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| 28.03.2025 | Vestaron's Bold Leap: $20 Million to Transform Crop Protection | In the heart of Kalamazoo, Michigan, a quiet revolution is brewing. Vestaron, a trailblazer in peptide-based crop protection, has just secured over $20 million in funding. This isn't just a financial boost; it's a lifeline for sustainable a... |
| 27.03.2025 | Vestaron Raises More than $20M in Oversubscribed Funding Round to Accelerate Global Commercialization of Novel Bioinsecticides | Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vestaron, a global leader in the development of novel, peptide-based crop protection solutions, announced today that it successfully closed a funding round of more than $20 million. Th... |
| 27.03.2025 | Vestaron Raises Over $20M in Funding | Vestaron, a Kalamazoo, Michigan-based global leader in the development of novel, peptide-based crop protection solutions, closed a funding round of more than $20m.
The company will use the new capital to expand its commercial presence in ke... |
| 28.01.2025 | Exclusive: The Modern Acre podcast team launches discovery platform for biologicals: ‘It’s like Yelp for agriculture’ | The team behind The Modern Acre podcast has launched AgList, a new platform to help farmers discover ag biological products and see what other growers are using and recommending.
There are hundreds of companies manufacturing ag biologicals,... |
| 26.06.2024 | Envisioning a future where food is synonymous with health, fostering longevity, productivity, and societal well-being | If you missed Carter’s testimony at the Senate hearing, “Feeding a Healthier America: Current Efforts and Potential Opportunities for Food is Medicine,” the replay is available here.
The hearing emphasized the importance of nutrition to red... |
| 15.05.2024 | Το βιοεντομοκτόνο με βάση τα πεπτίδια έλαβε έγκριση επείγουσας χρήσης στην Κύπρο για τον έλεγχο του φυλλοβόλου ντομάτας... | Ζημιές στις καλλιέργειες τομάτας
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| 21.03.2024 | Biological progress or bathtub brews? The state of US crop biologicals in 2024 | Bathtub brew. Snake oil. Bugs in a jug. For years, companies developing biologicals — a form of crop protection derived from naturally occurring substances like microbes, peptides, and plants — have labored under the shadow of these labels,... |
| 12.03.2024 | iSelect: Pioneering the Future of Food, Health, and Technology | At iSelect, we recognized early on the impending crisis of diabetes, obesity, and rising healthcare costs, identifying poor nutrition as a core culprit. Since 2014, our mission has been clear: to leverage innovation in agriculture and healt... |
| 07.03.2024 | Vestaron Receives EPA Approval for Second Active Ingredient, BASIN® Bioinsecticide | - |
| 26.10.2023 | Food is Health Thesis | What is the difference between Food is Health vs. Food is Medicine? A lot. Food is Health is about avoiding medicine. It’s about what we need from the food system to be healthy without seeing the doctor.
For 400k years, food nourished us to... |
| 17.05.2023 | Data snapshot: VC funding for ag biotech increases thanks to mega-rounds from the US, China & India | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature analyzing agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new research re... |
| 25.02.2023 | Vestaron Launches New Bioinsecticide for Row Crops | Vestaron, a leading producer of peptide-based bioinsecticides, has launched its latest addition in the Spear family of products, Spear RC. This insecticide for cotton, soybean, rice, and other broad acre crop targets lepidopteran pests such... |
| 25.01.2023 | Jim Collins joins Vestaron Board of Directors | James C. Collins Jr., the former CEO of Corteva, has joined the Vestaron Board of Directors as Chair of the Governance Committee.
Collins brings to Vestaron more than 30 years of experience in the agriculture and food industries across oper... |
| 20.12.2022 | Своя земля: инновационные стартапы как фактор развития сельскохозяйственных земель | Поговорим о том, как отечественные стартапы могут способствовать повышению плодородности сельскохозяйственных земель.
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| 26.08.2022 | Vestaron Raises Additional $10M in Series C Funding | Vestaron, a Research Triangle Park, North Carolina-headquartered, peptide-based biological crop protection company, raised $10M in Series C funding.
