Key Takeaways
- Biographica has raised £7 million in a seed funding round led by Faber.
- EQT Foundation participated in the round alongside multiple institutional and early-stage investors.
- The funding will support platform expansion, commercial rollout, and laboratory capabilities.
- Biographica works with seed companies including BASF | Nunhems and Cibus.
- The company has opened its first laboratory at Rothamsted Research.
Biographica Closes Seed Funding Round Led by Faber
Biographica, a UK-based company developing machine learning tools for crop gene discovery, has raised £7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Faber, with participation from EQT Foundation as well as SuperSeed, Cardumen Capital, The Helm, Sie Ventures, and existing investors including Chalfen Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Nucleus Capital, Dhyan Ventures, Saras Capital, and Ventures Together.
The funding will be used to support Biographica’s commercial rollout, expand its experimental and laboratory capabilities, and extend its platform to additional crop traits. EQT Foundation participated in the round as part of its broader focus on supporting innovation aligned with long-term sustainability and resilience.
Biographica’s Machine Learning Platform for Crop Improvement
Biographica is developing a machine learning platform designed to decode the genetic architecture of crops and improve the efficiency of trait discovery. Conventional crop improvement pipelines can take more than a decade and often fail to identify optimal gene targets early in development. Biographica’s approach aims to identify promising targets earlier and with higher accuracy, reducing time, cost, and development risk.
