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Dr. Sophie V. Vandebroek, Noted Tech Leader, Joins Inari Board of Directors
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 20, 2021 — Inari, the biotech SEEDesign™ company, has appointed Dr. Sophie Vandebroek to its board of directors. Vandebroek is a seasoned C-level executive with broad technology experience, including as chief operating officer of IBM Research and chief technology officer of Xerox Corporation. She recently founded Strategic Vision Ventures, a strategic advisory firm, where she shares her…
Read MoreUnlocking the Possibilities in Seed to Transform the Global Food System
By Ponsi TrivisvavetInari CEO – Modern agriculture is an incredible success story, with each advancement enhancing human nutrition or aiding food security. Unfortunately, success is sometimes accompanied by unintentional side effects. In its current form, our food production system demands that nearly 50% of Earth’s habitable land be put under cultivation, using more natural resources than we…
Read MoreInari Expands Board of Directors with Appointment of Bob Bechek
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Jan. 5, 2021 — Inari, a biotech seed company, today announced that Bob Bechek has been appointed to its board of directors. Bechek is a partner and former worldwide managing director (CEO) and board chair of consulting firm Bain & Company. His appointment, effective Jan. 1, 2021, brings the Inari board to seven members. “Bob joins the…
Read MoreForbes: These CRISPR Edited Seeds Are Planting A Sustainable Future For The Agricultural Industry
Agriculture is one of the most inefficient industries on the planet. Current industrial farming methods demand unsustainable amounts of water, fertilizer, and land. This demand will only intensify as our global population climbs towards 10 billion by 2050. To sustainably feed our world, we need a second agricultural revolution. It’s no surprise to find synthetic…
Read MoreInari Scientific Strategy Board Member, CRISPR-Cas Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – Oct. 9, 2020 – Inari scientific strategy board member Jennifer Doudna has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work to identify and develop CRISPR-Cas9. CRISPR is the revolutionary genome editing tool with enormous potential across agriculture and other areas of bioscience. Doudna, a University of California, Berkeley, biochemist is one of…
Read MoreFarm Progress: Gene Editing – Gateway to New Future of Plant Breeding?
Looking back over the past several decades, Ponsi Trivisvavet says genetic improvement has added less than 1% yield improvement per year for corn. She believes genetic improvement will have to occur much faster to meet expected future global demand for food and address the impact of climate change on farming. Trivisvavet is the CEO of…
Read MoreSuccessful Farming: Q&A with Catherine Feuillet, Geneticist and Molecular Biologist
In a world where women too often believe they aren’t qualified to take on a job that is challenging or at a higher level, Catherine Feuillet’s passion for pushing new frontiers, challenging herself, and building something that could benefit others has always propelled her forward. The geneticist and molecular biologist shares how she has applied…
Read MoreInari Raises $89 Million to Bring Innovative, Disruptive Technologies to Growers
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – August 6, 2019 — Inari, the next-generation seed company, today announced the closing of its $89 million Series C financing, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $144 million. Flagship Pioneering, which founded Inari in 2016 to challenge the economic and environmental realities of modern agriculture, was joined in the funding round…
Read MoreInari Named 2019 Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — July 1, 2019 — Inari, a company developing seeds that improve the economic and environmental realities of production agriculture, has been chosen as a 2019 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Inari partners with independent seed producers, using its unique computational and genetic toolbox to introduce high performing plant varieties that address…
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