| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.10.2025 | WellTheory Secures $14M Series A: Reshaping Autoimmune Care for Employers | WellTheory secured $14M in Series A funding, boosting its total capital to $26.2M. General Catalyst led the round. This San Francisco-based platform revolutionizes whole-person autoimmune care. Fresh funds now fuel aggressive commercial gro... |
| 15.10.2025 | WellTheory Raises $14M in Series A Funding | WellTheory, a San Francisco, CA-based whole-person care platform for autoimmune disease, raised $14m in Series A funding.
The round, which brought total funding to $26.2m, was led by General Catalyst with participation from new and existing... |
| 15.10.2025 | WellTheory: $14 Million Series A Closed For Expanding AI-Based Autoimmune Care Platform | WellTheory, a digital health company pioneering whole-person care for autoimmune disease, announced it has raised $14 million in Series A funding led by General Catalyst, with participation from 7wire Ventures, Ingeborg Investments, Accel, ... |
| 18.12.2024 | The Fiber Revolution: How One Bio and Conagra Brands Are Shaping the Future of Food | In the world of food, change is a constant. Today, two players are at the forefront of a fiber revolution: One Bio and Conagra Brands. Both companies are tapping into the growing awareness of health and nutrition, specifically focusing on f... |
| 16.12.2024 | One Bio Snaps Up $27M for GLP-1-Friendly Plant Fibres That Prevent Food Waste | 5 Mins Read Californian food tech startup One Bio has closed a $27M Series A round to advance its short-chain fibres derived from agricultural waste.
Fibre isn’t fibre – it’s fibres.
That’s the fundamental finding of One Bio, a Sacramento-b... |
| 12.12.2024 | UC Davis spinoff One Bio raises $27m Series A to bridge the fiber gap | One Bio—a UC Davis spinoff with proprietary technology to chop up polysaccharides from agricultural waste into “odorless, colorless, and tasteless” fibers that can be added to foods at high inclusion rates—has raised a $27 million series A ... |
| 03.12.2024 | EarthOptics: Soil Digitization Company Raises $24 Million | EarthOptics, an industry leader in soil digitization and Predictive Agronomy, announced the completion of $24 million in financing. This funding includes new partners Cibus Capital, RuralWorks Partners, and Norinchukin Bank and is led by cu... |
| 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.... |
| 16.09.2024 | Leaps by Bayer releases new framework for agtech development: ‘This is an industry playbook with the goal of raising all tides’ | A consortium of agriculture industry experts has released a new “Ag Playbook” aimed at helping startups, investors, and others establish a common baseline framework for the product development process for agriculture technologies, including... |
| 09.09.2024 | Пионер ксенотрансплантации eGenesis собрал $191 млн для генно-редактированных органов свиньи | Компания eGenesis уже попала в заголовки новостей благодаря трансплантации органов свиньи. В марте 2024 года eGenesis объявила о первой в мире успешной пересадке почки свиньи живому пациенту. Трансплантация была одобрена FDA в рамках расшир... |
| 04.09.2024 | eGenesis Raises $191M in Series B Funding | eGenesis, a Cambridge, MA-based biotechnology company developing human-compatible engineered organs to address the global organ shortage, raised $191M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Lux Capital, with participation from existing i... |
| 25.07.2024 | GRO Biosciences Secures $60 Million to Revolutionize Gout Treatment**
** | ** In the bustling world of biotechnology, innovation is the lifeblood. GRO Biosciences, or GRObio, has just taken a giant leap forward. The company recently announced the closing of an oversubscribed $60.3 million Series B financing round.... |
| 19.07.2024 | GRO Biosciences Closes $60M Series B Financing Co-Led by Atlas Venture and Access Biotechnology | Proceeds to advance clinical development of lead program for gout, broaden the Company’s pipeline, and expand its genomically recoded organism platform
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 19, 2024–
GRO Biosciences Inc. (“GRObio”), a biotechnology c... |
| 18.07.2024 | Huma's $80M Funding Propels Digital Health Innovation to New Heights | Huma Therapeutics Limited, a leading global healthcare AI company, has recently closed its Series D funding round, securing an impressive sum of over $80 million. This significant financial boost will serve as the catalyst for the launch of... |
| 18.07.2024 | Huma raises USD $80 million to launch AI-powered health platform | Digital health company Huma has secured USD $80 million in its Series D funding round, bringing its total equity financing to over USD $300 million. The funds will support the development of its new Huma Cloud Platform, a generative AI-powe... |
| 16.07.2024 | Shopify of digital health, Huma, raised $80M Series D | UK-headquartered healthcare AI company Huma has raised $80 million series D funding, bringing its funding to over $300 million.
