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Life Sciences Series A Founded 2010

Meiogenix

Meiogenix develops novel plant breeding technologies that accelerate genetic gain and advanced variety development through targeted recombination, enabling breeders to unlock natural genetic diversity that is inaccessible through conventional methods. The company's proprietary recombination platform addresses the limitation that approximately one-quarter of beneficial genes are inaccessible due to suppressed…

📍 Paris, France · Life Sciences Platforms and Tools,

Funding snapshot

Last roundSeries A
Amount$13M
Date14 December 2021
Total raised$13M
Team size20

About

Meiogenix develops novel plant breeding technologies that accelerate genetic gain and advanced variety development through targeted recombination, enabling breeders to unlock natural genetic diversity that is inaccessible through conventional methods. The company's proprietary recombination platform addresses the limitation that approximately one-quarter of beneficial genes are inaccessible due to suppressed recombination in cold regions of the genome such as pericentromeric regions. Meiogenix has achieved a 10x increase in targeted recombination in corn, enabling faster trait introgression, linkage drag separation, complex trait combination, and access to deleterious alleles in cold zones. The company serves both specialty crops (tomato, fruits, vegetables) and major field crops (corn, rice, wheat, soybean) through large-scale technology licensing partnerships with license fees, milestones, and royalties. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Paris, France with US operations in Durham, North Carolina, the company has raised approximately $13 million at the Series A stage.

Business model

Genomics > Applied Genomics > Agrigenomics,

Life Sciences Platforms and Tools > Research Services > Diversified,

Crop Tech > Farm Inputs > Plant Breeding > Technology Providers

Founders & team highlights

Serial Founder

Institutional investors

Sofinnova Partners Genoa Ventures Bpifrance Casdin Capital Alexandria Kurma Partners

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