ZeaKal is a plant traits innovator that helps crops capture more carbon and sunlight, leading to healthier, nutrient-rich food and feed. We are committed to building a more equitable and resilient agricultural system on a smaller environmental footprint. Discover how we are building a “NewType” Tomorrow at zeakal.com
Our plant traits dramatically improve the yield and composition of staple crops, resulting in carbon capture for better nutrition, as well as higher incomes, lower costs, and efficiencies along the ag supply chain.
Our plant traits dramatically improve the yield and composition of staple crops, resulting in carbon capture for better nutrition, as well as higher incomes, lower costs, and efficiencies along the ag supply chain.
Location: United States, California, San Diego
Employees: 1-10
Total raised: $34.1M
Founded date: 2010
Investors 3
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.09.2019 | Series C | $15M | - |
| 19.06.2019 | - | $10M | - |
| 17.02.2016 | Series B | $5.3M | - |
| 26.03.2013 | Series A | $3.8M | - |
Mentions in press and media 24
| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.07.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aphea.Bio scores $78m for biologicals, Do Good Foods files Ch. 11, Chipotle’s avocado robots | Good news this week arrived in the form of funding rounds for biologicals maker Aphea.Bio and infant formula startup Bobbie, amongst several others. Less sunny was news that upcycled chicken company Do Good Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankru... |
| 19.05.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Downey Jr’s Footprint backs Motif; Unilever joins $1bn regen ag fund | One of India’s leading food and restaurant delivery services made another big-ticket acquisition this week, while alt-protein producers raised several early-stage rounds. Upstream, Unilever joined a new $1.06 billion fund to accelerate adop... |
| 13.04.2022 | We must scale US agtech innovation to fight the looming food, energy crisis | Editor’s note: The following editorial is a joint ‘call to arms’ for the agrifoodtech community. The authors, listed at the end of the article, represent decades of experience in global agribusiness and are now leading efforts to rapidly sc... |
| 24.11.2020 | Understanding investment areas | Aspire NZ Seed Fund is a generalist early-stage investment fund that invests in Kiwi start-up companies with a focus on the following four technology areas/sectors: |
| 21.10.2020 | Three things cannabis can teach agriculture | Agriculture is at a crossroads. On one hand, it must adapt quickly to feed a growing global population with limited resources and an ongoing climate crisis. But agricultural innovation has slowed, and consumer trust in agricultural science ... |
| 14.10.2020 | Where are they now: ZeaKal’s PhotoSeed trials drawing attention in agtech sector | ZeaKal is tackling one of the toughest challenges in agriculture: sustainably increasing the value of the world’s major crops. Its PhotoSeed™ technology is the first seed trait to optimize how plants fix energy: enabling crops to harvest mo... |
| 25.03.2020 | Stable genetics and the case for cannabis seed specialists | The lack of stable genetics is a key obstacle impeding many cannabis cultivators. This is not the case in traditional crops such as corn and soy where seed development is a critical and separate component of the value chain. Yet seed develo... |
| 10.09.2019 | ZeaKal Raises $15M More For Crop Efficiency Efforts | San Diego-based ZeaKal, a startup which is working on technology to improve the photosynthetic capacity and efficiency of plants, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $15M in a Series C funding round. The funding came from Canopy rivers,... |
| 10.09.2019 | ZeaKal clinches $15 million Series C funding, hires veteran DuPont exec | ZeaKal, a San-Diego biotech startup that neatly tweaks genetic crop traits to improve their rates of photosynthesis, has just publicly revealed it closed a Series C financing round. Totaling $15 million, the round includes the $10 million s... |
| 09.09.2019 | Zeakal Closes $15M Funding Round | Zeakal, a San Diego-based startup developing technologies to increase the photosynthetic capacity of crops, closed a $15 million funding round on Sept. 10. The funding included a $10 million investment from Canopy Rivers Inc., a Toronto-bas... |
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