The Post-Monsanto Era of Genetically Engineered Seeds and Microbes Are Already Here

It's just not evenly distributed yet.

Of course, this is not universally true. In smallholding contexts, this is largely true In the startups I am tracking in today’s edition, this doesn’t hold water, as you will see:)

State of Agritech - 15th December 2023

In Today’s Edition:

1/ Two Types of Agri-Biotech Platform Gameplays (courtesy InnerPlant, Sound Agriculture and PivotBio)

What do agri-biotech founders talk about when they talk about “platforms”?

How to differentiate between the agri-biotech platform gameplays of InnerPlant, Sound Agriculture, and Pivotbio?

2/ Making Sense of InnerPlant’s Platform Gameplay

The Post-Monsanto Era of Genetically Engineered Seeds is already here- it’s just not evenly distributed.

How to make sense of Inner Plant (Oct’22 coverage), John Deere, and Syngenta (Mar’23 coverage) joining hands to build a ‘precision integration platform’? Platform or Ecosystem?