6 years ago

MoA Technology Secures £6.3 Million for Sustainable Herbicide Discovery

  • MoA Technology, a crop protection discovery company based in Oxford, UK, has secured £6.3 million in Series A funding

  • The round was co-led by Parkwalk and Oxford Sciences Innovation

  • MoA Technology has developed three proprietary platforms for discovering sustainable herbicides, using genetics, trait analysis, and data analytics

  • The company plans to use the funding to advance several new product candidates into development and to establish industrial partnerships to bring these products to market.

      • ProblemAgriculture

      "Finding new, effective, and environmentally-sustainable herbicides is a major challenge in agriculture. Existing herbicides often have harmful side effects and can lead to resistance in weeds, making them ineffective over time."

      Solution

      "MoA Technology has developed three proprietary platforms that utilize genetics, trait analysis, and data analytics to discover new herbicides. These platforms help identify new modes of action from both natural and synthetic chemistry, leading to more sustainable and effective crop protection solutions."

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