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| 18.08.2026 | Pairwise sees ‘dramatic uptick’ in CRISPR licensing as gene editing moves beyond row crops | Gene editing is rapidly expanding beyond row crops into specialty crops, animals, and microbes, says Pairwise, which has seen a “dramatic uptick” in licensing deals for its Fulcrum platform over the past 12-18 months and now has 25 licensee... |
| 26.05.2026 | How to sell the next wave of gene-edited crops? Let the little guys do it | “We don’t want to repeat the debacle of GMOs,” Corteva Catalyst’s Mathias Müller said at the recent F&A Next Summit in Wageningen, the Netherlands. One way to advance the next wave of gene-edited crops, he said, is to enable small- and ... |
| 04.05.2026 | Climate-Smart & Cocoa-Free: Mars Makes Moves to Decarbonise Chocolate Portfolio | 4 Mins Read Wise to the climate-damaged realities of the cocoa industry, Mars is taking major steps to decarbonise its offerings, from climate-smart farming to bean-free chocolates.
The world’s largest chocolate company is feeling the bite ... |
| 17.11.2025 | Three Cocoa-Free Startups Win Bühler’s New Chocolate Challenge | 4 Mins Read Swiss manufacturing giant Bühler Group has named three winners of its New Chocolate Challenge, which aims to industrialise climate-resilient cocoa-free ingredients.
Foreverland, Green Spot Technologies and Kawa Project have all ... |
| 20.10.2025 | Indiana has entered its One Health era and the innovators have already showed up to the party | When Elanco cut the ribbon on its newly built global headquarters in downtown Indianapolis this fall, it added more than a building to the city’s skyline. The animal health company’s homecoming signaled a new commitment to innovation and an... |
| 15.09.2025 | Food is health: an emerging superpower in agbioscience innovation | From a growing consumer voice to regulatory pressures, the way we produce and consume food is changing at a rapid pace. Research from AgriNovus Indiana shows a significant opportunity to innovate where two worlds collide: outputs from the s... |
| 22.08.2025 | As Climate Change Bites, Nestlé Invents New Technique to Boost Cocoa Yields | 4 Mins Read With global cocoa stocks at record lows this year, the world’s largest food company, Nestlé, has developed a novel method to utilise 30% more of the cacao plant.
As the planet melts, so does the chocolate industry.
Human-caused ... |
| 21.08.2025 | Nestlé develops ‘groundbreaking’ process to boost cocoa production | Listen to the article 3 min
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Nestlé said it developed a process to maximize cocoa output as climate challenges reduce yields for farmers.
The food giant said ... |
| 07.08.2025 | Snickers maker Mars to use gene-editing in pursuit of stable chocolate supply | Listen to the article 3 min
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Candy giant Mars is using gene-editing CRISPR technology to breed a better cocoa plant as climate challenges and disease pressure... |
| 06.08.2025 | Candy giant Mars partners with biotech firm to gene-edit cocoa supply | Candy maker Mars said Wednesday it has partnered with biotech company Pairwise to speed up the development of more resilient cocoa using CRISPR-based gene editing technology.
CRISPR technology is a gene-editing tool that makes changes to DN... |
| 28.03.2025 | 🎥From scissors to search-and-replace: Pairwise CEO on the promise of gene editing in ag | CRISPR-Cas9 technology—often billed as “programmable DNA scissors”—first hit the headlines in 2012. Since then, it has been used in everything from cancer research to making more productive cells for cultivated meat. But what is the potenti... |
| 21.03.2025 | The Future of Food: How Epigenetics and AI Are Transforming Agriculture | The world of agriculture is on the brink of a revolution. Two powerful forces are emerging: epigenetics and artificial intelligence (AI). Together, they promise to reshape how we grow food, making it more resilient, efficient, and sustainab... |
| 19.03.2025 | AI is revolutionizing R&D and supply chains in the food industry, but work remains in order to unlock full potential, reveals new MIT Technology Review Insights report | CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report by MIT Technology Review Insights seeks to understand how the food industry can use AI to help meet the increasing global demand for nutritious, affordable produce, ensure resili... |
| 19.09.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: eGrocer Flink nabs $150m, biotech co Arzeda lands $38m, Kubota acquires Bloomfield Robotics | Venture capital to the eGrocery category may be down 90% since the fundraising heyday of 2021, but the sector’s far from dead. Case in point: Germany-based Flink’s mega-raise this week.