The round, which brought total raise to date to $92M, was led by Grosvenor Food & AgTec... |
| 25.08.2022 | Vestaron Closes another $10M in Series C funding to Fuel Product Development and Market Expansion | August 25, 2022 – (RTP, North Carolina) – Vestaron, a leader in peptide-based biological crop protection, announced the addition of $10M to its Series C fundraising, adding Grosvenor Food & AgTech as an additional investor, and bringing... |
| 25.08.2022 | Vestaron Announces $10M Series C Round |
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, Vestaron, a leader in peptide-based biological crop protection, announced the addition of $10 million to its Series C fundraising.
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| 25.08.2022 | Vestaron Closes Another $10M in Series C Funding to Fuel Product Development and Market Expansion | RTP, North Carolina, Aug. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vestaron, a leader in peptide-based biological crop protection, announced the addition of $10M to its Series C fundraising, adding Grosvenor Food & AgTech as an additional investor,... |
| 01.06.2022 | Vestaron Closes $82M Series C Funding | Vestaron, a Durham, NC-based peptide-based biological crop protection company, closed an $82M Series C funding round.
The round was led by Ordway Selections and Cavallo Ventures, with participation from Argonautic Ventures, Fortistar, and E... |
| 19.05.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Downey Jr’s Footprint backs Motif; Unilever joins $1bn regen ag fund | One of India’s leading food and restaurant delivery services made another big-ticket acquisition this week, while alt-protein producers raised several early-stage rounds. Upstream, Unilever joined a new $1.06 billion fund to accelerate adop... |
| 18.05.2022 | Biotech startup Vestaron Banks raises US $82 million in Series C | Vestaron, a US biotech company that uses peptides to develop natural alternatives to chemical-based crop treatments, has raised US $82 million in its Series C fundraising round on 16th May 2022. |
| 16.05.2022 | Vestaron Closes Series C Funding at $82M | RTP, North Carolina, May 16, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vestaron, a leader in peptide-based biological crop protection, is pleased to announce the official closing of the Series C fundraising efforts at $82M as of May 12, 2022.
The financing ... |
| 16.05.2022 | BREAKING: Vestaron banks $82m Series C funding for its crop-protecting peptides | US biotech startup Vestaron, which is devleoping biological alternatives to chemical-based crop controls using peptides, has raised $82 million in its Series C funding round.
Private investment officer Ordway Selections and Cavallo Ventures... |
| 16.05.2022 | Vestaron banks $82m Series C funding for its crop-protecting peptides | US biotech startup Vestaron, which is devleoping biological alternatives to chemical-based crop controls using peptides, has raised $82 million in its Series C funding round. |
| 16.05.2022 | Vestaron Closes Series C Funding at $82M | Vestaron, a leader in peptide-based biological crop protection, is pleased to announce the official closing of the Series C fundraising efforts at $82M as of May 12, 2022.
The financing was significantly oversubscribed with high demand from... |
| 07.02.2022 | The Future of Sustainable Crop Protection: the Companies That Will Get Us There | Is there a better investment opportunity in sustainable crop protection? Chemical fertilizers and insecticides have helped farms meet the growing demand for food worldwide, but not without negative consequences. Some insecticides escape int... |
| 24.11.2021 | Vestaron: Mexico approves biopesticide to protect crops | RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Some of Mexico’s signature crops could soon be protected from pests with a product developed by a North Carolina company. Regulatory authorities south of the border have approved Vestaron’s SPEAR-Lep, a biopesticide... |
| 08.07.2021 | BREAKING: Micropep’s small peptide ag inputs get $10m from FMC, others | Micropep Technologies, a startup developing peptide-based biological inputs for farms, has raised €8.5 million ($10 million) in Series A funding.
The round was led by Paris-based Supernova Invest. FMC Ventures, the corporate VC arm of US ag... |
| 08.07.2021 | Micropep’s small peptide ag inputs get $10m from FMC, others | Micropep Technologies, a startup developing peptide-based biological inputs for farms, has raised €8.5 million ($10 million) in Series A funding.
