What it sells
Resistance free pesticides.
Business model breakdown
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Pest resistance is making crop protection less effective while regulation keeps removing existing products.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Engineered virus-like particles recognize receptors in a specific pest gut and deliver genetic instructions so the insect makes a species-specific toxin; made by scalable fermentation.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | Seed | $5.2M | — | betakit.com |
| 2026-10-14 | — | $5.8M | — | news.google.com |
| 2026-10-14 | — | $5.8M | — | news.google.com |
| — | Y Combinator Summer 2026 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-17.