Elsewhere, biotech startup Arzeda raked in funds to de... |
| 17.09.2024 | Pairwise: Cultivating the Future of Agriculture with Gene Editing | In the heart of Durham, North Carolina, a revolution is brewing. Pairwise, a technology company at the forefront of gene editing, has just secured $40 million in Series C funding. This latest round, led by Deerfield Management, pushes their... |
| 17.09.2024 | Pairwise raises $40m series C, forms JV with Corteva to accelerate gene editing on row crops | Pairwise, a startup pioneering gene editing in plants, has closed a $40m series C funding round and formed a five-year joint venture collaboration with agtech giant Corteva to advance the tech to increase climate resilience in corn and soy.... |
| 17.09.2024 | Pairwise Closes $40M Series C Funding | Pairwise, a Durham, NC-based technology company which specializes in gene editing to improve plant breeding in specialty and commodity crops, raised $40M in Series C funding.
The round, which brought the total amount to $155M, was led by De... |
| 12.06.2024 | CRISPR and the new era of precision plant breeding: In conversation with Pairwise CEO Dr. Tom Adams | CRISPR-Cas9 technology—billed as ‘programmable DNA scissors’— first hit the headlines in 2012. Since then, it has been used to create everything from pig kidneys that can be transplanted into humans to treatments for sickle cell disease. Bu... |
| 03.06.2024 | AgriTech Innovations Blossom with Funding Surge | In the vast expanse of the AgriTech industry, a recent surge in funding has breathed new life into innovative solutions aimed at revolutionizing the way we approach agriculture. Among the notable beneficiaries of this funding wave is Saudi ... |
| 03.06.2024 | Bayer teams with CRISPR startup Pairwise for bitterless mustard greens | Bayer is expanding its partnership with Pairwise to introduce an improved leafy green with higher nutrition than average lettuce. Bayer signed a licensing deal with the US-based ag-tech startup to develop and commercialize Pairwise's genome... |
| 30.05.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Venture studio Squared Circles raises $40m, iyris nabs $16m for indoor ag | Squared Circles, the venture studio behind Nutrafol and other health, wellness, and food brands, announced a $40 million Series A fundraise this week led by private equity firm L Catterton.
There were fundraises a’ plenty coming from the ME... |
| 12.04.2024 | ASU scientist studies how bans, regulations on food technology affect consumer acceptance, perceptions | How do people process scientific developments with outside influences, warnings, biases and others’ opinions filtering in?
