Avalo
Crop breeding and trait optimization software using genomic data and algorithms to develop more resilient, sustainable, and higher-yielding crop varieties
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- DURHAM, NC
- Founded
- 2020
- Latest Form D
- $500K, Feb 2022
- Total capital
- $3.4M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $3.4M
- 2 Form D · last Feb 2022
- 57 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 11 pending · first 2023
- Rank in peer group#1 of 16
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$500K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$2.9M
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Standing among 16 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Software
- Granted patents#1 · top 6%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Mariano AlvarezResearcherExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterLinked by 1 patent
- Brendan CollinsExecutive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Laurie MenoudDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 12- PendingSystem And Method For Spectral Data AnalysisUSPTOApplication 19283037
- PendingSystem And Method For Gene-environment AnalysisUSPTOApplication 18948006
- PendingSystem And Method For Genomic AssociationUSPTOApplication 18884930
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- System And Method For Spectral Data AnalysisJan 29, 2026 · Application 19283037Pending
- System And Method For Gene-environment AnalysisMay 15, 2025 · Application 18948006Pending
- System And Method For Genomic AssociationJan 2, 2025 · Application 18884930Pending
- System And Method For Genomic AssociationJan 25, 2024 · Application 18374218Pending
- System And Method For Genomic AssociationNov 7, 2023 · US 11,810,644Granted
- System And Method For Genomic PredictionSep 14, 2023 · Application 18119048Pending
- System And Method For Gene-environment AnalysisApplication 63562130Pending
- Systems And Methods For Gene-environment AnalysisApplication 63598674Pending
- System And Method For Spectral Data AnalysisApplication 63676614Pending
- System And Method For Gene-environment AnalysisApplication PCTUS2024055979Pending
- System And Method For Genomic AssociationApplication PCTUS2023014823Pending
- System And Method For Spectral Data AnalysisApplication PCTUS2025039530Pending
Related companies, and why
- Switch Bioworks, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Crop Diagnostix, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- IMMUCELL CORP /DE/Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Ancera, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Solis AgrosciencesSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Green Evolution TechnologiesSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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