Huma develops modular platforms that are used by over 3,000 hospitals and clinics, with over 35 million screened... |
| 13.02.2024 | Sudo Biosciences Announces Second Close of Upsized Series B Financing Bringing Total Raised in Round to $147M | CARMEL, IN - Sudo Biosciences (“Sudo”), a biopharmaceutical company committed to designing and developing best-in-class precision TYK2 (tyrosine kinase 2) inhibitors, today announced that during January 2024, it completed a second close of ... |
| 21.12.2023 | NewLeaf Symbiotics bags another $45m to bring its ‘new class of microbial amendments’ to more row crops | US ag biotech startup NewLeaf Symbiotics has closed a $45 million Series D.
Gullspång Re:food led the round with participation from Otter Capital Partners LP, S2G Ventures, Leaps by Bayer and others.
New capital will fuel further developmen... |
| 02.10.2023 | Rantizo raises $6m series A expansion for spray drone services; enjoys ‘exponential growth’ | Spray drone services provider Rantizo has raised a $6 million expansion of its series A round (adding to the $7.5 million announced in 2020) led by Leaps by Bayer, and supported by Fulcrum Global Capital and Innova Memphis.
The capital inje... |
| 11.05.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Flash Coffee brews up $50m, ChrysaLabs nets $15m for soil science | This week, Singapore-based tech-forward coffee chain Flash Coffee secured funding, as did soil science startup ChrysaLabs, biotech startup MicroHarvest and sustainability measurement platform Improvin’. Beyond Meat got a thumbs up from the ... |
| 13.04.2023 | Fork & Good targets cost parity for cultivated pork: ‘It’s a totally useless exercise to make products nobody can afford’ | In theory, growing meat from animal cells instead of slaughtering billions of sentient creatures and plundering the oceans sounds like a no-brainer: The promise of ‘real’ meat, without the ethical and environmental baggage.
In practice, man... |
| 16.03.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Andes lands $30m to tackle carbon, THIS cooks up $18m, Leaf & AWS team up | This week, climate tech startup Andes bagged funding for its carbon removal technology, plant-based meat maker THIS announced Series B funding and Immi raised funds for plant-based ramen. In the world of ag data, two infrastructure provider... |
| 07.12.2022 | BREAKING: Sound Agriculture lands $75m to expand nitrogen enhancing product overseas | US-based Sound Agriculture has raised a $75 million Series D to expand its crop nutrient and plant breeding businesses. New investors BMO Impact Investment Fund and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative led the round. FootPrint Coalition and returning... |
| 03.11.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Bayer backs high-protein chickpeas, Qwick lands $40m, vertical farms shut down | Bayer’s investment arm, Leaps by Bayer, invested in high-protein chickpeas startup NuCicer and hospitality staffing platform Qwick picked up $40 million. In agtech, Ostara closed a $70 million round for fertilizer from water treatment plant... |
| 13.04.2022 | 9am.Health Nabs $16M to Expand Virtual Diabetes Clinic Nationwide | What You Should Know:
– 9am.health, a San Diego, CA-based virtual diabetes clinic that delivers personalized, affordable, and compassionate care directly to consumers raises $16M in Series A funding co-led by 7Wire Ventures and Human Capita... |
| 15.03.2022 | Mental health chatbot Woebot takes $9.5M from Bayer | Woebot was previously accepted into Bayer's G4A Digital Health Partnerships Program
Woebot Health occupies a unique space in mental healthcare: the company deploys an AI-powered mental health chatbot that uses proven therapeutic techniques ... |
| 10.02.2022 | Ada Health says, “call it” to the Series B round, now at $120 million | Berlin-based digital healthcare provider Ada has added another $30 million in an extension to its Series B round. The funding will be used to expand its product offering as well as make further headway into the US market. Back in May of las... |
| 25.01.2022 | This Stem Cell Manufacturing Startup Just Raised An $80 Million War Chest To Revolutionize Medicine | Nabiha Saklayen, CEO and co-founder of Cellino Cellino |
| 17.11.2021 | Home Care Startup MedArrive Raises $25M for Affordable At-Home Care | What You Should Know:
– Home care startup MedArrive raises $25M in Series A funding led by Section 32 to accelerate platform buildout, network expansion to bring affordable at-home care to vulnerable populations across the country.
