UK agritech start-up Biographica, founded in 2022, uses an AI-driven platform to enhance crop trait discovery and gene editing, aiming to solve the bottleneck in crop development by identifying genetic targets for traits like drought tolerance and disease resistance. The company raised £7 million in seed funding and partnered with BASF | Nunhems, focusing on expanding data collection and tailoring their AI platform to partner needs while maintaining data confidentiality and jurisdiction flexibility.
The First Thirty, an agtech venture capital fund led by Naeem Lakhani and Antony Yousefian, is investing €100m in an 'agrihealth' strategy to connect soil health, food quality, and human health using data, biology, and technology. By addressing the links between depleted soils and modern health issues, they aim to transform agriculture into a healthcare venture, promoting higher-nutrition products and aligning healthcare economics with improved food systems.
Rita Rinaldo, Head of Projects and Studies Implementation Division at the European Space Agency, joined Conference Producer Louise Crauet for a Q&A ahead of the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London. They explored how ESA is supporting the futu …
Reza Rasoulpour, Vice President, Regulatory and Stewardship and R&D Sustainability at Corteva Agriscience, joined Conference Producer Louise Crauet for a Q&A ahead of the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London. They explored how Corteva is suppo …
Gustavo Palerosi Canerio, Vice President of Agricultural Solutions at BASF, joined Conference Producer Louise Crauet for a Q&A ahead of the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London. They explored how BASF is working to support farmers in Europe th …
Andy Jakubowski, Global Head of R&D Digital at Syngenta Seeds, sat down with Conference Producer Louise Crauet ahead of his appearance as a speaker at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London, to explore how artificial intelligence and machine …
Matt Crisp, Founder and Executive Chairman of Quercus Biosolutions, spoke with Conference Producer Louise Crauet ahead of his appearance at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London, to discuss why his company has chosen now to emerge from stea …
Matteo Vanotti, CEO of xFarm Technologies, sat down with Conference Producer Louise Crauet ahead of his appearance as a speaker at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London, to discuss how digital platforms are transforming agriculture. Data …
Global innovators will showcase early-stage technology that could change the way we feed the world, when the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit meets in London on September 22–23. What if soil could share its secrets, we could eavesdrop on insects, or …
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