Calysta Valuation, Funding & Investors

Vestaron is a Durham-headquartered biopesticides developer that pioneers peptide-based crop protection products targeting resistant pests. Its Spear biopesticide, derived from spider venom, controls lepidopteran insects in fruits, vegetables, and cotton while maintaining safety for beneficial organisms and the environment. The company received the 2015 Bernard Blum Award, the 2020 EPA Green Chemistry Challenge Award, and the 2021 Best New Biologic Product in Crop Science Awards. Vestaron distributes its formulations through partners in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Blue Biofuels Inc is a technology company focused on emerging technologies in the renewable energy, biofuels, and new technologies sectors. It developed a technology system called Cellulose-to-Sugar or CTS, which is a mechanical/chemical dry process for converting cellulose material into sugar for use in the biofuels industry. It can convert any cellulosic material like grasses, wood, paper, farm waste, yard waste, forestry products, energy crops like hemp or King Grass, and the cellulosic portion of municipal solid waste into sugars and lignin, and subsequently into biofuels and bioplastics. This system produces sugar and chemically unmodified lignin among other by-products. The sugar can then be further converted into biofuels and the lignin into bioplastics.

Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp is a fully integrated provider of crop productivity solutions, including seeds, seed traits, seed treatments, biologicals, high-value adjuvants, and fertilizers. The company has developed a multi-discipline and multi-product platform capable of providing solutions throughout the entire crop cycle, from pre-planting to transportation and storage. Some of the products offered by the company include fertilizers, inoculants, adjuvants, crop protection solutions, and seeds among others. Its operating segments are crop protection, which derives key revenue, seed and integrated products, and crop nutrition. Geographically, the majority of the company's revenue is generated from Argentina and the rest from Brazil, North America, Latin America, and other regions.

Eden Research PLC is a UK-based company that develops and supplies biopesticide products and natural microencapsulation technologies to the crop protection, animal health, and consumer products industries. It operates through Agrochemical, Consumer products, and Animal health segments. It offers a range of product categories under Foliar Diseases Control, Soil Pest, Protected Glass House Crops, Vascular Diseases Control, and Post-Harvest Applications.

Wildtype is a San Francisco-headquartered agtech company producing cell-cultured salmon through cellular agriculture to tackle climate change, food security, and health challenges.

Amoeba SA is a France-based company engaged in developing, producing, and commercializing a biological biocide for use in the industrial sector. It develops Biomeba, a green biocide that harnesses the biocidal properties of Willaertia magna, which is used to treat cooling towers.

Genvor Inc is a research and development company providing sustainable plant and animal health solutions, which are designed to fight debilitating and deadly plant diseases, such as bacteria and fungi, in a broad spectrum of crop types through its proprietary library of patented anti-microbial peptides. Its technology is designed to help farmers grow healthier and more productive crops, while also helping them meet the changing demands of consumers and regulators globally.