Founded in 2022, London-based Biographica has built a crop- and trait-agnostic platform that combines large multi-modal genomic datasets, knowledge graphs, and foundation models to predict which genes causally drive desirable agronomic traits. By feeding rapid experimental results back into its models, the company claims it can identify proven gene targets 12× faster than traditional GWAS and QTL approaches while also uncovering novel targets missed by legacy methods. The technology can deliver partners either ranked target lists or experimentally validated traits ready for field trials, and has already been piloted with two of the world’s top five seed companies as well as Cibus and BASF’s vegetable-seed arm Nunhems. Commercial traction to date comes from these paid pilots and contracts rather than product sales, but early accuracy data generated inside customer pipelines served as technical validation for investors. Biographica plans to use new capital to expand its proprietary data collection, extend the platform to additional crops and traits, and deepen commercial relationships across the seed industry. Ultimately, the company positions itself as the AI layer that converts abundant genome data into actionable edits, aiming to accelerate yield improvements and climate resilience in global agriculture.

Total raised

$9M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jan 2026