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Superorganism is on a mission to address biodiversity loss with a portfolio of technology companies tackling the drivers of biodiversity loss.
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UK agritech start-up Biographica, founded in 2022, uses an AI-driven platform to enhance crop trait discovery and gene editing, aiming to solve the bottleneck in crop development by identifying genetic targets for traits like drought tolerance and disease resistance. The company raised £7 million in seed funding and partnered with BASF | Nunhems, focusing on expanding data collection and tailoring their AI platform to partner needs while maintaining data confidentiality and jurisdiction flexibility.
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Turning agriculture into healthcare: Why The First Thirty is betting €100m on soil-to-health linksThe First Thirty, an agtech venture capital fund led by Naeem Lakhani and Antony Yousefian, is investing €100m in an 'agrihealth' strategy to connect soil health, food quality, and human health using data, biology, and technology. By addressing the links between depleted soils and modern health issues, they aim to transform agriculture into a healthcare venture, promoting higher-nutrition products and aligning healthcare economics with improved food systems.