GeneNeer Overview
GeneNeer technologies are designed to enhance crop traits and performance by precisely controlling the gene-editing process, including timing, location and magnitude. This precise control ensures optimal trait expression, without compromising plant physiology, performance and safety. Leveraging its Superlines and tissue-specific silencing capabilities, the company's initial in-house focus is on potatoes, a crop for which its technology has distinct advantages. GeneNeer's capabilities support sustainability and global food security.
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
$1.0MJan 2024
$2.4MOct 2022
Latest News
growth-positive
/PRNewswire/ -- GeneNeer Ltd. is proud to announce that Gusui Wu has joined the company as Senior Scientific Advisor, following his retirement as Global Head...
GeneNeer Ltd. has appointed Gusui Wu as Senior Scientific Advisor, following his retirement from Syngenta. Dr. Wu brings over 30 years of experience in the agriculture industry, having worked with Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer, and Syngenta. His expertise in seed and trait innovation, including biotech traits and gene editing, will support GeneNeers mission to develop disruptive crop gene-editing platforms. The company focuses on non-GMO gene-edited crops, particularly potatoes, and aims to reshape the crop seed industry with faster, safer, and high-impact solutions. This appointment, along with the recent addition of Dr. Haven Baker as Senior Business Advisor, positions GeneNeer for significant growth and innovation.
Management Changes
growth-positive
Three Examples of How CRISPR Will Transform Agriculture
The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit held in San Francisco discussed the potential of CRISPR technology in revolutionizing agriculture. The technology could help in managing resources, producing food, and keeping agriculture sustainable in a changing climate. The summit highlighted the use of CRISPR in crop nutrition, creating novel/localized crops, and disease resistance. However, regulatory issues remain a major roadblock for the technology. Despite this, the technology is being widely used in universities across America, the UK, and the EU.
InvestmentExpand
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Israeli startup raises $2.4 million to be the “Pfizer” of crop seed innovation | CTech
GeneNeer Ltd., an agri-tech startup, has raised $1 million for its gene-editing method aimed at fast crop breeding. The company, founded in 2016, is currently focused on potato production but plans to expand to other crops in the future. GeneNeers technology allows for expedited, precisely-controlled gene editing and rapid gene discovery, which can be used to develop more resilient crop seeds. The company is already engaged in a paid collaboration with a Tier 1 company and is interested in partnering with other crop seed breeders and innovators. The recent funding will primarily be used for R&D.
InvestmentExpand
growth-positive
GeneNeer Secures $1 Million in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Crop Seed Innovation
GeneNeer Ltd. has raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by Tall Grass Ventures and 2b AHEAD Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate the development of its technology for rapid crop seed innovation. The companys method improves the precision, speed, and safety of advanced breeding technologies. While the companys first focus is on the potato market, further development in other key crops is being actively pursued through strategic partnerships. The investment follows a successful year for GeneNeer, which included multiple successful proof of concept trials, a paid collaboration with a Tier-1 company, and significant strides in its research and development activities.
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Inventor extraordinaire: Prof. Oded Shoseyov - ISRAEL21c
The Hebrew University in Israel is working with entrepreneurs, venture capital funds and the Israel Innovation Authority to revitalize the countrys agriculture sector. The universitys lab is developing plants to produce biomaterials, such as human collagen for organ transplantation, biologic drugs, growth factors for cultured meat, probiotic bacteria for gut health, and dairy proteins and fat without cows. The initiative is driven by the desire to create a sustainable and scalable solution to the climate crisis, using modern technologies like genetic engineering and genome editing.
PartnersInvestment
| Sector | Agriculture & Food Technologies |
Funding
| Total funding | $2.4M |
| Last funding | $1M |
| Stage | Seed |
| Rounds | 2 |
| Investors | 3 |
Team Members
4
Employees: 1-10
Web & Social Links
| Website | geneneer.com |
Locations
Pinhas Sapir St 7, Ness Ziona, Israel
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GeneNeer Business
Business models
B2B
Product stage
R&D
Employees
1-10
Sector
Agriculture & Food TechnologiesAg TechGenetics & InputClimate TechFood & Land UseSustainable FarmingTarget Customer
Agriculture & FoodCropsCore Technology
BiologicalsGenesTags (6)
climate-techagtechbiotechnologygenetic-engineeringcropsgene-editingGeographic Markets
OceaniaNorth AmericaSouth AmericaIsraelAmericasEuropeAsiaCentral AmericaGlobalGeneNeer Financials
$2.4M
Total funding
Undisclosed
Capital raised
$1M
Last funding
Seed
Funding stage
2
Total rounds
3
Investors
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
$1.0MJan 2024
$2.4MOct 2022
Private Equity Funding
Seed
Jan 2024
$1M
2b AHEAD Ventures Fund (Lead), Tall Grass Ventures (Lead)
Pre-Seed
Oct 2022
$1.4M
JANSZKY GmbH, 2b AHEAD Ventures Fund
GeneNeer Lifecycle
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time
$1.0MJan 2024
$2.4MOct 2022
All Events
Seed
Jan 2024
$1M
2b AHEAD Ventures Fund (Lead), Tall Grass Ventures (Lead)
Pre-Seed
Oct 2022
$1.4M
JANSZKY GmbH, 2b AHEAD Ventures Fund
Programs & Community Involvement
StartLife
GeneNeer News
6 articles
growth-positive
/PRNewswire/ -- GeneNeer Ltd. is proud to announce that Gusui Wu has joined the company as Senior Scientific Advisor, following his retirement as Global Head...
