Ohalo Genetics, Inc.
Plant breeding acceleration platform using genomic selection and analysis to compress traditional breeding timelines
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- Aptos, CA
- Founded
- 2019
- Latest Form D
- $40M, Jan 2024
- Total capital
- $40M
- Federal grants
- None on recordNo awards found in SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF or DoD records.
- Private capital raised
- $40M
- 1 Form D · last Jan 2024
- 33 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 2
- 20 pending · first 2025
- Rank in peer group#14 of 52
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$40M
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Standing among 52 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Platform
- Granted patents#14 · top 27%
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Founders and team
From SEC Form D filings- David FriedbergExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 2 granted of 22- GrantedPolyploid Hybrid Potato BreedingUSPTOUS 12,446,503
- PendingPolyploid Hybrid Potato BreedingUSPTOApplication 19208367
- PendingPolyploid Hybrid Maize BreedingUSPTOApplication 19181163
Show all 22 patent records
- Polyploid Hybrid Potato BreedingOct 21, 2025 · US 12,446,503Granted
- Polyploid Hybrid Potato BreedingAug 28, 2025 · Application 19208367Pending
- Polyploid Hybrid Maize BreedingAug 7, 2025 · Application 19181163Pending
- Polyploid Hybrid Maize BreedingJul 22, 2025 · US 12,365,908Granted
- Polyploid Hybrid BreedingDec 12, 2024 · Application 18595300Pending
- Almond Breeding And ProductionApplication 63670291Pending
- Haploid Inducer Strawberry Lines And Methods Of Producing And Using ThereofApplication 63657605Pending
- Haploid Inducer Strawberry Lines And Methods Of Producing And Using ThereofApplication 63552890Pending
- Gene Edited Potato Plants With Improved HaplotypesApplication 63608058Pending
- Polyploid Hybrid BreedingApplication PCTUS2023079146Pending
- Polyploid Hybrid Potato BreedingApplication 63497662Pending
- Polyploid Hybrid Breeding Of Seedless PlantsApplication 63461174Pending
- Polyploid Hybrid Maize BreedingApplication 63461170Pending
- Polyploid Hybrid BreedingApplication 63497670Pending
- Polyploid Hybrid BreedingApplication 63423765Pending
- Polyploid Hybrid Breeding Of Seedless PlantsApplication 63423768Pending
- Almond Breeding And ProductionApplication PCTUS2025037132Pending
- Gene Edited Potato Plants With Improved HaplotypesApplication 19594219Pending
- Haploid Inducer Strawberry Lines And Methods Of Producing And Using ThereofApplication PCTUS2025032766Pending
- Almond Breeding And ProductionApplication 63784462Pending
- Haploid Inducer Strawberry Lines And Methods Of Producing And Using ThereofApplication PCTUS2025015821Pending
- Gene Edited Potato Plants With Improved HaplotypesApplication PCTUS2024058948Pending
Related companies, and why
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- Plant Path Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- JUST GREENS LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- 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
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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