Aardaia
Wageningen-based AgTech turning wild plants into resilient crops using genomics, AI and speed breeding.
About Aardaia
Aardaia focuses on developing new crops by leveraging the genetic diversity of wild plant species, utilizing techniques that transition these species from their natural state to domesticated crops. Their primary product, a nitrogen-fixing tuber, combines the high yield potential of tubers with the protein density of legumes, aiming to provide a sustainable and efficient source of plant protein without the use of GMOs or synthetic fertilizers.
Aardaia is a company founded in 2023, now around 16 people. It has raised $5.7M in disclosed funding. FundFinder classes it as AI & ML.
Founded by Padraic Flood (Founder & CEO; previously INFARM, UCD Access and Lifelong Learning (ALL); Wageningen University & Research), Mike Henske (Co-Founder and COO; previously Analysis Group, Gardyn; INSEAD).
Its investors also appear on FundFinder's most-active lists for Seed · B2B (120 funds), Seed · Fintech (111 funds), Seed · AI (93 funds).
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