Corteva backs crop immunity startup with $10.3M oversubscribed round
Resurrect Bio closes Series A at €8.8M led by Corteva, betting on AI-powered gene editing to reactivate dormant disease resistance and displace chemical pesticides in commercial crop pipelines.
Munich robotics startup closes €4M to navigate terrain where weeding bots fail
Nature Robots raised €4M in seed funding to deploy autonomous robots on uneven terrain like orchards and vineyards, closing a technical gap that has confined field robotics to flat row crops.
Purdue spinoff gets $174K USDA grant for nitrogen-efficient wheat
Novin AgriTech received federal SBIR funding to validate a tissue culture-free wheat transformation platform, the first genotype-independent NUE trait engineering program at commercial stage.
Carbon Robotics Crosses $100M Revenue on AI Laser-Weeding Platform
Carbon Robotics surpassed $100 million in annual revenue for its fiscal year ending January 31, 2026, making it the first commercial field-robotics agtech company built around herbicide elimination to reach nine-figure revenue.
Econic and Changhua Launch World-First Commercial CO2 Polyols Plant
Econic Technologies and Changhua Chemical inaugurated the world's first commercial-scale CO2-based polyols plant in Lianyungang, China on March 26, 2026, targeting 80,000 tonnes of Carnol output in 2026.
Econic and Changhua Open World's First CO2 Polyols Plant at 80,000 Tons
Econic Technologies and Changhua Chemical launched the world's first commercial CO2-based polyols facility in Lianyungang, China on March 26, 2026, targeting 80,000 tons of Carnol output in 2026 and one million tons annually at scale.