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Quercus Biosolutions raises $5M for AI-designed

2026-07-29 — The US biologicals startup closed an oversubscribed $5 million seed round led by Serra Ventures to advance generative-AI-designed mini-proteins…

Quercus Biosolutions raises $5M for AI-designed

Quercus Biosolutions has closed an oversubscribed $5 million seed round led by Serra Ventures. The company uses generative AI to design mini-proteins for crop protection.

Its initial targets are herbicide-resistant weeds and other areas where existing chemical modes of action are losing effectiveness - a gap that has become one of the most acute technical problems in row-crop agriculture.

Quercus Biosolutions raises $5M for AI-designed crop-protection proteins

The US biologicals startup closed an oversubscribed $5 million seed round led by Serra Ventures to advance generative-AI-designed mini-proteins for crop protection.

By Dirk Vandenhirtz

· Biologicals · United States · 2 min

Quercus Biosolutions has closed an oversubscribed $5 million seed round led by Serra Ventures. The company uses generative AI to design mini-proteins for crop protection.

Its initial targets are herbicide-resistant weeds and other areas where existing chemical modes of action are losing effectiveness - a gap that has become one of the most acute technical problems in row-crop agriculture.

Source: AgFunderNews

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