We integrate synthetic biology, sensor systems, and data science to create living sensors to help plants send signals that farmers can use to boost yields, increase profits and preserve the environment.
Location: United States, California, Davis
Employees: 11-50
Phone: +1 508-514-8816
Total raised: $46M
Founded date: 2018
Investors 10
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 25.07.2024 | Series B | $30M | - |
| 03.10.2022 | Series A | $16M | - |
Mentions in press and media 15
| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.07.2024 | Exclusive: InnerPlant bags $30m Series B led by its ‘ideal investors’: an alliance of North American farmers | InnerPlant, which recodes plants’ DNA to improve distress signaling, has raised $30 million in Series B funding. An alliance of large North American growers, helmed by Canadian grain operator and ag investor Coutts Agro, led the round. Clim... |
| 09.11.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Talus Renewables nabs $22m for green ammonia, Getir buys FreshDirect | This week, Talus Renewables closed a funding round for its green ammonia system and vegetable waste firm Letoon Holdings secured capital. M&A is coming for online grocery, as evidenced by Getir’s acquisition of US-based FreshDirect. The... |
| 20.07.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Keurig Dr Pepper bets $300m on coffee, Simbe Robotics scores $28m | Big news this week came from CPG Keurig Dr Pepper, which scooped up a 33% stake in a coffee company, while several food robotics companies that raised new funding. Elsewhere, US-based CubicAcres raised funding and launched a partnership wit... |
| 01.06.2023 | Hey, Startup Founder—ESG Investors Are Not Your Customers | Founder and CEO at InnerPlant, making living sensors to help farmers become more profitable and more sustainable. |
| 27.04.2023 | Preparing For The Next Big Leap In Agricultural Innovation | Founder and CEO at InnerPlant, making living sensors to help farmers become more profitable and more sustainable. |
| 29.09.2022 | Deere’s investment in InnerPlant is about changing Big Ag. More corporates need to follow suit | John Deere‘s recent investment in crop health startup InnerPlant is far bigger than the $16 million figure attached to the deal. In many ways, it seems Deere is investing in not one company but an entirely new way of doing crop protection a... |
| 19.09.2022 | InnerPlant grows with new John Deere-backed millions for sustainable farming | The world is headed for a food shortage by 2050 as its population increases, so anything to make it easier for farmers to grow food will go a long way. That’s what InnerPlant founder and CEO Shely Aronov is trying to do with her startup tha... |
| 27.04.2022 | A Pioneering Spirit Powers Kira Noodleman to Partner | I’m excited to formally announce that we have a new partner: Kira Noodleman. |
| 08.11.2021 | Meet the founder: InnerPlant’s Shely Aronov on recoding plant DNA to improve crop health | Around 20% of farmers’ crops in the US are destroyed each harvest by pests and diseases. Plants naturally emit chemical signals when they are attacked in this way, but humans have no simple way of picking up on them. Instead, we spray entir... |
| 17.06.2021 | The return of former Athenahealth CEO, Jonathan Bush | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox. Paid Content Why the Electricity 4.0 moment is here From Schneider Electric Almost three years ag... |
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