Advancing Agriculture Through Better Chemistry

Enabling sustainable crop protection with scalable, economically viable solutions

Our story
Breakthrough Innovations Can Come from Looking at Familiar Problems Through New Lenses

In pharmaceuticals, promising treatments emerge when existing compounds are repurposed to treat entirely different conditions.

Our founder had the idea of applying the same approach to agriculture.

He learned that certain molecules have antimicrobial properties across contexts like insects and bacteria. These compounds are used in FDA-approved products. But no one had systematically tested them against plant pathogenic fungi.

We recruited and partnered with crop protection experts to validate this hypothesis and develop commercial-ready solutions.

The results were clear:
Our product candidates deliver effective solutions against resistant pathogens that conventional fungicides struggle to controls.

Today, we're developing safe, effective, and affordable fungicides our farmers need
Matt Crisp

Chairman & CEO

Serial agtech entrepreneur and executive; former biotech-focused VC; founder of Benson Hill

Chad Brommer

Co-Founder, Director & CSO

Serial inventor, scientific and technical market leader; former BASF

Jeff Barnes

VP Research & Development

Fungicide product development leader and SME; former BASF

Jack Reider

Manager, Business ops
and Product Development

Former Business Operations manager at Harpe Bio; completed his MBA at UNC

Charles Finch

Formulation lead

Formulation chemist with 40+ years developing agrochemical products; specializes in light-sensitive chemistries and encapsulation systems

Scott Jackson

Regulatory lead

Regulatory expert with 35+ years navigating EPA, PMRA, and OECD submissions

We believe the future of agriculture isn't about replacing what works but about making it work better. 
Our team has decades of experience developing agriculture and fungicide solutions that add to existing portfolios. 
We prioritize real-world efficacy, demonstrated manufacturing scalability, and chemistry that works with current crop protection systems. 
This results in solutions that help partners protect crops, extend product lifecycles, and advance agriculture in a way that's both economically viable and environmentally responsible.
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