Press Releases

Inari Selected for World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators Community

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – July 7, 2021 – Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, has been invited by the World Economic Forum to join its Global Innovators Community — a group of the world’s…

Inari Broadens Access to Soybean Genetics Through Collaboration with Mertec and MS Technologies

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – May 21, 2021 – Inari, the SEEDesignTM company, announced a strategic collaboration with Mertec, LLC and M.S. Technologies, LLC that enables access to a genetic base from Stine’s industry-leading soybean breeding program to accelerate…

Inari and Beck’s Announce Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Farmer Access to Gene Editing Innovation

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and ATLANTA, Ind. – May 18, 2021 – Inari, the SEEDesign™ company, and Beck’s, the largest family-owned, retail seed company and the third largest seed brand in the United States, have announced a business…

Inari Raises Over $200 Million to Unlock the Full Potential of Seed

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 12, 2021 – Inari announced today it has raised $208 million in the successful completion of its latest fundraise, bringing its cumulative equity raised to more than…

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…

Inari 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…

Inari 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…

Inari 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…

Inari 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…