AgLaunch announces its next cohort of startups to participate in the two-year AgLaunch365 Accelerator Program. “Our farmer-driven approach ensures these startups develop impactful, scalable solutions to agriculture’s biggest challenges,” said Pete Nelson, President of AgLaunch. “This year’s cohort represents the best in labor-saving robots, rapid diagnostics, new traits and sustainable biologics selected to help [...]
URBANA, Ill. — Today, MicroMGx celebrates the opening of its new research facility at the University of Illinois Research Park, part of the Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing (iFAB) Tech Hub, which is a testament to rapid advancements and increasing investment to realize agricultural innovations through precision fermentation. With a $51 million grant from the Economic Development Administration, iFAB is positioning Central [...]
The May/June 2023 issue of Future Farmer Magazine showcased an article focusing on the 12 newest agtech startups participating in the North Dakota AgTech Accelerator program, initiated by Plug and Play. Among these selected startups, MicroMGx was prominently featured, sharing insights about their innovative solution aimed at addressing one of the major challenges faced [...]
Netcapital sponsored a Demo Day featuring 3 companies that had reached certain milestones in their efforts. MicroMGx was one of those 3 companies selected to participate. Last Wednesday, our CEO, Jack Kloeber, spoke to the Demo Day webinar attendees about our lead herbicide, our team, and our progress. Actinobacteria is a phylum of [...]
Plug and Play Tech Center has announced their 7th annual cohort for this year’s AgTech Accelerator ending with a 2-Day EXPO on June 14-15, in Topeka, Kansas. We are thrilled be working with one of the most active Venture Capital firms in the country. "This program aims to bring global innovation by facilitating opportunities [...]
In January, MicroMGx was selected as a finalist in the Hello Tomorrow Global Deep Tech Challenge. "The Global Challenge is a renowned international startup competition organized by Hello Tomorrow since 2014. It is uniquely designed to address the needs of early-stage deep tech startups across all industries. The Challenge gives deep tech and science-based [...]
On October 20th, 2022, the Hudson Alpha Research Institute announced that MicroMGx is one of five AgTech startup companies selected for the inaugural cohort in the Hudson Alpha Agtech Accelerator, sponsored by Hudson Alpha and powered by gener8tor. Actinobacteria is a phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content in their [...]
On Friday, September 2nd, our Crowdfunding site went LIVE! If you ever have read about exciting startup companies but are not an angel investor or venture capitalist, you are normally out of luck. But now, MicroMGx has its own offering page. This page will allow MicroMGX the essential kickstart to begin pumping out novel [...]
MicroMGx’s CEO, Jack Kloeber, spoke as an invited panelist during Gener8tor’s OnRamp AGTech conference, held for the first time in Champaign, Illinois, from 25-26 July, 2022. Sara Olson, FMC Ventures and Brennan Duty, Ginkgo Bioworks joined Jack as they addressed the important topic of De-risking Biologicals. MicroMGx’s platform is a scalable and efficient method [...]