Tech Company Financing Transactions

Tropic Biosciences Funding Round

Tropic Biosciences, based in Norwich, secured $10 million in funding from Five Seasons Ventures, Pontifax AgTech and Bits x Bites.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
6/14/2018
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$10,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors

Five Seasons Ventures (Lead Investor) (Niccolo Manzoni)

Pontifax AgTech (Lead Investor) (Ben Belldegrun)

Bits x Bites

Emerald Technology Ventures

private investors (Antonio Salles)

private investors (Gigi Levy-Weiss)

Rainbow Seed Fund

Tekfen Ventures

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds from the round will support the commercialisation of the company's novel non-GMO coffee and banana varieties and allow its global expansion into additional promising crop segments.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
AgTech
Mailing Address
Norwich Research Park Innovation Centre
Norwich, NR4 7GJ
UK
Email Address
Overview
We develop high-performing commercial varieties of tropical crops which promote grower wellbeing, consumer health, and improved sustainable environmental practices, using cutting edge non-GMO gene editing techniques
Profile
Tropic Biosciences LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Tropic Biosciences Company Twitter Account
Company News
Tropic Biosciences News
Facebook
Tropic Biosciences on Facebook
YouTube
Tropic Biosciences on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Gilad Gershon
  Gilad Gershon LinkedIn Profile  Gilad Gershon Twitter Account  Gilad Gershon News  Gilad Gershon on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
Jean-Marie Graux
  Jean-Marie Graux LinkedIn Profile  Jean-Marie Graux Twitter Account  Jean-Marie Graux News  Jean-Marie Graux on Facebook
Chief Scientific Officer
Eyal Maori
  Eyal Maori LinkedIn Profile  Eyal Maori Twitter Account  Eyal Maori News  Eyal Maori on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Ofir Meir
  Ofir Meir LinkedIn Profile  Ofir Meir Twitter Account  Ofir Meir News  Ofir Meir on Facebook


 

 

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