MONTANA BIOAGRICULTURE INC
Curvularia protuberata fungal inoculant seed coating for drought tolerance in wheat and barley
- Sector
- Agritech
- Total capital
- $1.8M
- Federal grants
- $1.8M
- 10 awards · 2016–2025
- Rank in peer group#4 of 27
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $24K
- 1 award · Agriculture
- Rank in Agritech#84 of 882
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantAgriculture · Aquaculture, Fish Farming, Is A Major Global Industry Which Uses Millions Of Tons Of Fish Meal And Soy Protein Concentrates As Protein Sources In Fish Feeds. Montana Bioagriculture Developed A Patented Process For Producing A Protein Concentrate From Barley. The Barley Protein Concentrate, Bpc, Is Now In Commercial Production With Nutritional Advantages As A Protein Source In Fish Feeds.the Bpc Process Converts The Starch In Barley To The Sugar Glucose As A Co-product. Certain Fresh Water Algae $175K
- Federal grantAgriculture · There Is A Critical Need For Innovative Technology To Reduce Drought Induced Crop Losses On More Than 45 Million Acres Of US Dryland Grown Small Grains. Montana Bioagriculture, Mbai, Licensed Patents For A Plant Symbiotic Fungus, Curvularia Protuberata, Which Confers Tolerance To Drought In Wheat And Barley. Mbai Sees Opportunity To Bring C. Protuberata To Commercial Use. Phase 1 Demonstrated Proof Of Concept: Low Cost Spore Production Using Commercially Scalable Culture Conditions; Efficient De$600K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Endophytic Entomopathogenic Fungi For Control Of Wheat Stem Sawfly And Fusarium Head Blight$100K
- Federal contractAgriculture · Mbai Services ( Agar Plates For Spray Tests, Fungal Identification)$24K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Curvularia: Fungal Symbiosis For Drought Protection In Wheat$100K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Barley Biorefinery: Protein Concentrates And Biobased Chemicals$600K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Barley Biorefinery:protein Concentrate And Bio-based Chemicals$95K
Show 2 earlier federal awards
- Federal grantAgriculture · Boring Deterrent Compounds To Enhance Mycoinsecticides For Bark Bettle Control$100K
- Federal grantAgriculture · Boring Deterrent Compounds To Enhance Mycoinsecticides For Bark Beetle Control$100K
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Standing among 27 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Molecule
- Federal grants#4 · top 15%
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Founders and team
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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No granted patents are on record.
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
Related companies, and why
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- DIAGENTIX INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $30K in contracts
- INVASIVE SPECIES CORPORATIONSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $26K in contracts
- ARABLE LABS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · $22K in contracts
- AC DIAGNOSTICS, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · $22K in contracts
- CAPSTAN AG SYSTEMS, INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · $16K 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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