A new fund will help more Latin American agtech startups access US markets, starting in St. Louis

Agtech initiative Cultivar STL has launched a new fund to further strengthen the bond between agtech ecosystems in Latin America and St. Louis, Missouri. The Core Facilities Access Fund recently awarded its first two startups and hopes to assist more in the coming years.

The fund will give selected startups from Latin America the ability to advance research, validate technologies, and build industry connections via the Danforth Center’s facilities and infrastructure, which are world famous for their contributions to plant science.

“Our core facilities provide not only unique technologies, but the experts to apply them,” says Katie Murphy, PhD, director Phenotyping Core Facility at the Danforth Center, who manages the Access Fund.

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