Tropic Biosciences UK Ltd is a pioneering leader in the development of novel high-performing commercial tropical crop varieties and traits using advanced genetic breeding (e.g. CRISPR) technologies. Tropic currently focuses on the massive coffee, banana and rice crops, which play a critical role in global agriculture, trade, and nutrition, but face significant, yet addressable, disease and supply-chain challenges.
Location: United Kingdom, England, Colney
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $73.5M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 9
Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 10.01.2024 | Series B | $28.5M | - |
| 06.07.2022 | - | $35M | Tekfen Ven... |
| 13.06.2018 | Series A | $10M | - |
Mentions in press and media 24
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 10.01.2024 | Tropic Biosciences banks $28.5m in Temasek-led Series B for ... | - | alimentcap... |
| 09.09.2022 | Brief: Brazil, US can expect a ‘healthier supply’ of fertili... | Key commodity growing markets in the Americas, particularly Brazil and the US, can expect a “healthi... | agfunderne... |
| 07.07.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Green Generation Fund raises $120m... | This week, Germany’s Green Generation Fund landed more capital to invest in alt-protein startups, wh... | agfunderne... |
| 07.07.2022 | Exclusive: Meta veteran David Fischer makes a move into vent... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 06.07.2022 | Tropic Biosciences Raises $35M to Solve Crises of the $400Bn... | Next gen impact investor Blue Horizon has announced an investment in Tropic Biosciences, a developer... | vegconomis... |
| 06.07.2022 | BREAKING: Crop gene editor Tropic Biosciences banks $35m in ... | UK ag gene-editing startup Tropic Biosciences has raised $35 million for its latest funding round, i... | agfunderne... |
| 28.05.2021 | Climate-conscious sovereign wealth funds opt for energy, tra... | Sovereign wealth funds invested close to $2.3 billion in businesses, technologies, and other project... | agfunderne... |
| 21.05.2021 | To help solve climate change, look to the biosciences | President Biden’s pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 is an admirable and am... | statnews.c... |
| 10.03.2021 | Brief: Temasek invests $500m into impact fund LeapFrog | Singapore sovereign fund Temasek has invested $500 million into LeapFrog Investments, an impact-focu... | agfunderne... |
| 10.03.2021 | Brief: Temasek invests $500m into impact fund LeapFrog | Singapore sovereign fund Temasek has invested $500 million into LeapFrog Investments, an impact-focu... | agfunderne... |
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