– MedArr... |
| 21.10.2021 | Zerigo Health Raises $43M, Appoints Glen Tullman as Executive Chairman | What You Should Know:
– Today, Zerigo Health, a San Diego, CA-based connected light therapy solution for treating chronic skin conditions at home or on the go, today announced a $43M Series B funding round led by 7wireVentures, joined by Ge... |
| 22.09.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Cargill, Heineken & Nestlé unveil regenerative ag programs | In the past seven days, a trio of major agrifood corporates doubled-down on sustainability by announcing new regenerative ag schemes.
Meanwhile, Ford and Walmart said they are partnering on autonomous food delivery tech; and Indigo made the... |
| 21.09.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: Leaps by Bayer leads EarthOptics’ $10.3m Series A for carbon mapping | US soil mapping startup EarthOptics has raised $10.3 million in a Series A round led by Bayer‘s investment arm Leaps by Bayer. Also joining was new investor S2G Ventures and earlier backers FHB Ventures, Route 66 Ventures, and Middleland Ca... |
| 14.09.2021 | BREAKING: Nitrogen fixer Andes scores $15m from Bayer, Wilbur-Ellis to move into carbon capture | Andes, a Chilean-founded, US-based ag biotech startup, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by the VC arms of Bayer and Wilbur-Ellis – Leaps by Bayer and Cavallo Ventures.
Existing investors Endurance and KdT Ven... |
| 14.09.2021 | Nitrogen fixer Andes scores $15m from Bayer, Wilbur-Ellis to move into carbon capture | Andes, a Chilean-founded, US-based ag biotech startup, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by the VC arms of Bayer and Wilbur-Ellis – Leaps by Bayer and Cavallo Ventures.
Existing investors Endurance and KdT Ven... |
| 19.08.2021 | Sound Agriculture closes $45m late stage round led by Leaps by Bayer | Sound Agriculture, the self-described “bio-inspired” crop inputs company, has raised $45 million in a Series C-extension round led by Bayer‘s investment arm Leaps by Bayer. Life sciences investor Northpond Ventures also joined the round as ... |
| 19.08.2021 | BREAKING: Sound Agriculture closes $45m late stage round led by Leaps by Bayer | Sound Agriculture, the self-described “bio-inspired” crop inputs company, has raised $45 million in a Series D round led by Bayer‘s investment arm Leaps by Bayer. Life sciences investor Northpond Ventures also joined the round as a new back... |
| 19.08.2021 | Sound Agriculture closes $45m late stage round | Sound Agriculture, the self-described “bio-inspired” crop inputs company, has raised $45 million in a Series C-extension round led by Bayer‘s investment arm Leaps by Bayer. Life sciences investor Northpond Ventures also joined the round as ... |
| 28.07.2021 | Цифровая терапия — фокус на результат, а не на технологию: инвестиции, тренды, новые вызовы развития. Часть 2 | Цифровая терапия — фокус на результат, а не на технологию: инвестиции, тренды, новые вызовы развития. Часть 2 |
| 28.07.2021 | Digital therapy: focus on results, not technology: investments, trends, new development challenges. Part 2 | Digital therapy: focus on results, not technology: investments, trends, new development challenges. Part 2 |
| 23.06.2021 | Behind the scenes at the top agrifood CVCs | Furious dealmaking in the agrifoodtech sector last year yielded a surprising result: in 12 months marked by immense uncertainty, agrifood investors took bigger risks. They backed cell-cultured meat startups, insect farms, biotech companies ... |
| 23.06.2021 | NEW REPORT: Behind the scenes at the top agrifood CVCs | Furious dealmaking in the agrifoodtech sector last year yielded a surprising result: in 12 months marked by immense uncertainty, agrifood investors took bigger risks. They backed cell-cultured meat startups, insect farms, biotech companies ... |
| 27.05.2021 | Leaps by Bayer leads USD 90 Million Series B financing in digital health company Ada Health | LEVERKUSEN, Germany, BERLIN and WHIPPANY, N.J., May 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment arm of Bayer AG, today announces that it has led a USD 90 million Series B investment in Berlin-based digital health company ... |
