Small Ag Biotech Companies Offer Investors Rich Opportunities
The Agricultural Bioscience Company and Entrepreneurial Profile System (AgBIOCEPS) is a database representing a sampling of entrepreneurial ag biotech companies that have unique technologies in North Carolina. Companies represented in AgBIOCEPS are seeking various funding, technology partners or licensing opportunities to grow their technologies and companies. Some success stories include:
- Advanced Animal Diagnostics received $11 million in financing, led by Intersouth Partners, and included Novartis Venture Funds, as well as other private investors. This investment in AAD represents the largest single investment in research and development to diagnose mastitis, the costliest disease for dairy producers worldwide.
- As part of a long-term research collaboration, Monsanto is expected to use expression elements sourced from GrassRoots Biotechnology that will ultimately be critical to feed the world’s growing population and meet its demand for fiber and fuel.
Investors focus their efforts on North Carolina due to:
- Approximately $30 million in investment opportunity with the state's entrepreneurial ag biotech companies
- Innovative technologies and product applications focused on a diverse range of sectors
- Over 80 ag biotech companies including international giants like BASF, Bayer CropScience, Syngenta, DuPont/Pioneer Hi-Bred and Monsanto
- More than 7,700 people working in ag biotech including animals, crops, forestry and marine and hundreds of world class ag biotech scientists at two major ag research universities
We ask you to consider where you see yourself in North Carolina's ag biotech landscape.
