Phytoform develops an AI-driven genome-editing platform (CRE.AI.TIVE) that uses machine learning to identify small, targeted DNA changes and implements them with CRISPR to improve plant traits. The company emphasizes making minimal edits without introducing foreign DNA so its products are not classed as GMOs. Its platform targets traits that affect plant health, post-harvest losses and resilience to pests and climate impacts. Phytoform is currently focused on potatoes and tomatoes and plans to bring a tomato variety engineered to reduce losses to market in 2022, with a goal of getting both tomatoes and potatoes to market within the next year. The new funding will be used to accelerate the technology across more crops and to move into field testing. Management states the implementation technology is designed to be scalable across a wide variety of crop species to increase food-system diversity.

Total raised

$6M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Dec 2021