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(St. Louis Business Journal) CoverCress raises $8M, Bunge’s venture arm participates
April 5, 2021
St. Louis agtech startup CoverCress has secured $8 million in funding that will position it to commercially launch its newly developed crop. Bunge Ventures Ltd., […]
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(AgriMarketing) Plastomics enters new collaboration to improve soybean insect resistance
March 18, 2021
Plastomics, Inc., an agricultural biotech company located in 39 North, developing a step change in trait delivery technology, and Evogene Ltd.’s, (NASDAQ, TASE: EVGN), Ag-Seed […]
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(St. Louis Magazine)How a St. Louis scientist is developing a zero-carbon smart farm system
March 5, 2021
When Nadia Shakoor began searching for a streamlined way to collect data on crop growth, the seed was planted for a revolutionary idea: to create a fully […]
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(St. Louis Post Dispatch) Rubber from sunflowers? Pentagon thinks startup’s research is golden
March 5, 2021
Among the many threats it monitors, the Pentagon is worried about rubber. It needs the natural stuff, from rubber trees, for aircraft and truck tires. […]
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(St. Louis Business Journal) St. Louis startup Pluton Biosciences inks research agreement with Bayer
March 4, 2021
Pluton Biosciences, a fast-growing St. Louis biotechnology startup is teaming up with Bayer’s crop science division on development of a product aimed at helping farmers […]
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Sustainability-Focused Investment Partnership Selects Food Tech Company Benson Hill as First Investment for Climate Solutions Fund
March 4, 2021
Benson Hill, a 39 North food tech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants with its cutting-edge food innovation engine to create healthier, great-tasting […]
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