We use cutting-edge gene editing techniques to develop healthier, hardier and more sustainable crop varieties that flourish even in the face of climate change so local growing communities can thrive, and we can sustain the world’s food supply.
Location: United Kingdom
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $106.77M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Emerald | emerald.vc |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 13.03.2026 | Series C | $106.77M | IQ Capital... |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.03.2026 | Tropic Secures $105M: Gene-Edited Crops Reshape Global Food Future | Tropic, a UK AgTech firm, raised $105 million in Series C funding. This capital boosts gene-edited tropical crop expansion. Forbion and Corteva co-led the round. The focus is disease-resistant bananas and climate-resilient rice. Tropic's GE... |
| 13.03.2026 | UK AgTech startup Tropic secures €91.3 million to bring gene-edited bananas and climate-resilient crops to market | Tropic, a Norwich-based AgTech startup specialising in gene‑edited tropical crops, has announced the close of its oversubscribed €91.3 million ($105 million) Series C financing to accelerate the global scale-up of its banana and rice portfo... |
| 21.02.2025 | Tropic to launch non-browning bananas in March, extended shelf-life bananas by year-end | [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Tropic ] UK-based plant biotech co Tropic is gearing up to launch non-browning bananas in March and bananas with extended shelf-life by the year end—innovations it says wi... |
| 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.... |
| 25.03.2024 | FoodTech 500: Plant-Based Companies Lead the Way in Forward Fooding’s Annual List of Food Innovators | 11 Mins Read Described as the “Fortune 500 of agrifood tech”, food tech consultancy Forward Fooding has released its 2023 FoodTech 500 list, with the highest number of companies belonging to the plant-based sector. Other alternative protein... |
| 20.04.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Canopy raises $60m to help forests, CropX nets $30m for farm management | This week, non-profit organization Canopy raised funds to help restore forests and farm management platform CropX landed $30 million. Restaurant tech platform Odeko secured $53 million, while a new CRISPR-based research project kicked off a... |
| 01.02.2023 | Who were the most active food and agriculture technology venture capital firms in 2022? | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder, a food and agriculture technology venture capital firm. Click here for more research from AgFunder and ... |