| 27.05.2021 | Berlin’s Ada Health raises $90 million in Series B round led by Leaps by Bayer, reveals “longer-term strategic partnership” | Berlin-based digital healthcare provider Ada has raised $90 million in a Series B round led by the investment arm of pharmaceutical giant Bayer, Leaps by Bayer. Samsung Catalyst Fund, Vitruvian Partners, Inteligo Bank, F4 and Mutschler Vent... |
| 13.05.2021 | UK’s healthtech startup Huma raises €107.5M to scale its digital ‘hospitals at home’ platform | The UK-based healthtech startup Medopad that rebranded to Huma back in April 2020 is on a mission to go beyond remote patient monitoring and into digital biomarkers and therapeutics. In a recent development, the healthtech company announced... |
| 12.05.2021 | London’s predictive healthcare and research platform Huma raises $130 million in Series C round | London-based Huma Therapeutics has closed a Series C funding round at $130 million. Led by Leaps by Bayer and Hitachi Ventures, Samsung Next, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Unilever Ventures, and HAT Technology & Innovation Fund by HAT, a... |
| 01.04.2021 | CoverCress nets $8m from Bunge, REG; touts ‘buy-in from entire supply chain’ | Cover crops are a big deal these days as farmers see benefits for soil health and cash crop yields. This has created a booming market for cover crop varieties that are well-suited to different geographies or climates, or that can pinpoint s... |
| 24.03.2021 | Amfora gets $6m Series B injection from Bayer, Spruce Capital to increase protein in crops | US foodtech startup Amfora has raised $6 million in Series B funding from San Francisco VC firm Spruce Capital Partners and Leaps by Bayer, the corporate venture arm of German life sciences giant Bayer.
The San Francisco-based startup is de... |
| 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... |
| 27.01.2021 | Anti-allergy startup Ukko scores $40m in Bayer-led Series B | Israeli biotech startup Ukko has raised $40 million in a Series B round led by Bayer‘s corporate venture unit, Leaps by Bayer.
Joining the funding were US agrifood conglomerate Continental Grain Company, Malta-based PeakBridge Ventures, Swi... |
| 27.01.2021 | BREAKING: Anti-allergy startup Ukko scores $40m in Bayer-led Series B | Israeli biotech startup Ukko has raised $40 million in a Series B round led by Bayer‘s corporate venture unit, Leaps by Bayer.
Joining the funding were US agrifood conglomerate Continental Grain Company, Malta-based PeakBridge Ventures, Swi... |
| 26.01.2021 | Agtech CVC: Leaps by Bayer on adopting an impact lens for corporate venturing | Editor’s note: This interview is part of a series on agrifoodtech corporate VC investment strategies and insights. The series is produced in collaboration with the OnRamp Agriculture Conference, which brings together the agriculture and foo... |
| 02.12.2020 | Bayer backs drone spraying platform Rantizo in $7.5m Series A round | The ag drone hype may have dwindled a few years ago. But that didn’t stop Iowa City-based startup Rantizo, which uses the vehicles to spray crops, from going full steam ahead.
“There was a lot of enthusiasm about what drones could do and th... |
| 12.11.2020 | Bayer : Metagenomi closes USD 65 million Series A financing led by Leaps by Bayer and Humboldt Fund | November 12, 2020 Metagenomi closes USD 65 million Series A financing led by Leaps by Bayer and Humboldt Fund
Metagenomi is a genomic medicines company pioneering precision gene editing systems to advance curative therapies for oncology and... |
| 12.11.2020 | BAYER AG
Bayer : Metagenomi closes USD 65 million Series A financing led by Leaps by Bayer and Humboldt Fund | November 12, 2020 Metagenomi closes USD 65 million Series A financing led by Leaps by Bayer and Humboldt Fund
Metagenomi is a genomic medicines company pioneering precision gene editing systems to advance curative therapies for oncology and... |
| 12.08.2020 | Bayer & Temasek launch $30m seed genetics business targeting vertical farms | There are two clear routes towards better unit economics in vertical farming.
