Archive for December 2023
(AgFunderNews) Why Invaio Sciences acquired Peptyde Bio: ‘Peptides represent a major opportunity for biologicals’
Peptyde Bio emerged in 2022 as the first company to come out of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center‘s Danforth Technology Company. From the get-go, a quick exit seemed possible, Tom Laurita,…
Read More(STL Business Journal) Agtech startup, spun out of Danforth Center, acquired by Boston-area firm
Peptyde Bio, a St. Louis-based agriculture technology startup developing natural fungicides, has been acquired by a firm located just outside Boston. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Invaio Sciences said Thursday it has acquired…
Read More(STL Public Radio) How the 39 North AgTech Innovation District fits into St. Louis’ ag and biosciences landscape
St. Louis’ strong and established agriculture and biosciences industries got a boost in April when a nonprofit formed to run the 39 North AgTech Innovation District. The district has existed…
Read More(AP News) Leading Transportation Partnership Deploys Agrela’s Vegetation Monitoring Technology on the Ray Highway – First for Interstate Roadside
November 16, 2023 /3BL/ – The Ray and the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), in partnership with Agrela Ecosystems and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, announce the deployment of Agrela’s powerful plant and soil…
Read More(St. Louis Public Radio) St. Louis could be the global leader in solving agriculture’s climate challenges
Climate change has industries across the board seeking ways to cut the overall emissions that they produce, inducing food production, which accounts for more than a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. The global agricultural…
Read More(TheSTL) Sunflower Power
David Woodburn, CEO of St. Louis-based agtech startup Edison Agrosciences, vividly remembers the first time he saw a commercial sunflower field. It was years ago, during a family road trip…
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