Pattern operates a metagenomics platform that delivers predictive soil analytics to corn and soybean growers, forecasting pest, pathogen, biofertility, and nutrient risks at scale. The company's biological analytics produce actionable recommendations for crop protection, seed selection, and fertility decisions, and the article states these analytics boost farmer profits by $60+ per acre. Pattern is sampling more than one million acres and will serve thousands of growers across the U.S. in the year described. The company claims to hold the largest soil metagenomics dataset in agriculture and is building a full-stack predictive agronomy product driven by that data and machine learning. Pattern envisions precision microbiome engineering to improve farm productivity and sustainability and to reduce reliance on conventional industrial crop chemistry inputs. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Emeryville, CA, Pattern is expanding its intellectual property portfolio as it scales.

Total raised

$35M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Aug 2022