GeneNeer Ltd. has appointed Gusui Wu as Senior Scientific Advisor, following his retirement from Syngenta. Dr. Wu brings over 30 years of experience in the agriculture industry, having worked with Monsanto, DuPont Pioneer, and Syngenta. His expertise in seed and trait innovation, including biotech traits and gene editing, will support GeneNeers mission to develop disruptive crop gene-editing platforms. The company focuses on non-GMO gene-edited crops, particularly potatoes, and aims to reshape the crop seed industry with faster, safer, and high-impact solutions. This appointment, along with the recent addition of Dr. Haven Baker as Senior Business Advisor, positions GeneNeer for significant growth and innovation.
Management Changes
growth-positive
Three Examples of How CRISPR Will Transform Agriculture
The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit held in San Francisco discussed the potential of CRISPR technology in revolutionizing agriculture. The technology could help in managing resources, producing food, and keeping agriculture sustainable in a changing climate. The summit highlighted the use of CRISPR in crop nutrition, creating novel/localized crops, and disease resistance. However, regulatory issues remain a major roadblock for the technology. Despite this, the technology is being widely used in universities across America, the UK, and the EU.
InvestmentExpand
growth-positive
Israeli startup raises $2.4 million to be the “Pfizer” of crop seed innovation | CTech
GeneNeer Ltd., an agri-tech startup, has raised $1 million for its gene-editing method aimed at fast crop breeding. The company, founded in 2016, is currently focused on potato production but plans to expand to other crops in the future. GeneNeers technology allows for expedited, precisely-controlled gene editing and rapid gene discovery, which can be used to develop more resilient crop seeds. The company is already engaged in a paid collaboration with a Tier 1 company and is interested in partnering with other crop seed breeders and innovators. The recent funding will primarily be used for R&D.
InvestmentExpand
growth-positive
GeneNeer Secures $1 Million in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Crop Seed Innovation
GeneNeer Ltd. has raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by Tall Grass Ventures and 2b AHEAD Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate the development of its technology for rapid crop seed innovation. The companys method improves the precision, speed, and safety of advanced breeding technologies. While the companys first focus is on the potato market, further development in other key crops is being actively pursued through strategic partnerships. The investment follows a successful year for GeneNeer, which included multiple successful proof of concept trials, a paid collaboration with a Tier-1 company, and significant strides in its research and development activities.
InvestmentExpand
growth-positive
Inventor extraordinaire: Prof. Oded Shoseyov - ISRAEL21c
The Hebrew University in Israel is working with entrepreneurs, venture capital funds and the Israel Innovation Authority to revitalize the countrys agriculture sector. The universitys lab is developing plants to produce biomaterials, such as human collagen for organ transplantation, biologic drugs, growth factors for cultured meat, probiotic bacteria for gut health, and dairy proteins and fat without cows. The initiative is driven by the desire to create a sustainable and scalable solution to the climate crisis, using modern technologies like genetic engineering and genome editing.
PartnersInvestment
growth-positive
Mit Innovation gegen Hungersnöte - absatzwirtschaft
Israeli start-up Gene Neer has developed a method to help plants protect themselves from heatwaves. The company has found a way to activate and deactivate the genetic ability of plants to withstand droughts. This is achieved through the use of special molecules that can be applied during irrigation or added to fertilizers. The improved accuracy of weather forecasts has helped with the timing of these applications. The global need for crop protection is significant, with estimated annual crop losses of $200 billion. Gene Neer is part of a growing market of companies and research institutions working on solutions to mitigate crop losses caused by climate change.
CustomersInvestment
GeneNeer Team
Employee Info
| Employees (range) | 1-10 |
| Exact count | 9 |
| Team members | 4 |
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| Confidence | 97/100 |
| Missing | video or image, markets |
| BI Verification | Yanina Wainscheinker |
| Registrar ID | 515479004 |
| Crunchbase | geneneer |
| Creator | Shmuel (Sam) Rausnitz |
| Creator email | shmuel.rausnitz@sncentral.org |
| Last updater | Ortal Wein |
| Updater email | ortalw@sncentral.org |
| Last update | 2024-11-13T00:00:00.000Z |
| Created | 2020-09-10T00:00:00.000Z |
| Claimed | Yes |