Fortiphyte, Inc.
Rapid gene discovery platform to identify plant disease resistance traits for crop breeding
- Sector
- Agritech
- Total capital
- $2M
- Federal grants
- $2M
- 4 awards · 2019–2021
- Rank in peer group#9 of 79
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 7 pending · first 2022
- Rank in peer group#17 of 79
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Identification of disease resistance traits to improve the productivity and sustainability of soybean cultivation$992K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Plant Diseases Are A Constant Threat To Commercial Agriculture. Farmers Seek To Grow Disease-resistant Crop Varieties When Possible, But These Are Not Always Available And Farmers Often Resort To Chemical Controls Such As Fungicides To Protect Their Crops. Fungicides Are Expensive And Have The Potential To Be Hazardous To Farm Workers, Consumers And The Environment. By Leveraging Recent Advances In Our Understanding Of The Plant Immune System, It Is Possible To Use Naturally Occurring Disease Re$650K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Development Of A Tomato Variety With Durable Resistance To Bacterial Spot$107K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Identification of disease resistance traits to improve the productivity and sustainability of soybean cultivation$225K
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Standing among 79 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Platform
- Federal grants#9 · top 11%
- Granted patents#17 · top 22%
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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USPTO · 1 granted of 8- PendingPathogen Resistance In Plants Mediated By FIT2USPTOApplication 18853637
- PendingPathogen Resistance In PlantsUSPTOApplication 18496072
- PendingPathogen Resistance In PlantsUSPTOApplication 18062538
Show all 8 patent records
- Pathogen Resistance In Plants Mediated By FIT2Jul 17, 2025 · Application 18853637Pending
- Pathogen Resistance In PlantsJan 9, 2025 · Application 18496072Pending
- Pathogen Resistance In PlantsAug 17, 2023 · Application 18062538Pending
- Pathogen Resistance In PlantsDec 20, 2022 · US 11,530,419Granted
- Pathogen Resistance In PlantsApplication 63108023Pending
- Pathogen Resistance In Plants Mediated By FIT2Application PCTUS2023065405Pending
- Pathogen Resistance In Plants Mediated By FIT2Application 63328050Pending
- Pathogen Resistance In PlantsApplication PCTUS2021056877Pending
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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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