(Tech Crunch) Pluton Biosciences takes its carbon-fixing microbes to market with a fresh $16.6M

(Tech Crunch) Pluton Biosciences takes its carbon-fixing microbes to market with a fresh $16.6M

June 1, 2023

Pluton Biosciences is hard at work identifying beneficial microorganisms and putting them to work in agriculture, and just raised a $16.5 million Series A round to […]

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Danforth Center Scientist, Malia Gehan Named to Inaugural Class of TGI Fellows

Danforth Center Scientist, Malia Gehan Named to Inaugural Class of TGI Fellows

May 31, 2023

ST. LOUIS, MO, May 31, 2023 – Malia Gehan, PhD, assistant member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, was selected to be part of the Taylor Geospatial Institute’s […]

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First graduate of biotechnology program is ready to EMBARK on a bright future

First graduate of biotechnology program is ready to EMBARK on a bright future

May 31, 2023

Before the month of May ends, Sreehitha “Siri” Anugu will hold a life science lab assistant certificate in one hand and a high school diploma […]

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(AFN) Pivot Bio pilot replaces synthetic nitrogen on nearly 1m acres of farmland

(AFN) Pivot Bio pilot replaces synthetic nitrogen on nearly 1m acres of farmland

May 10, 2023

Growers replaced synthetic nitrogen on 725,000 acres and avoided more than 80,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent, according to the results of Pivot Bio‘s 2022 N-OVATOR pilot […]

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(AgriTech Tommorow) Making biological crop amendments the new normal

(AgriTech Tommorow) Making biological crop amendments the new normal

May 5, 2023

For the last 70 years, farmers have been dependent on synthetic crop amendments to grow our food. And we have been heavily reliant on the […]

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(AFN) The Yield Lab LATAM raises $20m from Grupo Bimbo, IDB Lab, others for third fund

(AFN) The Yield Lab LATAM raises $20m from Grupo Bimbo, IDB Lab, others for third fund

May 5, 2023

The Yield Lab Latam (YLL) has completed the first close of its third fund on $20 million to invest in early-stage Latin America agrifoodtech startups. […]

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