.08.2024 | Flagship Pioneering and Quotient Therapeutics Announce Agreement to Identify Potential Novel Targets for the Treatment of Cardiovascular and Renal Diseases under Strategic Partnership with Pfizer | Collaboration leverages Quotient's platform to identify somatic mutations in genes that modify the progression of cardiovascular and renal diseases
Quotient and Pioneering Medicines, Flagship's in-house drug development unit, will jointly c... |
| 21.08.2024 | Inari Grows Indiana Footprint, Accelerates Product Operations with $20 Million Expansion | WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Inari today marked the grand opening of a new 42,000-square-foot facility in West Lafayette, Indiana. The $20 million expansion – Inari's largest to date – further accelerates the developm... |
| 06.08.2024 | Flagship Pioneering Announces Appointment of Raj Panjabi as Senior Partner | Former White House Top Health Security Official to Lead Flagship's Preemptive Health and Medicine Initiative
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, today announced that global... |
| 10.07.2024 | Flagship Pioneering Raises $3.6 Billion to Fuel Breakthrough Innovations that Transform Human Health and Sustainability | Record Year with Key Partnerships, Global Expansion and Expanded Top Talent
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, today announced it has expanded its capital base by $3.6 bi... |
| 31.01.2024 | Seed gene-editing startup Inari valued at $165m following $103m fundraise | Seed gene-editing startup Inari is now valued at $165 million after a $103 million equity raise announced this week. This brings the Cambridge, Mass.-based company’s total equity capital raised to more than $575 million.
The latest round in... |
| 30.01.2024 | Inari Completes $130M Fundraise | Inari, a Cambridge, MA-based SEEDesign™ company, closed a $103M funding round.
The round, which brought the total amount to $575M, saw participation from existing investors, including Hanwha Impact, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP... |
| 17.05.2023 | Data snapshot: VC funding for ag biotech increases thanks to mega-rounds from the US, China & India | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new research re... |
| 06.10.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: The Rounds bags $38m for waste-free e-grocery, Jay-Z invests in pizza robot startup Stellar | This week brought a win for more sustainable grocery delivery with The Rounds’ Series A fundraise. Meanwhile, investment in restaurant robots increased with Jay-Z’s funding for pizza robot truck Stellar and new capital for Hyper Food Roboti... |
| 04.10.2022 | Inari Raises $124M in Series E Funding | Inari, a Cambridge, MA-based seed maker company, raised $124M in Inari Series E funding.
The round was led by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Flagship Pioneering with participation from Hanwha Impact Partners, NGS Super, Banque Pic... |
| 04.10.2022 | Gene editing startup Inari bags $124m to ‘unlock the full potential’ of seeds | Seed gene editing startup Inari has closed a $124 million Series E round. This brings the company’s total funding to $475 million and bumps its valuation to $1.5 billion. The round included participation from Canada Pension Plan Investment ... |
| 05.05.2022 | Data Snapshot: Food security & sustainability drove $2.6b in funding for Ag Biotech in 2021 | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new research re... |
| 21.04.2022 | Earth Day 2022: Charting the course to a resilient food system with dynamic systems modeling | Anya Gandy is sustainability lead at Inari, based in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
The views expressed in this guest commentary are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of AFN.
Earth Day 2022’s theme — ‘invest in our planet’ —... |
| 22.02.2022 | Patents Aim To Boost Corn And Soy Performance By Editing GMO Traits | ROCKTON, IL - OCTOBER 9: Bt-corn is a genetically modified crop that offers growers an alternative ... [+] to spraying an insecticide for control of European and southwestern corn borer. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images |
| 25.05.2021 | Invaio raises $89m to accelerate commercialization of its injectable bio-inputs | Invaio Sciences has raised $88.9 million in a Series C round led by venture builder Flagship Pioneering, which launched the startup in 2018. Other investors joining the round include Stage 1 Ventures, Bluwave Capital, and Alexandria Venture... |
| 25.05.2021 | BREAKING: Invaio raises $89m to accelerate commercialization of its injectable bio-inputs | Invaio Sciences has raised $88.9 million in a Series C round led by venture builder Flagship Pioneering, which launched the startup in 2018. Other investors joining the round include Stage 1 Ventures, Bluwave Capital, and Alexandria Venture... |
| 12.05.2021 | Inari Raises $208M in Series D Funding | Inari, a Cambridge, Mass.-based deveoper of a platform to enable yield increase, raised $208m in Series D funding.
The round, which brought cumulative equity raised to more than $352m, was co-led by Flagship Pioneering with participation fr... |
| 26.02.2021 | How The Right Content Can Generate Brand Loyalty: 15 Valuable Tips | With a loyal customer base, a company has an established audience for sharing promotional and education information about its products and services. Businesses employ many different methods to increase customer loyalty, and in recent years,... |
| 09.02.2021 | A new White House signals new opportunities for agtech startups. Are we up for the challenge? | Editor’s note: Ponsi Trivisvavet is CEO at Inari, a seed genetics startup based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The views expressed in this guest article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of AFN.
