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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 and networks among university and industry researchers, startups, […]

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 talent, patient capital, entrepreneurial development, and existing market […]

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 the first company of its kind to be […]

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 in short-stature corn. This new program leverages Pairwise’s […]

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 the end of 2023 to support those efforts. […]

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 that are “derived from natural plant extracts to […]

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 $103.2 billion. Troxler shared the new economic impact […]

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 part of the nation’s wood basket. Forestry contributes […]

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 are becoming scarce due to overfishing, habitat loss, […]