Maxing the Vaxxing

Maxing the Vaxxing

A new startup funding round is maxing the vaxxing… Iowa-based startup Genvax Technologies just brought in $6.5M to continue advancing its saRNA vaccine production, focused at protecting herds from African swine fever and other emerging animal diseases. Bringing home...
Radicle Growth Supports Radical Development

Radicle Growth Supports Radical Development

AgTech startups just got a major boost. And the new platform is totally rad. The deets: Radicle Growth, a company that builds ag and food tech companies through early-stage investment, just announced its latest project—The Radicle Farm. The new platform gives startups...
CoverCress: The Carbon Cover Crop

CoverCress: The Carbon Cover Crop

It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new crop to rotate. OK, Bublé. Gimme the news: To enhance climate-smart agriculture, St. Louis startup CoverCress, Inc. developed an advanced field pennycress crop through breeding and gene editing tools, and Bayer wants in....
Investors Ink $70M Bet on Enko

Investors Ink $70M Bet on Enko

Crop protection startup Enko just received some encouragement—about $70M worth—in its Series C funding round. The latest batch of cash will go toward its platform that “facilitates discovery and development of alternatives to chemical crop protections.”...
Making it Rain: WaterTech Startup Lands Funding

Making it Rain: WaterTech Startup Lands Funding

Where’s the water? Irrigation accounts for 70% of total global freshwater use. The UN is forecasting a 40% shortfall in freshwater resources by 2030. That presents a real problem. Irrigation innovation: Enter Lumo. Lumo is a smart-irrigation startup looking to address...