Company Directory

Global crop protection, seed and digital agriculture solutions provider

Corteva Agriscience UK is the British operating subsidiary of Corteva, Inc., a global agriculture company formed from the DuPont Pioneer, Dow AgroSciences and DuPont Crop Protection businesses. The company supplies Pioneer and Brevant seed varieties, crop protection products including herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, and an expanding range of biological products derived from microorganisms. Corteva also provides UK farmers with agronomic support and digital agriculture tools, helping growers improve productivity while reducing reliance on synthetic inputs.

Gene editing platform for disease-resistant, climate-resilient tropical crops

Tropic Biosciences is an agricultural biotechnology company developing gene-edited varieties of tropical crops, including banana, coffee, and rice, with a focus on disease resistance, climate resilience, and yield improvement. Its proprietary platform combines gene editing with RNA interference to redirect a plant's natural silencing mechanisms without introducing foreign DNA, enabling non-GMO classification in several markets. The platform is licensed to major agricultural companies including BASF, Corteva, and Syngenta for trait development across additional crop species.

Microbiome platform optimising hydroponic crop performance

Concert Bio is an agricultural biotechnology company developing microbial products to optimise crop performance in hydroponic greenhouses. Its platform combines the world's largest hydroponic microbiome database with machine learning to identify beneficial microbes tailored for soilless growing systems. The company's first commercial product has demonstrated average yield improvements of 9.9% across multiple crops in commercial grower trials. Concert Bio serves greenhouse growers across the UK and Europe.

Biopesticides, insect lures and smart traps for sustainable pest management

Razbio is a Welsh biotech company developing sustainable pest management solutions for agriculture and public health. Its product portfolio spans fungal biopesticides, AI-identified insect lures and repellents, and automated AI-equipped smart traps for field pest monitoring. Validated products include a lure for Western Flower Thrips deployed at commercial UK strawberry farms. The company also develops bio-fertilisers and soil treatments targeting crop yield optimisation. Research partnerships include University College London via the AgRIA programme.

AI platform predicting complex crop and livestock traits from RNA-Seq data

TraitSeq is an agri-biotech company providing an AI-based platform that predicts complex phenotypic traits in crops and livestock using RNA sequencing data and bespoke machine learning algorithms. The platform identifies transcriptomic biomarkers and builds predictive models for traits such as yield, disease resistance, and climate resilience, enabling agrochemical, biological input, and gene editing companies to evaluate products earlier and reduce field trial dependency. TraitSeq serves breeders, biotechs, and agrochemical researchers across plant and animal applications.

Non-clinical safety testing CRO for pharma, chemical and agrochemical sectors

Sequani is a contract research organisation specialising in non-clinical safety testing for pharmaceutical, chemical and agrochemical clients from a purpose-built GLP-compliant facility. Its services span general and genetic toxicology in rodent and non-rodent species, reproductive and developmental toxicology, juvenile toxicology, bioanalysis, formulation development, histopathology and regulatory submissions support, covering drug development, crop protection and chemical safety programmes. Sequani supports clients from lead optimisation through to pre-clinical package completion.

Genetically engineered insects for sustainable pest and disease vector control

Flyttr is an Oxfordshire-based biotechnology company developing biological solutions for sustainable pest management. Its core technology uses genetically engineered insects carrying a self-limiting gene to suppress populations of disease-transmitting and crop-damaging pests without chemicals or harm to non-target species. Applications span dengue and malaria vector control and agricultural pest management. The company also develops Wolbachia-based mosquito replacement and AI-powered autonomous pest surveillance systems.

Biological nitrogen fixation technology for sustainable crop production

Azotic Technologies is an agricultural biotechnology company developing and commercialising microbial biological inputs for crop nutrition. Using a patented strain of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, which colonises plant cells to fix atmospheric nitrogen systemically across foliage and roots, the technology reduces dependence on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser while maintaining or improving yield. Azotic serves growers across the US, Canada, and Europe across a broad range of crop species.

Peptide biopesticides for precision pest control in agriculture

SOLASTA Bio is a biotechnology company developing nature-inspired peptide insect control agents as sustainable alternatives to synthetic chemical pesticides. Its discovery platform identifies and optimises neuropeptide-based compounds that selectively target pest insects via a novel mode of action, while remaining non-toxic to pollinators, wildlife, and humans. Lead products have demonstrated efficacy comparable to commercial chemical standards across field trials in the UK, Europe, and the United States.

Preclinical CRO for pharmaceutical and agrochemical drug development

Labcorp Early Development Laboratories is a major nonclinical contract research organisation operating from its Harrogate campus in North Yorkshire. The facility provides preclinical pharmaceutical development services including safety pharmacology, toxicology, pathology, bioanalytical testing, and drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, supporting programmes from lead optimisation through IND/CTA submission. The Harrogate site also specialises in crop protection and agrochemical product development, operating as part of Labcorp's global nonclinical network.

Novel mode-of-action herbicide discovery platform

Moa Technology is an agricultural biotechnology company discovering synthetic and biological herbicides with novel modes of action to address global herbicide resistance. Its plant-based high-throughput screening platform uses miniaturised living plants, high-content microscopy and AI to identify new herbicidal compounds. The company has screened over 830,000 compounds, discovering over 80 novel mode-of-action areas. Lead candidates are in advanced international field trials, with partnerships in place with Nufarm, Croda and Gowan for co-development and commercialisation.

Culturing microbial dark matter to discover novel antimicrobials and bioactives

Bactobio is a biotechnology company using synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing, and machine learning to culture the vast majority of environmental microbes that have previously been unculturable. Access to this largely unexplored bioresource enables systematic discovery of novel antimicrobial compounds and agricultural bioprotectants. The company's primary focus is developing new antibiotic classes to address the global antimicrobial resistance crisis, supported by an automated end-to-end compound discovery pipeline.