The startup specializes in agri-bio research and development, focusing on creating new crop varieties through advanced grafting and genome editing technologies. This approach enables agricultural companies to enhance crop productivity and improve cultivation techniques, addressing the need for more efficient and resilient seedlings.
Funding
$13.8M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional crop breeding methods struggle to keep pace with rapidly changing environmental conditions and increasing global food demands. Conventional techniques can be time-consuming, often taking 5-10 years to develop new varieties with desired traits. This slow pace hinders the ability to quickly adapt crops to challenges like climate change, soil degradation, and emerging diseases.
Solution
Grand Green utilizes advanced genome editing and grafting technologies to accelerate crop development and enhance agricultural productivity. Their approach focuses on creating crop varieties that require fewer resources, exhibit increased resilience to environmental stressors, and offer higher yields. By applying CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, Grand Green precisely modifies plant genetics to improve traits like fertilizer utilization, disease resistance, and tolerance to extreme temperatures and drought. They also offer grafting solutions, including specialized tools and research into interfamily grafting techniques, to further optimize plant characteristics.
Target Audience
Grand Green serves agricultural companies, food producers, and research institutions seeking to develop more sustainable, resilient, and productive crop varieties.
Features
- CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing for targeted and rapid crop improvement
- Development of varieties with enhanced fertilizer utilization efficiency
- Breeding for increased resistance to plant diseases
- Engineering tolerance to environmental stresses such as low temperatures, high temperatures, and drought
- "Grafting cassettes" for simplified grafting processes
- "Grafting chips" for micrografting applications in research
- Research and development of interfamily grafting technology (iPAG)