AgTech Accelerator
601 Keystone Park Dr, Morrisville, NC, 27560, United States
Overview
AgTech Accelerator, established in 2016 in Research Triangle Park, is a unique startup accelerator vehicle focused on discovering and developing emerging agricultural technology companies. Leveraging its single, highly engaged, shared management team, committed investors and academic institutional partners, AgTech Accelerator identifies, forms, finances and manages the most promising emerging agriculture companies to drive commercialization.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Investment portfolio
- Skyline Vet Pharma
Led · Series A · Apr 2017
Skyline Vet Pharma is an emerging animal health product development and marketing company that reformulates human drugs for companion animals using proven, in-licensed delivery technologies. The company is building franchises in three therapeutic areas—pain/inflammation, cardiovascular disease and antimicrobials—that together represent more than 60% of veterinarians' prescriptions. Skyline intends to bring several new products to market over the next few years, prioritizing palatable formulations, easier administration and less frequent dosing to improve treatment compliance. The company was co-founded by Serge Martinod, D.V.M., Ph.D. (CEO) and George Murphy (VP), who together bring nearly 60 years of industry experience. Founded in 2015, Skyline recently completed a $5 million Series A financing from AgTech Accelerator and its syndicate partners. Its business model focuses on repositioning human drugs not yet approved for animal health into novel combination products for established companion-animal markets.
- Boragen
Participated · Series A · Mar 2017
Boragen is building a novel synthetic chemistry platform, initially focused on next-generation fungicides designed to reduce fungicide resistance and lower chemical usage per acre while maintaining efficacy. The platform, licensed from Penn State and developed by Stephen J. Benkovic, Ph.D., and C. Tony Liu, Ph.D., targets a novel mode of action to address resistance issues. The company says its lead compound decreases the probability of fungicide resistance and supports more sustainable farming methods. Boragen also believes its chemistry approach could have applications in animal health, crop protection and pharmaceuticals. The company’s scientific team includes researchers from MIT, Penn State, Stanford and The Scripps Research Institute, and its headquarters and labs are located in Research Triangle Park within AgTech Accelerator’s facilities. Boragen was established in 2017.
Team
No current team members are available.