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Agriculture

Pesticide start-ups Vive and Vestaron raise funds

by Matt Blois
September 1, 2022 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 100, Issue 31

Vive Crop Protection and Vestaron have secured funding for pesticide technologies. Vive raised $26 million to speed deployment of polymers that shuttle active ingredients into targeted pests. The company says its system improves sustainability by reducing water and fuel use. Vestaron, which makes peptide-based insecticides, added $10 million to the $82 million it secured in May. The company will use the money to develop biopesticides with new modes of action and expand from fruit, vegetable, and nut markets into row crops.

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