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[Event] NU Tech Roundtable 2024

January 3, 2024

Goals The Technology Roundtable Series aims (1) to highlight some of the many innovative cutting-edge research technologies with promising commercial potential from NU and participating universities, and (2) to strengthen ties […]

North Carolina is Sowing Seeds of Success for AgTech Startups

December 8, 2023

There is a powerful competitive advantage for AgTech startups located in North Carolina (NC), with the key determinant of success being proximity to a healthy ecosystem that provides access to […]

TARGAN celebrates new Raleigh headquarters

September 13, 2023

TARGAN, Inc., a biotechnology systems and animal ag-tech company dedicated to improving agriculture through targeted applications of cutting-edge technologies, celebrated the official opening of its new Raleigh-based headquarters. TARGAN is […]

Pairwise, Bayer Build On Successful Gene Editing Partnership With New Five-Year, Multi-Million Dollar Collaboration to Further Advance Short-Stature Corn

September 5, 2023

Pairwise, a food and agriculture company known for bringing the first gene-edited food to the U.S. market, and Bayer today announced a new five-year, multi-million dollar agreement focused on innovations […]

Environmentally friendly products to combat crop diseases, pests is aim of RTP startup

August 23, 2023

Biopesticide startup Innatrix is on a quest to develop environmentally friendly products to control crop diseases and pests. The Research Triangle Park-based business hopes to secure $3 million in equity financing by […]

RTP agtech Harpe Bioherbicide lands $275k federal grant

August 19, 2023

Triangle based Harpe Bioherbicide Solutions has landed a $275,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The company says the funs will be used for research related to its bioherbicide formulations […]

Believer Meats CEO Gustavo Burger Meets U.S. Senators Ted Budd and Thom Tillis, Reaffirms Commitment to Investing in North Carolina

July 19, 2023

Believer Meats, a leading pioneer of the cultivated meat industry, announced today its CEO, Gustavo Burger, and COO, Kash Muthuraman, met with U.S. Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Tuesday, June 20, in Washington D.C.

Economic Impact of North Carolina Agriculture and Agribusiness Reaches Record $103.2 Billion

June 1, 2023

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler today announced that for the first time the economic impact of North Carolina’s agriculture and agribusiness industry has topped $100 billion, reaching a new record of […]

NC State Spin-off TreeCo To Breed a Better Forest

June 1, 2023

A company founded by two NC State researchers is setting out to revolutionize the forestry industry by combining insights from tree genetics with the power of genome editing. North Carolina is […]

First, meatless meat; now, plant-based seafood – that’s mission of Raleigh startup Pearlita Foods

May 9, 2023

As a girl growing up on the coasts of Denmark and Sweden, Nikita Michelsen treasured delicious seafood dishes made in her grandmother’s kitchen. Today, however, many of those ocean delicacies […]