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GreenLight Biosciences is a biotechnology company specializing in RNA-based solutions for agriculture and pharmaceutical applications. It develops mRNA vaccines, including COVID-19 candidates, and offers sustainable crop protection technologies using its proprietary cell-free production platform.

Founded in 2016, Amfora is a biotechnology company based in San Francisco. It harnesses biology to sustainably enhance the nutritional density of food and feed crops, particularly focusing on increasing protein content through gene editing. The company aims to meet global demand for high-protein foods while reducing environmental impact.

Provivi Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Santa Monica, California, focused on the development of biopesticides for agricultural, commercial, household, and public health pest management. Founded in 2013, the company leverages biocatalysis technology, originally developed at the California Institute of Technology, to create insect pheromones that protect food supplies without toxic residues. Provivi aims to provide effective and environmentally friendly crop protection solutions, fostering sustainable agricultural practices. Its innovative approach targets the synthesis of biopesticides through advanced processes, allowing for the efficient production of safe and affordable pest management products. The company distributes its offerings worldwide, seeking to transform pest control with its groundbreaking biological solutions.

GreenLight Biosciences is a biotechnology company specializing in RNA-based solutions for agriculture and pharmaceutical applications. It develops mRNA vaccines, including COVID-19 candidates, and offers sustainable crop protection technologies using its proprietary cell-free production platform.

Founded in 2010, Pivot Bio is a biotechnology company specializing in microbial nitrogen fertilizers. It harnesses naturally occurring microbes to provide nutrients to crops sustainably, aiming to reduce the need for petrochemical fertilizers and improve crop yield.

Crop Enhancement LLC is an early-stage specialty materials company based in San Jose, California, founded in 2011. The company focuses on developing innovative anchoring and controlled-release formulation technologies for agricultural chemicals. Its advanced agrochemical formulations utilize environmentally friendly chemistry to enhance crop yields and profitability while minimizing the reliance on synthetic pesticides. Crop Enhancement's products include proprietary films that modify plant surfaces, improving resistance to pests and diseases. This approach not only supports sustainable farming practices but also enables precise delivery of active ingredients and fertilizers, ultimately benefiting growers through increased efficiency and reduced chemical use.

Provivi Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Santa Monica, California, focused on the development of biopesticides for agricultural, commercial, household, and public health pest management. Founded in 2013, the company leverages biocatalysis technology, originally developed at the California Institute of Technology, to create insect pheromones that protect food supplies without toxic residues. Provivi aims to provide effective and environmentally friendly crop protection solutions, fostering sustainable agricultural practices. Its innovative approach targets the synthesis of biopesticides through advanced processes, allowing for the efficient production of safe and affordable pest management products. The company distributes its offerings worldwide, seeking to transform pest control with its groundbreaking biological solutions.

Consumer Physics develops and markets SCiO, the smallest near-infrared spectrometer. It empowers consumers and businesses to analyze materials using a molecular sensor that connects to smartphone apps and a cloud-based database of material fingerprints.

Inscripta is a gene editing technology company developing scalable digital genome engineering based on CRISPR approaches. It offers MADzymes enzymes for precision editing and is building a benchtop platform comprising an instrument, consumables, software, and assays that enables automated, massively parallel, trackable editing of single cells. The platform aims to lower technical and licensing barriers, delivering push-button workflows and low-cost libraries of thousands of designer proteins, pathways, or genome variants, each with defined and trackable mutations. The company also pursues collaboration by making its MAD7 nuclease available free for research and development to broaden access and accelerate biological discovery.

Provivi Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Santa Monica, California, focused on the development of biopesticides for agricultural, commercial, household, and public health pest management. Founded in 2013, the company leverages biocatalysis technology, originally developed at the California Institute of Technology, to create insect pheromones that protect food supplies without toxic residues. Provivi aims to provide effective and environmentally friendly crop protection solutions, fostering sustainable agricultural practices. Its innovative approach targets the synthesis of biopesticides through advanced processes, allowing for the efficient production of safe and affordable pest management products. The company distributes its offerings worldwide, seeking to transform pest control with its groundbreaking biological solutions.

Consumer Physics develops and markets SCiO, the smallest near-infrared spectrometer. It empowers consumers and businesses to analyze materials using a molecular sensor that connects to smartphone apps and a cloud-based database of material fingerprints.

Evolve Biosystems, Inc. is a life sciences company based in Davis, California, that focuses on developing probiotic-based biotherapeutics aimed at establishing, restoring, and maintaining a healthy human microbiome. Incorporated in 2011, the company utilizes a discovery platform that addresses dysbiosis issues throughout the human life cycle and in production animals. Evolve Biosystems specializes in probiotic bacteria activated with specific prebiotic oligosaccharides and employs various delivery systems to support gut health, particularly in infants during their first six months of life. Their product offerings include consumer-directed solutions for home use as well as specialized products for neonatal intensive care units, addressing unmet clinical needs in both human and animal health.

Founded in 2016, Amfora is a biotechnology company based in San Francisco. It harnesses biology to sustainably enhance the nutritional density of food and feed crops, particularly focusing on increasing protein content through gene editing. The company aims to meet global demand for high-protein foods while reducing environmental impact.

Inscripta is a gene editing technology company developing scalable digital genome engineering based on CRISPR approaches. It offers MADzymes enzymes for precision editing and is building a benchtop platform comprising an instrument, consumables, software, and assays that enables automated, massively parallel, trackable editing of single cells. The platform aims to lower technical and licensing barriers, delivering push-button workflows and low-cost libraries of thousands of designer proteins, pathways, or genome variants, each with defined and trackable mutations. The company also pursues collaboration by making its MAD7 nuclease available free for research and development to broaden access and accelerate biological discovery.

Agerpoint is a geospatial intelligence and data engineering company that builds a precision farming insights platform. It combines artificial intelligence, high‑performance computing, computer vision and advanced analytics to fuse data from mobile devices, ground vehicles, autonomous robots, drones, satellites, and human observations into a highly precise, quantifiable digital record of natural environments. The platform delivers actionable information on crop yields, disease detection, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity, and provides comprehensive GIS‑based asset inventories for growers, researchers, forestry managers, and government agencies. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Agerpoint’s mission is to improve quality of life and mitigate climate change by transforming how people understand and manage plants, crops, forests, and vegetation in built environments.

Gevo specializes in producing renewable fuels and chemicals using sustainable resources. Its primary products include gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, isobutanol, and renewable natural gas. The company aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by providing low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuels.