Crop Enhancement raises $8m Series B to support trials for its ‘safer chemistry’ pesticide coating
“When you think about putting a film around something in the food space, you most likely think about packaging or perhaps one of the growing number of shelf life enhancement startups that coat produce in a special material to stop them going bad. Last year, for example, Sufresca raised a $500,000 seed round for its edible fruit and vegetable coating to reduce food waste and curb plastic packaging while Apeel Sciences scored a $70 million Series C in 2018 for a shelf-life extending coating made from agricultural byproducts.“