2026-07-08 — The Wageningen-based startup closed a €5 million seed round led by Point Nine to domesticate wild plant species - starting with the aardaker tuber.
Wageningen-based Aardaia has raised a €5 million seed round led by Point Nine, with FoodLabs, Astanor, Grey Silo and angel investors participating.
The company uses genome sequencing, computational biology and accelerated breeding to domesticate wild plant species without genetic modification or gene editing. Its first crop is the aardaker, a protein-rich, nitrogen-fixing tuber.
The Wageningen-based startup closed a €5 million seed round led by Point Nine to domesticate wild plant species - starting with the aardaker tuber.
· Biologicals · Netherlands · 2 min
Wageningen-based Aardaia has raised a €5 million seed round led by Point Nine, with FoodLabs, Astanor, Grey Silo and angel investors participating.
The company uses genome sequencing, computational biology and accelerated breeding to domesticate wild plant species without genetic modification or gene editing. Its first crop is the aardaker, a protein-rich, nitrogen-fixing tuber.
Source: Tech.eu