S&W Seed Company has created a new position in the company- Chief Marketing and Technology Officer, and they’ve promoted Dan Gardner to the position. Gardner has been with S&W since 2012, most recently as Vice President of Breeding and Genetics.- Vonnie Estaes is joining the developer of CRISPR-Cas technologies, Caribou Biosciences, Inc., as the Company Group Leader, Agricultural and Industrial Biotechnology. She brings decades of experience in both agriculture and industrial biotech to the position.
- Crop Enhancement Inc. has closed $8.5 million in a Series B financing. As part of the transaction, Greg Young from Spruce Capital Partners and Andrew Chung from 1955 Capital, both investor companies, joined Crop Enhancement’s board of directors. Crop Enhancement focuses on innovation of sustainable chemistry formulations for agriculture applications.
- IntelinAir, Inc., an aerial imagery analytics company that provides high resolution images, advanced agronomic science and proprietary algorithms to offer a comprehensive health analysis to farmers, has announced it has closed its series seed funding comprised of $3 million in equity and $500,000 in venture debt.