The round was led by Paris-based Supernova Invest. FMC Ventures, the corporate VC arm of US ag... |
| 22.04.2021 | Vestaron Announces New Sustainability Commitment | April 22, 2021 – (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) – Vestaron, a leader in the evolution of agricultural environmental science, is solidifying their commitment to sustainability through the launch of a new multi-faceted sustainabilit... |
| 22.04.2021 | Vestaron Announces New Sustainability Commitment | |
| 24.03.2021 | Vestaron Announces Partnership with Bee Friendly Farming | |
| 16.02.2021 | Vestaron Announces Series B-1 Financing | |
| 18.08.2020 | Investing with Impact Without Sacrificing Performance | Impact investing has grown up.
Originally associated with environmental and sustainability causes, the concept is now expanding to include diversity issues, social impact, healthcare and food access and more. Today, it’s about investing in ... |
| 14.06.2019 | Vestaron Closes $40m Series B for Peptide-based Biopesticide with “Proven Modes of Action Unlike Microbials,” says CEO | From AgFunder News by Lauren Stine |
| 13.06.2019 | Vestaron Closes $40m Series B for Peptide-based Biopesticide with “Proven Modes of Action Unlike Microbials,” says CEO | Vestaron wants farmers to know that its peptide-based products are different from existing microbial products, offering more consistent efficacy with the same environmental benefits.
Peptide-based biopesticide company Vestaron closed a $40 ... |
| 11.06.2019 | Vestaron Announces Series B Financing | With its proprietary platform for the optimization and production of peptide-based biopesticides, Vestaron is leading the development of a novel class of crop protection products – peptides (small proteins) that have the proven modes of act... |
| 11.06.2019 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, June 11 | ‘HIPSTER ANTITRUST’
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| 10.06.2019 | Vestaron Raises $40M in Series B Financing | Vestaron, a Kalamazoo, MI-based company focused on improving the safety, efficacy and sustainability of crop protection through its development of peptide-based biopesticides, raised $40m in Series B financing.
The round was led by Novo Hol... |
| 10.06.2019 | Vestaron Announces $40M in Series B |
KALAMAZOO, MI, Vestaron has announced its $40 million Series B Financing, led by Novo Holdings A/S.
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| 30.11.2018 | Vestaron Announces No Cross-Resistance of its SPEAR® Bioinsecticide with Spinosad | “The alternate sites and greater surface areas involved in protein-protein binding make it unlikely that any of Vestaron’s peptides would have cross-resistance with existing small molecule insecticides,” said Bob Kennedy PhD, Vestaron’s Chi... |
| 28.11.2018 | Vestaron announces a novel IRAC mode of action for its SPEAR® bioinsecticide | “As of today, there are only thirteen nerve and muscular modes of action in all of insecticidal chemistry, so, particularly as a small company, we are pleased and honored to be bringing the fourteenth to market,” said Bob Kennedy, PhD, Vest... |
| 24.09.2018 | Vestaron Appoints Ben Cicora as SVP Sales & Marketing | “It is exciting to join the Vestaron team, with its many years of industry experience, and to be part of the initial commercialization of a revolutionary line of biopesticide products”, said Ben. “We are looking forward to bringing these ne... |
| 20.09.2018 | EPA Approves Spear®-Lep Bioinsecticide for Use on Outdoor Crops | This approval makes Spear®-Lep the second peptide-based product developed by Vestaron, following the full EPA approval and subsequent commercial launch of Spear®-T for greenhouse crops this July.