That’s the question Caitlin Drummond Otten, environmental social scientist, works to answer in her research. She is a... |
| 28.03.2024 | CAST Releases Paper Exploring the Future of Agriculture with Genome Edited Crops | Sarah Evanega presenting the paper in St, Louis, MO (photo by Carlos Back Vianna/CAST)
On Wednesday, March 20, the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) hosted a successful rollout event for its latest issue paper, "Ap... |
| 08.03.2024 | CRISPR Technology Takes Center Stage at SXSW 2024 for the First Time | Expert Panel Discusses Uses of CRISPR in Food and Agriculture, How the Technology Will Help Improve Climate Resilience in Crops and Convenience in Nutrient-Dense Foods
Durham, N.C., March 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The panel “The First CR... |
| 07.03.2024 | Pairwise Named one of America’s Top GreenTech Companies 2024 | - |
| 24.01.2024 | Elo Life Systems raises $20.5m in series A2, aims to launch natural sweetener in 2026: ‘Everyone is trying to reduce sugar’ | North Carolina-based Elo Life Systems has closed a $20.5 million Series A2 round to accelerate the development of a natural high-intensity sweetener and Cavendish bananas engineered to resist the devastating Fusarium wilt fungal disease (TR... |
| 31.08.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Toyota does indoor farming, Bayer & Pairwise ink deal, cultivated seafood gets big in Japan | Carmaker Toyota recently took a left turn into growing strawberries and cherry tomatoes at one of its production plants. Also in Japan, one of the country’s largest seafood companies has teamed up with a cultivated seafood startup. Meanwhil... |
| 10.08.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Bactolife raises $33m, FAO scoops up $27 million, irrigation tech in the spotlight | This week, Danish startup Bactolife raised funds to develop gut microbiome-strengthening proteins and the UN’s FAO scooped up funding from the EU for its Sustainable Wildlife Management program. CPG giant Campbell made a new acquisition, as... |
| 18.05.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: GoodLeaf Farms snags $78m, Prime Roots raises $30m, Miso Robotics gets new investment | This week, Prime Roots raised funding for its mycelium-based take on deli meats and GoodLeaf Farms raked in funding to expand across Canada. Elsewhere, restaurant-tech startup Incentivio scored new funding, a South African bank took a stake... |
| 02.12.2022 | Pairwise Welcomes Healthy Snack Brand Executive To Board Of Directors | Durham, N.C. – November 29, 2022 – Pairwise, a purpose-driven food tech company that uses gene editing to develop new varieties of fruits and vegetables, today announced the addition of its second independent board member, Harry Overly. |
| 05.05.2022 | Data Snapshot: Food security & sustainability drove $2.6b in funding for Ag Biotech in 2021 | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 31.03.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Beewise closes $80m round, Arzeda nabs $33m | This week, Israeli bee tech company Beewise raised funds to save the world’s apine population with robotic hives, while US autonomous greenhouse tech provider Koidra closed its seed round. In alternative protein, US-based companies closed r... |
| 15.02.2021 | Pairwise: Food-Gene Editing Company Closes US$90M Series B Round To Scale Its Food Innovation Tech | 1
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North Carolina-based biotech company, Pairwise recently secured US$90M funding in its Series B round which will boost its gene-editing creation of new fruit and vegetable varieties and break down barriers to increase c... |
| 09.02.2021 | Pairwise raises $90m to sell nutrient-dense gene-edited salad leaf | Apples that don’t brown. Lettuce that never wilts. Strawberries that burst with flavor.
Gene editing, it is hoped, could turn all of these appealing notions into realities.
Durham, North Carolina-based Pairwise is aiming to be among the fir... |
| 04.02.2021 | Pairwise picks up $90M to create produce with longer shelf life | Pairwise has raised a $90 million Series B co-led by Pontifax and Deerfield Management. Based in North Carolina, the company uses gene editing to develop new varieties of fruits and vegetables with traits such as improved taste, better crop... |
| 10.05.2018 | Should You Be Using CRISPR for Your Ag Business? | *Updated reference to Pairwise with correction regarding agreement with Monsanto*
Editor’s Note: Vonnie Estes was the 2017 recipient of Rosalind Franklin award for leadership in Biotechnology. She is an agtech innovation consultant with a p... |
| 20.03.2018 | Monsanto Invests in $25m Series A for Pairwise after Cofounding CRISPR Startup | Pairwise Plants has raised a $25 million Series A round co-led by Monsanto Growth Ventures and healthcare investment firm Deerfield Management.
Pairwise is a gene-editing company that has licensed programmable base editing technology from H... |
| - | Pairwise Plants LLC | “Pairwise is a health-focused food and agriculture company transforming plants, and their production systems, with CRISPR and gene editing.” |
| - | Pairwise Raises $90 Million to Bring New Varieties of Fruits and Vegetables to Market | - |
