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Oxitec

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Last activity: 03.02.2022

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This page is a place to share our breakthroughs and achievements in biological solutions for pest control. Please like this page and add your own news and views on our pest control solutions. You can also engage with us on Twitter @Oxitec.

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Location: United Kingdom, England, Oxford

Phone: +44 1235 832393

Total raised: $22.95M

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Funding Rounds 2

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
23.06.2014	-	$10.39M	-
14.02.2012	-	$12.56M	-

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Date	Title	Description
03.02.2022	Oxitec Announces 2022 US Pilot Plans for Mosquito Technology	Oxitec, the leading developer of biological pest control solutions, announced that it is pursuing approval by federal and state regulators to implement two pilot projects in the US and is building a new R&D facility in California. In Fl...
04.05.2021	Bill Gates-backed startup releases millions of genetically modified mosquitoes	May 4, 2021 2 min read This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. The British company Oxitec released a cloud of hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes ...
20.08.2020	Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida	More On: mosquitoes Why millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could be released across US Woman stuck in agonizing cycle of health problems after 2017 insect bite Mosquitoes have a favorite color, and the reason for it is pretty creep...
20.08.2020	Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida	More On: mosquitoes Multiple states warn on West Nile virus risk amid peak period Mosquitoes' last bite? Genetic engineering may rid world of malaria-transmitting bugs Watch as swarms of mosquitoes transform into a mosquito 'tornado' West N...
18.06.2019	Unity's early longevity data look 'encouraging'; Adaptive Biotechnologies looks to raise $200M in IPO	→ Bob Nelsen-backed longevity startup Unity $UBX on Tuesday unveiled the first ever in-human data on its drug, UBX0101, which is designed to delay the aging process by snuffing senescent (old) cells. The first part (A) of the sm...
27.09.2018	Syngenta Ventures invests in $2.9m seed round for pheromone pest control startup BioPhero	Danish ag biotech startup BioPhero closed a $2.9 million seed round with Syngenta Ventures, Novo Seeds, the early-stage investment arm of life sciences investor Novo Holdings, and Danish public innovation hub Syddansk Innovation. The compan...
25.06.2018	Билл Гейтс инвестирует в британскую Oxitec, которая создает комаров-мутантов	Благотворительный фонд Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation инвестирует $4,1 млн в британскую биотехнологическую компанию Oxitec, которая планирует создать генномодифициованных комаров для борьбы с малярией. Об этом пишет Republic. Для этого...
22.06.2018	Bill Gates wants mosquitoes to screw each other to death	Originally Published by: How the world will drown in millions of tons of plastic Italy refuses to let latest migrant ship dock Future man made viruses could kill millions Leonardo da Vinci's 'earliest' painting discovered Microsoft founder ...
26.10.2016	Ambitious experiment plans to release bacteria-bearing mosquitoes at large scale	Two major philanthropic organizations, along with the United States and Britain, announced on Wednesday an ambitious experiment to combat mosquito-borne diseases in cities by infecting the insects with crafty bacteria. Researchers have used...
01.05.2016	Zika in 30 Seconds: Archives (May – July)	Saturday-Sunday, July 30-31 The big news right now Zika cases are surging in Puerto Rico, and health officials fear hundreds of babies could be born with severe brain defects (STAT) A study suggests that all strains of the Zika virus are of...
11.03.2016	US moves to allow release of genetically modified mosquitoes	US regulators on Friday moved one step closer to allowing a British company to introduce genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida — in what would be the first such release in the country — to test whether the approach could reduce the spr...
03.02.2016	Biologists: Let’s sic ‘gene drive’ on Zika-carrying mosquitoes	A small group of biologists is itching to use a revolutionary new genetic technique to quell the outbreak of Zika. They believe they could wipe out the mosquitoes spreading the Zika virus within a couple of years, but they need money to do ...
09.07.2015	AgriProtein: the company using flies, our waste to keep the planet from eating itself	The fly makes the world go round. While many find these critters repulsive, they actually play a very important role in how we get our food we eat. For starters, by eating decaying materials, the fly helps speed up the nutrient cycling whic...
09.07.2015	AgriProtein: the company using flies, our waste to keep the planet from eating itself	The fly makes the world go round. While many find these critters repulsive, they actually play a very important role in how we get our food we eat. For starters, by eating decaying materials, the fly helps speed up the nutrient cycling whi...
27.01.2015	Genetically-altered mosquitoes could be released in Florida, pending FDA approval	Oxitec is working with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District on this project. Even though it’s not a major issue in the U.S., mosquitoes are becoming more and more resistant to insecticides. If the FDA gives the thumbs up, the Oxitec m...
23.06.2014	Oxitec Completes £6.1M Funding	Oxitec, a Milton Park, Abingdon, UK-based developer of a solution for controlling insects that spread disease and damage crops, completed a £6.1m ($10.2m) funding round. Backers included existing shareholders Oxford Capital Partners, the Un...
02.05.2013	Intrexon Closes $150M Series F Financing	Intrexon Corporation, a Germantown, MD-based next generation synthetic biology company, closed a $150m Series F financing. Backers included Randal J. Kirk, Chairman and CEO of Intrexon, and Third Security, LLC, as well as new undisclosed ba...
14.02.2012	Oxitec Secures £8M in Funding	Oxitec Ltd, an Oxford, UK-based company developing a new approach to combating dengue fever, has secured £8m in new funding. The round was led by Oxford Capital, with participation from new investors, which include Asia Pacific Capital, fro...
20.01.2012	Another Luddite victory	Another Luddite victory 20-01-2012 In the week when BASF announce that they are moving their Plant Science headquarters from Germany to America, the Scientific Alliance looks at the influence of environmental activists. This week BASF, Germ...
17.12.2003	Oxford's global Intellectual Property Network boosts healthcare in the Third World	Oxford's global Intellectual Property Network boosts healthcare in the Third World 17-12-2003 A new Oxford-based charity, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and supported by the UK Department for International Development and the Wellcome...
-	Genetically-altered mosquitoes could be released in Florida, pending FDA approval	Over a million people each year die from diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, like malaria, Chikungunya, Dengue Fever, and Yellow Fever. Tackling this problem is a challenge, but Oxitec, a British biotech company, is developing mosquitoes th...
-	15 ways the world will be terrifying in 2050	This is the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. It left a half-mile wide crater, ten feet deep at the vent and the sand within the crater had been burned and boiled into a highly rad...

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