GigaCrop, a Berkeley, CA-based plant biology firm, raised $4.5M in Pre-Seed funding.
The spherical was led by Playground World and Juniper Ventures.
The corporate intends to make use of the funds to develop operations and its improvement efforts.
Led by CEO and Founder Chris Eiben, GigaCrop is a plant biology firm that makes use of machine studying, enzyme engineering and plant science to spice up crop yield and drought tolerance.
Commenting on the information Chris Eiben stated: “Farmers, and the crops they develop, assist a sturdy and self-sufficient biomanufacturing economic system. GigaCrop is creating crops to provide the extra yield wanted to massively scale this sector, and profit everybody within the course of.”
The corporate has additionally raised greater than $2.7m in grants from ARPA-E, the U.S. DOE, and the Grantham Basis.
FinSMEs
11/03/2025
