Enko designs safe and sustainable solutions to farmers’ biggest crop threats today, from pest resistance to new diseases. By applying the latest drug discovery and development approaches from pharma to plants, Enko is bringing an innovation model to agriculture and meeting farmers’ evolving needs. Founded in 2017 and led by a team of proven scientists, entrepreneurs and agriculture industry veterans, Enko is backed by investors including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Anterra Capital, Finistere Ventures, Novalis LifeSciences, Germin8 Ventures, TO Ventures Food, and Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund.
Location: United States, Connecticut, Stonington
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $136M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Connecticu... | ctinnovati... |
| - | Anterra Ca... | anterracap... |
| - | TO.org | to.org |
| - | Germin8 Ve... | germin8ven... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 05.08.2022 | Series C | $70M | - |
| 26.06.2020 | Series B | $66M | - |
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| 16.06.2026 | Anterra Capital Fuels Agri-Food Revolution with $100M AI, Biology Fund | Anterra Capital announced a $100 million first close for its third fund. This significant capital influx targets artificial intelligence and biological innovation across the $10 trillion global food and agriculture sector. The firm, managin... |
| 15.06.2026 | Anterra Capital: $100 Million First Close Of Fund III Targets AI And Biology Opportunities In Food And Agriculture | Anterra Capital announced the first close of its third fund at $100 million, with a target size of $200 million, as the specialist venture firm looks to capitalize on emerging opportunities created by artificial intelligence and biological ... |
| 28.07.2022 | Instacart’s comedown speaks volumes about the plight of digital retail | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. The summer of 2022 is proving to be a long and lonely one for digital retail. Paid Content Migrat... |
| 27.07.2022 | Enko Raises $70M in Series C Funding | Enko, a Mystic, Conn.-based crop health company, raised $70m in Series C funding. The round, which brought the total funding raised to date to $140m, was led by Nufarm with participation from Anterra Capital, Taher Gozal, the Bill & Mel... |
| 27.07.2022 | BREAKING: Nufarm leads $70m Series C for crop protection startup Enko | Ongoing threats and disruptions to the global supply chain have made crop security a critical area for investment, even as capital to other areas of the food supply chain dwindles. Crop protection startup Enko has secured a $70 million Seri... |
| 17.05.2022 | EXCLUSIVE: Anterra closes $260m Fund II, says quality of agrifoodtech opportunity ‘has increased exponentially’ | Agtech investment firm Anterra Capital has closed its second Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund on $260 million. The fund will invest in entrepreneurs developing biotech and digital solutions across the agrifoodtech value chain, fr... |
| 16.11.2021 | Chinese VC Bits x Bites hits $100m final close with capital from Syngenta, Wilbur-Ellis | Chinese agrifoodtech VC firm Bits x Bites has closed its latest fund on $100 million with a string of food and ag corporates as well as investment players signing up as LPs. Among those participating in the fund’s final close were Syngenta ... |
| 16.11.2021 | BREAKING: Chinese VC Bits x Bites hits $100m final close with capital from Syngenta, Wilbur-Ellis | Chinese agrifoodtech VC firm Bits x Bites has closed its latest fund on $100 million with a string of food and ag corporates as well as investment players signing up as LPs. Among those participating in the fund’s final close were Syngenta ... |
| 22.06.2021 | Enko : to Co-develop Selective Crop Health Solutions with Major Ag Player | MYSTIC, Conn., June 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Enko, the crop health company, announced today a multi-year partnership with Syngenta Crop Protection to design safe and sustainable solutions to the resistant pests and novel diseases farmers ar... |
| 22.06.2021 | Enko to Co-develop Selective Crop Health Solutions with Major Ag Player |
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