We use cutting-edge gene editing techniques to develop healthier, hardier and more sustainable crop varieties that flourish even in the face of climate change so local growing communities can thrive, and we can sustain the world’s food supply.
Location: United Kingdom
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $106.77M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| 04.05.2026 | IQ Capital... | iqcapital.... |
| - | Emerald | emerald.vc |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 13.03.2026 | Series C | $106.77M | IQ Capital... |
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| 08.07.2026 | Agrifood Tech Booms: Innovation Fuels Sustainable Food Systems Amid Market Shifts | Agrifood technology surges with fresh capital. Startups secure major funding across diverse sectors. Plant-based innovation, AI in agriculture, and sustainable practices drive growth. Strategic mergers reshape the industry landscape. Regula... |
| 26.06.2026 | AgriFood Signals: Bayer wins roundup case, CEO change at Vow, Reservoir acquires Contain | AgFunderNews rounds up the most important fundings, mergers, acquisitions, closures, and industry buzz in agtech and foodtech. Funding news 🇬🇧 Omni raises £11m Series A to fund US entry and an “Ozempic-style” dog supplement The Checkout 🇬🇧 ... |
| 19.05.2026 | Resurrect Bio Secures $10.3M to Revolutionize Crop Disease Resistance with AI Gene-Editing | Resurrect Bio announced a successful $10.3 million Series A funding close. This oversubscribed round powers its cutting-edge gene-editing technology. The UK-based biotech company targets pervasive crop diseases. It reactivates plants' inher... |
| 18.05.2026 | Renaissance Bioscience unveils yeast-derived VLP platform for next-gen RNAi biopesticides | Renaissance Bioscience has developed a novel yeast-derived “virus-like particle” (VLP) system which it claims could dramatically expand the scope of its RNA interference (RNAi) based platform, enabling the production of stable, cost-effecti... |
| 13.05.2026 | Resurrect Bio expands Series A to $10.3m to scale tech helping plants to defend themselves | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Resurrect Bio] UK-based Resurrect Bio—a startup equipping crops with genetic defenses against disease—has announced the final close of its Series A round at $10.3 million.... |
| 15.03.2026 | Tropic Secures $105M: Gene-Edited Crops Reshape Global Food Future | Tropic, a UK AgTech firm, raised $105 million in Series C funding. This capital boosts gene-edited tropical crop expansion. Forbion and Corteva co-led the round. The focus is disease-resistant bananas and climate-resilient rice. Tropic's GE... |
| 13.03.2026 | UK AgTech startup Tropic secures €91.3 million to bring gene-edited bananas and climate-resilient crops to market | Tropic, a Norwich-based AgTech startup specialising in gene‑edited tropical crops, has announced the close of its oversubscribed €91.3 million ($105 million) Series C financing to accelerate the global scale-up of its banana and rice portfo... |
| 12.03.2026 | Tropic bags $105m to scale gene-edited bananas, deploy TR4 resistant bananas in 2027 | UK-based plant biotech company Tropic has raised a $105 million Series C round to support the rollout of non-browning bananas and bananas with extended shelf-life—innovations it says are opening up the cut fruit market, cutting food waste, ... |
| 21.02.2025 | Tropic to launch non-browning bananas in March, extended shelf-life bananas by year-end | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Tropic ] UK-based plant biotech co Tropic is gearing up to launch non-browning bananas in March and bananas with extended shelf-life by the year end—innovations it says wi... |
| 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... |
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