Much has been analyze... |
| 05.01.2021 | Inari Expands Board of Directors with Appointment of Bob Bechek | |
| 06.11.2020 | A foretaste of Gen Z foodtech: micro-bubbles, aeroponic potatoes, & algae omega-3 | Not all of Generation Z are sailing across the Atlantic while berating world leaders for climate change inaction. Some are founding startups.
For a foretaste of what this latest generation of startups means for foodtech, AFN checked in with... |
| 30.10.2020 | These CRISPR Edited Seeds Are Planting A Sustainable Future For The Agricultural Industry | Ponsi Trivisvavet, CEO and director of Inari.Inari |
| 29.10.2020 | Benson Hill raises $150m in GV & Wheatsheaf-led Series D round | US crop genetics startup Benson Hill has raised a $150 million Series D round co-led by UK agrifood investor Wheatsheaf and Google VC arm GV, which also led its Series C round. This round brings Benson Hill’s total funding to roughly $280 m... |
| 08.10.2020 | The CRISPR Nobel was about more than two women scientists. It was about all of them | News that Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry “for the development of a method for genome editing” known as CRISPR-Cas9 was exciting for several reasons. One is the impact of the disc... |
| 23.04.2020 | Inari Raises $45M in Debt Financing | Inari, a transformational approach to plant breeding (PRNewsfoto/Inari)
Inari, a Cambridge, Mass.-based biotechnology company developing next-generation seeds, entered into a $45m loan and security agreement with K2 HealthVentures (K2HV), a... |
| 29.01.2020 | EXCLUSIVE: Acre VP holds first close of Fund II, brings on Greylock’s Bill Helman as partner & LP | Acre Venture Partners (Acre VP), the agri-foodtech investment firm, has reached a first close on its second fund, a multi-LP fund targeting around $125 million, the same size it reached for Fund I. The firm was founded in 2016 when it launc... |
| 10.09.2019 | Why Indiana is becoming a leader in agbioscience innovation | When people think of startups in the life sciences and biotech space, images of Silicon Valley often appear in their minds. But as entrepreneurs increasingly face challenges in building a company in the pricey and overcrowded West Coast reg... |
| 06.08.2019 | Inari Raises $89M in Series C Financing | Inari, a Cambridge, Mass.-based next-generation seed company, closed an $89m Series C financing.
Flagship Pioneering, which founded Inari in 2016, was joined in the round by Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), global Asian-based investor... |
| 06.08.2019 | Inari raises $89m Series C round to make seeds diverse again | Indiana-based seed tech startup Inari has closed a $89 million Series C to develop genomic tools including gene editing to improve global seed diversity. The round brings the company’s total funding to $142 million.
The company says it is t... |
| 02.08.2019 | Job Alert: Boston Startups and Tech Companies Hiring in August | Do you know when to open the door? If you think it’s time for a career move, get your search started with these Inno-approved job openings in and around Boston this August.
Here are just a few of the tech companies and firms that are hiring... |
| 01.07.2019 | World Economic Forum Selects ImpactVision as One of 56 Technology Pioneers in 2019 | Editor’s Note: Abi Ramanan is founder and CEO of ImpactVision, one of AgFunder’s portfolio companies that’s combatting food waste and food safety with hyperspectral imaging.
Today, the World Economic Forum selected ImpactVision as one of 56... |
| 03.10.2018 | Flagship Pioneering GP Martinez: We’ve Benefitted from Mega-Mergers in Agriculture | Editor’s Note: Ignacio Martinez is general partner at Flagship Pioneering, the venture development organization (VDO) responsible for creating and incubating agtech’s best-funded startup, Indigo Agriculture. With a background in the healthc... |
| 09.08.2018 | Inari Secures $40 Million in Series B | Inari, a transformational plant breeding technology company with a mission to transform agriculture and positively impact society and the environment, announced today it has completed a $40 million Series B financing round, bringing its tot... |
| 09.08.2018 | Flagship’s latest venture Inari raises $40m Series B to ‘transform plant breeding’ | Inari, the latest venture from venture development organization Flagship Pioneering, has raised $40 million in Series B funding.
The company describes itself as a plant breeding technology company aiming to “transform plant breeding to sign... |
| 09.08.2018 | Plant Breeding Tech Company Inari Secures $40M in Series B | Inari, a Cambridge, MA-based plant breeding technology company, completed a $40m Series B financing round.
Acre Venture Partners and Alexandria Venture Investments joined Flagship in this financing, which brings total funding to $55m.
The c... |
| 09.08.2018 | Flagship’s Latest Venture Inari Raises $40m Series B to “Transform Plant Breeding” | Inari, the latest venture from venture development organization Flagship Pioneering, has raised $40 million in Series B funding.
The company describes itself as a plant breeding technology company aiming to “transform plant breeding to sign... |
| - | Inari | “Inari accelerates and brings precision to nature’s innate processes, pioneering new technology to unlock the greatest possible yield increases” |
| - | Inari | “Inari is the SEEDesign™ company, using new breeding technology to design seeds for a more sustainable global food system.” |
