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Startups to Watch 2026: St. Louis agtech startup Spearhead Bio raises $4M to speed up crop genome editing
A St. Louis startup is turning plants’ own “jumping genes” into precision tools that could transform how quickly new crop varieties reach farmers facing climate pressures and disease threats.
Read MoreCrop genome startup Spearhead Bio receives NSF grant to create corn varieties
Spearhead Bio secures NSF grant to test novel gene-editing approach in corn
Spearhead Bio Awarded NSF Tech Transfer Grant to Accelerate Development of Improved Corn Varieties
Startup leads next generation precision crop improvement using plant’s natural genome evolution LOUIS, MO, July 14, 2025 – Spearhead Bio, a biotechnology startup revolutionizing crop genome engineering through the use of plants’ own natural DNA, has been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The…
Read More(AgFunder News) Danforth Technology Center launches gene-editing startup Spearhead Bio to solve ‘a major obstacle with CRISPR’
The Danforth Technology Company (DTC) unveiled its latest startup this week with the launch of Spearhead Bio, which has developed a tool to complement existing gene editing techniques such as CRISPR. The technology “has a clear value to improving the efficiency and speed” of gene editing, according to DTC, a subsidiary of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in…
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