FortePhest is a biotech startup exploring the groundbreaking potential of H‐Forte™ technology to combat herbicide‐resistant weeds.
Extensive use of the same set of herbicides over the past three decades is the greatest threat to sustained crop production. This has led to the emergence and rapid spread of glyphosate‐resistant weeds, endangering the entire herbicide market. Failure of herbicide effectiveness may cause losses of more than 50% of the world’s crop yield and add an additional $50 ‐$60 billion of annual costs to crop production in the U.S. & EU alone.
FortePhest is developing a new herbicide with a new mode of action and GM Crop concept for control over resistant weeds.
The company’s development of a proprietary supplement for glyphosate could provide a long-term solution for herbicide‐resistant weeds.
Extensive use of the same set of herbicides over the past three decades is the greatest threat to sustained crop production. This has led to the emergence and rapid spread of glyphosate‐resistant weeds, endangering the entire herbicide market. Failure of herbicide effectiveness may cause losses of more than 50% of the world’s crop yield and add an additional $50 ‐$60 billion of annual costs to crop production in the U.S. & EU alone.
FortePhest is developing a new herbicide with a new mode of action and GM Crop concept for control over resistant weeds.
The company’s development of a proprietary supplement for glyphosate could provide a long-term solution for herbicide‐resistant weeds.
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Sherpa Inn... | sherpa-inn... |
| 03.03.2022 | Orbia Vent... | orbia.com |
| - | Southern I... | sibf.vc |
Mentions in press and media 3
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| 17.02.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Equip gets $58m to help manage eating disorders; Bowery acquires Traptic | This week, US telehealth startup Equip raised funds for its eating disorder management platform, while Danish agtech company Agreena secured $22.5 million to help farmers participate in carbon markets. In Asia, Next Gen Foods, the company b... |
| 10.02.2022 | Joint News Release: BASF Venture Capital and Orbia Ventures Invest in Israeli Biotech Company FortePhest | FortePhest is leading in nature-inspired development of novel substances New herbicides inhibit the growth of herbicide-resistant weeds and invasive plants Ludwigshafen, Germany, Ness Ziona, Israel, and Boston, Massachusetts, USA, February ... |
| 11.02.2021 | BASF Venture Capital and Orbia Ventures Invest in Israeli Biotech Company FortePhest | FortePhest is leading in nature-inspired development of novel substances. New herbicides inhibit the growth of herbicide-resistant weeds and invasive plants. |