| 词条 | Indigo Agriculture |
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| name = Indigo Agriculture | logo = Indigo_Ag_logo.png | type = Private | founded = 2016 | hq_location = Boston, MA | key_people = David Perry, Geoffrey von Maltzahn | industry = Agriculture | homepage = http://indigoag.com/ }}Indigo Agriculture is a Boston, Massachusetts-based agricultural technology company that works with plant microbes, aiming to improve yields of cotton, wheat, corn, soybeans, and rice.[1] The company also offers crop storage and other logistics programs for farmers.[2] History and fundingIn 2014, Indigo was founded as Symbiota by Noubar Afeyan, David Berry, and Geoffrey von Maltzahn, led by CEO David Perry.[3] In February 2016, the company rebranded as Indigo Agriculture. The company has raised over $300 million in venture capital funding, with help from investors Flagship Pioneering,[4] the Alaska Permanent Fund, Baillie Gifford, the Investment Corporation of Dubai, and Activant Capital.[5] Indigo’s Series D in 2016 was noted to be the largest private equity financing in the agricultural technology sector.[6] In September 2017, the company raised USD$156 million, giving it a total valuation of USD$1.4 billion and making it a "unicorn", the term given to start-ups worth more than USD$1 billion.[7] Products and servicesIndigo's seed treatments contain microbes that live within plant tissue, unlike existing microbial seed treatments that contain microbes that live around the roots.[8] The first product, Indigo Cotton, a seed treatment containing bacteria isolated from cotton plants that is intended to improve yields under drought conditions was launched in July 2016.[9]{{unreliablesource|date=August 2018}} By 2018 the company has also launched similar seed treatments to improve drought resistance in wheat, corn, soybeans, rice, and barley.[10] During 2016, the company released commercial data about its various products targeting cotton, wheat, and corn.[10][11] In the United States, Indigo contracts with growers to purchase their crops at a premium and resell them to buyers, and assists with logistics.[2] In 2017, the first year this model was implemented, Indigo contracted approximately half a million acres in cotton, wheat, corn, soy, and rice.[11] References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/18/indigo-is-mapping-plant-biomes-to-produce-next-generation-crops/|title=Indigo Is Mapping Plant Microbiomes To Produce Next Generation Crops|last=Lynley|first=Matthew|website=TechCrunch|access-date=2016-03-15}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.precisionag.com/service-providers/business-management/indigo-launches-on-farm-storage-to-facilitate-a-direct-farmer-to-buyer-grain-marketplace/|title=Indigo Launches On Farm Storage to Facilitate A Direct Farmer to Buyer Grain Marketplace|last=Hopkins|first=Matt|website=PrecisionAg.com|access-date=2018-03-01}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/19/11064978/indigo-microbiome-plants-crops-yield|title=One startup’s plan to grow more crops: put the germs back in|website=The Verge|access-date=2016-03-15}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2016/12/15/flagship-pioneers-new-name-285m-special-opportunities-fund/|title=Flagship Pioneers New Name, $285M ‘Special Opportunities’ Fund {{!}} Xconomy|date=2016-12-15|work=Xconomy|access-date=2017-03-17|language=en-US}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2016/07/21/indigo-raised-100-million-funding-round/|title=This Bug Startup Just Raised $100 Million To Fight Hunger|date=2016-07-21|website=Fortune|access-date=2016-08-03}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/21/12234918/agtech-startup-indigo-cotton-probiotic-covered-seed-water|title=New probiotic seeds grow crops that require less water to survive|last=Brokaw|first=Alex|date=2016-07-21|website=The Verge|access-date=2016-08-03}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/09/26/indigo-agriculture-boston-newest-unicorn-startup/AhrZBNePKsEJkmPd47exlN/story.html |title=Indigo Agriculture is Boston's newest 'unicorn' startup |website=bostonglobe.com |date=2017-09-26 |accessdate=2018-08-06}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600831/startup-bets-its-magic-touch-on-seeds-can-boost-crop-yields/|title=Startup Bets Its Magic Touch on Seeds Can Boost Crop Yields|website=MIT Technology Review|access-date=2016-03-15}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/21/a-seed-grows-in-boston/|title=A seed grows in Boston|last=Brewster|first=Signe|website=TechCrunch|access-date=2016-08-03}} 10. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://harvardmagazine.com/2018/03/sustainable-agriculture-and-food-security|title=Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security|last=Shaw|first=Jonathan|website=Harvard Magazine|access-date=2018-03-08}} 11. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.cottongrower.com/cotton-news/indigo-offers-premium-for-indigo-cotton-production/|title=Indigo Offers Premium for Cottom Production|last=Steadman|first=Jim|website=CottonGrower.com|access-date=2018-01-09}} 2 : Agriculture companies of the United States|Companies based in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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