One is to innovate around the analog and digital infrastructure, or ‘hardware,’ of vertical farming — things like automation, lighting, and temperature controls —... |
| 12.08.2020 | Bayer and Temasek launch $30m seed genetics business targeting vertical farms | There are two clear routes towards better unit economics in vertical farming.
One is to innovate around the analog and digital infrastructure, or ‘hardware,’ of vertical farming — things like automation, lighting, and temperature controls —... |
| 21.05.2020 | Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture raises $6m round | Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture has raised a $6-million Series-A investment round, led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures.
A number of other investors also took part in the round, including Leaps by Bayer, Flourish Ventures, Sage H... |
| 21.05.2020 | Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture raises $6m round | Kenyan agritech startup Apollo Agriculture has raised a $6-million Series-A investment round, led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures.
A number of other investors also took part in the round, including Leaps by Bayer, Flourish Ventures, Sage ... |
| 06.06.2018 | The Future of Venture Capital at Bayer-Monsanto: It’s Complicated | It’s official. The Bayer-Monsanto merger will finally close on Thursday. The new entity will keep the name Bayer and cast off the name Monsanto.
Though the physical closure of the more than $60 billion transaction will take place on Thursda... |
| 20.03.2018 | The $100m Bayer, Ginkgo Bioworks Joint Venture Has a Name, a CEO, and a Plan | The joint venture (JV) between Bayer Crop Science and Boston startup Ginkgo Bioworks has a name: Joyn Bio.
Bayer and Ginkgo, a startup genetically engineering microbes for the flavor, fragrance, and food industries with $429 million in fund... |
| 14.12.2017 | Ginkgo Bioworks Raises $275m Series D for Robotic Microbe Factory Expansion | **Update: Added comments from Ginkgo Bioworks CEO Jason Kelly**
Ginkgo Bioworks, a Boston startup genetically engineering microbes for partner companies in the flavor, fragrance, agriculture, and food industries, has raised $275 million in ... |
| - | 10 Boston-area biotechs that VCs say are poised to take off in the next year | Skyline of Boston, Massachusetts. Getty Images. This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Insider asked 12 venture capitalists which biotech startups would take off in the next year... |
| - | Berlin’s Ada Health raises $90 million in Series B round led by Leaps by Bayer, reveals “longer-term strategic partnership” | Berlin-based digital healthcare provider Ada has raised $90 million in a Series B round led by the investment arm of pharmaceutical giant Bayer, Leaps by Bayer. Samsung Catalyst Fund, Vitruvian Partners, Inteligo Bank, F4 and Mutschler Vent... |
| - | Ada Health says, “call it” to the Series B round, now at $120 million | Berlin-based digital healthcare provider Ada has added another $30 million in an extension to its Series B round. The funding will be used to expand its product offering as well as make further headway into the US market. Back in May of las... |
| - | Meet the 23 biotech startups that are set to take off in the next 12 months, according to top VCs | Tyler Le/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Insider asked 12 venture capitalists which biotech startups would take off in the next 12 months.
Here are the 23 companie... |
| - | 9 top West Coast biotechs that VCs say are poised to take off in the next year | Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Insider asked 12 venture capitalists which biotech startups would take off in the next 12 months.... |
| - | Joyn Bio aims to solve the world's fertilizer problem with microbes | Joyn Bio is working to engineer a microbe which would allow corn, wheat and rice farmers to cut their use of nitrogen fertilizer by half while maintaining the same crop yield.
Nitrogen fertilizers are a climate problem both in the greenhous... |
| - | London’s predictive healthcare and research platform Huma raises $130 million in Series C round | London-based Huma Therapeutics has closed a Series C funding round at $130 million. Led by Leaps by Bayer and Hitachi Ventures, Samsung Next, Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, Unilever Ventures, and HAT Technology & Innovation Fund by HAT, a... |
