InnerPlant, Inc.
Genetically engineered crop plants that emit optical signals in response to stress (pathogens, nutrient deficiency, drought), detectable by field sensors or satellites, paired with a software platform
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- DAVIS, CA
- Founded
- 2018
- Latest Form D
- $15.6M, Oct 2022
- Total capital
- $17.2M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $17.2M
- 2 Form D · last Oct 2022
- 49 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 11
- 25 pending · first 2021
- Rank in peer group#4 of 73
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$15.6M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.5M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Standing among 73 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Molecule
- Granted patents#4 · top 5%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Shely AronovResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 9 patents
- Garrett GoldbergDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Nick HallaDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Than HartsockDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 11 granted of 36- GrantedSensor Plant And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsUSPTOUS 12,716,844
- PendingMethod For Identifying Stressors In An Agricultural Environment Based On Characteristics Of Microbe SensorsUSPTOApplication 19240740
- PendingMethods For Deploying Biosentinels To Agricultural Fields And Monitoring Biotic And Abiotic Stresses In Crops RemotelyUSPTOApplication 19060963
Show all 36 patent records
- Sensor Plant And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsAug 25, 2026 · US 12,716,844Granted
- Method For Identifying Stressors In An Agricultural Environment Based On Characteristics Of Microbe SensorsFeb 19, 2026 · Application 19240740Pending
- Methods For Deploying Biosentinels To Agricultural Fields And Monitoring Biotic And Abiotic Stresses In Crops RemotelyAug 14, 2025 · Application 19060963Pending
- Method For Identifying Stressors In An Agricultural Environment Based On Characteristics Of Microbe SensorsJul 15, 2025 · US 12,360,044Granted
- Sensor Plant And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsJul 1, 2025 · US 12,345,645Granted
- Sensor Plant And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsMay 15, 2025 · Application 18926776Pending
- Methods For Deploying Biosentinels To Agricultural Fields And Monitoring Biotic And Abiotic Stresses In Crops RemotelyApr 1, 2025 · US 12,262,705Granted
- System And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsJan 9, 2025 · Application 18888324Pending
- Sensor Plant And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsDec 10, 2024 · US 12,163,890Granted
- System And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsOct 15, 2024 · US 12,118,783Granted
- System And Method For Modeling Crop Yield Based On Detection Of Plant Stressors In CropsNov 9, 2023 · Application 18144087Pending
- Sensor Plant And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsNov 7, 2023 · US 11,808,705Granted
- Methods For Deploying Biosentinels To Agricultural Fields And Monitoring Biotic And Abiotic Stresses In Crops RemotelyAug 29, 2023 · US 11,737,443Granted
- Methods For Deploying Biosentinels To Agricultural Fields And Monitoring Biotic And Abiotic Stresses In Crops RemotelyMar 14, 2023 · US 11,602,141Granted
- Sensor Plant And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsOct 6, 2022 · Application 17846808Pending
- Sensor Plant And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsJun 21, 2022 · US 11,366,063Granted
- Methods For Deploying Biosentinels To Agricultural Fields And Monitoring Biotic And Abiotic Stresses In Crops RemotelyApr 27, 2021 · US 10,986,827Granted
- ConstructsApplication 63600188Pending
- System And Method For Detecting Stressors In Plants Based On Sensor Plant FluorescenceApplication 63281260Pending
- System And Method For Identifying Stressors In An Agricultural Field Based On Characteristics Of Microbe SensorsApplication 63281264Pending
- System And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsApplication 63165978Pending
- Systems And Methods For Determining Solar-induced Fluorescence In Transgenic PlantsApplication PCTUS2026015075Pending
- Methods For Improving Plant TreatmentApplication 19510017Pending
- Methods And Algorithms For Detection Of Fluorescence In Transgenic PlantsApplication 63785562Pending
- Methods And Algorithms For Detection Of Fluorescence In Transgenic PlantsApplication 63758294Pending
- Methods For Improving Plant TreatmentApplication PCTUS2024040294Pending
- Methods For Deploying Biosentinels To Agricultural Fields And Monitoring Biotic And Abiotic Stresses In Crops RemotelyApplication PCTUS2020039001Pending
- ConstructsApplication PCTUS2024056238Pending
- Sensor Plant And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsApplication PCTUS2019067674Pending
- Sensor Plant And Method For Identifying Stressors In Crops Based On Characteristics Of Sensor PlantsApplication 62894676Pending
- Methods For Deploying Biosentinels To Agricultural Fields And Monitoring Biotic And Abiotic Stresses In Crops Based On BiosentinelsApplication 62864401Pending
- System And Method For Modeling Crop Yield Based On Detection Of Plant Stressors In CropsApplication 63417247Pending
- ConstructsApplication 19587461Pending
- System And Method For Modeling Crop Yield Based On Detection Of Plant Stressors In CropsApplication 63338618Pending
- System And Method For Modeling Crop Yield Based On Detection Of Plant Stressors In CropsApplication PCTUS2023021265Pending
- Methods For Improving Plant TreatmentApplication 63530186Pending
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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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