Aanika Biosciences, Inc. provides food security services for large food and agricultural companies. We use synthetic biology to ensure the integrity of supply chains and reduce potential losses.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $12M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Western Gr... | wginnovati... |
| - | W11 Capita... | w11.capita... |
| - | 3Spoke Cap... | 3spokecapi... |
| - | Draper Ass... | draper.vc |
| - | SOSV | sosv.com |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 01.12.2021 | Series A | $12M | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
| Date | Title | Description |
| 04.10.2023 | Aanika Biosciences woos growers by bundling its bio barcodes with insurance: ‘We’re putting our money where our mouth is’ | Tagging your produce with our edible ‘biological barcodes’ will cost money, Aanika Biosciences founder Vishaal Bhuyan used to tell potential customers. But product recalls and the associated hassle and PR nightmares will cost you a lot more... |
| 28.03.2023 | 10 Women Founders Taking The Synthetic Biology World By Storm | Synthetic Biology is one of the most exciting technologies of the decade that promises to reimagine entire industries and solve the economic, societal, and environmental problems of the twenty-first century. The recent signing of the Execut... |
| 01.03.2023 | Meet The Company Bridging Synthetic Biology Innovation With The World Of Insurance To Ensure Safe Food Production | Aanika Biosciences CEO and co-founder Vishaal Bhuyan showcases his company’s spore tag product, ... [+] about to be applied to a field ready for harvest.Aanika Biosciences |
| 01.06.2022 | Plug and Play Japan picks nine startups in latest cohort | NewsStartups Jenina Ibañez · 1d ago · 2 min readPlug and Play Japan picks nine startups in latest cohort Startup accelerator Plug and Play Japan has chosen nine companies for its New Materials program, which aims to promote collaboration be... |
| 20.12.2021 | Q&A: Aanika Biosciences on why GMOs drive sustainability and fight climate change | An influx of ag biotech startups has emerged in recent years and re-stoked the debate around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the ability to engineer crop solutions that promise environmental benefits like reduced food loss, dimini... |
| 02.12.2021 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Mr Yum, FJDynamics & Back to the Roots bag big fundings | This week, Aussie startup Mr Yum, which makes QR code-based ordering and payments software for hospitality companies, raised one of the Lucky Country’s biggest Series A rounds ever; while farm robotics company FJDynamics scored big money fr... |
| 01.12.2021 | Aanika Biosciences Raises $12M in Series A Funding | Aanika Biosciences, a Brooklyn, NY-based biotech startup advancing food tracing technology, raised $12M in Series A funding. The round was led by Jon Cholak of Adit Ventures with participation from existing investors Draper Associates and S... |
| 30.11.2021 | Biotech Start-Up Aanika Biosciences Lands Initial $12M Funding for Cutting-Edge Food Tracing Technology | Biotech start-up Aanika Biosciences today announced the initial closing of its $12 million Series A round, led by Jon Cholak of Adit Ventures along with existing investors Draper Associates and SOSV. The investment will help scale the compa... |
| 30.11.2021 | EXCLUSIVE: Aanika Biosciences raises $12m to boost food traceability with edible microbial tags | US synthetic biology startup Aanika Biosciences has made a $12 million initial close of its Series A round led by Jon Cholak, managing director at Adit Ventures, along with existing investors Draper Associates and SOSV. The company will use... |
| 30.08.2021 | Biological barcodes: In conversation with Aanika Biosciences... 'all the real complexities come in the first and second mile' | The problem, says Bhuyan - who is developing invisible, food-safe, edible biological tags that can be sprayed onto anything from grains to leafy greens at source and ‘read’ like a regular barcode with PCR or other tests – is that many foods... |
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