The SPEAR® family of bioinsecticides offer a... |
| 12.07.2018 | Vestaron Announces Availability of SPEAR®-T Bioinsecticide for Greenhouse Applications | SPEAR®-T is an unprecedented insect control solution – providing the efficacy of a synthetic with the safety and toxicity profile of a biologic. It has a zero-day pre-harvest interval and is designed to be non-toxic to mammals, birds, fish,... |
| 21.06.2018 | Vestaron Appoints Anna Rath as Chief Executive Officer | “In order to preserve and improve the sustainability of agriculture, the world of crop protection is in need of a revolution”, said Anna. “It is increasingly difficult to launch chemical pesticides, and resistances are developing to many of... |
| 12.06.2018 | Vestaron announces availability of SPEAR®-T bioinsecticide for greenhouse applications | Vestaron Corporation, a company dedicated to improving the safety, efficacy and sustainability of crop protection through migration from chemical pesticides to biologic peptides, announces today the full launch and availability of its SPEAR... |
| 03.02.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: Agtech Accelerators Launch & Expand, Syngenta Launches AI Challenge, Vestaron’s New Hire, more | Nuritas Founder Named Woman of the Decade at Women Economic Forum
Founder and chief scientific officer at Nuritas, a digital biotechnology startup, received the Woman of the Decade in Business and Leadership award at the Women Economic Foru... |
| 05.10.2016 | Connecting the Dots: Trends in Crop Protection and Animal Health | Editor’s Note: Kevin Zussman is an agtech investor with Cultivian Sandbox, a venture capital firm that invests in food & agriculture technology startups. Cultivian Sandbox is a joint venture between Cultivian Ventures and Sandbox Ventur... |
| 07.08.2016 | Biological Insecticide Company Vestaron Closes $18M Series D Funding | Vestaron Corporation, a Kalamazoo, Michigan-based biological insecticide company, completed a $18m Series D financing round.
The company will use the funds to expand research and development of new bioinsecticides, new synthetic molecules d... |
| 03.08.2016 | Vestron Announces $18 Million Financing Round | Read the full article on Vestaron |
| 23.03.2016 | Wired “Spider Farming Is No Fun. Make Yeast Do the Work” | Spider Farming Is No Fun. Make Yeast Do the Work |
| 10.11.2014 | The Midwest Roundup: Fundings, Deals, Exits, and Acquisitions from the Past 50 Days | Though we're hyper focused on Chicago, we're very aware of and excited about all of the innovation that's happening throughout the entire Midwest. In fact, the whole region is on track for its strongest year ever in startup investing.
Every... |
| 03.11.2014 | Bioinsecticide maker, Vestaron raises $14M in oversubscribed Series C | Vestaron, which designs environmentally friendly insecticides, announced last week that it closed an oversubscribed Series C with an additional $4M investment from Anterra Capital, based in the Netherlands. This $4M in oversubscription foll... |
| 28.10.2014 | Vestaron Closes $14M Series C Financing | Vestaron Corporation, a Kalamazoo, MI-based company that designs environmentally friendly insecticides, raised an additional $4m and closed its $14M Series C financing.
Anterra Capital made the investment. The round also included Cultivian ... |
| 26.08.2014 | Bioinsecticide Company, Vestaron, Raises $10M Series C from Cultivian | As it turns out, some VC’s don’t like bugs, either.
Kalamazoo-based bioinsecticide company, Vestaron Corporation, recently closed a $10M Series C Preferred Stock. The round was led by new investor Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, which is a fund... |
| 09.05.2012 | Vestaron Completes $10.2M Series B |
KALAMAZOO, MI, Vestaron is developing a new generation of insecticides using natural peptides from spiders. New investors include Pangaea Ventures, Michigan Accelerator Fund, and two private investment organizations. Existing investors in... |
| 09.05.2012 | Vestaron Completes $10.2M Series B Financing | Vestaron Corporation, a Kalamazoo, MI-based developer of a new generation of insecticides using natural peptides from spiders, has completed a $10.2m Series B financing.
Backers include:
– new investors Pangaea Ventures, Michigan Accelerato... |
| 31.05.2011 | Cleantech Startup Vestaron Raises $445,000 in Series B Financing | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Vestaron has raised about $445,000 from the sale of equity, according to SEC documents.
Overall, the startup, based in Kalamazoo, MI, is seeking $8 million, the filing says. S... |
| - | Vestaron Announces $18 Million Financing Round | Vestaron Corporation today announced completion of an oversubscribed Series D round of financing totaling $18 million dollars. The Round was completely funded by existing investors in the Company. |
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